PSYCHOPATHS [+18] SCREAM

Chapter 6

The sound of something breaking scares me out of my sleep, I jump up looking around before holding my head. Did I imagine that? Something else breaks causing a loud groan from me as I follow the noise.

I walk into the kitchen to see Stu letting out small curses as he struggles to flip a pancake. I count to five in my head when I see glass and pancake mix everywhere. He gets so frustrated that he throws the pan.

"Can you stop destroying my kitchen?" I ask glaring at him as I pick up the glass, he rushes to my side bending down to help me.

"Sorry, just wanted to make you breakfast," I nod in understanding.

"How are you feeling this morning?" he asks, scanning my body, I feel a chill go down my neck when I remember what we did last night.

"I'm fine," I reply but he stares at me for a few seconds before scratching the back of his neck. He opens and then closes his mouth as if he wants to say something.

"Something you wanna say?" I ask slowly edging him to speak. He takes a deep breath before nodding. He takes a step behind the couch putting something between us.

'Yes. I talked to Billy,"

"He's awake?" Stu quickly shakes his head, before scratching it.

"Not exactly he's trapped in this limbo between life and death with some weirdo who's weirdly more bloodthirsty than both of us combined," before I can get a word out he keeps going. "He's been holding him there since the fire, torturing him to be on his side and he wasn't going to but he found out...about the twins,"

I could tell by the way he backed away he could see the exact emotions I was feeling which was pure rage. How the hell?!. I worked my ass off staying cooped up back and forth between my home and Cottons to keep them a secret. I spent two months in college already and their lives are already being threatened.

"He's particularly interested in the boy for some reason. He's gonna bring Billy back in a few days once he has the two more acolytes on his side... and I'm one of them." he jumps when moving toward him, and he quickly rushes to the other side of the apartment keeping his distance from me

"I didn't have a choice, I'm practically an uncle plus he was gonna torture me like he's been doing to Billy and I wanted nothing to do with that," he defends.

"You couldn't have mentioned this shit last night?" I yelled, throwing a book at him that was sitting on the coffee table.

He ducks behind the couch before popping his head back up a second later. "We wouldn't have had sex if I did that. I'm not that dumb,"

I stare at him dumbstruck before gripping the air imagining it was his neck, I take a deep breath heading into the bedroom to change, I feel his footsteps behind me so I slam the door on him before locking it.

I ignored him talking on the other end as I got dressed. I just couldn't believe this was happening. Billy being tortured, I can't believe those images were real but if he's working for someone who's trying to take my baby boy away from me..I cannot hesitate.

Once fully dressed I opened the door glaring up at Stu who stood on the other side his eyes filled with guilt. Before I can say anything to him the phone rings loudly. I move to answer it but he stands in my way.

"We're gonna talk about this later," I bite out slowly walking by him. I was relieved to hear Dewey's voice. He wants to meet me on campus. I agreed but after I am going home to keep my babies safe.

"I have to go," I tell Stu once I hang up the phone he stares at me in disbelief. Following me as I head for the door he grabs my arm before I can leave.