In The Dead of Night Book 1 & 2

Book Two Chapter 6

Chapter Six

The sun was beginning to rise, I had been driving all night naked and in silence, my skin is beginning to stick to the leather seats in the truck causing my skin to ache and burn with the smell of sex in here. I desperately need a shower, the events from just hours ago still very much fresh in my mind, in a way you could say they were haunting me. The regret of hurting two people I had grown serious feelings for, I was in love with Stacey but I also had very strong feeling for Kimberly and to have Stacey blow her head off during the most intimate of moments, was something that would be burnt into my mind forever.

Then it hit me, I had not even realized it all of the drive last night but the balance of power had shifted, I had gone from dominating my relationship with Stacey to being dominated she killed my lover in an act of passion in a jealous rage. Then forced me into my current situation I was both enraged yet in a way impressed with the entire ordeal but one thing was sure, I could not allow Stacey to remain in control of things, if I let it go on to long she will get power hungry and things could get far worse she needed to be punished for her sins last night. I was not ready to lose Kimberly, she was just starting to break down, she could have been very useful to us with the baby coming and the move; I needed the help.

I played the events over in my mind and remember Kimberly throwing our clothes in Stacey’s direction, my god the evil bitch was taunting Stacey into a fight, though I seriously doubt she intended it to go as far as it did. Then again maybe she did, realizing it was her only escape, so many thoughts running through my mind it was giving me a mass headache.

I needed to take my pain pills and use my eye drops, though I am making good progress, I am still mildly having problems from the explosion. A while back my eyes are burning and my pain is building but Stacey is still angry and hurt from last night, and she is relentless at having that gun on me. I need my meds and I need clothes, daylight is setting in and me driving naked is only going to draw unwanted attention, Stacey has been in control long enough it’s time for me to take it back, but this could prove more problematic than I would like it to be its got to happen.

I loosen my grip on the steering wheel with my right hand and prepare to take action, checking my mirrors that no one is around me and it's clear. As fast as I can I snap my fingers around Stacey’s wrist and point the gun away from me and at the floor board, jerking the wheel of the truck to the left, causing her head to whiplash off of the passenger side window stunning her for a minute. I jerk the pistol away and pull over the truck as she fights back for the gun, I pin her down against the bench seat and sit on her legs, pinning her wrists against the seat beside her.

"Now you listen and you listen good, I know how much I hurt you last night and honestly it was never intended that way, I love you with all my heart and would never intentionally hurt you. I had a moment of weakness and I apologize for that, she seduced me but it was not all her fault either; I did want her badly. I have to be honest, I told you in the beginning I always would be and I always have, nothing will ever change that. You had every right to be angry with me and I know she taunted you but you were wrong to kill Kimberly, I was just beginning to break her down, she was going to be useful to us in many ways. Now I am going to have to find someone else and start over, that was stupid not to mention, it could have got us caught what were you thinking Stacey."

"I was thinking I love you and I was not going to let that slut ruin our relationship, I was not going to let her take you from me and I know she would have. I love you too much to ever let you replace me, don’t you get that after everything we have been through together? Everything I have done for you, done for us Steven? After all of it, to watch you the way you were last night tore me apart, I felt like I was going to die even though we had that agreement. I never believed you could be so heartless and cruel as to flaunt it in the same room as me, you tell me you love me but then you do that and it screams something totally different, this move was supposed to be a new start for us; to have a better life. We didn’t need that bitch, now it’s done and over with, can't we just get passed this and continue with our plan? We're going to Arkansas and starting over, we'll buy some property, build a great big cabin just for you and me and the upcoming baby and we can continue things we started before. You know neither of us will be happy trying to quit killing, so we'll just continue channeling it against those that deserve it, we can be happy Steven. We can start over, we just have to get passed this right here, right now."