POV Lauren Jauregui
I knelt in front of Veronica and put a lock of hair that fell on her face behind her ear.
-Vero. – I whispered, she probably passed out, her pressure must have dropped – Vero, wake up.
I shook her face a little bit and she slowly regained her consciousness.
-Lauren... It was a dream, right? – her eyes roamed around the place and they instantly started to water – It wasn't a bad dream? – I shook my head.
-No, Vero. – I glued my forehead on hers – I also wanted it to be.
-You are going to kill me, aren't you? – I got up and threw the blood soaked dagger on the floor.
I approached the sideboard that was nearby, opening the drawer and grabbing a cigarette from the pack of cigarettes, promptly I lit it. My hands were shaking. THINK, LAUREN.
Vero began to cry uncontrollably and I started to walk again from one side to the other, dragging as much smoke as I could from the cigarette. Veronica's crying flooded the warehouse. With the cigarette still between my fingers, I massaged my right temple, trying to silence the pain. Veronica murmured something, I couldn't hear what, I assumed she was praying.
-SHUT YOUR DAMN MOUTH, VERONICA, LET ME THINK. – the woman got scared and swallowed her crying – I'm sorry. – I approached her quickly and knelt in front of her – I'm sorry.
I caressed her face and she burst into tears again.
-You weren't supposed to be here. – she nodded her head frantically – Why, Vero? Why did you come here? – Vero squirmed, trying to free her hands – Shhh, you won't be able to free yourself, just tell me what you came here to do.
-I've been feeling like crap these last few days. – thick tears wouldn't stop rolling down her face – Normani... N... Nor... – she couldn't finish the sentence and cried even more.
-I know, you two broke up. – she nodded – You were jealous of me, weren't you? – she nodded again, I hugged her and stroked her hair – Shhh, it's okay, it's okay. – I said trying to calm her down, but the truth was that I didn't know if everything would be okay.
-Yes, I was jealous. – she said and I backed away.
-B... But after I realized how stupid I was being. – I got up but continued to listen attentively – I went to your house to apologize, I know it was late, Lauren.
It was indeed quite late.
-But I haven't been able to sleep anyways, I thought it would do no harm, I wanted to apologize to you first, then I would talk to Mani. – she laughed sadly – I wanted to patch things up, it was when...
She swallowed hard and I impatiently walked from one side to the other.
-It was when you saw me put Steve in the trunk. – I laughed humorlessly and she nodded.
-As a police officer I decided to follow you and... – she began to cry compulsively – And here we are. I can't believe you are the Maniac Polaroid. – I laughed.
-Okay, Veronica, you were in the wrong place at the wrong time, it's not your fault.
I went to the sideboard where I had grabbed the cigarette and picked up the revolver I had stored there.
I approached the brunette who was looking at me crying incessantly. I took her phone from her pocket and put it in the pocket of my pants. Come on, Lauren, you need courage for this. I went behind the chair and began to untie her arms and legs.
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Dark Paradise (Camren)
FanfictionYou have your moral and your principles above all, you follow the law, you pay every tax. And by divine intervention or not, someone crosses your path and makes you rethink all of that, someone who makes your world turn upside down, someone who turn...