The Bad Boy and His Lessons

Games

It has been a week since we had killed that man. Marie still wakes up screaming from the nightmares that linger from that very day. I hold her until she stops crying. Rik sleeps with his gun by his side. Rik is afraid someone will come into the house and try to kill us. We finally told him about the murder and he agreed to keep it a secret. I don't talk to Rik much because I fear that he might snitch. Marie and Rik will talk all day and laugh. I walk over to Marie and whisper in her ear "Walk with me." Marie looks at me then at Rik who was sitting across from her. She stands up and walks with me. I sigh as we go to the backyard. I grab her hand and spin her around. Marie smiles as I get down on one knee. I say with a smile "Marry me?" She nods and kisses me as I stand up.

Rik walks outside and sees the ring on her finger and says with surprise "Wow nice ring and Scott there is a woman at the front door." Marie and I look at each other with confusion. We all walk inside towards the front door. I open the door and see a woman with emerald eyes and long wavy hair. She smiles and says in a soft voice "Hello! Which one of you killed my partner?" Marie walks up behind me and says "Who is your partner?" The woman looks aggravated and says "Conrad Roy was his name. He was found dead in the bushes at the Motel twenty miles down the road." Marie gasped and said, "Oh I am sorry to hear that." The woman looks Marie up and down. The woman sighs and says with a half smile "It is okay to admit the facts. I am Joy Smith. Conrad was an ass anyway."

I chuckled and said, "Come on in Joy." She walks in and stares at Rik. I look at Marie while she is giving me a deadly stare. I shrug and look at Rik. We all go into the dining room and sit on the floor in a circle. We sat in silence until Joy said "Names." Rik looks at Marie and I and says " I am Rik Consoto and these are my friends Scott and Marie." Joy nods and smiles. Rik laughs awkwardly while rubbing the back of his neck. Joy says while blushing "Let's tell each other why we are really here." I start the conversation by saying "I wasn't supposed to be here. I was always the good boy at home and when I was in school. My father is a mafia king so I kind of got forced into the family business. Then when the time came he wanted me to kill my friends. Everything went downhill and yeah we ended up killing Conrad."

Joy looks at Marie as Marie says "I was just a girl from Texas minding her own business. One day a man named Brock Romel offers me a deal. He told me to work for him so I could provide for my sister. That was just what I did and one day I met Scott. Brock was Scott's father which Scott's whole family is in the mafia. Well after a while Scott and I got intimate and I am carrying his child." Joy smiles and looks at Rik. Rik blushes and says "I was just an average cop driving the roads. I pulled them over and offered to give them a ride here. Little did I know or expect to be helping them get away with murder." Joy says "I worked for Brock once. We got intimate and he became violent and gave me a scar." Joy pulls up her dress and shows us the scar that went from her side to her leg.

Rik sighs and says "Oh wow. What happened to your um..." His voice trails off as his face turns red. Joy walks over to Rik and gives him a better view of the scar and says "Feel how deep he cut me." Rik runs his fingers over the scar. Marie clears her throat and gets up while pulling my arm. We go into the kitchen and Marie grabs both my wrist and says quietly "She is playing games." I look at her and Rik as they kiss. Marie puts her hand on the side of my face and makes me look at her as she says "That is one of the oldest and easiest ways to seduce a guy." I nod and say "Well then what do we do? I doubt Rik is willing to kick Joy out now. They are going upstairs." Marie sighs and shrugs with concern on her face. Maybe Marie was right maybe Joy was a threat. I got upstairs and was about to knock on the door. Joy swings open the door and says "What do you want Scott?" I look down and sigh then I look back up at her and say "What games are you playing?"

Joy looked at me with a slight grin on her face and said: "Wouldn't you like to know." She pushed me out the door and slammed the door shut. I went downstairs to talk to Marie when I heard Rik and Joy arguing.  I turn back around and run up the stairs. Before I could get to the door, Joy swings the door open and says "Scott why can't you just go away?" I shrug with uncertainty. Marie runs upstairs to find me and she looks at Joy and says "Why do you look like shit?" I chuckle and Joy gives her a look of disgust. Rik walks up behind Joy and says "Kids please go downstairs and wait for us." Marie hates being called a child. Marie smiles and says "We are not children first of all. Second of all why are you two locked in a room together?" Joy walks up to Marie as Rik fails to grab Joy's arm and Joy replies by saying "With us here you are going to be children and never give me or Rik attitude again. If you give us attitude I will become your worst nightmare." What will happen next? What will happen between Joy and Marie? Will Joy keep her word?