And I deserved it. Because I was being a grown-up and facing my problems. A.k.a. my stalker issue.
My mind made up, I headed to the kitchen, opening the huge side-by-side fridge, looking for the promised leftovers.
I’d be responsible. I’d only take one slice. Then I’d get out of here.
The only question was, where were my leftovers?
There was a lot of fresh produce in the fridge. More than I’d expected, really. And a ton of drinks. Coke, ginger ale, water, beer. But no pizza cartons.
Had Bennie finished off both pizzas last night?
No. No single human could possibly eat that much.
Which meant he was probably one of those guys who put everything in neat glass contain—ahh, gotcha!
I grinned as I spotted the pizza on the bottom shelf of the fridge, the slices indeed neatly stacked inside a glass container. Pulling it out, I took off the lid and took one slice.
Just one, I chastised myself, stopping my hand from grabbing a second one at the last moment, and closed the lid again.
My stomach rumbled, not quite happy with my restraint as I leaned down to put the container back, and… huh. Something had fallen over, lying right where the container had been.
I reached for the dark fruit pouches, making space for the pizza container, and slid it into place. Now I just needed to put the pouches on top, and I could have my break—
I stopped, my mind coming to a screeching halt.
I blinked.
Again.
And again.
Staring at the fruit pouches on the floor.
They weren’t fruit pouches.
Holy shit.
Was that blood?
No, right?
I snorted and shook my head.
Why would Bennie and Eric keep blood in their fridge?
That didn’t make sense.
Also, it wasn’t like you could just go out and buy bags of blood, right? So there had to be another explanation.
I grabbed the pouches I’d dropped and eyed them carefully.
Whatever it was, it was a really good fake, because it did look like bagged blood. The kind they gave to people in the hospital. The kind I’d fucking donated a couple of times.
Was it a relic from Halloween?
Some kind of colored juice or alcohol or smoothie or whatever?
I stared at the label.
