8:35 pm
Nikki’s Townhouse
Nikki’s phone chimed the arrival of a new email and she knew it was Simon because she gave him his own notification sound, she might be letting the case get to her just a bit. She had been waiting for his reply since Monday and she expected to hear from him tonight after reading his post, he was speaking to her, answering her question. Nikki let the butterflies have their dance and then she opened the email:
“Good evening Nikki, I am sorry I haven’t written you sooner but I was…fishing. If you haven’t read my post yet today you will understand. If you have then I know you want some more details. If you hadn’t opened yourself up to me I wouldn’t either but here goes everything. I was married to a woman who I fell in love with the minute I first laid eyes on her, she was spectacular in every way. She was gorgeous, long black hair, she was built a lot like you (you really need to turn the webcam away from your bedroom…unless you left it there for me he says with hope) and she was the sweetest kindest person I have ever met. She was the love of my life and for every minute we were together I felt like a God, like there was nothing I couldn’t do. She told me that day that she was pregnant with our first child. I could have literally walked to the moon I was so happy, we had been trying for over 2 years to have a baby and the doctors told her she would not be able to conceive so when we found out we were pregnant, we were ecstatic. I grabbed her up in my arms and then took her out to the most expensive restaurant in town. I didn’t have access to the money I do now so it was a big deal and my way to show her how truly happy I was.
I had a couple of glasses of wine with dinner so she was driving us home after dinner. It was a lovely night and we were just so happy, and then it happened. A car pulled out from a side street right in front of us and she had to slam on the brakes to avoid hitting the other car and she sounded her horn so he would know she was there. The other driver because incensed and started slamming on his brakes in front of her, taunting her. She finally turned off of the street to get away from the other car. About 2 blocks later, the same car comes around the corner to her left and slammed into the driver’s side door. When I came to, she was laying across my lap and the first thing I saw was all of the blood.
I swore to myself that I wouldn’t feel those feelings again and then you came into my life.
Good night Nikki.
Yours always,
Simon
P.S.- Very good on the mobile ops center, I had no doubt you would figure it out.”
Nikki sat there with shaking hands and tears streaming freely down her cheeks. When she thought about letting a killer in, this was not the way she had intended he would get inside of her. Nikki realized that she had genuine feelings for Simon and that shook her to her core.