If you’ve been following this series since the beginning, then you know I opened it with a scene that left you with a lot of questions. Since then, the story has slowly started to come together as we’ve picked up the pieces of the puzzle that led to that infamous shower scene (B through S). Now we’re back at the beginning, continuing where “A is for Accessory to Murder” left off…
“Carol.”
I don’t respond. Am I safer with him on the other side of this shower curtain?
Then I see Mel, a shadow of her former self, alive but not, inviting me to taste her…
This is far less gruesome.
Suddenly the curtain is ripped back, the rails screeching like nails against metal in agony. I slip and reach for anything to break my fall. He snatches up my arms, puts them at my sides, looks me over, spins me around.
“What the hell—”
“I’m making sure you haven’t been bitten or scratched.”
“Why?”
But I already know the answer.
© 2018 Nortina Simmons
A to Z Challenge theme: A Drabble for a Tag
This year, I’m giving you 26 drabbles (100-word stories) using some of my favorite unused or underused tags.
Today’s tag was a bit of a stretch: “til death do us part.”
Read previous: “S” is for “Serial Killer.”
Read next: “U” is for “U.S. Army.”
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