Coffee, tea? Or me?

DRAIN YOU- Part I

DRAIN YOU

One baby to another says, "I'm lucky to have met you"

I don't care what you think unless it is about me

It is now my duty to completely drain you.

I

Lucy tossed the piece of paper on the counter and immediately threw the bouquet in the bin, cramming it in aggressively, her heart was beating fast and she felt a mix of fear and anger.

She went back to the message and stared at it for a while, then grabbed her keys and quickly made her way out of the door.

"Hey Nigel," she said leaving the lift and walking towards the reception area. "I was just wondering, have you seen by any chance someone delivering a bouquet of flowers today?".

The doorman nodded "Yes, not long ago actually, maybe an hour?"

"Do you remember the person?" Lucy asked casually.

"Just a woman with a FlowerForU uniform. Is everything ok?" he asked.

"Yes all good," she said cheerfully. "Just an anonymous sender so I was curious".

"Your boyfriend's got competition?" the man asked winking at her.

Lucy shrugged.

"Seems so. Or maybe it's from my mom and she forgot to sign it!" she kept her tone breezy as she started towards the lift.

Back in the apartment Lucy went into the bin and dug the bouquet out, she checked it thoroughly and found the little sticker with the FlowerForU logo and Chelsea written underneath it, confirming which branch had taken the order.

She unlocked her phone and googled the name of the store, looking for a phone number when she found it she leaned against the counter and pressed call, her hand slightly shaking.

"FlowerForU, this is Tracy, how may I help you?". A jolly young voice came from the other end.

Lucy cleared her throat trying to steady her tone.

"Good morning Tracy, how are you? I'm calling because I've received a bouquet of hydrangeas this morning but there isn't a sender's name on the envelope and I hoped you could help me find out who sent it?"

"A secret admirer eh? Let me see what I can find out. What's the name and delivery address?"

Lucy gave the girl her details and could hear tapping on a keyboard. Her heart started to race faster.

"So, Hamilton. Here it is!" a moment of silence. "Ah, that's very bizarre..."

***

James was awakened by his phone loudly vibrating against the bedside table, it started out in his dream until the continuous noise slowly separated from it and brought him back to reality.

When he saw Lucy's name on the screen he was immediately fully awake, she would never call him at two forty-five in the morning if it weren't an emergency.

"Lucy, is everything ok?" he asked sitting up straight.

Her voice came out flat.

"James something happened..."

"Are you ok? Are you hurt?" he asked, worried.

"No, no I'm good. I'm home," she said, reassuring him.

He relaxed a little, she continued.

"When I've arrived home today there was a bouquet of flowers waiting for me, when I opened the envelope the message said, whore".