Emily's Fall 2: Rising Above

Ch. 27: Maddening Anxiety

It was late in the day when Verosika went to the club. She had some work to do before opening the night club portion of the building.

'Good thing stuff like this is no trouble or else it'd be a drag.' Verosika thought with a grin, pausing to spin her pen between her fingers as a cool down.

She then heard the sound of glass shatter and she could recognize and guess where it came from.

'I had just gotten that fucking window replaced!' She thought, rushing towards the basement, 'Oh, wow, a brick, how original.'

She got closer and there was a note attached to it.

'A note too? This is getting even more cliche.' Verosika thought as she picked up the brick and took off the note to read it.

-I know what you did... I am going to kill you, I don't know when and I don't know where, but I will kill you.- Vengeance.

"Twat."Verosika said as sje scoffed, "Better tell Emily."

Verosika reached into her pocket and dialed Emily's number, assuming she was eating a big snack between lunch and dinner before getting to back to work in that redemption hotel. Which she was.

"Hmm?" Emily let out as she paused eating, pulling out her phone and swallowing her food. "Hello, Princess Emily Morningstar speaking."

"Hey, E, it's your favorite Succubus." Verosika said.

"You're the only Succubus I know, so I'm inclined to agree." Emily said, "What can I do for you?"

"Nothing much. Just a little note that I think you'll be interested in and I have a feeling I know who the fucker that sent it is." Verosika said over the phone.

"Let me guess... half blind TV overlord?" Emily guessed, eating a fry.

"You psychic?" Verosika asked, grinning in the other end of the call.

"Maybe." Emily replied, also grinning. "Plus, I doubt he's still where ever you got Val from if you want to get him."

"Yeah, possibly. Anyway, the fucker broke another one of my windows and left this message in a note." "Verosika said before reading the note again. "'I know what you did... I am going to kill you, I don't know when and I don't know where, but I will kill you.'"

"I sort of expected this, he was the only person that still loved Valentino." Emily said.

"Whatever, I'll look into where he is." Verosika said, putting the note aside.

"And I'll make sure he doesn't try to send any bug cameras or something into the hotel." Emily said.

"Great, talk later." Verosika said.

"Wait, before you go, do you want to say anything to Velvette? She's in my office right now." Emily said with a grin.

"Oh! Sure." Velvette said with a smile.

Emily turned to Velvette, who was looking out the door of the office to check for Niffty. Which she had been doing all day since the coffee insident this morning.

"Vel, you got a phone call." Emily said.

Velvette, not leaving the door, stretched her arm across the room and grabbed the phone.

"Ello? Who is this?" Velvette asked.

"Cute accent." Verosika said, making Velvette blush.

"V-V-Verosika?!" Velvette said in shock, looking at Emily.

'You got this.' Emily mouthed with two thumbs up to the doll demon.

"The one and only." Verosika said, "So hey, if you're not busy tonight, why don't you come by the club later for a drink?"