Ten o'clock in the morning. Sunday. And here I was standing in front of Amy's house, sigh, I needed to talk to someone, even more so after that nightmare, and she was my best option... Actually, I'd like to talk to my two friends together, but Vivian spent the night at her boyfriend's house and that's how she answered me when I called her:
"Kristine, do you know what time it is?" Vivian's voice was sleepy.
-Know.. It's nine o'clock in the morning.
-Exactly... And, baby, I know you know that after a wonderful fuck we don't like to be bothered, right?
I could almost feel the evil look he must be directing at the phone.
-I am sorry.... Hang.
-Good girl.
I think that's one of Vivian's flaws, to be too honest, but it's been a long time since she's talked to me like that... Well, I understand how it feels, and really, it sucks when someone calls you in the morning after a really "hot" night.
-Kristine?
I look up and find Amy looking at me with a big smile on her face.
- When you texted me that we needed to talk, I thought... It's a sign! "She invited me in.
I knew Amy's house by heart for two reasons: my house was almost the same, and I had been here many times. As soon as he closed the door, we went to the kitchen and sat down.
- Want to have a drink?
"No, thank you." I smiled kindly. "But explain this signal thing to me.
Amy grimaced mysteriously and then bit her lip, confusing me, I no longer knew if she was excited or scared.
-Before... I want you to tell me. Is there something going on between you and Bryan?
Catch him on the spot, that's great.
"Not anymore," he said. "Did he tell you anything?"
"No, but when I saw you two in the bookstore, I thought you were back. - he said as he analyzed me. - You make a very nice couple, you know?- I
thought that too, but I don't think we should be together. - I said, holding back tears. - We had a bad fight yesterday.
Is that why you wanted to talk to me so much? She gave me a sweet smile, trying to comfort me.
"So, in this case, we'll have to go to the couch..." It's a more suitable place for these kinds of problems. He stood up and led me into the living room.
- Don't worry, you can refer to it as heartbreak. I tried to smile.
Amy pouted and then jumped on the couch, I, on the other hand, sat down gently... Who knows if I jumped on the couch and sent Amy flying the other way.
"So that's it... Do you think nothing else is going to happen between you?" asked Amy as soon as I finished telling the story.
In fact, I told what I could tell the story, I took the part where I disappeared for two hours. I nodded my head and asked him about "the sign" he had spoken of earlier.
"Oh, about that..." She shifted uneasily on the couch-. - There was a case similar to that of the boy in the woods.
"What do you mean?" I asked. "And how are they similar?"
- Last night, a fifteen-year-old girl was found dead in the alley behind the pharmacy. - I was scared. - And they only look alike in one thing...
I held my head high, braced for what Amy had to say.
- A bite mark on the neck.... In both cases, it was the only thing he encountered with bruises.
-Wait a minute. I raised my hand. "You didn't tell me that the child had been bitten.
-No? Sorry, I was so scared of this wolf thing that I forgot to talk about it.
I got up so quickly that I got a little dizzy, shook my head and gave Amy a quick nod, shouted goodbye, and called you later when I was already out of the house. Now I could only do one thing, go to the girl's house in the woods and check her story for myself.
The silver lining for me was to say: don't get upset, Kristine, because this must just be a wild dog case; Another part, which I don't know what it is, was yelling: if this is a wolf case, you are the only one who can help.
And before I knew it, I was running, my ponytail was wagging back and forth, my sneakers were sometimes making the noise of crushed leaves, my heart was racing and panting. I didn't know what I would do when I knew the truth, but I needed to know anyway.
My breathing was still ragged when I got to the front of the girl's house, I looked at the newspaper again to see if that was the address. I put away the headline and rang the doorbell, as soon as I heard the footsteps of someone coming to answer me, I knew it was the couple I had heard that night at Trevarch... The strong smell of roses invaded my nostrils once again.
"Hello, can I help you?" asked the girl with the smell in a low voice.
I looked cautiously, the eyes were swollen and the face looked lifeless, I guess this is all for the groom who died in such a brutal way... If Amy's information is true, it must have been horrible to see the boy you love bleed to death in front of you and you couldn't do anything.
- Hi, my name is Kristine and I would like to make a report to our city's wildlife control. "I've never lied as well as I do now.
"Does Fortrest have anything like that?" he asked suspiciously.
- It is not well known as it is difficult to have cases of dangerous wild animals. -Said.
"All wild animals are dangerous," he said sharply.
When I didn't say anything else, he sighed and let me in.
- What do you want to know? She walked into a room with a dining table and I followed.
-Well... You said you saw a wolf. I spoke cautiously. "And I'd like to know what it looked like and what it looked like."
She sat down and I did the same.
- We were celebrating our first month of dating, Bob said he wanted to do something different, so we went into the woods... We were never told there were wolves there!
I could see that he was holding back tears, after a while he continued.
- We were already leaving when we heard a noise, I got scared and he hugged me saying that everything would be fine. Now he was shaking her hand. "That's when I saw in the bushes two gray eyes shining, but before I could scream..." She began to sob, forcing herself not to cry. "It jumped up and bit Bob's neck, it was so fast that it even felt like something precise, programmed, you know?
I nodded my head and let him take as long as he needed to continue.
"When Bob fell to the ground, I ran to check on him, but something told me I couldn't save him. He blinked hard. "The strange thing was that even though I was ready to die, the wolf didn't kill me... In fact, he stood there watching me cry, he seemed to be amused by my misfortune.
"And after that he ran away?" I asked, being careful not to push her any harder than I already did.
-Yes.
"And you could see the wolf even in the dark?"
- I did, it wasn't that dark yet. She seemed to be thinking, probably trying to remember the shape of her boyfriend's killer. - He was black with gray eyes, and looked quite large for a normal wolf.
- Well, thanks for the info. I was already getting up when his suspicious voice stopped me.
"Don't you need my name?" He stood up slowly. - And you didn't write anything.
Drug! I always forget things that are so basic, yet so important.
-Not bad.. The report never lists the names of the interviewees, because we like to keep the person private. -Smile. - And I don't need to write it, I've been working on this for a long time...
"I'm really an idiot!" he snapped. "You must be that's partner, right?"
-Who?
- To the! He started pushing me down the way out. - Out of the face!
I'm sure he would have literally kicked my ass if I hadn't jumped out of the house. I was making an embarrassed gesture at him when he pointed at me.
"Listen here, sir, stop telling these associates of yours to come and take information from me!" and he slammed the door shut.
I turned to look at the face of the "" I had spoken of earlier, and saw a man a little taller than me, with light brown hair and caramel-colored eyes. I took a quick look at it everywhere, it was very attractive.
"Do I look old enough to be called sir?" His voice was FoRTE.
-No.. But it doesn't seem reliable either. - I was honest and approached slowly. - Tell me, what was the lie you told him?
- How about we go for a walk and I invite you to lunch? She was smiling, had beautiful white teeth and seductive lips.
I blushed, but not blushing enough, hopefully.
"Endorsement," I answered, showing a little reluctance.
-Very well... Oh, my name is Triton Cerutti. - We start walking side by side. - And yours?
-Kristine. Kristine Moore. I said as I paid attention to our path.
We took a few more steps and I realized it was a tourist as it was taking us to the upscale area where there would only be expensive restaurants.
"You're not from here, are you?" I stopped and stared at him.
"If I say no, are you going to run out and scream?" He stopped and stared at me.
-No. I almost laughed. - I will guide you to a restaurant where we can eat.
He laughed and then apologized, I just smiled and told him it was no big deal.