Psycho For Red

Chapter 1

"So let me get this straight, I can no longer work from home?" My father asks who I presume is his boss.

After a few seconds he sighs.

"I understand that but I am homeschooling my kid, I am raising him by myself!" He huffs "he is 16 but- i understand Sir" he hangs up the phone and finally notices me standing in the doorway.

"Looks like you got your wish, Alex" he grumbles "you're going to Woodsboro high" i feel myself smiling as I turn on my heels and walk out.

I finally get to act like a normal teenager!

Not some freak people point at and ask their parents questions.

I walk up to my room and close the door happily.

I finally get to be like my cousin!

I may even get to know her more, we only saw each other on birthdays and sometimes Christmas!

She lived in the nicer side of Woodsboro, we didn't.

Being just me and dad after my mum left a year ago.

I still remember my mum accusing dad of sleeping with my Aunt.

He denied it ever happened and she stormed out, never glancing back.

I honestly didn't know what to believe.

My dad often went out randomly, every couple of days or so, claiming he needed a walk, he usually came back after an hour, but he never had dirty shoes so I didn't believe he went for a walk.

"Alex! I'm going out for a walk!" He calls to me and i immediately reach for my shoes.

"Alright! Stay safe!" My Aunt lived half an hour away on foot.

I climb out my window and jump into the bushes out in the back garden.

I would take the shortcut that would take 15-20 minutes depending on my pace, i run past the treeline and follow the route towards the park that protruded near my Aunts property.

I glanced towards the road as I saw my dads car drive by me, i was hidden by foliage luckily.

I keep running as fast as my burning legs could take me and eventually see the parting in the treeline up ahead.

I checked my watch, it was 4:50PM.

I look towards her house and immediately see the familiar red truck he drove.

I walk around to the back of her property and peek in the kitchen window.

I see my aunt in a robe and my dad taking off his jacket.

I keep watching curiously as he takes off his boots and walks up behind her, wrapping his arms around her and kissing along her jaw.

I feel bile rise in my throat and sneak away.

She said the truth!

I see another car pull up to her house and watch as a man in a red leather jacket climbs out and walks up to the door, ringing the doorbell.

I listen as the door opens "oh! Cotton, this is Jeremy our third!" Her voice comes out as sickeningly sweet to me.

"Well this'll feel good for you" i hear the door close and decide to look in the window one more time.

I was mistaken right?

I looked in the window and immediately regretted my decision, my dad was making out with her while Cotton was behind her, touching her.

I recoil in disgust and run into the treeline I had emerged from.

She destroyed my family!

And yet my dad is still going to her, she was married!