บททั้งหมดของ Whispers of the Heart: บทที่ 211 - บทที่ 220

The news Chief Harding and Detective Clements brought to our doorstep had me in a funk all day Sunday. One that I just couldn’t shake. I went through the motions and did actually enjoy our time with Nonna but it was always there, right in the back of my mind that there had been yet another body found. Another young woman’s life taken too early by this crazy madman that just seemed to be in the wind at every turn.I was completely shook at the fact that the crimes had now escalated to include sexual assault in addition to the murder. It was bad enough to think of these poor women being strangled and the very life being choked from them but to know that he had now escalated to torturing his last victim and committing the ultimate crime of brutality, shame and degradation was almost too much to even fathom. I can’t even imagine what that poor woman went through in her final moments and I know this psycho has to be stopped but I am powerless to do anything about it right now.My mood was f

The second Chloe walked out the door with Courtney, Owen swiftly turned to me and started to talk but I raised my hand to stop him.“Not here.” I hissed.I threw my history book in my bag and zipped it up before standing up and draping it across my back. I didn’t even glance at Owen as I marched across the small space from our desks to the door. I could hear him behind me but at this moment, I didn’t even know if I wanted him to follow me. I was upset and I needed to be alone and I knew that was something he wasn’t going to allow.I made a beeline down the hall for the stairs and practically ran down them. There was only one place I could think to go right now, the same place Courtney and Danny had taken me to talk the last time I was so incredibly upset with Owen, the balcony over the gym. I glanced back to see Owen still behind me, head down and looking completely distraught.I felt guilty for the way I was acting but I couldn’t help what I was feeling at the moment. It wasn’t his fa

OWEN’S POVAs I walked away from Gracie, I had to fight the lump in my throat that threatened to suffocate me. I should have listened to her this morning and just let the two of us sleep in and completely ditch school altogether. It would have saved us from the shocking surprise this morning, letting our friends tell us in advance so we could talk about it and prepare for it.Instead, my girlfriend can’t even stomach being around me right now. I know she loves me and I know she believes me when I told her that I didn’t have anything to do with what happened in that video she was sent but at the same time, I know it has devastated her seeing Chloe walk through that door this morning. Looking at me right now is just a reminder of every emotion she felt when she watched that video for the first time. All her self doubts, all the hurt, all of the feelings of inadequacy. I can just see it all running through her mind right now and there is not a single thing I can do about it because my mer

**CONTINUED TRIGGER WARNING**He continued to work his thumbs into the pressure points on my feet, an act that if done normally and by Owen would have been heavenly. Instead, I shuddered at his touch and wanted to pull away from him and kick him in the face but I was stopped by not only the restraints he had on my feet but also the deranged look on his face as he talked of our plans for the future.“I’m thinking we will go somewhere remote. Tennessee has some rural places but nothing remote enough and I think it will be too easy for them to find us in Tennessee. No, I’m thinking someplace like Montana or maybe the Dakotas. Someplace where we won’t have neighbors for miles. You can homeschool Nate while we grow our family and everything will be perfect. We could have had all of that here but no, you had to decide that I wasn’t good enough for you and run off with that pretty boy.”His grip on my feet tightened to the point of painful and I couldn’t help the whimper that escaped my lips.

**TRIGGER WARNING CONTINUED**He shook his head, bringing him back to reality, back from reliving the memories of his horrendous act. He grabbed the hems of my tattered jeans and in one quick move, ripped what remained from my body, leaving me in nothing but my underwear from the waist down. He eyes glazed over with lust as he drank in the sight laying before him and I closed my eyes, just wanting to disappear.“My God, Aurora! You are gorgeous! If you only knew how bad I wanted you, how long I have waited to see you like this. I barely have any clothes off of you and I already salivate just thinking about how much I have craved you over the last few years.”In that moment I knew that I had never knew Phil. I had lived with yet again another monster and hadn’t the slightest clue. I felt disgusted and just having him looking at me this way made me feel dirty and used.“Don’t worry, though. I just want to get a look at you right now. Just look at the gorgeous prize that I finally won aft