Hello again! I'm so happy I'm getting such a positive response!
You get to meet Beca in this chapter ;)
Stacie's parents decided to bury her heart, doing a proper funeral and ceremony. Lots of people showed. Chloe and Aubrey had cried all their tears, they had pretty much accepted. Of course, they were still sad, but they had learned to move on.
It was 5 months after Stacie disappeared, the university had a campaign, they had posters all around saying "justice for our students!" with pictures of Stacie, Benji and Jesse, the other two who had disappeared.
Aubrey had moved on, she thought about Stacie and it infuriated her to think the bastard who did that to her was on the loose.
Chloe was still sad and even cried every now and then. She tried to hang out with friends other than Aubrey.
Chloe went to her parents' house to visit. She had been visiting them often since she got the heart. She was worried something was gonna happen to them or to her little sister.
"Here, sweetheart. Have you been sleeping well?" Irene asked as she handed Chloe a cup of tea.
"Yeah, I don't wake up every five minutes anymore." Chloe said.
"That's good." Irene smiled and sat down beside her daughter. "Sweetie, the police will find who did that to Stacie and they're gonna arrest him."
Chloe sighed.
"Mom.. what do you think he did to Stacie's body?" Chloe asked.
Irene sighed. She had never heard of such a thing, she had absolutely no idea what he could have done.
"I don't know but I'll tell you this: it was something horrible." She said. "Criminals don't usually rip out someone's heart. So you be very careful, Chloe. Never walk alone at night, even on campus. We don't know what this bastard looks like."
Chloe nodded.
"I'll be very careful, mom." She said.
Irene's eyes filled with tears and she grabbed both her daughter's hands.
"I don't know what I would do if I ever lost you." She said, looking deep in Chloe's eyes.
Chloe offered her mom a small smile.
"I hope they find this bastard and kill him." Chloe said. "I hope they send him to the electric chair."
"Sweetie, you know we don't wish bad things to people." Irene said.
"Damn it mom, this guy killed one of my best friends! He ripped out her heart and sent it to me in a box! He deserves to die." Chloe said, her eyes tearing up as she said the last phrase.
Irene sighed and knew her daughter was right. The guy who did this to Stacie deserved to die.
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Aubrey put the book down and started scribbling down on her notebook. She had been studying a lot over the past few months, ever since Stacie's death she hadn't been going well in classes so now she had to study hard.
Chloe was doing the same thing and pretty soon their grades had picked up and they were good again.
The redhead got back from the shower, dressed in leggings and a top. She combed her hair, put on her UGGs and a sweatshirt and grabbed her wallet.
"Where are you going?" Aubrey frowned.
"I'm just going down to the coffeehouse to get some lattes. I really need one right now. Do you want anything?" She asked.
"Um yeah, I want you to stay." Aubrey said. "I don't want you going out this late, Chloe."
"Come on, Aubrey, it's fine, this guy hasn't abducted anyone in over 6 months, maybe the police arrested him." Chloe said. "I'll be fine."
"If you get abducted and get yourself killed, I'm gonna have to kill you." Aubrey said.
Chloe laughed.
"Don't be so neurotic." Chloe said. "I'll be fine."
Aubrey still looked worried.
"I won't be longer than 5 minutes, I promise." Chloe said. "If I do, I have my phone with me."
Aubrey sighed.
"Don't be long." Aubrey said.
"I won't." Chloe said.
Chloe gave Aubrey one last smile before she left. She went down the stairs and out the building. She walked a few blocks and crossed the street to the coffeehouse. She couldn't help but feel safer when she got there and got in line. She was biting her lip, nervously waiting. She just wanted to go back to her dorm. She felt as if she was being watched everywhere she went.
She looked behind her, but didn't see anyone, not even outside. She then looked back and saw it was her turn.
"Two caramel lattes, please." She said, looking in her wallet for the money. She went pale as she saw she only had 3 dollars and no cards. She looked back at the guy with an apologetic look. "Sorry, I only have 3."
He didn't look happy.
"Can I pay you later?" Chloe bit her lip.
"The manager doesn't like that." He said.
Chloe groaned.
"I can help you with that." A female voice said behind her.
Chloe looked behind her to see a short, brunette girl with dark blue eyes and a small smile.
"Really?" She asked and the girl nodded. "Oh my God, thank you so much! I would hate to go back to my dorm just to get 3 more bucks."
"No problem. Here." The girl said and handed her a 5 dollar bill.
"Thank you so much!" Chloe said.
"You're welcome. I'm Beca, by the way." She said.
"Thank you, Beca, I'm Chloe." Chloe said. "I promise I'll pay you back."
"It's okay, you don't have to." Beca said. "It's just 5 dollars."
"Well thank you." Chloe said as she grabbed her caramel lattes.
"You're welcome." Beca said, grabbing her iced coffee.
Chloe smiled and sighed, looking at the streets. She didn't want to go by foot, it seemed so much darker now.
"Do you want a ride?" Beca asked.
Chloe bit her lip as she looked back at Beca.
"Wouldn't that be too much?" Chloe asked.
"No, it's fine. It's late, you shouldn't be walking alone." Beca said. "It's fine, really."
"Well alright then I'll take it." Chloe smiled and followed Beca out to her car. "So do you study here? What's your major?"
"Music theory." Beca said. "Though I am taking a Philosophy class. Pure torture."
"Oh! I'm majoring in History, minoring in music theory too." Chloe said, getting in the car, sipping her latte. "I'm in my senior year."
"Cool, I'm in my sophomore year." Beca said. "So where is your dorm?"
Chloe gave her the directions and sat back. She suddenly started feeling very sleepy. She blinked very slowly.
"Are we almost there?" She asked.
"Yeah." Beca said.
Chloe hummed her response, putting her latte on the cup holder before sitting back and closing her eyes, allowing herself to fall into a peaceful sleep.
oO0Oo
Chloe groaned when she woke up. She looked around and noticed she was on a bed.
"Aubrey?" She asked. She then rubbed her eyes and noticed this wasn't her room. It was nowhere she'd been to, actually. She sat up immediately and got up. "Aubrey?" she asked a little louder.
The room was dark red, there was big beautiful chandelier on the ceiling and lamps on the walls. It was dark but beautiful. Chloe opened the door and was met with an equally beautiful hall, dim lit and in dark colors too.
"Where am I?" She asked herself out loud. She looked down the hall, both ways but didn't see anyone. She then heard the sound of what could be a fireplace and and a dark yellow light and followed it. She got to a huge living room and was met with Beca putting standing in front of the fireplace.
"Hey, you're up." Beca said, turning around and she walked two steps and grabbed a silver platter with appetizers on it, like some cheese cut up in cubes and olives.
"Beca? Where the hell am I?" Chloe asked. "I thought you were gonna take me home!"
"I did. This is home." Beca said, offering her the appetizers. "Dinner will still be a while."
"What? Are you insane?! Take me back to my dorm!" Chloe demanded.
Beca didn't do anything, instead she popped a piece of cheese into her mouth.
Chloe looked incredulous. She ran out the living room and tried to find what could be the front door but didn't find it. She then ran to a random hall and started banging on the walls.
"Is there someone here?! Help me!" She said.
She then went back to the living room to find Beca with eyebrows raised, looking confused.
"Where is the front door?" Chloe asked.
Beca chuckled.
"You won't find it." She said.
"What?!" Chloe asked.
"You won't find it." Beca repeated.
"Beca, take me home!" Chloe said. "Or I'll call the police!"
Chloe went through her pockets to grab her phone but went pale when she didn't find it. She carefully looked up at Beca.
"Beca.. where is my phone?" She asked slowly.
"I knew you wouldn't need it, so I threw it away on the side of the road along with your wallet." Beca said as if it was normal.
"What the fuck is wrong with you?!" Chloe screamed.
"I don't know. I'm a lonely person, maybe that makes me crazy." Beca said. "Besides, I have an addiction people would say it's sick."
Chloe looked scared. Terrified actually.
"What addiction?" She asked, her voice trembling.
"Let's not talk about me." Beca said. "You sure you don't want an appetizer?"
"No! I just wanna go home!" Chloe said.
"Come on, Chloe, I paid for your lattes, the least you could do is hang around for a bit." Beca said.
"What are you gonna do to me?" Chloe asked.
"I just wanna eat dinner. I'm making duck with broccoli soup." Beca said.
"I'm a vegetarian." Chloe said.
Beca looked surprised.
"A vegetarian? That's a new one." Beca said.
"New one?" Chloe asked, frowning. "You never met a vegetarian before?"
"No." Beca said simply.
It was Chloe's turn to be surprised. She just took a seat near the fireplace and sighed.
"Will you take me home after dinner?" Chloe asked, her eyes filling with tears.
Beca approached her and didn't say anything.
"You don't wanna stay?" She asked.
Chloe's lip started trembling and she shook her head. Her tears started to fall.
"I just wanna go home." She said.
Beca reached out and wiped her tear.
"And I just want some company."
"So you decided to kidnap me instead?" Chloe asked.
Beca just chuckled and grabbed the platter.
"I'll see if I have some vegan alternative for you." She said before disappeared.
Chloe looked back at the fireplace and hugged her legs, crying softly. She was so scared, she just wanted to go home.