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Tonight, after waiting so long, it would happen tonight. I grabbed the bag from beside the developing table. After tonight I wouldn't have to listen to Kate's idiotic pleas anymore. After tonight, I wouldn't have to watch Gordo prance around with Lizzie when he didn't deserve her. Gordo had become one of the worst annoyances. The way he clung to Lizzie how he was always around her. It took great restraint not to macerate him gain whenever I saw him.

Taking a deep breath, I pulled the bag up beside him. I pulled the zipper back and turned the bag over. My camera equipment rolled out onto the table. I gently picked up the lenses and set them inside a cabinet. Smiling, I looked at the pictures they'd taken. Beautiful pictures of her around school, her walking, laughing, smiling.

I shook my head quickly, I needed to stay focused.

I crossed the room and grabbed another bag, this one from a veterinary clinic. It'd been simple enough to get inside, I simply said that a friend had been driving and had hit a dog, and with his fear of dogs, he'd panicked and left and I was unable to carry it inside. The clerk, all too eager to help had rushed out to the car and I'd slipped into the back. Once there, it was just a matter of quickly reading labels, then finding the one I'd wanted.

I'd made sure that the bottle was full. I wanted to sedate her, but not kill her. Murdering her was not my intention.

The clerk believed the dog must not have been injured as severely as I thought because he'd gotten out of the car. I'd agreed if I saw it again, to try to bring it in. Amazing, how far a lie and a pitiful face will go.

As I closed my hand around the bottle, I thought about what I wanted. After tonight, I wouldn't just watch her from afar, she would be mine.

Had anyone else known, they would have said I'd lost my mind. But I'd never been more clear in my life. I'd planned every move, every gift I'd left her. I'd enjoyed allowing people to give me orders, to numbly nod as though I cared about what Kate had to say.

I grabbed the clean rag and wrapped gently around the bottle then placed it inside the bag.

I glanced at the bag then the bottle and inside took it quickly out and placed it inside my pocket. It would be quicker to access there and a bag would be conspicuous.

Nothing could go wrong tonight, she would be easy enough to lure away from Gordo. Even with everything, she was still incredibly naïve. True, I'd watched as she looked around the parking lot after she'd received her latest gift in the car today. But, she still frequently traveled alone and was an easy target.

With a laugh I thought about the company she kept when not alone. Gordo wouldn't be difficult to over come. I'd accomplished that once already.

I smirked as my hand shot out and yanked a picked off the wall. It was one of Lizzie and Gordo at night, in front of her house, after they'd seen a movie. I gently ripped the picture until Gordo was gone and only a jagged edge remained. I laughed, a wicked laugh.

Gazing proudly at the pictures, I looked at each one in turn, all black and white, bathed in the soft red glow of the safe light. Then suddenly, my eyes landed on one picture, Lizzie and Miranda.

Miranda had never occurred to me. She'd stayed out of the way thus far. I slowly closed my eyes and forced myself to focus. What would I do if she tried to intervene? I looked back up at the picture of Lizzie. If Miranda was stupid enough, she would deserve what she got. But that could be avoided, all I would have to do, is find something to distract her.

A malicious smile curved upon my lips as my fist closed around the crumpled remains of Gordo. What better way to distract her than to have her want to help a friend in dire need? With Gordo and Miranda out of the picture, Lizzie would be mine.