Guilty Pleasure by Justus Roux Page A

barely got her feet wet in her new job and bam,
she has to deal with researching a serial killer. From what Michael
has told me that asshole Johnny will tell them every detail of each
kill.”
    “ Oh man, I didn’t think
about that part. Maybe you can call Michael and tell him to keep
Nicole out of this one.”
    “ He has tried to keep her
out of it, but she insist on helping him.”
    “ You don’t worry about
this. I want you to lose yourself in your music, hell, bang some
groupies while you are at it. You need this. I will make sure
Nicole is alright.”
    “ You call me if you need my
help.”
    “ I will. Now go have some
fun. See you, hotness.” Monica hung up the phone then tossed it on
her bed. Adam was such a sweetheart. She couldn’t help but compare
him to Michael. She pictured them standing next to each other. They
were so similar in looks, but Adam was so much…more. Nicole would
be better off dating Adam. Oh well there was nothing she could do
about it, except be here for her friend.”
     
     
     

Chapter Eleven
     
    Michael looked at Linda tied to the bed. He
called her after dropping Nicole off at her apartment. He arranged
a date. Thankfully he had already talked her into a date earlier
and had to cancel, so getting her to agree to this date was really
easy.
    He picked her up from the coffee shop she
agreed to meet him in. No one in the shop was paying any attention
to them. He drove her to Adam’s apartment claiming that he forgot
his phone. He said he didn’t feel right leaving her in the car in
this neighborhood. She followed him into the apartment and now here
she was helpless and tied up. It amazed him how gullible people can
be.
    “ Don’t scream or I will
make you regret it?” He took the gag off her mouth.
    “ Please, please, let me
go.”
    “ I have heard all of this
before.”
    “ I have a daughter,
please.”
    “ Well, now that is new. How
old is your daughter?”
    “ She is two.”
    “ Why the hell are you going
out with me then?”
    “ What do you want? I will
do anything, but please let me go home to my daughter.”
    “ Anything huh? You have no
idea what that might encompass. Why would you follow a stranger to
his apartment?”
    “ Please let me go!” she
cried out.
    Michael put the gag back into her mouth. He
grabbed the knife and stabbed it into her thigh. He closed his eyes
and listened to her muffled screams. “I told you not to
scream.”
    Michael tortured Linda until she died. He
was pissed off that she didn’t last long. Hell, he didn’t even get
to the part where she begged him to kill her. Michael tossed the
knife on the ground out of frustration. After a moment, he picked
it back up and tossed it on the bed. Well, it was probably for the
best. He had no idea if Adam was going to stay out as long as he
said he was going to do. Adam might get overcome with emotion again
and come home.
    Michael stuffed Linda’s body into the
suitcase and took her further down Leone Beach. No doubt the cops
would have stepped up their patrol of the area so he would have to
be careful. He always left two bodies in about the same location
and he planned to keep to that. It added a sense of danger to
things.
    After he laid out her body he tossed the
suitcase back into the trunk of the rental car. He tossed the
suitcase in a dumpster on the Northside of town then he headed to
the car wash. After thoroughly cleaning the car he dropped the
rental car off at the airport then took a taxi home.
    He went into his apartment. He was surprised
to find several houseplants and flowers set around the apartment.
He found a note from Nicole. She had a florist deliver the plants
to his maid service and asked them to set out the plants around the
house.
    You said I could make your apartment homier.
If you don’t like the plants I chose please let me know. Fair
warning, I’m looking into some artwork as well. Let me know if I go
overboard. Love Nicole.
    He set the note down on the kitchen