Haunted in the Night

Chapter Twenty-Two- Part One

Chapter Twenty-Two.
Claire moaned as she woke up, her eyes slowly opening, still half asleep, Chad’s arms wrapped around her, the blanket over their naked bodies, the fire only just still alight, nearly down to all coals.
Claire managed to unwrap herself from Chad, putting her clothes back on and she grabbed more woods to put on the fire.
It had just roared back to life when Chad awoke, sitting up watching her, admiring her curves, her soft features, he was so glad to have her back.
“Don’t go off without me again okay babe?” he asked her and she jumped slightly, she didn’t know he was awake.
“I won’t” she replied as she stood up straight, watching the fire for a moment before she sat down next to him, looking at him.
“I was so worried about you" he told her as he grabbed her waist and pulled her onto him, her legs wrapping around his waist.
“I know, I was worried about you too, I hated the thought of you here alone" she replied, stroking her fingers over the back of his neck.
“At least I had our memories to keep me company, I really like this couch" he flirted, grabbing the back of her neck and pulled her lips to his, kissing her passionately.
“Mmm me too" she replied when their lips parted for a moment before they reconnected, she knew he was talking about how she gave him her virginity, their first time ever was on this couch and it had been amazing, every time with him had been, he took her breath away, made her heart stop, he made her feel like all the pain in her life just dulled away, like he could make her happy with her life again.
“As much as I hate to say this but you should put on some pants" she said as she ran her eyes over what she could see of his body, his strong chest, toned stomach, the little trail of hair that led down to what was hidden under the blanket and she kissed him again before climbing off of him.
She made herself busy in the kitchen while he put his clothes back on, she knew that if she saw him, saw his body fully naked that she would want him again, that she wouldn’t be able to help herself, he was just so good, she couldn’t never get enough of him.
“What are you doing?” he asked her as he hugged her from behind, watching as she began cooking.
“Well all that action has made me hungry again and Bob will be back soon so he’ll need dinner" she replied as he placed a soft kiss on her neck, making her lean her head to the side and sigh happily at the warm feeling it spread through her.
“What is it?” he asked her curiously.
“It’s called herby sausages with butter bean mash" she answered as he let go of her and stood next to her.
“Can I help?” he asked and she smiled as she looked at him and nodded, it felt nice to finally get back to what was the closest she could get to normal, cooking with her boyfriend, it helped her push all the badness in her life to the back of her mind.
She had been right, it didn’t take long for Bob to get back, he looked pretty exhausted and drained, she knew that it wasn’t just physical, that it was emotional too, they had found Helena’s body after all.
“What you two making?” Bob asked curiously as he sat down at the table just as they were plating it up.
“Claire said it’s called herby sausages with butter bean mash, I’ve never tried it before so I can’t vouch for it" Chad told Bob as they sat down and Claire watched as the two men observed the food in front of them.
“Oh come on you guys have had my food before" Claire stated unbelievably, they were acting like it was poison she had placed in front of them.
The two men shared a nervous glance before sighing and taking a forkful of food and putting it in their mouths.
She watched as their eyes lit up with hunger for more when they tasted how delicious it was and she chuckled as they began shoving in big forkfuls at a time.
“Told you" Claire smirked as she began to eat hers.
“So Josh Hardgrove is at the station if you want to come in to question him tomorrow" Bob told her and Claire froze for a second, fork halfway into her mouth.
She had forgotten how he was being brought into town for them to interrogate, that he might hold the answers their looking for.
“Uh yeah sure" was all Claire replied awkwardly, swallowing her mouthful of food, looking nervously down at the table.
Talking to this man tomorrow, asking him all the questions she had wanted answers for nearly all her life, and maybe finally getting the answers for them, it scared her, what if he was the one who kidnapped all those people? Her parents? What if he had killed them? Would she find out if her parents are still alive or would he confirm if they are dead?
“Claire” Chad said, pulling her from her thoughts as he reached over and grabbed her hand.
“It’s going to be alright, Bob will be with you the entire time” Chad told her, trying to comfort her, he saw how her body had tensed, how the dread filled her eyes, he hated when that look appeared on her face, a moment ago she had been happy and at peace, and now that was gone and he wanted to bring it back.
“Um I think I’m going to go to bed early, all that hiking wore me out” she made an excuse to leave the table, getting up and heading into the bathroom, closing and locking the door behind her, but instead of getting changed, ready for bed, she leaned her back against the door, closing her eyes and tried to keep her breathing even.
She felt herself getting overwhelmed, the uncertainty of her parents fate taunting her, she just wanted it to be over but there was this sick feeling in her stomach, even with this man in the jail until they question him, she felt like the kidnapper was still out there.
He had alibi’s, and had moved out of town, hours away, it would be difficult for him to travel back all those times to kidnap people without anybody seeing him or suspecting something.
“Claire?” she heard Chad’s voice through the door as he knocked softly, pulling her from her thoughts and she gasped, not knowing what to say.
“I’ll be out in a minute” she said, trying to think of a way to make it seem like she hadn’t been standing in her lost in her thoughts.
“Well it would be kind of hard for you to get ready for bed without your pyjama’s” Chad told her and she realized that she had rushed in her without even grabbing her clothes and she groaned at how she had been an idiot, they knew what she was doing, she hadn’t hidden it well.
“I’ve got them here for you” he told her and she unlocked the door and opened it, seeing him standing there, worry on his face, holding her clothes.
She took them from him, offering him a small smile before reclosing the door, she listened for a moment, waiting for him to walk away, she heard him sigh through the door, a heavy sigh, and she knew he hated seeing her like this and it took a moment before she heard his footsteps retreating.
She took a warm shower before putting on her pyjama’s, black pants with a blue tank top.
Opening the bathroom door she walked out to see Bob at the table talking to Chad who was doing the dishes.
“I was just telling Chad how we found lots of dead animals out on the trail, how it looks like whoever is doing this is living out in the woods” Bob told Claire as she sat down at the table.
“Yeah, it makes it hard to think that it’s Josh Hardgrove” Claire replied, smiling at Chad as he began making them all a cup of hot chocolate, he was starting to know her too well, he even put mini marshmallows in hers.
“So why have him here for questioning?” Chad asked confused, stirring the liquid in the cups.
“Well we’re hoping that he may still know something, he left right soon after the first victim Mary Scather went missing, it always seemed suspect to me and then after what that witness told Claire at the hardware store, its better to just cover all our bases” Bob explained and Chad nodded that he understood, putting the cups down in front of them, taking his seat next to Claire.
Taking a sip of her drink, she smiled, the taste spreading all over her tongue, she had to admit, Chad made a great chocolate milk, it was now another thing she loved about him.
“I’m going for a shower, good night guys, Claire try to get some rest for tomorrow, I know you won’t be able to stop thinking about it but you will need sleep” Bob told them as he got up.
“I got your cup” Claire told him as he went to grab it and he smiled at her before heading into the bathroom, the water running when Bob turned on the shower.
“I’m going to get ready for bed” Chad told her as he got up, taking advantage of Bob being in the shower to get changed, Claire couldn’t help but peek, checking out his back, all the way down to his naked butt.
She nervously bit her bottom lip, feeling her hormones spike through her, her body feeling like it was alight, remembering what he does to it, and her breath spiked.
He felt her eyes on him and he turned to look at her, showing everything, and she instantly felt herself get wet.
“Damn you” she mumbled at him and he chuckled, pulling on his pants, however he left his chest and back bare, no top.
Slowly he got the mattress on the floor ready while Claire finished her cup of hot chocolate, before she got up, grabbing the empty cups and put them into the sink.
When she turned around Chad was already in bed, the blanket loosely over his abdomen and legs and Claire turned out the light before making her way over, climbing under the blanket too.
They heard the shower turn off and Bob go into the bedroom, the light clicking off.
All that lit up the lounge room was the fire which was slowly dying and Claire snuggled up to Chad’s chest.
“I saw you checking me out just now” he whispered in her ear, making her shiver as he hot breath ran down her neck.
“We need to get some sleep” she breathed out heavily, her body way too sensitive to how close she was to him right now.
“Admit it babe, you want me again, you can’t get enough now you know how good it is” he whispered seductively to her and she let out a soft gasp, and he ran his hand down over her waist.
“Lay down babe, let me make you feel good” he murmured in her ear, pushing her back softly, laying her down flat on the mattress.
“What about Bob?” she asked nervously, her eyes flickering to the closed bedroom door.
“You’ll just need to learn how to be quite” he whispered to her, kissing her neck softly as she blushed, feeling the heat rush through her body, inflaming her skin.
Slowly he slipped his hand inside of her pyjama pants, inside her underwear, running a finger over her clit and she gasped softly.
“Are you sure about this?” she asked nervously, she didn’t want Bob walking out and catching them.
“Relax babe” he whispered to her, slipping his finger down further, pushing it into her pussy lips.
Her lips parted as she gasped, pleasure filling her face, her eyes heavy as she looked up at him, he was smiling down at her, enjoying how he was making her feel.
Slowly he thrust his finger into her, watching as she bit her lip trying to stay as quiet as she could and he smirked at her when he saw how hard that was for her, especially when he pushed a second finger into her, watching as her abdomen pushed up at his hand, as she began rolling her hips at the pace he was thrusting his fingers into her.
She quickly grabbed the back of his neck, pulling his lips down to hers to keep her quiet from moaning out in pleasure, she kissed him feverishly, feeling herself climb higher and higher.
She couldn’t help but let out a soft moan when he pushed a third finger inside of her, she was getting used to his thick size and he liked that, it meant he could give her more pleasure.
Soon he was thrusting his fingers hard into her, watching as she spread her legs wide for him, pushing up at his hand just as much.
“Oh god” she whispered out, feeling herself getting close to her climax, gripping onto his shoulders.
“Cum baby, cum hard” he mumbled into her ear, making her do just that and he pushed his lips onto hers, to help keep her quiet as she came all over his fingers.
When she came back down she collapsed onto the mattress, trying to keep her heavy breathing as quiet as she could.
“I love what I can do to you” he whispered to her, kissing her softly.
“Mmm” she moaned softly, her eyes getting heavy, she was still very tired, more than she had realised but she tried fighting it.
“Your turn” she said as she began fumbling with his pants.
“No baby, this was about you, you’re tired, you need to get some sleep” he whispered to her, grabbing her hands, pulling them up and placing them on his chest.
“But that’s not fair to you” she mumbled tiredly, looking him in the eyes.
“I don’t expect you to pay me back babe, trust me I’m going to play with you a lot more than you could ever with me babe, but for now get some sleep” he told her, laying down, pulling her to him and she laid her head down on his chest, kissing it gently before closing her eyes.
“I love you Chad” she mumbled quietly, sleepily.
“I love you too, goodnight Claire” he replied, kissing her softly on the top of her head as she drifted off to sleep, him following close behind.

Before Claire knew it, it was morning and she was waking up to Bob making coffee and she yawned, climbing out of bed.
“Morning” she mumbled sleepily as she sat down at the table, sipping the cup of coffee when he put in down in front of her.
“Good morning, so today, I was hoping you could lead the interrogation, Hardgrove won’t expect that, it’ll take him off guard” Bob explained to her as he sat down, sipping at his own cup.
“I see how that could provide useful” she replied but felt nervous, she had only ever interrogated a person once in her life, she wasn’t sure if she was ready to do it again, especially with the answers she might receive.