Innocent Devil’s Harem Ch. 09

I forced myself to keep my thoughts focused, to avoid letting my imagination run wild at what horrible things I'd prevented by intervening. The scene I'd stumbled across had already been terrible by horror movie standards.

I ended up shaking my head, trying to physically rid myself of the memories threatening to invade my mind again.

I then focused back on Nick, seeing that he was still eyeing me.

Of course, I realized now why he was telling me. After all, he'd claimed that he was closer than people realized. However, no way in hell was I going to admit that I was the Impaler. If anything, he might just be baiting me, but there was no doubt I was a suspect at this point.

Fuck.

But there was no evidence, no proof, and my suspicious reaction was only hurting me right now.

I finally took a shallow breath, giving him a sympathetic look. "That sounds horrible," I replied. "Like, just imagining what this guy did is really disturbing. And it's even more crazy to think you have a direct connection to that situation." I paused. "But you still didn't answer my question. Did you not want Serenity to know about this? I just don't understand why you're only telling me."

Nick shrugged, only to abruptly stand fully upright. "Well, I guess because you're eighteen, and thus match the age range perfectly." He shrugged again. "And, coincidentally, Serenity has been on all the recent cases where the Impaler got involved. In fact, it's almost as if the mystery guy disappeared until Serenity became a detective. But..." he added with more emphasis. "There are a couple of others who were on those cases too. However, since I figured I was already here, I decided I would tell you in case you were him, so that I could thank you in person."

I scratched the back of my head, trying to seem embarrassed. "Well, I'm not him," I lied. "And it kind of feels weird having you thank me for something I wasn't involved in." I then intentionally became annoyed. "Wait, is that why you came over with Serenity? Just so you could talk to me?"

I didn't want to imply that I was disappointed, because if that was true then I was actually relieved that he might not be interested. But then again, who was I kidding? My housemate was hot as fuck.

And sure enough...

Nick quickly held up his hands defensively. "What? No, that's not how it is. She invited me over for dinner. I didn't ask."

Fuck.

"But that's why you said yes?" I hoped. Dammit, why couldn't I just keep my mouth shut?

He shook his head, holding up a finger. "It would be a reason to say yes, but it was not the main reason I did say yes."

Fuck! But why was I even surprised?

Stupid genius. Why did Serenity have to be so hot? Or at least, why couldn't he already be in a relationship or something?

Dammit.

I tried to keep my expression mostly neutral, maintaining a critical look as if I didn't believe him. I then spoke up again. "So then, what are you going to do once you find the real Impaler?" I wondered, figuring that was a safe thing for a normal person to ask. "Obviously, it's not me. I don't even match the description. Granted, a description like that is hard to believe."

Nick shrugged again. "I'll try to find him, and then -- whether I do or don't -- I'll still end up classifying the case as currently unsolvable and let it sit on the shelf to collect dust indefinitely. I'm not about to get the guy who saved my little sister thrown in jail." He hesitated. "At least, assuming the Impaler doesn't reopen the case with a new vict...I mean, a new murder of a serial killer. I probably won't be the one to take the case next time, and there are other people out there just as smart as me. Smarter even. They might figure it out."

It was obvious he was giving me a warning to stop, in the event it somehow really was me. But I could also tell that Nick wasn't completely confident in his assumption, which meant I'd successfully convinced him otherwise, and just needed to continue to play on that doubt as much as possible.

"Well, then do your best to find him, if that's the case. Hopefully, he's a nice guy and will take your warning seriously. I'm sure he would appreciate the thank you too, although I doubt he did it for a pat on the back."

I wasn't sure if that had been too much, but I figured it might be an assumption most people might logically deduce.

Nick finally sighed and scratched the back of his head. "Right. Anyway, I guess we should all get going. I just wanted to share all that with you, just in case. But I can see I still have some searching to do. Sorry about that."

I shrugged. "It's fine. I mean, it's not like I'm offended or anything. Although, maybe don't be so forward about it, if you talk to anyone else in that age range. I'd like to think I'm pretty mature for my age, but I don't know that other eighteen-year-olds would respond to an accusation like that very well. You basically accused me of murder just now."

"Sure," he agreed, moving to walk toward the house.

Apparently, Gabriella and Serenity had been watching us out of the window, something I would have noticed if I wasn't so shocked by Nick's disclosure, because they opened the door the moment we approached.

Gabriella looked especially worried, prompting me to give her a reassuring smile, even if it didn't seem to help much.

"Ready to go?" my girlfriend wondered hesitantly.

"Yep," I agreed simply, moving to give Serenity a quick hug. We then exchanged a quick farewell and 'see you later' before Gabriella and I were climbing into my car while my housemate ran back inside to grab her purse. I then waited until she and Nick were getting into her car too, before beginning to pull out, making sure Serenity was following me down the driveway just to guarantee that they were really leaving the house.

Once we were a few miles down the road, finally going our separate ways at an intersection, I gave Gabriella my full attention, knowing she was patiently waiting to talk. And I was sure we had a lot to talk about, between the situation with my friend's coworker, not to mention how we might proceed with our relationship now that Serenity knew we were an item.

Which reminded me about the fact that we were about to be alone again, in her apartment.

I tried to keep my thoughts focused as my chest began graying underneath my shirt in anticipation of what I felt confident was going to happen once we arrived.

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There will be more sexy stuff coming up in future chapters, but the plot will begin progressing a lot more from this point onward. For the curious (or those who are primarily here for the sex) the next sex scene is in Chapter 11.

Also, I update my Bio on Literotica frequently to reflect my Release Schedule and what chapters are pending review.

Submitted: October 8, 2020 to Literotica (Copyright Kaizer Wolf)

Edited: August 11, 2021