There’s always a backdoor—you just need to know how to find it. In Roxy’s case, the way-in was animals. She adored them, specially dolphins and whales.
I’d never have got through the iron gates and security cameras at the front, where her fans and the paps waited. But tomorrow, when I take her to the aquarium, I’ll go down on one knee and she’ll be mine.
The snap of Rover’s leg in my hands still haunts me. But he’ll be running around soon. The break was clean and Roxy ensured he had the best vets money could buy.
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A devious plan. It’ll be over pretty quickly if she ever finds out the truth.
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But she never will. She won’t live that long
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I dare say Rover’s memory might be something of a fly in the ointment here. He’ll need to act quickly before the dog is released from the vets.
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It would be a shame if Rover had to be put down, wouldn’t it?
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Intriguing stuff, I think she’ll smell a rat
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He’ll get her to the altar and then … wham!
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Still laughing!
What a devious swine.
I wonder how Rover feels about the impending nuptials, hmm?
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Absolute cad
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They are poles apart, aren’t they? People who are close to animals can sense out people who are cruel to them. I don’t think he has a chance 🙂
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Good for you. I hope you’re right
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I agree, and even if she doesn’t, Rover will make sure she understands.
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Dear Neil,
I hope Roxy has the good sense to turn him down.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Just Joyfulness thinks she’ll see through him
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Chilling ending – he’ll be in trouble if she ever finds out… or maybe she will!?
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I don’t think she’ll live long beyond the wedding
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The menace in this is palpable. I love the idea of the backdoor, and how you weave that through the story. Ouch!
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Thanks so much
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I hope Roxy gets to read this before it’s too late!
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One of the things he does is to read to her so she doesn’t need to make the effort
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He doesn’t deserve her – what a heel. and if she thwarts him, what will he do them?
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I think he’s planning an early dissolution once he gets his hands on the money
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I fear the worst in a not too distant future, but after the wedding of course.
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Definitely after what’s hers becomes his
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I wouldn’t count on Rover not remembering … and I hope she shuts all doors – back AND front nice and sealed. He ain’t no one she ought to let in …
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No he isn;t
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Ha! Great twist, Neil. But, Roxy’s a sly, smart woman. The MMC better watch out!
Great imagination on your part, the build-up and the dénoument. Love the open ending, too.
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Thanks so much, Jenise
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O.M.G. Neil, your story is fiction, but there are people like that out there, which makes it doubly chilling.
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That’s true
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it looks like he knows his way around like a used car salesman. 🙂
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Sadly, yes
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I have a bad feeling about his courting techniques.
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He is a tad single-minded
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He’s her backdoor man. I hope she sees him for what he is!
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She may be too vain to see it
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Every woman’s nightmare! Great twist. This story has left me feeling icky. Well done.
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I’ll aim for something more wholesome next week
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Ouch, he’ll stop at nothing to achieve his goals.
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He’s not a very nice person
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Not sure whether his emotion at the snap of Rover’s leg is actually the most troubling aspect of the narrator. Roxy better say yes then run for her life. Lovely bit of psychodrama.
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Thanks so much, Jilly
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Oooooo creepy stalker dude. I don’t see this ending well for her… or him I suspect
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I don’t think this will be happily ever after
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Oh dear! A bit underhand, and this makes me wonder what else he might do to get his hands on Roxy’s money.
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You’re wise to be concerned
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I hope she wakes to his manipulations. What a disturbing creep. Good story Neil!
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Thanks so much
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Oh dear me. A dark shadow cast on this one. Well put.
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Thanks so much, Bill
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I think Rover will remember this blighter, and will connect him with pain. I hope so!
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Rover may not live to exact his revenge
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Chilling narrator. Wonder when he gets tired of Roxy what he is going to snap?
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Thanks so much
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Oh, you left me in suspense. good job!
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Thanks so much, Eugenia
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I worry for Roxy and her friends
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Not without cause
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