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The Guy Next Door - Part One
Date: 9/17/2015, Categories: Reluctance, Author: SITTING, Rating: 3, Source: LushStories
on the third ring. “Kat, I think I drank too much. I feel like – ugh…” I cut her off impatiently. “Yeah, okay. Rose, where’d you put the spare key my neighbour gave to you?” “What?” I fought to restrain my panic. Breathe, Kat, breathe . “The key? That you used to get into my place?” There was a long pause. “The key?” she mumbled. “Yes, Rose,” I said, my voice a tightrope of control. “The key to my flat.” “Oh, I don’t have it,” she said. “Your neighbour guy still has it. Coleman. Copper. Whatever. Look, I need to get some coffee.” She hung up, leaving me staring at the phone. I tried to rationalise with myself. I was being stupid. Yes, Cooper was a freak, yes he was Jekyll and Hyde but there was no plausible reason for why he would want to sneak into my flat. He was hardly going to steal anything. My life simply was not interesting enough for him to want to explore. I’d seen the Page Three/Victoria’s Secret models that he fucked and dispensed of. There was absolutely no reason why he would be interested in me. I told myself I was being paranoid. A week later and I was proved wrong. To be continued