Tom opened his toilet door and stood there staring at the man, his nose was bleeding, he saw his joint was on the side of the basin burning away, Tom went to pick it up, “don’t bother ok, this never happened right” the man growled,
The man turned back and continued to wash his hands, Tom took out the scissors from his back pocket, “you sure I can’t make you happy” Tom asked the man,
The man turned around, “look back off before I do you” he growled,
Tom smiled at him, the man picked up his joint just as Sally spoke over the intercom, “the library is closing early do to engineering problems, sorry for the inconvenience, please finish off and make your way to the exit, thank you” the man was looking at the speaker on the wall, Tom thrust his scissors into the side of the man a few times, quick and hard, the man fell forward into the sink, he was holding the taps fighting for breath,
Tom quickly unbuckled his trouser belt and pulled them down, he pushed the man further over the basin and pulled his pants apart, Tom spat on the mans behind and rubbed it in, Tom entered the mad hard, he thrust his scissors into the side of his neck and pushed his head into the sink, the man started to slump down and Tom held him up until he finished, the man slumped to the floor in a mess of blood, Tom rubbed the blood over his face and finished off the man’s joint.
Tom cleaned himself up and went to find Sally.
Sally looked at Tom, she could see his eyes, “what you done now Tom” she asked?
Tom walked back to the men’s toilet and Sally followed him, they went inside,
“He’s still warm for you my dear” Tom said,
“Are you mad, were not closed yet” she said,
“just think, we might be caught at any moment, it excites me” Tom said to her, she smiled and opened her top, she took off her skirt, Tom turned the man over and Sally laid on top of him in the sixty nine position, rubbing herself up and down, Tom went behind Sally and entered her bum, she squealed and moaned out loud!
They finished and sat there in the blood smiling at each other,
“Last one ok” Sally said, Tom nodded and they cleaned themselves up.
The new security guard was calling out,
Sally came out of the toilet and bumped into him, “oh hi, just the men’s to check then the place is empty, he said and looked hard at Sally, “its fine in there, sorry I have ladies problem, I am so embarrassed now, I went into the wrong toilet, must wear my glasses” she said and giggled, she knew he saw blood on her legs and hands, he looked embarrassed, “ok then, I had better be off, take care, sorry” he said and handed a bunch of keys to her, “I’ll do the alarm panel and lock up” sally told him, the security officer smiled and walked off towards the front door, he looked back at Sally and put his thumb up and left, Sally went to her office, she was nearly sick, she poured a big glass of wine,
Tom came in, “I heard all that, I was ready to put him down” he said,
Sally started to cry, “This has to stop Tom” she announced and put her head down.
Tom made his way to the front doors and secured them, he turned off most of the lights then went down to the basement to get a load of plastic sheeting to get the body down,
Sally stayed in her office, she cried and smoked and had some wine, Tom dealt with the body and cleaned up, the furnace was lit again, it took Tom over an hour to make sure there was no trace of what had happened, he went to Sally’s office,
She looked at him, “do you mind if I go home tonight Tom” she said, “of course we can get a nice meal and curl up on the sofa” Tom replied, sally looked at him, “I mean on my own, I have a terrible headache and lady problems, sorry” she added, “sure babe, lets lock up and get out of here, I have done everything, the furnace will burn out and there will be nothing left, get rid of the ashes in the morning and check all the books too” Tom announced,
Sally nodded and stood up, they left and went their separate ways, they kept spare clothing in the library so they had changed, and the soiled clothing was thrown in the furnace.
Tom said goodbye to Sally and went to a pub on the way home.
He was feeling a bit pissed off and worried about Sally, he sent her a text message and got no reply,
Tom had a few drinks in the pub, it was quiet, just how he liked it,
Tom called Sally but it went to voice mail, he didn’t leave a message.
The pub he was in was a run by a gay couple, they knew Tom as he was a regular, the bar man brought Tom a drink, “on the house darling, why you looking so sad” he asked?
Tom looked at him, “bad day at work and worse day with the boss, how’s that” Tom told him, “sorry chick, drown your sorrows and go home safely my friend” the barman said to Tom,
Tom smiled and slapped the barman’s leg as he walked off,
The barman laughed and went back to the bar, Tom drank some of his drink and lit a cigarette, he sent another text to Sally, and there was no return text,
Tom went to the pool table and the barman joined him, “come on then, beat me again” the barman said, “the way I feel I think you will kick my arse” Tom replied, “ill kick your real arse in a minute, what’s wrong with you sour croute” the barman asked?
“Women trouble” Tom replied,
The barman laughed as he broke the pool balls off, “In your dreams sexy” he added and took another shot,
Tom finished his drink and asked for another one, “easy tiger” the barman said,
Tom walked out of the bar feeling stressed and upset about Sally not returning his messages and calls, he sat outside on the steps and lit a cigarette and did some thinking.
Toms mobile buzzed, he had a message, he read it: police want me to go to the station tomorrow and talk about blood on books in the library,
The girls must have said something to them, bitches, I can’t take this, I hope you got rid of the books Tom, love you tom, look after yourself my friend she said,
Tom dropped his cigarette and made his way to sally’s place, he felt sick and worried.
He rang her bell a few times, Sally didn’t open the door,
He rang her and there was no answer,
Tom went round the back, she lived in a town house left to her from her dad,
Tom climbed over the side fence and went round to the back patio, he checked the door, it was looked, and he looked in through the window,
Her place was in darkness, he rang her again but she didn’t answer.
Tom felt something wrong and picked up a large stone from the barbeque area,
He took of his jacket and put it against the glass and smashed the window in the kitchen door,
Tom went inside feeling very uneasy,
He turned on the kitchen light and looked around, he went through to the lounge and put the light on, there was no sign of Sally, and He called out!
Tom checked all the rooms down stairs, there was no sign of her, he went upstairs and she wasn’t around, Tom went back down stairs and thought she hadn’t come home yet, maybe she went for a drink and wanted to be alone for some reason,
Tom knew she was upset about what had happened,
He felt guilty now for breaking her window for nothing, he decided to wait for her and made himself a drink,
Tom taped up the kitchen door’s broken window and sat in her lounge,
Tom made a fire in the big fire place and made a spaghetti bolognaise, her favourite meal,
Tom put the TV on and drank some wine, he made a joint and relaxed,
He looked forward to sally coming home, he was missing her,
It was getting late, Tom kept texting her and ringing her, there was no reply,
Tom had already drank a bottle of wine, he opened another and watched some old film.
He fell asleep.
Tom opened his eyes, he felt a bit pissed, the TV was on and the fire was still burning just, he checked the time, two in the morning, Tom rang Sally again, there was no answer,
He felt very uneasy, t
his was not like her at all,
Tom sat on the sofa and lit a cigarette and thought where she could be,
He decided to leave, he wrote a message and left it on the kitchen table, Tom shut the back door and left, he looked at Sally’s garage at the back and decided to have a look, the door was open as he walked in, Tom flicked the light switch on and saw sally hanging from a rope, there was a mess underneath her, he noticed a bottle of gin on the floor, Tom rushed to her and tried to lift her up, he let her go again and pulled over a chair, he got on it and cut the rope with his scissors he carried in his back pocket, sally fell to the floor,
Tom cradled her in his arms, she was freezing cold and well gone, he cried,
“You stupid girl” he cried out and held her.
Tom stayed with her for a good hour, he was freezing cold now, he let go of Sally and stood up, he lit a cigarette and walked about the garage disbelieving what had happened,
He didn’t know what to do, he wasn’t going to ring the police, too many problems would come of it, Tom found a can of petrol and poured it around the place, he went back into the house and pulled a lit log from the fire onto the carpet, he went back into the kitchen and turned the gas on full in the oven, he made his way back to the garage and lit the petrol on the floor, the whole inside of the garage was alight in a flash, Tom had to get out quickly, he made his way to the side gate where he came in and walked to the front of the property, there was nobody around at this time of the morning, there was a loud bang and glass shattered, another bang went off and the front windows of the house shattered, car alarms went off, Tom walked off crying.
He got back to his place, it was nearly four in the morning when he reached his steps,
Tom sat down outside the front door on the steps and lit a cigarette, a local drunk walked by that Tom knew,
“Hey you got some for me” Tom called out,
The drunk looked at Tom, “Tom that you there” the drunk replied, “sure old man, how you doing” Tom added, “just trying to find a place to get my head down for the night pal” the drunk slurred,
The drunk sat down next to Tom and offered his bottle to him, Tom took a big swig and gave him a lit fag,
They both sat there for a while, the drunk was talking a load of rubbish as usual, Tom just wanted company, the drunk left and Tom went inside.
Tom sat on his balcony with a bottle of red wine, he made himself a strong joint and watched the stars, he cried and thought about Sally, he could hear the sirens and see the fire from his place, a few loud bangs went off and people screamed!
Tom watched for a while drinking then fell asleep. He was woken by a bad dream, he checked his watch, five thirty in the morning, he was freezing and went inside, Tom was worrying about what was going to happen now, it was quiet outside now but there was a smell of burning in the air, Tom felt sick,
He took a shower and put some clean clothes on.
Tom went out and walked towards the library, he was just opposite when he noticed a police car.
Tom walked past and kept walking, he made his way to Sally’s house and was shocked to see what he saw,
Sally’s house was in pieces and the two building on either side were burnt out too,
Tom threw up on the floor and had to sit down, he had his head in his hands,
“Are you ok sir” he heard someone say,
Tom looked up and saw a police officer standing next to him,
“I’m fine, got a bug that’s all, what happened here” Tom asked?
“Fire in one property with a gas explosion, the two neighbouring buildings took the brunt of it, two families dead, terrible” the police officer told him, Tom was sick again,
Tom stood up,
“Do you need some help sir” the police officer asked?
“I will be fine” he replied and walked off, there was police and fire crews everywhere,
Tom made his way back to his place and threw up again on the steps.
He got himself inside and up to his place, Tom took a shower and put all his clothes into the washing machine on a hot wash, he went onto his balcony, he could see Sally’s house through his telescope, what a mess and the neighbouring houses too, Tom was very annoyed with himself, two families dragged into his mess, the made himself a strong drink and lit a cigarette and sat there watching.
Tom didn’t go to work that day or the next, he went on line and decided to change his name by deed pole, and it only cost twenty pounds,
The change name company would send to him a certificate for him to fill in and sign and he needed a witness signature too,
Tom moved out of his flat to a bedsit nearly opposite his block, most of the furniture came with Toms apartment so he didn’t have too much to take with him, just clothing really and a few bits and pieces, he told the landlord someone in his family had passed away and he wouldn’t be coming back, had family to look after and stuff,
The police had already been around asking questions if Tom had had a relationship with Sally, he knew he and sally had kept their relationship low key as they could, no one at the library knew about them,
Tom had acted too distressed about the matter, being a very girly gay and a drama queen, the police officers didn’t get much out of Tom, the second time they came around Tom acted drunk and slurred a wonky story to them, he wasn’t under suspicion just the police were talking to everyone in the neibourhood, the police had left and asked if Tom could come down the station some time for a chat, they left.
Tom was nervous, he moved the last of his stuff out late at night as fast as he could, and his new landlord didn’t pay too much attention just as long as the rent was paid in advance and key deposit.
So Tom was settled into his new place, the tragedy about Sally was all over the news, the local community was totally shocked, Sally was well known to everyone, she grew up in Soho,
Her suspicious death by hanging was unrelieved and investigations were underway, Tom kept himself low key for a good week,
He planned on disappearing once he had changed his name and got a new passport and driving licence in a different name, half the time he wasn’t thinking too straight,
The change of name certificate arrived at Toms rented mail box in town, Tom signed it and signed the witness bit too, he put in Sally’s name and address and sent it back to deed pol,
Tom had a bit of savings but not too much to disappear, he was thinking about taking his old job back maybe if his ex-boss would take him back,
To stayed in his room, he just ate takeaways and drank too much booze, he would sit next to his window and watch the passing people, a few time he had noticed police officers pressing the intercom buttons on his old block and walking away, he sat there and got drunk and passed out.
Tom awoke to knocking on his door, it was the landlord, and Tom answered the door,
“Rent time” the fat old man asked and started to cough, he had a cigarette in his hand, Tom grabbed a load of cash from his drawer and passed him one hundred and fifty pounds for the week, “good boy, police been round asking questions, don’t like them, they wanted to close me down a while back for something or other, now then are you here or not, if not it will cost you more rent, get my drift” the old man said and stared at Tom, “ok, I’ll get some more cash to you no problem, thank you sir” Tom replied, “my name is Jack, I know most things going on in Soho” he winked.
Tom nodded and watched the landlord waddle off down the corridor,
Tom closed the door and lit a cigarette.
He went out to check his post box, the certificate had arrived, his name was changed, he went back to the bedsit and got his passport and driving licence out, Tom went to the post office and filed in the form for a new passport with the change of name, he also filled in the forms for a new driving licence with his new name, he had to make a few photo copies of the change of name certificate to send to people,
Tom made up a false TV licence somehow on the internet from his last address and pri
nted it off,
He went to the bank and informed them of his change of name and filled in some more forms, his bank cards would be changed, the lady in the bank offered him a credit card so he filled in some more forms, Tom left the bank feeling tired, he had had enough of filling in forms for a while, he went for a drink outside of the Soho area.
Tom bought a newspaper and went into a pub, he ordered a drink and sat down,
He looked at the newspaper, the main news was about the fire that killed two families and the death of Sally by hanging, and the police were investigating the library and the missing security guard,
Tom made a phone call to his old boss in the hairdressing business, he was happy to talk to Tom and wanted him back, he told Tom since he had left he had lost a lot of clients and wanted to see him as soon as possible,
Tom arranged to meet him the next day, he felt happy, his plan was to do as well as he could in the salon and do some private work as well with his old clients.
Tom finished his drink and got another one, he went out to the back beer garden to have a smoke,
There was a guy smoking out there on the phone, sounded like he was having an argument with someone!
He hung up, “bitch” he said and continued to smoke, Tom had an incline from the way he spoke on the phone that he was gay,
“You ok love” Tom asked? The man looked at Tom, “to many bitches out there, love em and leave em” Tom said and smiled at the man,
“Tell me a joke, make me smile, I need to, I laugh and you get a drink and my company” the guy said to Tom, he winked at Tom.
Tom did and the guy laughed!
They chatted for a while and had some more drinks, they played some pool and enjoyed each other’s company,
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