Cand(y)ice
"You say that again!", I hit his arm, not realizing I was now on his lap. "You're the one who's messing with Richard Ramirez.", he used my own joke against me, as he swiftly caught my wrist mid-air."What are you going to do now? Kill me? What's gotten into guys today?", I sighed, almost pouting. My lips were too thin for it to be obvious, though. "Guys? Has anyone been messing with you?", Richard's tone changed, as his grip on my wrist tightened. The way he held me was almost like the way I treated myself, when my mood was low and my frustration high. "Well, you know, Elan is still my desk mate.", I knew my brother didn't like me talking about him, but I would rather he beat the shit out of that asshole rather than someone innocent."I told you to stay away from him. What did he do again?", for a second, Richard's eyes looked frighteningly like Mara's."He said he has living human hearts in his house and proposed to bring me one so I could use it as...", I started, my voice trailing as I realized the stupidity of my accusation. It was almost ridiculous, but my half brother wasn't laughing, far from that."Candy, I'm not kidding, stay away from him. I didn't know you were that close.""We're not close. He just suddenly seems to have taken an interest in bothering me. But he's just childish, it's not like he's an actual danger to society.""Candice, stay away from him.", my half brother held me so tight I felt the fabric of my blouse almost tear into my skin. The way he called me by my name completely changed the atmosphere, both in the room and in my brain."Okay, Richard. You're really taking this Night Stalker role seriously.", I rolled my eyes, trying to ease the building tension. Maybe I was a bit too interested in blood. My own blood. Well, technically not...…