STALKER!
Prologue
Petty Officer Nigel DeVries screwed up the anonymous letter he had received in that morning's mail. He had had many similar letters over the past few months. At first they had been considered a joke, but now it had gone beyond that. With each additional letter the comments had become more and more explicit, with this mornings reading
'If you will not be mine, then you will be nobody's!'
The note had been type written using a computer, so Petty Officer DeVries had no idea whom it was sending him the letters. He quickly shoved the note into the trash as he heard his wife approaching the kitchen.
"Good morning," he remarked as he leaned over to kiss her on the cheek.
Amanda tilted her head toward her husband and relished in his affection. However, she sensed something was wrong. "What's the matter?" she asked simply.
"Nothing," he replied. "It's just something at work. Nothing to worry about…"
He sat at the kitchen table and ate a bowl of Fruit Loops whilst thumbing through the daily newspaper in silence. Amanda eyed him suspiciously. She could always tell when Nigel wasn't telling her the truth. He never could lie to her.
She went upstairs to shower, whilst her husband finished his breakfast and readied himself for work. The phone rang whilst she was drying off and Nigel must have answered it as it only rang a few times. By the time she returned downstairs, Nigel was ready to leave. She saw him to the front door and watched as he climbed into their blue Camero parked on the driveway. Nigel waved briefly as he opened the car door before climbing into the driving seat. He put the key into the ignition and turned it clockwise. The blast that followed blew out the windows of the house and knocked Amanda to the floor. As she scrambled to her feet she screamed for her husband and ran towards the burning wreck, only to be beaten back by the intensity of the heat. She dropped to her knees on the front lawn and cried uncontrollably, blood from numerous cuts streaking her face as the glutinous red liquid merged with her tears.