Chapter Nineteen
Romeo woke before Chad.
They had crashed out together as soon as they got inside, Romeo exhausted from sitting at the kitchen all night in an anxious state, and Chad ...from doing whatever Chad had been doing.He stroked Chad’s throat, tentative at first, not wanting to see a flash of his nightmare.There were no bruises, but Romeo knew they would take a day or two to appear.
The only signs Romeo had almost killed him were his scraped elbow, and his bloodshot eyes.
Our next victim.
Romeo’s heart thumped.
It had been too long.
The sun came into the room through the crack in the curtains.
Romeo smiled at it, before smiling at Chad.
He stayed alive after his parents died to indulge the monster, but he only started living once he found Chad.There was more to life than the monster, there was him.
The buzz of Chad’s phone interrupted the peace, and Romeo reached over and grabbed it from Chad’s side table.A name he didn’t recognize flashed on screen.
Chad woke with a start but soon settled when he saw Romeo hovering over him.He gave him a small smile, then took the phone from Romeo.
“Hello,” Chad answered, climbing out of bed.“Are the police looking into...No, it’s completely understandable.”
Chad shut himself in the bathroom.
Romeo frowned at the door.
Pam.
Who the hell was Pam?
A few minutes later, the shower turned on.
Romeo waited in bed until a refreshed Chad reappeared with a smile on his face.
