Strangers Fingertips

Chapter 7: One Sick Son of a Bitch

"Honestly I didn't think you would here for a second date with me" Joel's eyes met with mine. Butterflies attacked each other in my stomach as he did.

Joel and I had went on a second date to the same Vietnamese restaurant.
Did he honestly like their food?

It had been a couple days since the first date and he seemed like a really good guy.
We had quite a bit in common.

"Of course I would, I really like you Joel.." I smiled at him as he reached for his napkin and I once again saw a wire, this time I really got a look at it.

Why would he have a wire on him?

I looked across the restaurant and out the big windows to see a car across the street, a guy with sunglasses was looking right at us but looked away.

It didn't take me too long to put two and two together.
"Joel..why did you take me out on a date?" I stared down at my plate and I felt his eyes on me.
"I wanted to get to know-"

"No, what is the real fucking reason, Joel? The truth!" I snapped and looked him in the eyes as he looked back into mine. We both stayed silent before he finally spoke up.

"I think you know something that I don't, something you won't tell me about this killer"

I laughed and scooted my chair back. "So you pretend to like me? Play with my feelings? You know I really thought that maybe I met a nice guy who was really in it because he liked me.." I shook my head then looked back up at him.
"Luna please let me just expl-" he started to say.

"I was wrong...I'm glad nothing went further."
I got up and grabbed my jacket and walked out of the place.

I pulled on my jacket as the cold breeze hit me, after wandering a couple of blocks I was pulled into an alley and before I could scream for help a gloved hand went over my mouth.

I kicked and squirmed around trying to fight the attacker but came face to face with Griffin.

He put a gloved finger over his lips and shushed me. I gave a reluctant nod as he slowly removed his hand from my mouth.

"What now, Griff-"

"What part of shush do you not understand?!" He hissed at me. I gave him an annoyed look, Tonight was not the fucking night.

A loud set of police sirens wailed their way past the alley we were in and he looked at me with his dark cold eyes as a grin formed on his face.

"Did you do it again?.." my voice barely audible as I spoke to him. "Of course, I also have Joel on my ass. I told you, you shouldn't trust him." He walked around in a circle in front of me then shook his pointer finger at me as if I were a little kid.

"Can I ask you something?" I bit my lip as this seemed to amuse him, he stepped closer. "Yes?" His long dark brown hair was perfectly at the sides of his face as he looked right at me.

"Does this make you happy?.."

His expression changed into a look of confusion at my words. "Killing these women..taunting Joel..do you like killing girls, Griffin?"

He put a hand on the side of the brick building right above my head, his body just inches from mine.

"Not really, not as much as I used to...ever since you came along I don't really want to kill anyone anymore" he looked into my eyes and I stared back.

"Really?"

"Yeah." A grin slowly formed on his face. He chuckle and shook his head. "What kind of bullshit is that, Lune?!"

Lune?

"Let me help you.." I brushed my fingertips against his cheek and he grabbed them.

"You honestly think that because you came into my life, that I didn't kill you, that you are something special or different?" And here he was making me feel small all over again, he must get off on it. I slipped my fingers out of his gloved hand.

My eyes started watering up but no tears fell. "Aww, am I making you cry, Luna?" He taunted.

I slapped him. His head was turned away from me from the impact and I knew I was in trouble. He slowly turned back and looked at me making my heart race, his hair was in his face.

"Don't..ever do that shit aga-" I smacked him again, I was angry and I accepted whatever he had in store for me. If he killed me so be it I was going nowhere in life anyway and I was not cowering away from this asshole.

He leaned in close menacingly. "Listen to me carefully" he warned.

A chill was sent down my spine and my heart thumped wildly in my chest. "I am getting extremely pissed off right now.." he leaned in close to my ear.

"And trust me, you don't want that."

I shoved him away. "Stay away from me..asshole. Your little mind games and trying to be Joel's little attention whore is what caused issues between me and my shot at having a life. Now I'm getting involved, I want you to fuck off"

He stared at me and it started scaring me. "Watch what you say to me" he warned.

"What you gonna kill me?! Or are you going to puss out again?!" I shot back.

"I'm loving this side of you.." I was taken back by his words.
"I want to fuck you till you faint, that's how turned on I am right now"

"You're sick.." I started walking away from him but everything went black.

I woke up to a sudden pain across my chest, my eyes slowly struggled to open as I heard police sirens in the distance. "Make sure you're buckled up.." Griffin mumbled next to me.

It took me a second to realize I was in a car and I was fastened in the passenger seat, I looked behind us to see the busted open gate that he must've drove right through.

"Wha-.." I winced and touched my head. "Sorry I had to do that to you, Luna. They were going to find us so I knocked you out. We lost them for now"

"What the fuck is wrong with you?.." I mumbled. "Oh a lot of things.." he reached his arm out his window and dumped gasoline on the hood of the car then got out a lighter.

After lighting it the hood went up in flames and he watched it in amazement. "You're in my world now.."

I unfastened and ran out of the car. "No use in running and hiding, I know exactly where you live" he called after me.