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June 11th Three Weeks Later
The rain pounded on the roof of the apartment room, and Emma heaved a sigh of satisfaction as she cut the onions while listening to classical music. Once she was done, she grabbed the already peeled potatoes and was about to cut them into cubes when there was a knock on the door. Confused, she picked up her phone and looked at the last text between her and Gwen.
Emma: Are you coming over? I am making kare raisu
Gwen: I would love to but I can't today. I am kinda busy.
Emma: Really?
Gwen: Yes. Maybe next time.
'She said she wasn't coming today.' Emma thought as the knocking continued. 'Then who is it?'
"Emma?" a familiar voice called out from behind the door. "Emma, are you in?"
She chose to ignore him hoping he would go away but the knocking continued. "I know you are in there. I can hear your music from here!"
"Shoot!" she hissed out loud and she quickly turned off the music as the female opera singer's voice increased in pitch. "That was my favorite part too."
"Emma!" the knocking increased only adding to her irritation. "Please let me in! It's cold and I am going to catch hypothermia if I don't come in! Let me in! Let me in! I am going to die out here!"
Clicking her tongue in anger, she finally took a huge breath, walked over to the front door, and opened it to see Jake soaking wet with a small wry smile on his face so she naturally let him in.
"Thank you," he said walking into the living room. "How are you doing?"
"I am fine thank you," she replied studying him and finally coming to the conclusion that he was walking in the rain but something was off. "Did you run in the rain?"
"Yeah! Yeah, I did!" his smile widened and he took off his leather jacket showing he was wearing nothing but his black sleeveless tight shirt that showed his physical chest features underneath.
"Why are you wearing that?" she asked.
Blushing, he looked away. "I...this was in the hurry to come and see you and this was the only thing I could wear at the moment."
Emma didn't buy it. "You have been coming here pretty often."
"Yes. After that incident in school, I thought it should be a good idea to check in on you from time to time." Jake looked up at her and wore a bright smile. "Don't you agree?"
"No I don't."
Her sharp reply startled him and when he opened his eyes, she saw she was folding her arms under her enlarged chest and narrowing her eyes suspiciously at him. In response, he frowned at her and gave a huge huff.
"I am only trying to look out for you that's all." he said innocently.
Emma said nothing but turned and walked back to the kitchen to resume her cooking. To her, it has been weeks since they met at the store and he kept coming over to see her. At first she appreciated him to see her sometimes with food and walking her to school but it slowly got overwhelming especially when he started grabbing her by the hand and showing disturbing behaviour. What irritated her was the fact that he always appeared when she was planning to leave the apartment to help the rest investigate the curse in the school.
'At least he is coming when my aunt isn't here.' she thought slicing the beef in thin stripes. 'That woman would drain him dry when she learns he has money.'
'Don't be rude.' Emma's inner voice said and she rolled her eyes.
"Your apartment smells lovely," he commented as he entered the kitchen. "What are you making?"
Emma ignored him, she pushed the sliced beef aside and she smiled at the handiwork of sliced vegetables on the kitchen island. She turned on the stove and poured oil into the pot and put the garlic and onions inside the pot. It simmered slightly and started putting the strips of beef into the pot.
Jake watched her sear the beef on both sides and looked at the text Agatha sent him a few hours ago. 'We are going to investigate another abandoned building and Gwen wants to invite her. You know what to do.'
Jake clicked his tongue at the text and looked back at his Beloved with hidden admiration and sighed. 242Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKKLjeqvAoQ
'It had been four weeks since that incident in your room and caution has been your best friend Beloved.' he thought to himself and chuckled within himself as she poured the rest of the vegetables inside the pot, sautéd it, poured the beef stock and covered the pot. Then she proceeded to look for the packet of curry roux blocks. "I couldn't help but laugh at the fact you are terrified of me because you shouldn't be. I am only trying to protect you but you can't see that! Why can't you see that?'
It only took a few minutes of searching but she found and tore opened the packet of curry roux blocks. Snapping out two blocks, she placed it inside the pot and increased the flame bringing the pot to a boil. Despite wearing bagging clothing, Jake could still see her obvious features and his eyes traveled down her back to her legs and he bit his bottom lip at the sight.
'I didn't mean to scare you but its going take more than a report to the police, changing your phone number and locks on your front door and window to stop me. After all, you aunt was more than happy to let me copy the key you gave her to make a spare.' His lustful grin widened. "All of this reminds me of the day I killed Quin and his friends. All I had to do is to walk up behind them and stab them in the neck but I had a lot of fun with Quin. Depite the fact he acted like a tough delinquent whose only mission is to steal your underwear for street credit, he sure knew how to beg for his life. So I gave him a chance to escape by tying his hands and making him run into the woods like a frightened dog until he fell into a well-dug grave. Then I buried him alive, covered the place with soil similar and planted shrubs to make it seem like nothing had happened there. It took all night but it was worth it to avoid suspicion.'
"Curry is done," Emma announced and turned around to see him staring at her with a lustful look on his face. This wasn't the first time someone stared at her like that so she leaned back and folded her arms until he snapped out of it. "Are you done?"
"Oh sorry," he blushed and sheepishly scratched the back of his head. "I am sorry."242Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSBfNRjiUn8
He wan't and Emma knew it. So she gestured towards the kitchen island. "Have a seat. I will serve your food for you."242Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxNAuvFCIsk
"No, no!" he protested that he quickly grabbed her hand and snatched the ladle from her. "I'll do it."242Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRE9KPH15ar
"Jake!"242Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkd5Hk3Rr5u
"You have been cooking all this time," he leaned closer to her and stared into her eyes. "I'll do it."242Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg45RePcRQV
Terrified, Emma did as she was told and sat down at the kitchen table. Satisfied, he grabbed a plate and started serving the rice.
'Despite everything that has happened to you, I finally realised why you liked that fantasy series; you have a crush on the actor playing him. I heard you tell your friends that you like a partner with long black hair, chiseled like features, knows martial arts, wields a sword, that is honest, loving, and trusting so I immediately got to work changing my appearance to suit your object of admiration for you to notice me. I trimmed my hair, changed my wardrobe and joined the martial arts club to get your attention and it worked. The downside about it is I started attracting unwanted attention of the opposite sex and it is driving you away.' he patted the rice in place and poured the curry ontop of it. 'I wish they left me alone.'
Emma sighed, picked up her old phone and started looking through it for any message from Gwen but there was no message from her. She was about to type a message when Jake placed the food in front of her and grinned.
"Is it too much?" he asked.
She stared at it plate in front of her. "No. Its okay."
He smiled, placed his plate next to her and they started to eat. Jake tried to engage in a conversation with her but she focused on her food instead of looking at him.
'Nevertheless, I also realised that you started going to that new manga store that just opened this week.' he thought putting another spoonful of food into his mouth. 'The place looks alright and is located in a well-protected area but no one ever visits because of the owner it doesn't stop you from going there. It seems like a safe haven for you, and that's fine with me but I need to investigate the owner.'
"I hope you are doing okay," he said as they washed the dishes together. "Do you want me to accompany you to school tomorrow?"
"No thanks," Emma turned to look at him. "I will like to go by myself this time."
"Okay," Jake replied despite irritation pricking him. "Okay."242Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5AwPuIktSc
Except the sound of the plates, silence took over the room.
June 13th
12:00AM
It's been a two days since we started seeing each other and a new threat has slithered into our paradise and her name is Gwen. Seeing you walk home with her ached my heart and the nightmares of you leaving me for her plaughed me.
I was angry. Angry that when I texted you about it, you deleted it. My feelings aren't significant to you aren't they, Beloved? Angry at the way you dismissed my feelings like it was nothing despite the time we spent together but now that I think about it, I didn't confess my feelings to you. Yeah. I can only blame myself for being a coward!'
'Don't worry Beloved. I'll try harder to make my feelings known to you but I noticed you have been isolating yourself from your friends since you started hanging out with that snake. Even when you stay with your friends at lunch time she appears out of nowhere and your friends are enamored with her. 242Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcRYPJZXWPZ
Hypocrytes.They don't know that she is a snake! A hedious ugly snake that was sent to steal you away from me!242Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYbMDMUzZaJ
He sighed, leaned back and dangled his arm over his chair hummed a tune. 'This is so frustrating!' he thought then continued to write. 242Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa22HiUcIlu
'On the bright side, I figured out a way to get rid of Andrew who has been having a secret crush on you for sometime. I have always suspected him from the way he looked at you at the Martial Arts club with that sparkle in his eyes. I first I wanted to end him like I did the rest by either sabotaging his attempts to pursue you or burning him alive in the school's incinerator but studied him closely and immediately realised that although he was handsome and skilled in Martial Arts on the outside, he was insecure and fails miserably when it comes to approaching the opposite sex. Its so bad that it's a running joke within your friend group.'
He chuckled lightly and continued to write. 'Its no wonder that he would fall in love with someone like you. He is comfortable around you so it would be easy for him to do that.
And he wasn't making it easy to kill him undetected.
Among all of the students at the school, he is the most cautious. Always taking two or three people with him wherever he goes. I asked around and one of the members of the Martial Arts club said he and a few other black belts took a pact or something to protect one another; wherever one is, the other must follow and since most of them are in the same class as you Beloved, it would be difficult to kill him without witnesses.
Luckily, I did some digging into him and realized he was chatting with this girl online. However, he is yet to make things official with her because of how shy he is.
Maybe if I play the role of cupid right, I can make them a couple and he would forget about you completely.
But I have to do it as soon as possible.
Summer is around the corner and I want to spend it with you.
June 11th
6:30PM
Alice showed me a picture of you and Gwen watching the stars and it made me feel angry.
So angry that I nearly smashed my phone into pieces.
I'm an idiot!
I was so busy trying to get your friends and Aunt to root for our relationship that I totally forgot about her!
Stupid!
Idiot!
Fool!
I can't believe I let her try to steal you away from me!
Looking at that picture really makes me sick to my stomach!
She has no right to...
You know what? Screw it!
I'm calling the bitch right now!
8:49 PM
Well I called Alice and she told me eliminating Gwen was going to be challenging because she has the same abilities she has.
Yep.
The bitch is immortal.
No mortal wounds can kill her.
As we continued to argue, I eventually asked her to tell me more about her supposed immortality and she admitted she didn't know much about it.
The only thing she told me was that she, Gwen and another guy kill people and turn their souls into power to boast about their immortality. The power-boast is called Spirit Power and although it is rumored to give them magical powers, they only use it to heal themselves from mortal injuries and prolong their lifespan but get this, she suspects you might have the same thing but yours is different.
'She's a special one, for sure,' she said.
And that's when I recalled her saying you were cursed but by whom?
What makes you so special that you are destined to get rid of the school's curse?
Is this a sick plan to lure you to your demise?
She further told me the reason why she doesn't want you to have anything to do with Gwen is because she might lure you with her charm, learn your deepest secrets and use it to guilt trip you into making a deal with the witch but the scary thing is she has been doing this for a long time.
She further suspects Caroline might be the one responsible for the school's curse and since she claims you are the one destined to break the curse, this means...
No!
No, no, no, no, no!
NO!
This is bullshit!
Bullshit!
If that ability was there all this time, I would have been some kind of powerful god by now because of the number of lives I have taken!
My only wish is to live a normal life with you but now we are forced into these supernatural shenanigans due to some stupid destiny!
Who the hell placed that destiny upon you?
I'll make them pay for that!
At least she explained how this nonsense works. Therefore, I don't have to do anything but kill people and transform their energy to live longer and heal faster.
But she said something along the lines of Gwen being responsible for the deaths of some girls but she has to do some investigation first.
And while she's doing that, I will be doing my investigation.
Don't blame me my love but I don't trust her one bit.
June 14th
11:47 PM
Well, the bitch was right.
Gwen was the one responsible for the deaths of five girls who were talented dancers a long time ago. After telling the bitch my findings she gave me an evil grin and left.
I don't know what she's planning to do but the minute I discovered that, I have been toying with her psyche by leaving cryptic texts and voicemails. I also called her on the phone to add to the creepy vibe.
Just to ignite some kind of guilt until she finally cracks.
But I hate using this elimination method.
It's not as simple as killing someone with a knife or gun or making their death look like a suicide.
The process takes too long and the chances of success are low.
But it's worth a try.
Don't worry Darling, I'll save you from her evil clutches.
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