After dumping the dried laundry on the bed, I stared at the clothes expecting to feel some sort of accomplishment, but found I felt absolutely nothing. Even as I folded them into neat piles, there was no joy being sparked, only emptiness. I felt lied to by about every self-care guide out there. Where was the chapter on 'Waiting for your serial killer to strike again'? Before or after 'Getting yourself out of bed after your best friend was killed by a psychopath'? This was stupid, trying to go on about life as if I didn't know Jorge Molina wasn't Triple-6's next target. As much as I knew Eli was right, that Jorge would be under police surveillance – surveillance looking for us - I still couldn't shake the feeling that we weren't doing enough. I glanced at Eli who was engrossed in whatever he was working on at his laptop. I knew he wasn't a direct confrontational kind of a person, that his best was at a computer, but I still wanted more from him.
Collapsing on the bed, I pulled out phone and was surprised to see the others still awake and active.
Wayne: Are we really just sitting around waiting for this guy to go missing?
Vic: Police said they're aware of the mark
Wayne: But they're going to do shit about it
Vic: They're waiting on their expert to confirm its authenticity
Wayne: In other words... shit about it
Dylan: In their defense it does look sus
Vic: They said they've got Jorge under 24 hr surveillance
Vic: So unless I was willing to go on the record about what I know and how I know it they're not going to move him
Wayne: Being a close friend to Triple-6's previous victims isn't enough?
Dylan: The police can't react to any old 666 painted on any old door
Vic: Exactly
Vic: They would want to know why I am so convinced it's not Eli
Vic: And that would mean admitting I'm in contact with Dani
Vic: And by extension Eli
Wayne: So?
Vic: What do you mean "So?"
Wayne: Why don't you?
Dylan: You do realize how that could be a problem?
Wayne: Um a guy's life is at stake
Wayne: That's what you were jumping up and down about earlier right?
Vic: I'm not going to compromise Dani!
Wayne: She's tough! She can handle it!
Vic: Yeah but she's trusted us
Vic: I'm not going to betray her
Vic: And by extension I'm not going to betray Eli either
Wayne: ffs
Wayne: I'll do it
Vic: No!
Dylan: Wayne don't
Wayne: Give me one damn good reason not to
Wayne: And it better not have Eli in it
Vic: You mean other than losing a close friend forever?
Vic: Because there is no way she'll ever forgive you
Wayne: You know what?
Wayne: She'll be alive and safe
Wayne: She might have a hard time for a little while
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Haunted by the Past (Original)
Misterio / SuspensoSix years ago the quiet town of Raven Hill in upstate New York was terrorized by a serial known as the Triple-6 Killer. After marking the doors of his intended victims, six days later they would be found dead, posed in a gruesome scene. After a sixt...
