Controlled Chaos (Deadly Dreams Book 1) (14 page)

Chapter Twenty-nine

7:00 p.m. Thursday Evening

Felix walked behind me the whole way back to his apartment. I opened his door and I stood in the middle of his living room.

“Who are you?” Felix looked at me, afraid.

“I’m not sure,” I said.

“How did you know Tyler?”

“I don’t. I didn’t?”

“What about Douglas?”

“I don’t know Douglas,” I said.

Felix looked at me, and I was looking back at him as sincerely as I could.

“Then why did you say they were going to kill me?”

“Felix, it wasn’t them I stopped. It was you. I stopped you from committing crimes. I can’t even tell you what you were about to do.”

“Huh?”

“Felix, I can see the future.”

“Bullshit.”

“Is it?” I said. “How mad were you when I told you Tyler was here to kill you? Were you angry enough to kill?”

Felix looked at me and tears fell from his eyes. “How do you know any of this?”

“I was given a glimpse into the future and I was placed in your life to stop you from yourself. Apparently, murder was not that far away from your arsenal.”

Felix sat on his couch and began to cry. I wasn’t exactly sure what he was crying over, but I was going to allow him to compose himself and tell me whatever he felt he needed to.

“I have been going into a darker and darker place. I knew very soon I would be capable of anything.”

“Get out of the life, Felix. It’s not worth the gamble.” I sat next to Felix and I pulled a picture out of my wallet of Dave. “Do you see this guy?”

“His name is Dave.”

“You know Dave?”

“He was a bad junkie. Dave knew every drug dealer from here to kingdom come. I heard he got clean.”

“Well, you heard wrong. He overdosed a couple weeks ago. He was a good friend of mine. His daughter died when she was just four. He scored a 1520 on his SATs. His mother’s name is Lauren. He was a real person, who had the world in front of him, and drugs ruined his life. These people you sell to aren’t just looking for the next high. They are destroying their lives and the lives of those around them.”

Felix looked at me and said, “I’m not sure what paranormal Quantum Leap shit’s going on here.”

“Why do you say paranormal?” I asked.

“Okay, prophetic Quantum Leap shit.”

I wasn’t sure how well Felix had read me or if he knew I was also a vampire, but I think he just thought I was psychic.

“Look, Hunter. I know when it’s time to quit the game.”

“It won’t be easy,” I said.

“I know it’s time,” Felix said, once again getting very emotional. He didn’t cry this time, but I knew his heart was heavy. “I have to do it. I have been on this fence, wondering, ‘how heavy do I want to go here?’ The money is incredible but the risk and paranoia isn’t.”

That was what I needed to hear. I believed him. I felt peace, and I knew the nightmares were done.

I stayed with Felix and went through his DVR, watching random shows from The Colbert Report to taped reruns of Get Smart.

Regardless, Felix had heard and seen enough that he was going to quit. From where I was standing, that was all I could ask.

I went at home that night knowing the white eagle flying over was a sign that my mission was complete. The rest of the time I stayed with him because I wanted to be a friend and support him.

I left before the sun came up and went home to sleep in the duct-taped cave I now called a condo.

Chapter Thirty

6:00 p.m. Monday Evening

I couldn’t believe it was just two weeks ago I was attacked and I signed Dave’s death papers. Speaking of Dave, once I got this paranormal issue under control, I wanted to look into what exactly happened that day. I owed my friend that.

I met Steve at the bar for a Monday night football game. We had never missed a Monday night game, and tonight the bets were high. We once again bet on opposing teams, and I was happy to say that tonight looked to be going my way for once.

“Looks like my team is mopping the floor this time, buddy,” I laughed while I took a swig of the best MGD I had ever tasted.

“Yeah right, pal. The night is still young.”

I felt good for once, and things were finally going my way. I had saved lives for the first time in my life. I had spent my life trying to rid people’s lives of drugs, and it took turning into a vampire before I could do it.

I had told Steve and Munson over the weekend what had happened with Felix and me.

“Want to come over to my place tonight?”

“Like a sleepover?” I said, laughing.

“Like two buddies hanging out like old times.”

“I will take a rain check on that, Steve.”

“Why not?”

“I need to see a woman about a thing.”

“Donna?”

I nodded my head. “I think I might be in love with her.”

“Holy shit.”

“Holy shit, indeed.”

Chapter Thirty-one

10:00 p.m. Monday Evening

The game ended, and I won, finally. Steve was in a bad mood because he had lost. I told Steve we should go see Munson the following night and he was cool with it. I headed over to Donna’s, but first I stopped at a flower shop and I bought her one red rose.

Donna buzzed me into her complex and I knocked on the door to let her know I was here. Donna looked at me and said, “Is that for me?”

“Yes, it is,” I said.

“It’s beautiful and you look horrible.”

“Thanks. I think I need some sleep.”

“And you came over here?”

“Yes,” I said.

“And you think I’m that easy. That one red rose gives you all access to my bed?”

“I was hoping. I swear, I just want to sleep,” I said with a big smile. “May I come in?”

Donna nodded and moved to the side and grinned at me as I walked by her.

“And you only want to sleep?” Donna asked.

“At first. Yeah.”

“And then later?” Donna asked.

“Then later I want to hear about your day and tell you some crazy ass shit about mine and then maybe...who knows... I might give you a kiss.” I walked in the direction of her bedroom, down her hallway.

“I have to wait ‘til then?” Donna asked.

“Maybe if you’re good, I will give you a kiss goodnight.”

“Ha,” Donna laughed. “You can’t resist these lips.”

“You’re right.”

I turned around and pinned Donna to the wall and gave her a deep, long passionate kiss. Our bodies were pressed together. We continued to kiss and kiss.

Then Donna pulled away and said, “Good night, Mr. Simon.”

I turned and entered Donna’s dark bedroom and just collapsed on her. I was out very fast.

I slept incredibly well. My dreams were filled with joy and I felt a strong sense of peace. That was for the first six hours I slept.

Then...

I entered my R.E.M sleep. My dream world began unscrambling and suddenly my eyes opened, and I could see the back of Donna’s head. I was also seeing visions of a brand new dream. It was as if I was caught in an alternative universe where I was not totally asleep and not totally awake. I became paralyzed, and I fought off the lightning rods of fear as my body was filled with uncontrollable fear.

That was when the dream was revealed to me.

As the color unscrambled, the seizure began triggering flashes in my mind. I fought through the fear and anxiety and I focused on my dream. I could feel my heart beating a hundred miles an hour.

The dreams weren’t over.

They were just beginning.

The End

To be continued in:

Massacre Revealed

Deadly Dreams #2

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