Guilty Pleasure (26 page)

“
No, she isn’t dead. But
why would you think that.”

Johnny was quiet.

“
Anyways, Nicole told me
what you told her at your trial. Why would you say that to
her?”

“
I’m already in prison for
the rest of my life, so I think pressing harassment charges against
me is kind of pointless.”

“
This has nothing to do
with you. This has to do with Michael Lyons. Why were you afraid of
him?”

“
Who said I’m afraid of
some lawyer.”

“
Detective Tim Dane told
me.”

“
Yeah, I heard he is dead,
I saw it on the news.”

“
I’m pretty sure Michael
Lyons killed him. Now I want to know why you were afraid of your
defense lawyer and why you felt the need to tell his assistant to
run from him or she will end up dead.”

“
The fucker gave me the
creeps. And that woman…well she was different than some filthy
whore. Michael Lyons told me he was a killer. He taunted me on my
stupidity, because I was caught. Hell, he even told me what he
would have done to that fucking whore that got away, so that she
wouldn’t have escape. Michael Lyons is a fucking monster in a fancy
suit. The only difference between him and me is that he is a hell
of a lot smarter than I am. I’m done talking to you.” Johnny
motioned to the guard.

Rodney turned off his voice recorder then
left the room. This was one more nail in Michael Lyons’ coffin.

Chapter
Twenty-four

Adam and Nicole headed back to the park.
They watched the young woman heading over to the bench. She took
out her book and started to read.

Adam looked around. If there were cops in
this park he couldn’t spot them, which means Michael hopefully
wouldn’t either.

“
Adam…” Nicole tugged at
his shirt.

Adam quickly looked over at the woman on the
bench. Michael was walking up to her.

“
What if the cops aren’t
here?” Nicole said.

“
I won’t let him lure that
woman out of the park, Nicole.” Adam readied himself if he had to
go after them.

“
Put your hands up and get
on your knees!” A man in a suit hurried over to Michael. Soon three
more people all wearing different kinds of clothing so they could
blend in with the other people in the park surrounded
Michael.

Michael slowly came down to his knees with
his hand in the air.

“
Michael Lyons, you are
charged with multiple counts of first degree murder. You will be
deported back to the United States where you will stand
trial.”

Nicole watched the cop put the handcuffs on
Michael, then they stood him up.

Adam stepped out of his hiding place. Nicole
followed him.

Michael locked gazes with Nicole. He started
to laugh. “Well fuck me.” His mind was so wrapped up on losing
Nicole that he didn’t just kill these two and flee to another
country. “I guess you didn’t need that gun, huh Adam.”

“
Be quiet.” The cops
escorted Michael out of the park and to a waiting car.

“
I have to talk to him,
Adam. This wasn’t enough.”

“
I will make sure it
happens, Nicole. But, I don’t want to ever lay eyes on him
again.”

***

Nicole waited in the interrogation room.
Adam called Rodney and asked him to help get Nicole into see
Michael before he was deported. Rodney came through. Adam waited in
the lobby for her. He had no desire to see Michael. To him this was
all over with and Adam wanted nothing more than to move on. But he
had to make sure to try and give Nicole what she needed.

The police officer led Michael in the room.
He chained him to the table then stepped out.

She just looked at Michael. He was wearing a
pair of jeans and a black t-shirt. They were getting ready to
deport him to the United States soon.

“
Nicole, what do you want
from me? You have helped them put me in a fucking cage, something I
was trying to avoid my entire life. I was going to kill you because
I didn’t want to be here. And here I am …because of
you…”

“
What do you mean because
of me? You killed those people.”

“
Because I loved you I
dropped my guard. I should have killed you the moment I started
feeling something for you.”

“
I fell in love with a
monster…I should have seen…”

“
You didn’t want to see.
You didn’t want to burst your happy little bubble. I’m sure your
friend tried to tell you the truth she saw, but you closed your
eyes.”

“
Shut up!”

“
Does the truth hurt,
Nicole? Your friend is dead because of you. Live with that the rest
of your life.”

“
She is dead because of
you,” Nicole said coldly.

“
Tell me something, are you
fucking Adam now?”

“
That is none of your
business.”

“
Seeing how you are getting
defensive I’m going to take that as a yes. You two are perfect for
each other. You two are too kind, too naïve…you are just asking for
someone like me to hurt you.”

“
No, because I’m not going
to let you hurt me. Now that I see the monster you are, nothing you
say to me will affect me. Yes, I loved you when you were behind
that mask. I loved that Michael. I have nothing but hatred for this
monster before me. I’m glad Adam didn’t shoot you. That would have
been too light of a sentence for you. I can’t wait to read that you
will be spending the rest of your life in a cage, surrounded by
monsters just like you.”

Michael started to laugh. “I like this new
Nicole. Now I know another monster won’t prey upon you.”

“
Why do you
care?”

“
I love you, and it was my
downfall.”

Nicole went to the door and pushed the
button letting the guard know she wanted out of the room.

“
Goodbye,
Nicole.”

She hurried out of the room and straight to
the lobby. She threw herself into Adam’s arms.

“
It will be okay, little
Nicole.”

“
I know it will
be.”

She hugged Adam tighter. She couldn’t stop
all the memories of her time with Michael, when he pretended to be
someone else. God damn it, she loved that Michael. She started to
cry. She wanted to hate him, she needed to hate him, and a part of
her did. Yet, at this moment she could only see his smile…and how
that smiled made her feel. She was angry at herself for thinking
about this. She wanted to scream. She leaned into Adam needing to
borrow some of his strength.

“
I will make it better,
Nicole…I swear I will make it better.” Adam held her just a little
tighter.

***

Adam and Nicole moved into a small apartment
in Queens, New York. Adam’s bandmates made the track over and
stayed with them until they found their own apartments. Nicole
found work as a paralegal with the city’s prosecutor. And Adam’s
band was finding New York a great place to make decent money
performing.

Adam walked over and handed Nicole a
newspaper. He kissed her then sat on the other side of the
table.

“
I thought you would want
to know,” Adam said.

Nicole read that Michael was convicted of
thirty counts of murder which spanned over fifteen years. Maxwell
Stevens was released from prison after being acquitted of all
murder charges. Michael looked the same in the picture of him being
led out of the courtroom. The case was so big it drew national
attention. Even if Nicole didn’t want to know anything about the
case there would be no way to escape it. It was probably for the
best anyways, she needed closure.

“
He looks the same,” Nicole
said.

“
I know. Are you
alright?”

Nicole set the paper down. “Surprisingly,
I’m okay. You are a big part of why I am.”

Adam smiled at her. “My little Nicole, you
have no idea how much being with you has helped me.”

They both turned to the door when it burst
opened.

“
Come on, man, you can play
with your lady later we got a gig to go to,” one of his bandmates
said.

“
Go on, you don’t want to
keep your fans waiting,” Nicole said.

“
Are you sure you are
alright?” Adam said.

“
Yes, now go.” She smiled
watching his bandmates drag him off. She loved his bandmates they
were like family. She got up and stared out the window. These last
couple of months with Adam were the best months of her life. Even
dealing with all the emotional pain that loving Michael has caused.
A part of her felt guilty to feel this happy with Adam. And yet,
Adam always found a way to make her feel better. God, she hoped she
did the same for him.

She was going to start her therapy sessions
next week to come to terms with all of this. Adam was going to see
a therapist too. You can’t just simply get over something like
this, no it will take some hard work. If Adam was waiting for her
at the other side of all the pain then it would be worth it.

She grabbed her jacket and headed out of the
apartment. She wanted to see Adam’s band play. She didn’t really
want to hang around the apartment all day thinking about all of
this. Besides, he loved when she came to his shows.

***

Michael looked around the cell he would be
calling home for the rest of his life. He glanced over at his
cellmate, some twink who killed a couple of people to get some drug
money. It will be easy to fuck with this idiot’s mind. At least he
will keep himself occupied.

“
What did you do to get in
here? Cheat on your taxes?” his cellmate chuckled.

“
No, my guilty pleasure got
me in here.”

“
Guilty
pleasure?”

Michael turned to the young man. “I like to
watch the agony in someone’s face when I carve them up, and then
when they can’t stand it anymore and beg me to kill them, I love
watching the light fade from their eyes.”

“
Dude…”

Michael smiled seeing the fear in his
cellmate’s eyes.

The End.

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