Page 101 of XOXO, Little Butterfly
Changing last names for security reasons is more common in our field than you think. For me, I had to change it because of what happened with my partner here in Miami. There was anincident. He got involved in something dirty and left the force. I had to transfer under an alias until it’s resolved.
I gulp. RJ and Blake didn’t just work together. Blake was his partner. The dirty cop who left the force.
I’ve figured out who the stalker is. He’s not working alone.
What if Tristan was right? What if… My date with RJ flashes in my head.
There was this girl that I met so many years ago. She…stole my heart without so much of a word. But I didn’t let myself believe my feelings for her were true. This kind of love couldn’t be real. So I let her go, just like that. Watched her fall for someone else, and I didn’t lift a finger to earn her love.
After years of pain, despair and loneliness, I learned my lesson and decided that if I ever came across something remotely close to how I felt about that girl, I wouldn’t let her go, no matter what it takes.
“Oh no, no, no, please no.” Did I get this right? Is RJ—
A sound behind me curdles the blood in my veins. I don’t turn, terrified, not of the unknown, but of what I know I’ll see.
“Missed me, little butterfly?”
I run for the door, but a force hurls me and knocks me flat on my back. The butterfly mask catches the lamplight, that horrible beautiful face that has haunted my dreams.
The last thing I see before everything goes black.
To be continued…
