Page 19 of Born into Madness
Within seconds I feel my phone vibrate in my pocket. I check the message he sent me and grin.
NIKI:
Hey, man. You’re blocking the girls. Get out of the way.
I turn around, making sure to still block the camera’s view of the coffee table. Evidently they’ve all decided to lose their shirts, so there are now three topless women dancing while guys catcall and start chanting for them to kiss. When two of the blondes lean in to one another, the cheering gets even louder. With everyone preoccupied, I slip from the room and make my way to the second floor.
It’s not as busy up here, but I’m definitely not alone. I skip past the rooms where I can hear grunting, which is most of them, and when I finally find an empty one, I slip in, shutting the door behind me. The room is filthy and not just in anI forgot to make my bed todaykind of way. There are overflowing ashtrays filled with cigarette butts and a few joints, old food containers lined up on the floor beside the desk, and a definite smell to the place that I’m not enjoying at all. It’s a mix of rank laundry, old food, and even older cum. It’s fucking disgusting, and I almost pull my skull mask from my hoodie’s pocket and put it on so it can help filter the air.
I’m about five seconds away from calling it quits and hitting the next bedroom when I see the laptop that’s partially hidden under the covers on the bed. There’s no doubt in my mind thatit was last used to watch porn while he jerked off, so I very carefully push the cover aside and insert the USB stick. I count slowly to ten before pulling it out. I don’t know how exactly it works, but I know I just gave Niki access to everything.
Wanting to get the hell out of this room and away from this smell, I leave and skip the rest of the floor, heading for the third level instead. I find two more laptops and use the USB stick on them, and I plant another camera in one of the bedrooms. I’m all set to leave when I hear footsteps and a loud giggle right outside the door.
Fucking hell.
With no other choice, I step into the closet and shut the door, leaving a crack big enough for me to see through. I watch as a blond guy stumbles in with a dark-haired girl. She laughs when she almost trips and he catches her. When they start to kiss, I mentally groan, my fingers reaching for the knife I have sheathed at my lower back. God, it would be so fucking easy to just step out and slit their throats, but that would leave a trail, a big one, and it would shut the frat house down. It would be sloppy and careless, and I’m never either of those things.
So I lean my shoulder against the wall and watch as they clumsily take each other’s clothes off.
“Hurry up, Adam,” the girl says, tugging on his zipper when he doesn’t strip fast enough.
Adam groans and kisses her harder while he tugs his jeans down and then does the same to her shorts. When they’re both finally naked, he tosses her onto the bed, making her squeal. Neither of them turned a light on, but the blinds are up, and there’s enough light coming in for me to see both of them easily. Adam struts over to his dresser and opens a drawer. Reaching in, he grabs a condom and grins at her.
“You ready to get fucked, April?”
I roll my eyes while he rolls the condom onto his very average-sized dick. Certainly nothing to be ashamed of, probably better than most, but not nearly as big as mine. April spreads her thighs, ready and eager for him, and I can’t help thinking how fucking bored I am. My mind wanders to Chort, hoping he’s behaving himself and hasn’t gone rogue and killed someone. I can’t blame him if he did, though. I know I’m feeling the urge right now as Adam and April’s noisy grunts fill the room. He fucks her hard, I’ll give him that, but her over-the-top orgasmic moans sound fake even to my untrained ears. It’s like she watched a lot of porn and is trying to sound like how she thinks she should sound. Everything about her feels fake, and Adam doesn’t care about anything except busting a nut.
When I feel my phone buzz, I pull it out and angle my screen so the light won’t give my hiding place away.
NIKI:
I feel like I should make popcorn.
I’d forgotten about the camera. Niki’s been watching the same show I’m stuck watching.
ME:
Is the audio working? Can you hear what I’m hearing?
NIKI:
Loud and clear.
ME:
How unfortunate for you.
NIKI:
At least he’s using a condom. Not as stupid as he looks, I guess.
ME:
Do you think everyone would be mad if I kill them?
NIKI:
You can’t kill them.
