[European Style] Praying Mantis

I stood at the door of the familiar blue and white building, took out the key and stuffed it into the lock, and stretched out my hand towards the doorknob, but I didn't expect the door to open by itself as if I knew I was coming.

"Hi, Robbie. I heard a lock being unlocked. I guessed it was you," Dominique said to me, smiling. "It's an early morning from get off work."

"I don't have anything to do at work today, everyone left early." I found a random reason, "I need to sleep, God knows how sleepy I am."

"Okay. I was going to invite you to watch a movie." Dominique looked a little downcast. "I'm watching "Ghost Love". Classic love story, right?"

I nodded and hurried upstairs: "I have to lie on the bed quickly, my eyes are almost closed."

After running into the bedroom, I immediately closed the door, then opened the bottom drawer of the desk, took out the card pack inside, and turned to the last page——

Empty.

My heart literally popped out.

With a "click", the bedroom door was opened.

"You're looking for this, aren't you?" I turned my head abruptly, and saw Dominic standing at the door, looking down at me from above, and spreading his palms to me, "I'm a suspect in your heart, Robbie."

"No, Nick, it's because..." I explained to him hastily, but like a mountain lizard with its throat strangled, it opened its teeth and claws but could do nothing.

"Robby, do you know why I want to get close to you?" Before I could answer, he offered his own answer, "It's not just because you look like Chris. Have you ever betrayed your friends?"

I fixed his gray eyes and moved my lips, but no sound came out.

"I don't think so. I know you are a good man, you won't betray me." Dominic smiled, "Since you are my lover, you should take on the responsibility called love. You know that the love I admire most is How is it?"

""The Love of Ghosts" is nothing at all. The love I yearn for the most is the mantis style. Do you understand? If you love someone, you are willing to agree to any request of him. Even if he wants your life. To Until death, your heart belongs to only one person. How sublime!" Dominic walked in, stroking the new Dora through the thin plastic wall, "Do you agree with me, Robbie?"

I swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and finally said what had been stuck in my throat for a long time: "...So you killed Professor Curley and Grande?"

"I was afraid that one day they would fall in love with someone else," Dominique said. "Anything is possible. So to prevent that possibility from happening, I put their lives on hold."

"'Pause'?..." I looked at him in disbelief. "The dead don't come back to life like Lazarus, Robbie."

"Maybe not now, but who knows in the future?" Dominic squeezed my hand and looked at me with his bright gray eyes, "Don't worry, I have preserved their bodies very well stand up."

"Grande is buried, Nick! Now he lies in a coffin, a heap of bones!"

"Who stipulated that I couldn't get him back?" Dominic asked rhetorically.

"Why did you kill Jim West?" I asked calmly.

"I didn't kill him, he committed suicide." Dominique smiled, as if showing off his success, "I love Chris. Chris was humiliated by that guy with dirty words before, and I just wanted to avenge him .”

My pupils dilated with fear, and my breathing became rapid.I realized he had lost his mind!

"Never try to communicate with a serial killer. Normal people can't understand their thinking." Devine's words sounded in my ears, and it was only at this moment that I really realized the correctness of this sentence.

Under the control of shock and fear, I chose to rush out the door.

The alley behind the grocery store on Cherry Street...that's where Professor Curley and Grande are!Laura is innocent!As long as their bodies are found, all the mysteries will be revealed!I frantically ran down the street, completely ignoring the yelling of drivers who slammed on the brakes around me.Finally, I stood at the door of the dark alley panting, leaning on the wall to rest for a few seconds.I feel like I could literally puke my whole stomach out.

Dominique was right, the alley doorway was full of garbage and became a perfect place for birds to defecate.No normal person would want to come to this place for even a minute.

I took out my cell phone, opened the dial interface, and finally pressed the three numbers of 911.

The waiting time is anxious and restless.I stood where I was pacing up and down, as if the clock would go faster that way.I looked at every passerby on the street, looking for figures wearing police badges.But my search didn't make any sense. On the contrary, I saw a familiar blond figure from a distance across the street——

Dominique was stopped at a crosswalk across the street by a red light.He put his hands in his trouser pockets, looked relaxed, and even raised the corners of his mouth.But his sight was like two sharp silver needles, firmly fixed on my position.The panic all over my body made my legs tremble unconsciously. 3, 2,1, [-], the green light is on!Dominique took the first step, he was getting closer and closer to me...

"Hey, I think you must be Mr. Lindsay." I was stopped by someone behind me, "Where are you talking about?"

Thank god it's the police!"That's it," I said, pointing to the dark vents in the dirty walls of the alley.

"Damn, it's really dirty here." The two policemen complained, and then began to climb over the garbage mountain.

I stood watching them, my heart beating almost 120 times a second.I could feel Dominic standing right behind me next to it all.Why doesn't he escape?As long as the body is found and I identify him, he will definitely go to jail!unless……

Unless he has enough confidence to escape legal sanctions.

"Sir, I think you probably had a nightmare." After a while, the policeman who climbed into the vent poked his head out, "There is nothing in it except rat droppings."

"Impossible!" I yelled out loudly, "He said it himself, he...is him! The murderer is standing there!"

I turned my head, only to find that Dominique was gone.

"I'm sorry, but I think you should see a doctor." The policeman shook his head and gestured to his companion, "Let's go back, Tommy!"

Why? !He clearly said...

"Look, I'm innocent." At some point, Dominique appeared behind me again.He was like a devil following me, making a trembling laugh.He took a step forward and gently grabbed my hand. "Let's go home too, Robbie. I'm hungry."

I dare not look back, I know I must never turn back.I can just picture the calm look on his face: "Robbie, you look a little worn out. Come on, let's go back and get some rest. It's time for Dora to have dinner too."

I closed my eyes tightly and let him speak: "Look, the police have answered your doubts, haven't they? I didn't hide them here. Everything is just your imagination. I love you, you knew."

"Robbie, don't you want to join me for dinner? I think we can go to that new Italian restaurant nearby. I hear the pasta is really good."

"Robbie, turn around and look at me."

Emotion finally triumphed over reason.I turned around slowly and met those beautiful gray eyes: "Nick..."

"Come on, Robbie." Dominic wrapped his arms around my armpits and pressed his body tightly against mine. "The nightmare is over."

No, no, everything he said was false.Whitney said he was a liar!But how successful was his hypnotism!His words are so warm, entrusting all my dreams, as if everything is real...

"Nick, I love you," I said.

"I know, Robbie. I love you too." Dominic kissed my earlobe lightly and whispered in my ear, "Will you be my praying mantis, Robbie?"

The breath between his words brings an itchy feeling, even more hallucinogenic than LSD (①).

I feel my lips move and make a voice hoarse with thirst:

"I would like to..."

The author has something to say:

①LSD: D-□□, a strong semi-artificial hallucinogen.

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The full text is finished!Although I know the ending should be complained about [.

The next article is definitely a standard HE! !