“Of course not.” I joined her on the couch.
“So, we haven’t been able to talk much lately.” She said. “What’s the deal with you and Tanner? He was totally bummed when you left so abruptly the other night. He said he thought you two had a connection.”
Oh God. I blushed in embarrassment. “Um, Tanner was a mistake. He seemed really nice but I have enough guy drama on my plate at the moment. I don’t need to add any more.”
“Guy drama? With Leo?”
“Jesus, does everyone know about me and Leo?” I whined.
She patted me on the arm as she set her mug on the table. “It’s okay sweetie. The gals at work are all pretty envious. Well, except for Kendra who’s just flat out pissed. He’s quite a catch.”
“How do they even know? Did Erica say something?”
“No, not at all.” She replied. “It’s obvious, that’s all. It’s pretty hard to miss the way you two look at each other.”
“The way we look at each other?” I shrieked. “How do we look at each other?”
She chuckled. “You seriously don’t know? You two are constantly either eye fucking each other or you’re just plain ole googly-eyed.”
I hid my face with my hands. “Oh God, I’m so embarrassed.”
“You shouldn’t be. There’s nothing wrong with---”A loud scream from someone down the hall interrupted her sentence.
I jumped out of my seat and looked towards the door. “What the hell was that?”
“Oh shit.” She pouted. “I had hoped we’d have more time.”
I gave her a confused look. “Huh? Time for what?”
She stood up and started walking towards me. “Time to talk. Since this is the last chance we’ll get and all. It really is a shame Karli, because I do like you. Unfortunately, it sounds like one of your neighbors just found your dead bodyguard in the stairwell so we’ll need to get on with it.”
“What? What the hell are you talking about Roxy?”
She was backing me into a corner. “You see Karli, this is all your fault really. You just couldn’t be satisfied with the sexy vampire or even the detective, could you? You had to go after my man instead.”
“Roxy, I have no idea what you’re talking about!” I screamed. What the hell was going on here?
“Don’t play dumb with me you little slut!” I saw a blur of knuckles before pain shot through my jaw.
“Aaaaah God, what was that for?” I rubbed my stinging cheek.
“You shouldn’t have led Chad to believe that there was hope for a second chance between the two of you.” She explained. “He was finally starting to focus his attention on me until he saw you in Leo’s club that night. From that point on, you’re all he could talk about. All he could think about. He even had the nerve to call out your name in bed the other night! That’s when I knew that he and I would never be happy until you were removed from the picture.”
Oh fuck, Roxy’s the killer! Oh damn! Shit! Fuck! My phone started ringing, making me jump. Roxy picked it up and looked at the display before she continued. “I let you get away from me once, Kar. I made the mistake of underestimating your connection to Leo. Speaking of which, look who’s calling.” She held up the phone so I could see his name on the caller ID. “You must realize I cannot allow that to happen again, hence the daylight timing of my little visit here.” She threw the phone against the wall, silencing the ringer. “Now I’m going to go against tradition, and kill you in my human form so you can see the face of the woman Chad will enjoy fucking from now on.”
Oh shit, I have to stall her until I can figure out a way out of here. “Hold on Roxy. I just want to know one thing.”
She smirked. “Oh this should be interesting……What would you like to know?”
“How did you mask your essence? Leo and his men should have been able to sense your presence, and the cops could never pick up anything incriminating at any of the crime scenes.”
She laughed and pulled out an amethyst pendant hanging from a silver chain under her shirt. “It was so simple that it almost took the fun out of it. Just your everyday cloaking amulet. It also makes me invisible anytime I want, which comes in handy when I’m keeping an eye on Chad…..or for watching a little after hours soft core in the bar.”
I gasped. “Oh my God, you were in the bar that night!”
“Yes, I was.” She adm
itted. “And I must say, I was a little disappointed when you two stopped. I was so turned on that I couldn’t stop touching myself while I was watching you. I came so hard that I lost my balance. You heard me stumble because my panties were around my ankles.”