Then she thinks man, I had the weirdest dream about being locked up in this small shed. And says to herself, “That’s the last time I drink Vodka! My head is killing me. I won’t be doing that again for awhile,” Then smiling she says, “At least not till next weekend.”
She staggers to the kitchen to put on a fresh pot of Folgers
coffee. She stands back as the coffeemaker starts brewing. “Man,” She says. “That smells so good, I can’t wait to have a cup.” She heads for the bathroom. Stripping off, she turns on the water and climbs into the hot shower. After her shower is taken, she throws on one of Richards old white dress shirts, it hangs provocatively over her thighs as she stretches and heads back into the kitchen to pour a large cup of coffee. Having done so, she heads into the
living room and picks up the phone and calls Richard’s cell phone number.
Back in New Orleans, Richard and Cheri lie on top of the
covers spread eagle having a smoke, Richard puffs on his little Cigar while Cheri draws from her corn cob pipe. Leaning against Cheri Richard says, “That was amazing.”
Cheri, in turn smiling, says, “Yes it was.”
Suddenly Richards cell phone rings and he jumps up startled, answering it he says, “Hello.”
“Richard, is that you? Why are you breathing so hard?” Susie asks.
“Oh,” Richard says as he gets up grabbing his pants from
the floor, holding the phone against his ear as he tugs them up around his waist. “I just got in; I was just setting some groceries down. Susie is that you?”
“Well yes silly, who’d you think it was?” She asks.
“Where are you?” He asks.
Susie responds, “I’m here silly.”
Richard startled says, “Here at my hotel?”
“No silly,” Susie says. “I’m in Salem.”
“Salem?” Richard says. “What are you doing there?”
“I’m not sure. I must have had a little too much to drink, and someone must of given me a ride back home or I asked them
to. All I know for sure is I woke up with a hell of a headache this morning. I’m not even sure where my car is.”
Richard says, “Well don’t worry about the car, I’ll find it.
What hotel were you at?”
Susie says, “I don’t remember which one I stayed at, it’s like I’ve lost an entire week.”
“Well thank God your safe, I saw our old friend Lucifer yesterday and he had told me he had you locked away somewhere. I figured he was just lying to upset me. As I had been captured by the brotherhood of the wolf. Thanks to the help of some good
friends I’ve made; I was able to escape, but at a price. I lost four of those good friends in the process.”
Susie says, “Oh Richard, I’m so sorry.”
Richard says, “I never did find my nephew, it’s like he has
just disappeared off the planet.”
Susie says, “Well I don’t remember much, only a weird dream about being in an old shed, then I woke up here! Are you coming home sweetie?”
Richard says, “Probably, as I haven’t had any luck locating
Jamie. I think I’ll come home and call Jessie see if she’s heard from him lately, then figure out what to do from there.” He looks
down at Cheri sitting on the bed, Cheri looks up at Richard with a pout on her face.
Susie asks, “Richard, so when are you planning on heading
home?”
“Tomorrow probably.” Richard says.
“Well,” Susie says. “I’ll be waiting on you darling.”
Richard says, “Ok, I’ll see you probably sometime tomorrow afternoon then. Meanwhile maybe you should get
yourself checked out at the hospital, you may have fell and hit your head and have a concussion and not even know it.”
Susie says, “I’ll be ok after a few days rest, goodbye sweetheart, hurry home.”
Richard says, “I will,” As he hangs up the phone.
Richard turns to Cheri and says, “I’m sorry Cheri, I never wanted it end this way; you’re really a beautiful woman. I hope you don’t hate me.”
Cheri says, “Don’t blame yourself Richard, we both dove in on this with our eyes wide open. Seriously Richard, you and I both knew this day would come. But the time we’ve had together I will remember the rest my life.” As she walks over to him and gives him a long passionate kiss.
Richard says, “I’ve got problem though.”
“What’s that?” Cheri asks.
Richard says, “Finding Susie’s car, and then figuring out
how I’m going to get it back to Salem as I have my Jeep here with me.”
Cheri thinks for a moment then smiling says, “Why can’t I
drive it back for you? I could follow you home, it may be our only chance to be together one more time before we both go our separate ways.” Tears streaming down her cheeks.
Richard, looking deeply into her eyes, gently says, “Cheri,
I wish I’d met you years ago, as we would have been a couple that’s for sure, as your one very special lady, and one hell of a woman!”
Cheri says, “I feel the same way about you Richard, the first time I saw you with my Papa it was love at first sight.”
Richard says, “Well I’ve heard others say we will always
have Paris. You and I Cheri, we will always have New Orleans.”
She throws herself into his arms and they kiss passionately one more time. “Well,” Richard says. “we had better turn in as we
have a fairly long drive to Missouri tomorrow morning, but first
we’ll have to find where Susie left her car.”
Having said that, Richard and Cheri lie down curling up into bed together. Soon after they were fast asleep in each others arms. It had been a long day.
Back in Salem, Missouri Jamie stands looking out of his
apartment window, across the street sets Richard’s house. Hearing someone walking up behind him Jamie turns to find Lucifer standing with cane in hand as he scans Jamie’s apartment.
Lucifer says, “Is this the best you could do?”
“Well,” Jamie says. “You did request that I find a place close to Richard’s house. Well you can’t get much closer than this.”
Lucifer asks Jamie, “Has there been any activity over there
as of yet?”
“Nope.” Jamie says. “Nothing so far.”
“Well Lucifer says, they’re on their way.” They just left
New Orleans this morning.
Jamie asks, “Who is they?”
Lucifer says, “Why Richard and his new little Cajun slut
girlfriend Cheri of course!”
Jamie smiles and says, “I wonder what Susie would say if she found that out?”
Lucifer says, “She soon will. They’ll be pulling into Salem
sometime this afternoon. Susie’s senses are growing stronger now with the approach of the full moon. Her sense of smell, taste, and touch, will grow stronger each day.”
Susie awakes to the sounds of daily activities going on
outside, only something was different now. Her sense of hearing
was much more clear and sharp, not like before. She gets up
and walks to her bedroom window.
Pulling the curtain back she looks out to see where the conversations are coming from out side. Then she realizes that at the end of the street, some neighbors are standing holding a casual conversation. But then Susie reasons to herself, how could I be possibly hearing them from here inside my apartment? But she could hear every word they were saying as if she were standing right next to them.
Then she smells something, but can’t quiet make it out. She
realizes it’s coming from the café two blocks away. Susie thinks, how can that be, I couldn’t possibly be smelling that food from
so far away. Susie can’t get over how much her senses have improved just recently.
She shrugs it off and goes down stairs to the kitchen and puts on a pot of coffee. Pretty soon the phone rings and the sound hurts her ears. She thinks, “Damn, I’ve got to turn down the volume on that ring tone.”
Answering the phone she goes to adjust the volume and
finds it’s set as low as it will go. She thinks, “Well that’s odd.”
The voice on the other end asks, “What’s odd?”
Susie says, “Oh, I’m sorry who is this?”
“Susie,” Richard says. “It’s me Richard.”
Susie says, “Oh hi Richard.”
Richard asks, “Are you ok? You sound kind of out of it today. Anyway, I called to let you know your car will be back today.”
Susie asks, “What did you do, leave your Jeep behind?”
“No,” Richard says. “I ran across a friend who said she
would drive it back for me.”
“Oh,” Susie says. “Who’s this friend you speak of?”
“Her name’s Cheri Leblanc, real nice girl. We kind of became friends while I was in New Orleans.”
Susie says, “Where are you now?”
“Just about to cross the Missouri boarder, should be home
in about an hour.”
“Well see you when you get here.” Susie says and hangs up.
Richard says, “Susie, are you there? Well that was odd, she
seemed to be a little pissed.”
Richard looks in his review mirror and checks to see if Cheri is still following behind in Susie’s car, seeing she was he checks his speed sets his Cruz control and leans back and watches the road ahead.
Meanwhile, back in Salem, Susie starts to feel sick to her
stomach and runs for the bathroom closing the door. After awhile she comes out of the bathroom feeling a strange hunger for meat.
She heads to the kitchen, looking in the freezer she sees some rib eye steaks and tosses them into the microwave and hits the defrost cycle. Soon the microwave timer beeps and she pulls out the plate and starts eating the steak raw, blood dripping down around her mouth and running down her neck.
Suddenly she realizes what she is eating and disgusted says,
“Yuck, what the hell am I doing?” She returns to the bathroom and throws up again. Walking over to the sink she looks up into the mirror and sees the blood that has run down her mouth and throat,
turning on the faucet she grabs the soap and wash rag and begins washing off her face and neck.
Meanwhile across town Lucifer stands in Jamie’s apartment he smiles and says, “Even now your mate grows stronger along with her urges. It won’t be long now,” Lucifer says grinning. “As the moon will be full soon.”
Jamie says, “So what’s the plan Dark Lord?”
“The plan,” Lucifer says. “Is that soon Richard will be on Susie’s lunch menu.” As he lets out a sadistic laugh he continues, “Then Susie will of course be yours for the taking and the mating, even now she’s starting the transformation stages into becoming a she Wolf.”
Jamie smiles and asks, “What about the Cajun girl Dark
Lord?”
“Ah,” Lucifer says as a wicked smile comes across his face. “Oh Cheri Leblanc my friend, will soon be the main course for Susie, Richard shall be desert.” Jamie and Lucifer both break
out laughing. Then Lucifer says, “Sweet revenge will be mine, all mine at last. I warned Mr. Devine that I would have my revenge, and now his days are numbered!”
Jamie says, “The best part of all will be that it will be his
own girlfriend that does the job for us.”
Lucifer smiles saying, “Revenge, sweet, sweet, revenge!”
Jamie steps to his window and peers out smiling. He turns to Lucifer and says, “We have visitors Dark Lord.”
Lucifer smiling walks over to the window. Looking out the
window he sees Richard pulling into his drive way and Cheri pulling in right behind him. Lucifer smiling says, “Ah, let the games begin.”
Richard pulls into his garage and instructs Cheri to pull in
next to him. They shut off their engines and get out. Richard stretches, yawning he says, “Man it’s good to be home!”
Cheri says, “What about Susie’s car?”
“I can run it by to her later.” He says. “I’ll call her, let her
know we’re here.” Then he unlocks the door. Entering he finds
Susie standing in the den waiting. Richard says, “Susie honey,
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you’re here!”
“Surprised to see me?” She asks.
“Well yes,” Richard says. “I thought you’d be at your place.”
And leave you here alone with her tonight, “Not hardly
mister,” Susie says.
Just then Cheri steps through the door saying, “You must be Susie, glad to meet you.”
“I bet you are,” Susie says. “And I’m real glad to meet you
too, you Bitch!”
Richard shouts, “Susie, what the hells gotten into you?”
Susie says, “I would much rather know what you’ve been
into Richard, probably her you son of a bitch!”
Cheri speaks up and says, “Maybe I should go Richard.”
“Bullshit, you don’t have to go anywhere.” Turning to Susie he shouts, “She was nice enough to drive your damn car here
for you all the way from New Orleans for Christ sakes Susie. She is going to spend the night in the guest room and head back in the morning. I was going to give her bus fare home tomorrow. Now you need to apologize to Cheri, and you need to do it right now!”
Susie says, “I don’t know what come over me Richard, I’m
so sorry Cheri, please forgive me.” She turns to Richard and says, “I don’t know what’s wrong with me, I’ve been so out of it lately.”
Cheri speaks up and says, “Apology accepted Susie.”
Richard says, “We’re all just tired from the trip, we’ll feel
much better after some rest. Come on girls, I’ll fix us a drink, how about a glass of Bourbon on the rocks?”
“None for me,” Susie says. “I’m still feeling a little strange.”
Richard says, “Well why don’t you lay down for awhile sweetie. I’ll show Cheri her room, she’d probably like to freshen up. Then we can all sit in the living room, I’ll light a fire in the fire place. We can all just kick back and unwind after a long week.”
Richard shows Cheri her room right next to his, he says, “You freshen up, I’ll see you down stairs.”
Cheri says, “Richard, are you sure this is a good idea? I
could get a hotel room for the night.”
“No way.” Richard says. ”You’re more then welcomed to stay here, Susie’s fine with it, she’s just not feeling herself tonight.”
“Ok,” Cheri says. “I’ll see you down stairs in a little while.” Richard smiles and heads back down stairs.
Finding Susie lying on the sofa fast asleep, he heads for the
wet bar and fixes him and Cheri a bourbon on the rocks. Cheri comes down the stairs and joins him in the living room.
Sitting in front of the fireplace with Richard Cheri sees Susie resting on the sofa and asks, “Is she going to be ok?”
“Yeah,” Richard says. “Just stressed out after the trip
probably. I never quite knew what had happened to her in New
Orleans, I knew she originally came down looking for me. She must of run into the Mardi Gras crowd and went partying. Ended up drunk, told some one she was from Salem and they gave her a ride home is all I can figure.”
“Well,” Cheri says. “I guess I should turn in, get rested up for the trip back home tomorrow.”
“Goodnight Cheri.” Richard says.
Cheri turns and blows him a kiss. “Goodnight.” She says.
Turning, she heads up stairs to the guest room. Richard puts
the glasses in the sink and shuts off the kitchen
light.
Walking into the living room he sees the fire has about gone out in the fire place. Lifting Susie into his arms he carries her
to his room. Placing her in bed, he undresses her, then gets undressed himself and crawls into bed with her.
Outside the sky is clear and there’s a full moon over head.
Hours pass. As the clock strikes midnight Susie begins tossing and turning, moaning and groaning. Her transformation begins taking place, as she changes into a Werewolf seeing Richard lying next to her, she lunges at him waking him up.
Richard cries out, “Jesus Christ!” They wrestle on the bed, Richard fighting her off as she tries to rip at his face with her claws. Saliva dripping on his face, Richard looks into the hideous face of the monster on top of him.
They tumbled off the bed knocking the table lamp to the
floor. The globe and bulb shatter loudly scattering glass across the hardwood floor.
Cheri hearing the commotion next door runs into the room. Seeing what’s happening she screams, “Richard, are you ok?”
Susie turns her attention from Richard and lunges for Cheri. She knocks Cheri to the floor attacking her. Richard scrambles to
the bed side dresser, pulling open a drawer he pulls out his 9mm loaded with silver bullets yells at the beast to leave Cheri alone. Susie turns jumping off of Cheri and runs towards Richard, shots ring out.
When the smoke clears the beast is lying on the floor kicking and convulsing then collapses dead.
Richard runs to Cheri and asks, “Are you ok?” Cheri looks across the room and screams.
Richard turns around quickly to see Susie lying dead. It’s then he realizes the beast he has killed was his girl friend Susie.
Suddenly the bedroom door flies open and in comes The Master wolf Jamie. He looks down with his blood red eyes and sees his mate Susie lying dead on the floor. In a rage of fury he lunges at Richard throwing him across the room, Richard hitting his head is knocked unconscious and falls to the floor.
The Master wolf turns as Cheri is getting up and back hands her hard across the face knocking her unconscious as well. Leaning over he picks her up and carries her away into the night.
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