Across the hall
Chap 5
It was 2 months later and Riddick was on cloud nine. For the first time in his life he's never felt so good. It had gotten to the point that he didn't want Dayla out of his sight. He found himself calling her all the time, going to her job for 'a bite to eat'. 'What's happening to me?' He'd thought as he lay next to her naked form in his bed. Thinking back, ever since their first night together they'd sleep together. Funny thing is they didn't always have sex. Sometimes he just held her little body in his arms, he loved those nights, but not as much as the nights that they made love. Each time was so earth shattering. He was really falling for Dayla and she was too. She told him about how she got mixed up with the wrong crowd and that's why she ended up with a record, but one thing she never wanted to talk about was her nightmares. Sometimes in the middle of the night he'd wake up to her moaning and sometimes crying out "NO! STOP!" One night it had gotten so bad that she started screaming and crying and kicking in bed, and when Riddick tried to wake her up she jumped out of bed and ran to a corner and cried. That was the last straw, Riddick had to know what was wrong with her. The next morning she was up making breakfast as usual, and when he tried to mention it to her she acted like nothing happened. He waited till she went to work and hacked into the confidential files of her records (something he'd planned on doing in the first place but never did because of the time it would take). After reading the files all he could do was sit there and stare at the screen The more he looked the angrier he got. Rushing the door he ran out down the street to Joe's Diner.
Once at the diner the tall blonde, who he came to know as Doris, Dayla's best friend, laid eyes on him she yelled back to Dayla that her man was here. Dayla stuck her head out to see Riddick. Smiling widely she stalked over to him and gave him a kiss "Hey baby, whatcha doin here?" she said. Noticing his expression she looked at Doris, "Can you cover me?" "Sure, why not, but if it get too busy I'm coming for you." Walking over to a nearby booth Riddick started immediately. "Who's Ethan phillip?" he asked with a mockingly inquisitive look. She looks up at him with a shocked gaze "How'd you know about him?" "I don't, that's why I'm asking you. Your files say he's your husband." He growls trying to control his temper. "Riddick, baby, it's not what you think." "It's not? Then what is it Day. I want you to tell me right now." "I am, if you can give me a chance." Slumping back in the booth and sighing "Remember when I told you I ran away from home?" she said "yeah, you said you were unhappy so you left." "Yeah well not in so many words." "What do you mean?" "My parents sold me to Ethan when I was 15, they were dirt poor and Ethan had money. Lots of it. So when he set his sights on me he made my parents a deal." Swallowing hard she fought to keep going. "When I got to his house it turned out this is what he lived for. He had 5 other wives than me, and children. Oh my god! There were children running everywhere. It was like he was breeding these poor girls. On our wedding night I was so scared. I begged him to not to do anything but that just made him mad. He hit me repeatedly for being 'disobedient' then he pulled out his little dick and grabbed me by my hair and shoved my head to his crotch, so I did the only thing I could. I bit tha fuck outta him. While he was on the floor bleeding I ran. I ran so fast and far that when I finally stopped I didn't know where I was. That's when I met up with 'that bad crowd'" Tears filled her eyes as she looked down. 'I'll kill him!' Riddick thought "I should of told you earlier but that's apart of my cover up." "Cover up?.what?" he finally asked "Riddick, after I ran away Ethan never stopped looking for me. Things have been quiet for the past year but I have a feeling he's still looking," Looking out the window she started to cry freely "Before I ran out of the house I could hear him yell that he'd kill me when he got his hands on me." Grabbing her hands Riddick said " Dayla, it's ok. I won't let anything happen to you. You gotta believe me baby." Sniffling she turns to him nodding. But all this was found out a month ago. Pulling her closer to him in bed, her movement being the only thing to snap him out of his thoughts. Kissing her cheek softly he leans close to her ear then whispers "You're mine Dayla, I'll never let anything get to you."
The next morning he awakes to an empty bed and a ringing phone. Grumbling he calls for Dayla, to which there's no answer. "God I hate when she does that." Ripping the receiver from the still ringing phone he says in a seductive tone, "If you don't get that cute little ass over" but before he can finish the sentence another female voice comes over the phone. "Mr. Riddick? Is this the Riddick Residence?" the voice says. "Oh yes it is, I'm sorry." "Yes, well, you don't know me but I do believe I could use your services though she says. Frowning a little before speaking, "The price is 10,000 new francs. I want half upfront and the other after the job is done." Getting a pen and paper before continuing " Give me the name, where I can find them, and their offense." After the woman gives him the information on how to contact him, and how to exchange the money he hangs up. Breathing deeply he gets up to take a shower.
Later that night Riddick decides to pop over to Dayla's. They decided on a quiet night at home watching tv. While watching tv a special newsbreak popped against the screen. The reporter went on to say that a body was found near the docks in the water and it was identified as a one 'Jeremy Jones.' The same Jones Riddick killed just a month ago. After the newsbreak Dayla sat wide-eyed before saying "That's so sad" Riddick wipes around the her "What?" he says in an annoyed voice "That's so sad is what I said" "Dayla he was a fuckin child molester, he got off easy compared to what he deserved." Confused Dayla looks at him puzzled "How'd you know he was a child molester. The news didn't say anything about that." 'uh oh!' Riddick thought "Riddick?" she whispered "I say him on the news a couple a months back when he got caught." Narrowing her eyes she looks at him. "Oh...ok" she says in a not very convincing tone. "Riddick when are you gonna tell me what exactly you do for a living?" He simply answered with a kiss to her head and, "Soon baby, when the times right." Dayla leans back into riddick's chest 'Sooner that you think honey, I think it's time to play a little detective work.' She thinks as he continues to move his hand up her shirt.
Chap 5
It was 2 months later and Riddick was on cloud nine. For the first time in his life he's never felt so good. It had gotten to the point that he didn't want Dayla out of his sight. He found himself calling her all the time, going to her job for 'a bite to eat'. 'What's happening to me?' He'd thought as he lay next to her naked form in his bed. Thinking back, ever since their first night together they'd sleep together. Funny thing is they didn't always have sex. Sometimes he just held her little body in his arms, he loved those nights, but not as much as the nights that they made love. Each time was so earth shattering. He was really falling for Dayla and she was too. She told him about how she got mixed up with the wrong crowd and that's why she ended up with a record, but one thing she never wanted to talk about was her nightmares. Sometimes in the middle of the night he'd wake up to her moaning and sometimes crying out "NO! STOP!" One night it had gotten so bad that she started screaming and crying and kicking in bed, and when Riddick tried to wake her up she jumped out of bed and ran to a corner and cried. That was the last straw, Riddick had to know what was wrong with her. The next morning she was up making breakfast as usual, and when he tried to mention it to her she acted like nothing happened. He waited till she went to work and hacked into the confidential files of her records (something he'd planned on doing in the first place but never did because of the time it would take). After reading the files all he could do was sit there and stare at the screen The more he looked the angrier he got. Rushing the door he ran out down the street to Joe's Diner.
Once at the diner the tall blonde, who he came to know as Doris, Dayla's best friend, laid eyes on him she yelled back to Dayla that her man was here. Dayla stuck her head out to see Riddick. Smiling widely she stalked over to him and gave him a kiss "Hey baby, whatcha doin here?" she said. Noticing his expression she looked at Doris, "Can you cover me?" "Sure, why not, but if it get too busy I'm coming for you." Walking over to a nearby booth Riddick started immediately. "Who's Ethan phillip?" he asked with a mockingly inquisitive look. She looks up at him with a shocked gaze "How'd you know about him?" "I don't, that's why I'm asking you. Your files say he's your husband." He growls trying to control his temper. "Riddick, baby, it's not what you think." "It's not? Then what is it Day. I want you to tell me right now." "I am, if you can give me a chance." Slumping back in the booth and sighing "Remember when I told you I ran away from home?" she said "yeah, you said you were unhappy so you left." "Yeah well not in so many words." "What do you mean?" "My parents sold me to Ethan when I was 15, they were dirt poor and Ethan had money. Lots of it. So when he set his sights on me he made my parents a deal." Swallowing hard she fought to keep going. "When I got to his house it turned out this is what he lived for. He had 5 other wives than me, and children. Oh my god! There were children running everywhere. It was like he was breeding these poor girls. On our wedding night I was so scared. I begged him to not to do anything but that just made him mad. He hit me repeatedly for being 'disobedient' then he pulled out his little dick and grabbed me by my hair and shoved my head to his crotch, so I did the only thing I could. I bit tha fuck outta him. While he was on the floor bleeding I ran. I ran so fast and far that when I finally stopped I didn't know where I was. That's when I met up with 'that bad crowd'" Tears filled her eyes as she looked down. 'I'll kill him!' Riddick thought "I should of told you earlier but that's apart of my cover up." "Cover up?.what?" he finally asked "Riddick, after I ran away Ethan never stopped looking for me. Things have been quiet for the past year but I have a feeling he's still looking," Looking out the window she started to cry freely "Before I ran out of the house I could hear him yell that he'd kill me when he got his hands on me." Grabbing her hands Riddick said " Dayla, it's ok. I won't let anything happen to you. You gotta believe me baby." Sniffling she turns to him nodding. But all this was found out a month ago. Pulling her closer to him in bed, her movement being the only thing to snap him out of his thoughts. Kissing her cheek softly he leans close to her ear then whispers "You're mine Dayla, I'll never let anything get to you."
The next morning he awakes to an empty bed and a ringing phone. Grumbling he calls for Dayla, to which there's no answer. "God I hate when she does that." Ripping the receiver from the still ringing phone he says in a seductive tone, "If you don't get that cute little ass over" but before he can finish the sentence another female voice comes over the phone. "Mr. Riddick? Is this the Riddick Residence?" the voice says. "Oh yes it is, I'm sorry." "Yes, well, you don't know me but I do believe I could use your services though she says. Frowning a little before speaking, "The price is 10,000 new francs. I want half upfront and the other after the job is done." Getting a pen and paper before continuing " Give me the name, where I can find them, and their offense." After the woman gives him the information on how to contact him, and how to exchange the money he hangs up. Breathing deeply he gets up to take a shower.
Later that night Riddick decides to pop over to Dayla's. They decided on a quiet night at home watching tv. While watching tv a special newsbreak popped against the screen. The reporter went on to say that a body was found near the docks in the water and it was identified as a one 'Jeremy Jones.' The same Jones Riddick killed just a month ago. After the newsbreak Dayla sat wide-eyed before saying "That's so sad" Riddick wipes around the her "What?" he says in an annoyed voice "That's so sad is what I said" "Dayla he was a fuckin child molester, he got off easy compared to what he deserved." Confused Dayla looks at him puzzled "How'd you know he was a child molester. The news didn't say anything about that." 'uh oh!' Riddick thought "Riddick?" she whispered "I say him on the news a couple a months back when he got caught." Narrowing her eyes she looks at him. "Oh...ok" she says in a not very convincing tone. "Riddick when are you gonna tell me what exactly you do for a living?" He simply answered with a kiss to her head and, "Soon baby, when the times right." Dayla leans back into riddick's chest 'Sooner that you think honey, I think it's time to play a little detective work.' She thinks as he continues to move his hand up her shirt.
