Chapter 7 Darker side

Randy had barely sat down when his phone went off again, most of the night spent with the dead mortician. He wanted to ignore it but his hope that it was Raven made him press the little green button.

"Hello?"

"Hello Randal, how are you?"

That creepy edgy voice didn't make his night any better, in fact it just made it worse. "Who is this?"

"My name is Morgan James and I live at twenty-one south street, I am six-five with blue eyes and black hair." He let out a deep cold laugh "You really expect me to tell you who I am Randal, please if I was gonna do that I would of done it by now."

"What do you want?" Randy growled putting on his tracker, with any luck he would catch this bastard tonight and be done with it.

"What I want is swift, sweet revenge. My life is in tatters now, ruined beyond repair and you're gonna help me get it all back into order"

"Why would I do that?"

"Simple. You have a little secret that you've been hiding, hiding from everyone even your precious little Raven" He let out a growl before going on, "Speakin of that little bitch, where is she? I know you know Randal?"

"Even if I did know, why would I lead you to her?"

"That little secret remember." He chuckled evily "The deal is simple Randal, you give me Raven and I won't tell the world what I know about you"

Randy let out a cold laugh of his own, "Go for it, most of the world already knows what kinda guy I am. Cold, evil, I use people, I cheated on my wife, I stood idly by while someone I loved got beat-down and raped day in and day out. There is nothin about me that I can't twist and make me the good guy, your just another asshole that will be twisted and as always I'll be the one smelling of roses, while you lay dying in a pool of your own blood"

"Oh Randal, that is very sweet. Confessing everything in a vain attempt to shut me up. But there is one little secret that even you can't twist."

"Your boring me now, ring me back when you have something interesting to say"

"AJ Lee"

That name made Randy stop in mid-air, the one name he didn't want to hear now dragged up and spread around. "What did you just say?"

"You remember AJ Lee don't you Randal?"

Randy didn't say anything as the mystery killer went on with his secretive story. "The Dashing Cassanova originally had eleven victims. All women raped and strangled and dumped in the public eye. Eleven young women lost their pathetic little lives and the public was in stone cold fear, and then victim number twelve AJ Lee popped up. Raped and murdered and dumped in a graveyard of all places"

"Whats your point?" Randy snapped, his life flashing before his eyes didn't help.

"AJ Lee wasn't a victim of the Cassanova, she was a victim of you. AJ and you were happily fucking around and then one day you got bored of her, she didn't want to let you go but you had already moved on. So when she started saying that she would tell your innocent little wife about your mis-deeds you saw your life flash, so you raped her and killed her, all the markings of the Dashing one all over her little body. Everyone just assumed that she was a victim of the serial killer and you got away with murder"

Randy didn't say anything, his one little secret now in the hands of a pyschopath, "I suggest Randal that if you want this to remain between the two of us, then you will do what I say"

Randy still couldn't speak, that darker side of him slowly coming to life and the more he breathed the harder it became to hide it.

"This is what you will do Randal, you will find Raven and you will wrap her up like a tight little package for the taking. Once she is dead, your secret will stay with me until I die"

"Fine" Randy spoke so softly that the killer had to get him to repeat that.

"What?"

"Fine, I'll give you Raven."

"Good, just make sure you do Randal, I'd hate to be you when the public finds out but I have no problem telling them"

A little click stopped the whole conversation and Randy couldn't look himself in the mirror. Again Raven was going to be a puppet in his little game, only this time he was the one pulling the strings. Randy shut his eyes trying to calm the sick feeling welling in his gut, Raven was the one in the middle again, only this time Randy cared if she got hurt. Unlike AJ and all the other whores he had been with, he actually loved Raven. You always hurt the ones you love.