Penny's POV

"Penny! Yes, it worked! "

I stare at his image on the screen. He smiles at me. I'm so happy to hear from him. I need him now more than ever!

"Jason! How the hell did you do that? "

He laughs and says, "My colleague had a secret line. It's untraceable. But the government will always fine a way. I just had to talk to you. You haven't been writing back to me. "

I say, "You haven't sent me a single letter! I check the mail all the time! "

He grits his teeth and says, "The damn postal service! I told you! "

As he goes on about the postal service stealing his letters, I look out my window right across to Michael's home. Is his bedroom on the same side as mine?

The curtains open. I see a bed behind him. To answer my earlier, yes, yes it is. He looks right at me and licks his window.

"Penny? Penny? Are you listening to me? "

I say, but I still have my eyes locked on Michael,

"Jason, the postal service has not been stealing your letters.... This damn psycho has! "

He says, "What are you talking about? "

I look back at Jason and explain every single detail. Even the part where we had sex. I almost cried as I explain what just happened. Jason looks angry he says,

"So, you've been playing along? "

I nod and say, "Yeah, I could like hear your voice in my head. I...I don't know what to do.... "

Jason says, "Penny, the only possible solution is...to kill him. "

My eyes widen. I say, "What?! I can't do that! What am I gonna do next? Hide his body? "

Jason says, "I can come up there and hide it. "

I shake my head and say, "Listen, in a few weeks my parents and Ben are going to my grandma's house. I can tell them I'll take the other car up there the next day. What if I invite him over and like set a trap. I'll knock his ass out, and go to the police! "

He shrugs his shoulders and says,

"That could work. What kind of trap? "

"I don't know. What if when he walks through the front door, I hit him on the head with a frying pan. "

He nods and says, "Well, you can't go to the police without concrete evidence. You need to get all the evidence you can within these weeks. I don't like the idea of you doing this by yourself. I should come up there. "

"No! He could kill you! At least I know he likes me enough not to kill me. "

He says, "I guess. I still don't like it. Let me see what he looks like. "

"How? I don't have a pic, and if I try to show you through my window he'll see you. He's looking right at me...licking his window.... "

"That's sick. My colleague knows a trick where I can still see everything, but your screen is on the home screen. It's like I'm not even there. You can still hear me though. "

"Yeah, I can like pretend I'm showing him what I'm doing. "

He nods and said, "Hold on a minute. "

My screen goes to the home screen. He says,

"Can you hear me? "

I get in front of my laptop. I say,

"Yeah. Can you see me? "

He says, "Yep. Perfectly clear. Now, show me this bastard. "

I go over to the window and wave at him. He mouths,

"What are you doing? "

Yes! I pick up my laptop and say,

"I hope you can see him from here. "

I turn the screen toward Michael. I mouth,

"School work. "

He nods. I mumble,

"You see him? "

"Yeah, I see the sick bastard. "

I put the laptop back on my desk. I say,

"I'm tired Jason...I think I'm going to go to bed. "

He says, "Don't turn this off. "

"I won't. "

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I feel someone brush their fingertips along my face. The touch makes giggle. They're hands move down to my stomach. Their lips lightly brush against my flat stomach.

Wait a minute. This isn't a dream! I open my eyes and almost scream, but Michael puts his hand over my mouth. My body freezes. He leans down next to me and whispers,

"I'll move my hand if you be quiet. "

I slowly nod. If I do yell, he would kill my family. I know it. I have to think about all options in this situation. Does Jason see this?

He removes his hand. He smiles when he notices that I'm not screaming. He whispers,

"That's a good girl. "

I whisper harshly,

"Why are you in my room? "

"I want to know what you were doing on your laptop earlier. I always meet up with the other teachers and see who's giving out homework and we all decided on no homework, so, " he squeezes my leg, "I'm going to ask you once more, what were you doing on your laptop? "

Damn! That's right! What do I say? What would he want to hear?..... A thought passes through my mind. But what if he wants to me to perform it? I can't think of anything else! Damn it! Geezus!

I whisper, "I was watching porn. Learning new things. "

His eyes lit up. Damn! He smiles and whispers,

"May I see what you learned? "

I quickly say, "Well that's the problem, I was trying to watch porn, but then my brother came into the room so I just decided to go to sleep. "

He nods. "Well, let's watch some now. "

What?! "I uh, I have to go to church in the morning. "

He nods and says, "Well, I'll see you at church. Oh, and just a reminder, if you tell anyone about this, say goodbye to your family. Starting with your beloved cat. "

He walks over to Penny and gently strokes her fur. I watch him. Please don't hurt her.... He stands and looks at me. He smiles.

He walks towards me and brushes my lips gently with his thumb. He whispers,

"Turn around now, and I'll be gone. "

There's something deeply wrong with him. I slowly lay down and turn around. Please don't touch me! I hear some stuff being moved around, then a gush of wind.

I sit up completely and turn around. He's gone. Then I hear Jason,

"I recorded everything. But we still need more evidence. "

I slowly make my way toward my laptop. I keep looking everywhere. Jason says,

"Don't worry. He left. "

I sit in the chair and look at the screen. I whisper,

"I'm so scared Jason....I'm shaking. "

He says, "I know. I can see that, but Penny you can get through this. Tomorrow while he's at church, you need to take your camera and go over to his house. This might be disturbing, but he might have a shrine of you. "

He's right. I'm on the verge of tears. Jason says,

"No tears, Penny. You're a soldier, you hear me? "

I nod and whisper, "I can't wait until this is over. "

Jason says, "In a few weeks, it will be. "