Page 7 of Fixation
First time was when I got back from my shift.
I caught a glimpse of her in her sports gear from my car. I knew my window of opportunity was limited after that, so here I am, tired yet satisfied.
Rationally, I’m aware that I’ll see her on my phone when she gets back.
My obsession doesn’t care about reason.
There are many things to learn about her through a single moment in time.
Her dad is the easiest to recognize. The red-haired man with green eyes reminds me of Harper.
Next to him is a smiling woman with brown hair and brown eyes. They’re nothing like Harper’s and are everything like her son’s, her brother.
They’re her family, and soon they’ll be mine too.
You have to get out of here.
“Yeah, yeah.” My thumb, my pulse, my very fucked-up being are drawn to her face.
I stroke the cheek of the woman I’ve been stalking for the past seven days.
This is as close to Harper as I’ve ever been.
I’m not out there in the street. Not on my terrace that’s overlooking hers, or pressing my ear to the wall we share.
Still, this isn’t as close as I would’ve liked.
A smirk curls at my lips. I’ll be closer in a couple of nights. When I visit her for the first time. When I have a day off after my twenty-four-hour shift.
Then I’ll be ready tomeether. Touch her delicately without waking her up.
She must be beautiful when she sleeps. When her defenses are down.
Dammit.
These thoughts, these vivid images in my head, I’m feral over them.
The battle for control over my body is finally lost. I lean in to press a kiss to Harper’s photo before I pull back and gaze at her.
Emerald eyes shine at me through the picture. Soft lips are curved up in a sad smile.
My fingertip doesn’t miss a single line or curve on her face. Her neck. The rest of her body.
In less than three months, when my contract ends, I’ll walk through her front door in broad daylight.
My hands will be all over her.
The real her.
My sweet neighbor.
In less than ninety days, I’ll possess every one of her secrets.
Better yet, I’ll possess her.
Click,click, click.
On the fourthclick, Harper’s lock gives.
