Dark Cupid

Chapter 9

"I love Stanley." I told Noah. It was drizzling. He didn't laugh it out. He just said, "You can't be fair in this case if you love him."
"I know it's not him."
"I told you."

"Noah" I said, packing my things, "I'm gonna meet Julie. I'll text you."
"Wait." He tried to stop me. I didn't.

***

"Julie Roberts?" I tracked her down in the school library. She turned around. Blonde hair, red lips, blue eyes. She was beautiful. She spoke, "Yes?"
And I knew it wasn't her. That isn't her voice.

"Can I sit down to talk for a minute? I'm Felicia." I said, walking towards her and proposing a handshake.
"Martin? Oh, so you're the girl Stanley is mad for. Please take a seat!" She laughed. I sat down and she said, "You're so lucky. Stanley is so amazing. I've asked him out twice but he denied. Now I know for whom."
"You're beautiful."
She laughed, "Of course I am. Anyway you wanted to talk about something?"
"No no, it's nothing like that. Umm... You knew Jessica?"
Her expression faded. She replied,
"Oh, it's about her? Yes, she was a good friend. She too was a cheerleader, you know."
"You know they took Stanley in as a suspect, right?"
"Yes... I've been trying to avoid that thought."
"Okay, Julie. I'll see you?"
She smiled and nodded. I got up and left the campus. It was drizzling. This wasn't the Julie who attacked me. I remember her voice as clear as ice. My phone rang and it was her, like always.
"Poor girl. You didn't find me, did you?"
"Julie?"
"Yes. I didn't realise you'd be such a pain in the ass."
I opened my mouth to speak. But I didn't. Oh god, stupid me. So stupid me. I cut the call. I sent a quick text to Noah.

Felicia: Noah, I know who it is. See me at bustop 14. I'll tell you everything.

Noah: I'll be there. Just don't use your phone to text me again.

Felicia: it's an emergency.

Noah: I know.

And my phone rang again.
"How dare you cut my call?"
I tried to speak when she said, "Now listen, I've got your second boyfriend with me. And if you tell anyone about this, he's gonna lose his life. It's not like I am scared of killing people you see."
"What? Who have you got?"
"Oh, that beautiful person from Ceptine's? Don't tell me you don't have a thing for him."
"Evan?"
"Yes. Now if you want to see him ever again, meet me at the same place. And don't tell anyone. Don't bring that girl like you did last time. I'll kill Evan."
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nd the line went blank.

I rushed to the building. I didn't tell Jodie. Didn't tell Noah. I couldn't have someone killed. He was tied to a chair with ropes and his face was pale and dehydrated. I rushed to him, tried to shake him awake.

"He can't move." She said. I turned around. Her beautiful blonde hair was tied up in a horsetail. She continued, "He's unconscious. Relax. He doesn't feel pain. He's on anaesthesia."
"Anaesthesia? What did you do to him?"
"Just a really good dose of it. Enough for him to not wake up. Anytime soon. Ever." She smirked.
"You killed him?"
"Not yet. He's still breathing."

"What is this all about? Why are you doing this to us?"
She came close and slapped me. I fell to the ground. She said while walking around me, "Because after all this wait, you got him, bitch. Not me. I'd known him for longer. I'm prettier. Why you?"
"You could've just told me that you felt that way for Stanley. I would have let him go."
"And what good would that do? The next one would come along and snatch him away again. Enough of this bullshit. If he can't be mine, he won't belong to anyone."

"You've gone crazy."
"Oh, yeah? How would you know? All the guys are mad over you. Stanley, Evan. And everybody else. How would you know what it's like to be me?"
My lip was bleeding bad. She did hit really good. She went to her bag and brought an injection out. She bent down to see me and said, "This kills Evan. Just half of it. The rest half is for you. It soothes the pain you see." She laughed and walked towards him. I turned around, took the gun out of my jeans and shot her leg. She fell to the ground. I got up and went to her who was screaming in pain.

"How the fuck do you have a gun?"
"There are many things you don't know about me. I take a knife out of my shoe, aim it at her throat and say, "Tell me where the neutralizer to this is."
"I don't have any."
"I am willing to hurt you."
"You won't hurt me, Felicia. You've known me for years."
I pressed the knife on her throat. Just enough to make her bleed a bit. I said,  "I'm not Felicia. And I'm willing to hurt anyone who doesn't give me what I want."

"Who are you?"
"Nothing that concerns you. Now tell me about the neutralizer.  And if you don't give me the truth, I'll kill you. Trust me."
I guess I scared her enough.
"Second bottle from the left. Use half a syringe of it."
I took the bottle out, googled its composition. 'Neutralizer for Anaesthesia'. Google said. I filled a syringe half and pushed the liquid in Evan's body. I turned to her.
"How long is it going to take?"

"15 minutes." She answered. I freed him from those ropes which had dug marks into his skin and tied her with those. I licked my lip and walked around her. "Tell me how all of this happened."

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