Chapter FortyNine

Note: There will be a lot of POV changes coming up but it's just so readers (you) get a better understanding of how everyone is feeling about certain situations. Also, in case it wasn’t clear from the last chapter, there has been a large time jump, MONTHS have passed since Michael left Ella and LA.

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Chapter FortyNine

Michael’s Point of View

Standing up, I dropped the knife and tilted my head to the side, admiring my work.

That was number 48.

48 victims in the past few months, and I still wasn’t sick of it. It was like an itch that no matter how much I scratch, I just can’t be satisfied.

I was trying to work through some stuff. I figured if I could just control myself, work the murder and pain out of my system I could start considering going home and trying to make things work, but I was a long way from that, and the longer I stayed away, the harder the idea of going back was becoming.

I walked over to the bar cart and poured myself a drin