Mercy

Part 28: Prey

There had to be a plan put in place. The only thing I cared about right now was to remove Siobhan, how hard could that be. Roger was the problem, and Autumn I guess, I had to make them distance themselves from her and once I had done that I would take care of her. That's not hard at all, if you can't tell this is my sarcastic voice. I was an optimist at least in the beginning of this little project of mine. There was no way that I could anticipate just how long this would take or how much work it would be.

Step one: Make up with Autumn without being imposing while giving her time to heal. Making sure that Autumn didn't see me as the monster she thought I was played a huge role in the long game. Since she didn't answer my text I had to improvise. I wrote her a thoughtful letter and went to her apartment. The letter was a backup but also a cliff note. I was still a little unclear on what I was apologizing for so I put it into writing. I went to her apartment and knocked on the door, she didn't open but I could hear a faint creak on the floor; the curse of hardwood floors.

The house was old and she had a mail slot in the door instead of a mailbox, so I did something kind of undignified and I sat down in front of the door on my knees. I opened the slot as far as it would go and it was time for the performance of a lifetime.

"I know you are there, and if you aren't this is going to be humiliating... but I guess you'll never know" I listen for some sign of life, there was none. "I am here to apologize but you already know that. I wanted to do it in person but I get it, I'm kind of... I am not your favourite person right now" I took a paus. "I don't mean to say I told you so because that would be unnecessary and cruel. You couldn't have known. You couldn't have known what would happen and I should have warned you... I wanted to tell you but I was scared, I thought that maybe I had changed. You didn't deserve that" I was silent again, no answer. "I'll leave you alone. I don't expect a person like you to be with a person like me but we will have to be around each other and with time, maybe you could be my friend" I let out a small laugh, it was forced but fitting. "I don't know if we were, not this time around but once we were and I'll miss you. I'll miss you again" I heard a creak as if she shifted her weight, if I knew her right, she was cursing herself for giving me this sound of confirmation. "I'll leave now, but I'll stick around and when you want me, if you do, even just as a friend I'll be here" I took the note and dropped it into the mail slot. "I love you, I don't know what it means really but if I can love anyone it's you. It will always be you Aut"

I think I did well, and I think that I was convincing enough to make her question things. Now I had to wait, I hate waiting.

Step two: I needed to break up Roger and Siobhan. I had to make sure that they were no longer involved when I made her disappear. I might even make it look like he didn't, wouldn't that be funny? So, how do you break up an old man and his gold digging girlfriend? It was all about Roger, I don't think Siobhan held much power here. I wouldn't say that he was abusive but he was... controlling. Then again, who wasn't? He had a pretty bad idea of women, he saw them as lesser beings and he saw them as property. This was good. Well, not good in the sense of this being a good trait or opinion but it was easy to step into his shoes. He thought she was his and he wouldn't allow anyone else to play with his toys, that would be humiliating for a man like him. He would probably kill someone if that happened. I didn't want Autumn and Siobhan to be having an affair but it would be convenient. I would find a way to forgive Autumn as soon as Siobhan was removed.

I invested in a really nice camera and a dark baseball cap. I looked like a dork but you have got to do what you have got to do. My plan fully relied on a relationship I wasn't sure about and that wasn't great. I decided to follow Siobhan rather than Autumn; fewer people were likely to recognize me. I wasn't planning on being spotted but I had to take precautions.

Siobhan Serpent lived a boring life, she really did. She worked some kind of administrative job and she had zero friends. She woke up in the morning, she went to work, she sat alone and she didn't seem to interact with a lot of people, and at the end of the day she went to Roger's. I assumed that they had dinner and sex and then she left because she only stuck around for a couple of hours or so. Most days she showered as soon as she got home so I figured she felt dirty after the encounters because she didn't even enter the apartment really. She dropped everything in the hall and went to the bathroom. On a few occasions she didn't go home, she went to Autumn's apartment.

I didn't understand it because they just talked. They talked for hours. They didn't even have wine. It was confusing. Maybe I was a little delusional but I thought that I could see the way their looks lingered. I followed her for weeks but she didn't make a move. I was getting annoyed. The family dinners were not great but not bad, Autumn wouldn't talk to me but she did make eye contact so the war wasn't lost. She and Siobhan seemed to grow closer and it was stressing me out, at the same time I needed them close enough to destroy Siobhan. You could say that I was conflicted. Then it happened.

It had been three weeks, 23 days to be exact and I was getting sick of Siobhan. I accidently, or not accidentally, but I looked into one of the windows of Roger's mansion and I saw him forcing her into the saddest blowjob I had ever seen. I started to feel bad for her. Ok, not really, I started to think of her as pathetic and that is pretty similar, right? After this accidental peep show I followed her, I assumed that she was going home but she didn't. My stomach sank as she parked her car right outside the apartment I at this point had spent more time outside of than inside. Something was off about her, she kept her head down and she walked fast. She entered Autumn's apartment and I could tell that she wasn't expected. Interesting.

Autumn made her tea but they didn't talk, at least not the way they usually did. Sometimes I could tell what they were talking about. I know that it was more like educated guesses but still, I think that I caught the gist of it most of the time. They talked about boring stuff, never anything real, it was as if they both held back. It was obvious from the outside that there was something there but none of the women was aware of it. Sometimes it felt like watching some teen romance movie where the best friends fall in love but they don't notice it.

Siobhan had her back to Autumn, pretending to look at some books, when Autumn walked up behind her with a cup of what I assumed was tea. She turned around and took the cup, holding it in both hands and they stood like that looking at each other. Siobhan took a small step towards Autumn and she kissed her. It wasn't much more than a peck but she did it. I was supposed to take pictures of this but I froze, so did Autumn. I brought the camera to my eye, now ready for what could and would happen. I wasn't happy about it but I was ready.

A/N: Hi, I hope y'all are having a good beginning of the week. I am sorry I cut it here, I feel like I leave you on a lot of cliff hangers and two-parters but I need to rn to be realistic about the amount I can and want to write in a day. Hope you have fun and guess what the next chapter is going to be, haha.