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crap out of him and Mom without being sure whose body it was and stuff like that. The two cops kept apologizing, but my dad wouldn’t let it go. I thought he was going to hit the guy cop. I think his name was Jaxon.”
    “That’s the one who came to my house about Bentley.”
    “Uh huh. The woman who was at the pool was the other one.”
    “It must have scared the crap out of you when you saw them in your house.”
    “It was a shock,” he said.
    “I just got a message on Facebook. Have you checked yours yet?”
    “No. What was the message?”
    “It was from him,” she said. “No pictures, just the word ‘Surprise!’”
    He was silent for a moment and she thought he hung up.
    “Still there?” she asked.
    “Yeah, sorry. I was just thinking what a bastard this guy is. I’m logging on to my computer now. Let’s see if he sent me something.”
    A few minutes passed as she listened to computer keys clicking and then Luke said, “Same message. No pictures. Wait…oh crap!”
    “What? What happened?”
    “He’s logged in right now. He just sent me a chat request.”
    “Are you serious? Don’t accept!” she almost shouted.
    “Too late. He says, So, how did you like my surprise? ”
    “Don’t answer him! He’s just messing with us!”
    “I want to see what he has to say.”
    “Please, Luke. He’s dangerous.”
    “I know. I’ll end it if it gets bad. I’ll tell you everything he says and you can be like my safety gauge, ok?”
    She didn’t know what to say. Every fiber of her being was shouting at her to make Luke stop but how could she from her own room? Luke was stubborn sometimes and he would do whatever he wanted.
    “I don’t like this,” she told him. “But I’ll stay with you.”
    “What should I type back?” he asked.
    “Be honest with him,” she said. “Tell him we didn’t like it.”  She heard his fingers on the keyboard and she waited.
    “He typed, Figures. I make your prank more exciting and you don’t even appreciate it. ”
    She heard him typing again. “What are you typing,” she said.
    “I’m telling him ‘At least we didn’t kill anyone.’”
    “Don’t provoke him!”
    “Let’s see what he says.”
    She waited for what seemed like forever but it was probably more like a minute. She realized she was holding her breath and she let it out. Luke must have heard.
    “Are you ok?” he asked.
    “No! I don’t like this. The only reason I’m still here is because I care about you and I’m scared.”
    “How much?”
    “I’m terrified!”
    She heard him chuckle and she couldn’t believe it.
    “No,” he said. “How much do you care about me?”
    “Oh…” She felt a little foolish, and then, still a little angry. Now was not the time to be talking about this kind of stuff. “Lucas, you’re my best friend, but you drive me nuts sometimes.”
    “That’s not a very good answer.”
    “What is he typing!”
    “He hasn’t answered yet. So…I’m just your best friend?”
    She could hear the playfulness in his voice and she realized he was just trying to get her to relax a little. “How can you be so calm when this killer is harassing us?”
    “I’m not calm. But I feel stronger with you here.”
    “Luke, I…” She started to cry and she knew he could hear her.
    “Hey,” he said. “This has been the best and worst week of my life. The best part is you. The worst part is this jerk. I don’t want him ruining what we have and I’ll do anything to keep that from happening.”
    “We’re just kids. How can we do that?”
    He was silent for a minute and then he said, “I don’t know yet, but I’m not going to sit here and let him hurt you or anyone else.”
    “This has been the best week for me too. All this other bad stuff makes me so confused.”
    “Me too…wait…he’s typing…he said, You have a message. See you around.”
    “A message?”
    “Hold on…”
    She heard clicking as his mouse navigated the screens.
    “Shit…”
    “What is