Eye Candy

Chapter 9 (Weeks later)

I'm dancing hopelessly on the dance floor, swinging my hair around. Pretending I don't have anything to lose, or a fear bone in my body. I do a spin around and see the guy I met last week coming down the stairs. I walk towards him but I'm still in the dance floor. "Eye candy?" He says to me. "It's lindy" I say back, correcting him. "Okay ,sure" he says back getting something from his pocket as I dance in him. It's a small orange pill with a tiny face on it.

"You wanna taste?" He says putting it in his mouth. I put my arms around his neck and kiss him as he passes the pill in my mouth. I turn around with my back facing his body. I don't know what this pill is so i take it out and drop it on the floor. I take my black boot heel and smear it over the dance floor then turn around to him smiling. I grab his hands and pull him closer to me and I whisper in his ear "you wanna go?" This is all apart of my little scheme. He whispers back to me "yea". We walk out of the club and we stop at his car. As he starts to open his doors , my phone rings. I turn to the guy "one sec." I say to him holding one finger in the air. I turn the other way and answer my phone , It's the police thats trying to help me with my whole case. "hello mom" I say to them. I can't break character and say who it is for real.

"What are you doing?" He ask me.

"I'm busy right now what's up?" I ask back with a slight attitude.

"What's up? Is the last girl that met with someone in flirt-town was found dead this afternoon with her face melted off"

I pause and gasp. I turn around to stare at the guy again. He looks at me with a creepy look. Waiting on me to get done with the phone call. Now , re-thinking if I should go or not. Absolutely not.

"Oh , wow that's terrible". I say.

"I know, I advise you to get out of there now" officer tom says.

"Wow, okay then". I reply with a calm tone. I hang up the phone and I have a pale expression on my face as if I just found out some extra shocking news.

"Is everything okay?" The boy says , sounding concerned.

"Yea.. Umm my mother is just having some health issues and uhh yea I hate to do this but I have to get going" I say to him. Knowing I'm lying. He closes his door, walk towards me and says "I can't say I'm not disappointed, im going in and out of town for the weekend. I want more of you before I leave again."

"I'll let you know". I smile and he leaves in his car.

"You having fun?" Officer Tom says behind me.

"Does it look like I was having fun?"

"It looks like your obsession with finding bens killer is messing up our surveillance."

"Then why don't you arrest him already?"

"We were about to, but you got in the way. You need to let us do our job lindy."

"That girl today, she'd still be alive if you were doing your job." I snap at him.

"That's not fair." he says. "I know your angry, look im angry too Ben and I were friends long before we were cops. our family's grew up together" he says starring in my eyes. Almost tearing up.

"You know the look his mother gave me at his funeral?" He asks .. but I don't say anything. "... Regret" he says. I gasp slightly. "Regret that she ever trusted me with his life" he finishes. I put my head down in sadness and pick it back up.

"You know the regret I got?... Blame." I walk away slowly, turning my back in him.

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The next morning .

"Hi." I say walking into Amy's house.

"Hi" she says back sipping something in a mug.

"Your up early." i say to her.

"Yea, it's hard to sleep when your best friend is out all night doing what with who knows who."

"Amy, I'm fine." I say walking into he next room where her bed is and computer.

"Really?" She asks, following.

"Yes, it's not anything you have to think about."

"Then what is this?" She says. Pressing a button on her screen revealing the cameras I intalled in those guy's phones. "Your watching the guys from flirt town, I think your thinking about it a lot. You've been following them haven't you?"

"Yes" I reply.

"Why have you been hiding this from me?" She asks looking worried.

"Because I didn't want you to worry".

"Okay well I'm worried.. This is worried." she says standing up and pointing at her outfit up to down.

"Lindy, it is not your fault what happened to ben"

"Yes is is." I say. "... and if any of the creeps that I've dated killed Ben I'm going to find out". She comes and sits down next to me in the bed.

"Look, I'm just going to go out on a limb here and say romancing a murderer is not a good idea, it's not a good idea"

"Well that's the only idea I have" I say looking down at my nails.

"Well it's not a good one." she says shaking her head.

"I have no other choice Amy." I say gathering my things and leaving.