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The Hunt 11
The door got banged open, and I jumped two feet from the bed, Jake stumbled inside. “Jake? Where the fuck have you been? I’ve been worried sick about you.” The first sentence after I surprisingly exclaimed his name was pure relief, the second was harsh. I got up, but when I started to walk across the room, I noticed something was off. His balance was hell and his eyes blurry. A reek of alcohol hit my nose. “Are you… drunk?” I gasped in shock, but before he could answer I had to stabilize him, otherwise he would have gone down on his face. “Yeah, I think so.” He chuckled with a stupid smile on his face. I got him guided to the bed. He was swaying a lot, and I had trouble keeping him upright. Jesus Christ! I didn’t think he was even capable of getting himself undressed, so I started to take off his jacket. “Come here, Val.” He grabbed my waist and pulled me backward down to sit on his lap as I had turned around to hang up his jacket. I dropped it on the
The Hunt 12
The most disgusting sound ever woke me up. It was still dark outside. It took a couple of seconds before the memories of yesterday flushed over me. Our fight, Jake that took off and came home dead drunk several hours later. My head felt heavy and throbbing from all the crying. Jake was in the bathroom puking his guts out. I got up and knocked on the door. “You okay in there?” I asked gently. “No.” He groaned before he started puking again. I felt sorry for him, but on the other hand, he had what was coming to him. This was the karma kicking him in the ass because he made me worried. I smiled but immediately felt guilty. He was in a really bad shape. Poor him. “Ugh, I’m never drinking again.” He complained. I found a glass of water and some aspirins for him, for when he was feeling good enough to pull his head out of the toilet. I looked at the clock when I crawled back in bed and turned on the TV, it was 3:27 a.m. There was absolutely nothing
The Hunt 13
One part of me really longed to fuck her again, but the other part was too tired and too drained. I still had a hangover, but it was definitely better than earlier. The clawing demons had begun waking up inside of me again. They had been momentarily numbed by the alcohol and the major hangover. She was in the shower. I really needed her, just her presence and closeness. Should I ask if I could join her? No, I don’t have to, couples showered together. I took off all my clothes and opened the door to the bathroom. I pulled the shower curtain aside, she was standing beside the running water with shampoo in her hair. I stepped in under the running water like it was something I did every day. With her. Her eyes had widened and stared, and she had frozen for a second when I had pulled the shower curtain aside, now she closed them again and continued. Well, she didn’t kick me out, so it must be okay with her, though she looked… reticent? Reserved? I felt lik
The Hunt 14
I saw he was trying to fight the anger more than ever when we woke up. Some place deep inside I knew the anger wasn’t aimed directly at me, I was just the only one there to take it out on. It didn’t make it easier, but it made it more bearable somehow. Jake was the one fetching milk today and I checked the news on the laptop in the meantime. Before I was finished, he returned. “You got anything?” He hinted towards the laptop. “Nope, nothing so far.” He sat down across the table from me, poured a bowl of cereal, and started to read in his folklore book while he ate. “Haven’t you read it like five hundred times now?” I asked in a light tone. “Yeah probably, but I might have missed something.” He smiled at me, it looked slightly strained. I finished reading the news and found the locked folder again. It was really starting to bother me. What was in it? Maybe it was just porn, I couldn’t help but laugh inwardly of that joke.
The Hunt 15
“Jake? Jake! Take a look at this.” Val suddenly burst out and wavered me over to her with frantic arms. I was slightly perplexed but did as she said. She had a document open on the screen. I leaned in over her shoulder to read. I got more and more shocked and confused the more I read. Where the fuck did this come from? When I read the note from my dad at the bottom of the document, it was like a knife stabbed my heart and got twisted around. “Where did you find this?” I demanded, but even my voice was affected by the shock. “It-it was in a locked folder. I finally cracked the password.” She explained. It made less and less sense. A locked folder? “Seriously?” I asked her, and she just nodded. I felt something replace the shock. It started pounding in my veins. Started in my heart, that still felt stabbed and twisted, and slowly spread throughout my whole body. “This is… gold!” She exclaimed. No, this is a betrayal. Why would he keep th
The Hunt 16
It was weird that one little word could freak me out this much. Girlfriend. Were we a couple? We had sex, yeah, but does that make us a couple? Not necessarily. We weren’t like a typical couple. Didn’t you have to date first to become a couple? I guess not. Neither of us had time to really date, we had the job, and we weren’t in the same place for too long, always on the move, so you couldn’t maintain a real relationship with our lifestyle. Since we reached Montana ten days ago, we had practically turned our sleeping routines upside down. We were awake a good portion of the night and slept until at least noon. Some days were different of course, but it felt like this most of the time. It didn’t bother me, because th
The Hunt 17
I think she was asleep. I couldn’t help but think that her being distant was connected with the fact that I had called her my girlfriend, I was pretty positive actually. I just don’t understand why. We were a couple whether she liked it or not. At least in my opinion. Why did everything have to be this complicated with her? Why couldn’t this just be easy and uncomplicated? Like before dad died. What’s wrong with being a couple? Doesn’t she want me as her boyfriend? Is this just sex to her? No, it can’t be. She said she needed me. She had said it often. I don’t know for how long I thought about this subject, but suddenly we were already here. “We’re here.” I poked her shoulder. I was actually a little pissed at her because she was so frustrating. Redheads… I walked in front of her to the reception. Don’t let it in control… I took a deep breath to calm down. It helped. When the receptionist asked if we wanted a king or two queens, I looked at her. “Val?” I let the choi
The Hunt 18
My alarm clock on my phone woke me up. Urgh! It was way too early compared to the few hours of sleep I had gotten, but we needed to keep going while the trail was still hot. And if she really was a hiker going hiking in Moyie Springs, then we had to start asking around at the local hiking trails. When I stretched, I felt a stinging sensation on my neck. Oh, the bite mark. I rolled my eyes under my closed eyelids. Luckily, I didn’t really feel the one on my thigh as there was more flesh compared to my neck. But if this was something that happened regularly, I really needed to get something like… aloe vera lotion to put on. Painkillers weren’t a durable solution, and it meant too many medical runs. “We have to get up now.” I poked Jake on the shoulder, he grunted sleepily at me. I got up to throw some cold water in my face and do my morning routines. I examined the wound on my shoulder, it was practically healed now. Now there was only a pink scar left. Another
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