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Chapter 16
Manny ran to her apartment in a blind rage. She threw the door open to her room, slammed it shut and fell onto her unmade bed. She buried her face in her pillow and screamed in utter and complete anguish. Before she knew it, she had cried herself to sleep.
She awakened suddenly to the banging of her door with a voice calling her name. "Manny........Manny," it called. The voice was now shaking her to consciousness. She rubbed her eyes and opened them to find Craig standing in front of her. She nearly had a heart attack. Manny jumped up and screamed, "You're alive!" Craig gave her a strange look as he handed her the bouquet of roses he was hiding behind his back.
"Manny, of course I'm alive. Are you feeling alright?" he asked unsurely. She started to cry and wrapped her arms around his neck so tightly he could hardly breathe. "If I had known you liked roses this much I would have gotten them for you more often," he said laughing at his own joke. She let go and kissed him repeatedly all over his face.
"I thought you were dead," she said wiping her tears away.
"Now what gave you a crazy idea like that?" he asked extremely confused at his fiancés behavior.
"I had a dream," she said. "......a terrible nightmare." He hugged her gently then held her hands in his. Her face was pale and her eyes were red.
"Well, I'm here now," he said trying his best to comfort her. "It was jut a dream.." Manny hugged Craig once again. This time, she wondered what it all meant. Why had she dreamt about something so horrible? Was something going to happen? Her heart was still racing although she nodded and smiled when Craig asked her if she was feeling better? Something felt wrong......very wrong.
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Lina and Matt were lying in bed half dressed with the faint noise of the radio in the background. They were deep in thought and neither of them uttered a sound for what seemed like an eternity. "You're so fu$#ing right!" Matt finally said. He had a pounding headache from drinking one too many Coronas the night before. He held his temples with one hand.
"I know," she said getting up to find her shirt. She kicked around several beer bottles and picked it up off the floor. She pulled it over her head and sat at the edge of the bed. The two had found their way into Matt's cabin after they met in the park. Both parties had the intention of a one night stand but found something "deeper" in each other.........a common bond. The desire for revenge.
"We'll break up Emma and that punk and Craig and that slut," he said forming a smile from hearing himself say those words out loud. "You think our plan will work?" he asked only remembering bits and pieces of the elaborate scheme she laid out before him.
"Of course," she said grinning at her ability to manipulate men. "They'll never know what hit 'em. That's the beauty of it." She didn't come to the cabin with the intention of ruining Craig's life. It was just the combination of humiliation and alcohol that inspired her. Plus, now she had an accomplice.
"Tonight it is," he said quietly.
"Tonight," she said laying her head on his chest.
Chapter 16
Manny ran to her apartment in a blind rage. She threw the door open to her room, slammed it shut and fell onto her unmade bed. She buried her face in her pillow and screamed in utter and complete anguish. Before she knew it, she had cried herself to sleep.
She awakened suddenly to the banging of her door with a voice calling her name. "Manny........Manny," it called. The voice was now shaking her to consciousness. She rubbed her eyes and opened them to find Craig standing in front of her. She nearly had a heart attack. Manny jumped up and screamed, "You're alive!" Craig gave her a strange look as he handed her the bouquet of roses he was hiding behind his back.
"Manny, of course I'm alive. Are you feeling alright?" he asked unsurely. She started to cry and wrapped her arms around his neck so tightly he could hardly breathe. "If I had known you liked roses this much I would have gotten them for you more often," he said laughing at his own joke. She let go and kissed him repeatedly all over his face.
"I thought you were dead," she said wiping her tears away.
"Now what gave you a crazy idea like that?" he asked extremely confused at his fiancés behavior.
"I had a dream," she said. "......a terrible nightmare." He hugged her gently then held her hands in his. Her face was pale and her eyes were red.
"Well, I'm here now," he said trying his best to comfort her. "It was jut a dream.." Manny hugged Craig once again. This time, she wondered what it all meant. Why had she dreamt about something so horrible? Was something going to happen? Her heart was still racing although she nodded and smiled when Craig asked her if she was feeling better? Something felt wrong......very wrong.
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Lina and Matt were lying in bed half dressed with the faint noise of the radio in the background. They were deep in thought and neither of them uttered a sound for what seemed like an eternity. "You're so fu$#ing right!" Matt finally said. He had a pounding headache from drinking one too many Coronas the night before. He held his temples with one hand.
"I know," she said getting up to find her shirt. She kicked around several beer bottles and picked it up off the floor. She pulled it over her head and sat at the edge of the bed. The two had found their way into Matt's cabin after they met in the park. Both parties had the intention of a one night stand but found something "deeper" in each other.........a common bond. The desire for revenge.
"We'll break up Emma and that punk and Craig and that slut," he said forming a smile from hearing himself say those words out loud. "You think our plan will work?" he asked only remembering bits and pieces of the elaborate scheme she laid out before him.
"Of course," she said grinning at her ability to manipulate men. "They'll never know what hit 'em. That's the beauty of it." She didn't come to the cabin with the intention of ruining Craig's life. It was just the combination of humiliation and alcohol that inspired her. Plus, now she had an accomplice.
"Tonight it is," he said quietly.
"Tonight," she said laying her head on his chest.