MYSTIC HOLLOW
Homicide
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BY NAOMI INNOCENT
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CHAPTER 46
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"What kind of desk officer doesn't know how to speak English?" Alex asked Laura who was still engrossed with the system
"That was what I am trying to find out" She said operating on it.
Elena took her phone and camera that had been disabled from the security men.
"You done already?" One of them asked her as she smiled and nodded.
"Yh, just came to inquire something from the desk officer" she said and glanced over to the receptionist who was shouting at someone over the phone
She walked down the lobby as they opened the glass door for her. She got outside and stood under the scorching sun.
"Elena I've gotten something" Laura said to her, making her touch the earpod to listen attentively.
"What's that?" She asked amidst frustration.
"They are on shift because of insecurity in Mystic Hollow. Next week, the English Officer would resume duty and would attend to those from Mystic Hollow. This week is for whatever language he is speaking. We can't get past that desk officer if we can't understand his language" Laura stated.
"Then I guess we have to move to plan B. We definitely need Bonnie" she said and hailed a cab.
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Peter and Sophia alighted from the taxi and walked to the amusement park.
"Great, you said we were gonna do the project and now we are going out on a date already?" Peter asked frustrated as Sophia kissed his cheek and dragged him by his hand.
"Come on, let's go buy ice cream" she said pulling him by the hand as they got to the ice cream stand and stood on queue. (Written by Naomi Innocent)
"You know, I and my kid brother normally come here to buy ice cream when he was still alive. He so much loves Chocolate" Sophia said as her eyes became watery.
Peter remembered her kid brother being killed at the hospital bed in ward 15. That same day they went to search for Sarah's birth and psychological records, he remembered seeing the killer on the roof and Laura thought he was daydreaming about Spider man.
"My kid brother was asthmatic, he went to school that day forgetting his nebulizer at home. It's my fault too because I left him. I was mad because he was too slow. Had it been I stayed behind, I would have been able to take his nebulizer to school too, he wouldn't had gone to the hospital where he was murdered cold-blooded. He was just 12 years old. He was such a sweet kid, and he was... " she broke into tears as Peter hugged her.
"It's ok now, don't blame it on yourself, just forget about it. Everything would be alright" Peter patted her back as she sniffed and wiped her tears with her palm.
"Who knows huh? Every thing that happens, happened for the best to come" He consoled further more.
Peter watched as a little girl around 10 years old came with his big brother to buy icecream.
"Jethro, can I have two ice creams?" She asked her brother while smiling revealing her dimples.
"You can have as many ice cream as you want. Remember it is your birthday" her brother said touching her cheeks making her giggle.
"After the ice cream, can I go ride the carousel?" She asked again as her brother carried her up and kissed her cheeks.
"Of course yes" he said and started tickling her making her laughed.
Peter watched this scene and all his thought was filled of Bonnie. He misses her a lot.
Truth be told, you'll never know what you have till you loose it.
He remembered when the ice cream vendor called him Bonnie's brother and Bonnie had to shout at her, telling her they were couples.
He smiled at this and stared at the little kid who was laughing with his brother.
"Hey Peter, are you listening to me?" Sophia's voice jerked him back to earth.
"Ooh sorry, were you saying something?" He asked her as she folded her arms.
"I said let's go ride the carousel too. I and my brother do ride it every Friday" she said and stopped observing a confused Peter.
"What were you thinking of right now that you didn't hear me huh?" She said half yelling as he stared at the carousel imagining Bonnie riding on it.
"let's go home" he said walking away from the amusement park.
This damn place is filled with memories that should make him laugh and be merry at least. But he was sad, sad because he misses Bonnie.
"Why? We just got here" she murmured following him at his back.
"Yh I know, but we need to start up that project. We just have few days left or don't you wanna win the trophy in the science fair?" He asked making her stop. He only said that so she would agree and they would leave.
"Ok, let's go" she said as they walked down, she held his hand, they hailed a taxi and got in.
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They stopped at Sophia's house as she opened the gate. They both walked to the sitting room and found out the house was empty.
"Hello? Mom! Are you home?!" She called out but there was no response.
"Ok, I guess she's not around" she said as she walked to her room with Peter following her.
She removed the jacket she was putting on revealing just a singlet she wore without bra and the singlet was so transparent that you could see through vividly without straining your eyes.
Peter tried to avoid eye contact with that as he faced down and sat on a chair.
"This is what I want us to make in the project" she said showing him a picture in her phone.
"Not bad" he said nodding his head as he stared at the picture
She opened her wardrobe and brought out a blue tool box. She opened it, revealing parts and tools needed for making the stuff she showed him.
"This would do half of the job right?" She asked him as he smiled taking a screw driver and a nut.
"Half? With these our job is done" he said taking off his white top, revealing his biceps. Sophia smiled at that as Peter took the tools box and started walking out of the room.
"Where are you going?" She asked making him stop at the door.
"I don't know, anywhere but here. You don't wanna blow up your pinkish room do you?" He asked with a grin as she smiled.
"Of course not. We can use the basement" she suggested as he nodded.
"Great idea. So where is it?" He asked.
"At the ground floor, it's close to the leisure room, just follow the stairs down" she said as he nodded and opened the door with his leg.
She walked out through the door too and watched him climb down the stairs
"I'll make grilled cheese and lemonade" she said climbing down the stairs but took the adjacent direction to the kitchen.
(Skip)
She finished preparing the lemonade and grilled cheese, she arranged the food on a tray and took it to the basement.
She watched Peter from his back as he worked on the project without him noticing. She watched as the sweat drip down his body, making him look sexy and attractive.
She walked to him and dropped the tray on the big table he had the tools he used in working.
"Not bad" She said staring at what he was building.
"Why don't we fix the current here so this way it would be... " she said adjusting what he made as he nodded and smiled.
"That's great" he took a glass of lemonade and gulped down.
"We make a pretty good team huh?" She asked as she took a piece of grilled cheese.
They continued eating as they conversed about the project.
"I think you have something close to your lips" Sophia said as she cleaned whatever there was on his face and eyed him sexily.
They both made eye contact and stared at each other as she slowly move her lips towards his before finally burying her lips on his.
Peter kissed her back as he carried her and placed on the table after clearing whatever was on that part of it.
They kissed like two hungry dogs as he finally romove her singlet, revealing her already erected nipples. They both panted hardly as they kissed and romanced.
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TBC