Bonus Chapter - Oh My Love

The young boy looked down on the mess he had made. The blood pooled on the ground between his legs, the rabbit in the centre no longer moving. He wiped the small kitchen knife on the pelt until it was clean and put it into his school bag, hidden away in a seam at the bottom. Then he stood up and walked away.

The young girl screamed as she stepped into her house’s backyard to look after her pet rabbit. It lay there dead in a pool of blood. She screamed and screamed, but her parents weren’t home, nor were the neighbours. During the day, the hardworking people of Rearmond Lane were doing exactly that. After a while, the boy from across the street came over and comforted her.

The ten-year-old boy looked down on the mess he had made. The blood pooled on the ground between his legs, the cat in the centre no longer moving. He wiped the kitchen knife on the pelt until it was clean and put it into his rucksack, hidden away in a pouch he had sown in. Then he stood up and walked away.

The ten-year-old girl screamed as she stepped into her room to look after her cat when coming home from school. It lay there dead in a pool of blood. She screamed and screamed, but her parents weren’t home, nor were the neighbours. During the day, the hardworking people of Rearmond Lane were doing exactly that. After a while, the boy from across the street came over and comforted her.

The teenage boy looked down on the mess he had made. The blood pooled on the ground between his legs, the baby in the centre no longer moving. He wiped the pocket knife on the diaper until it was clean and put it into his pocket. Then he stood up and walked away.

The teenage girl screamed as she stepped into her little brother’s room to look after him while her parents were out for dinner. It lay there dead in a pool of blood. She screamed and screamed, and the boy from across the street who had been visiting her came into the room and comforted her.

The young man looked down on the mess he had made. The blood pooled on the ground between his legs, the young woman in the centre no longer moving. He wiped the knife on the wedding dress until it was clean and put it on the shelf behind some books. Then he stood up and walked away.

The groom screamed as he stepped into the room to ask what took her so long. She lay there dead in a pool of blood. He screamed and screamed. Many of the hardworking people of Rearmond Lane came over to comfort him. But the boy from across the street just looked out of his window. For the first time in his life, he felt…loss?

Liverpool Prison, August 8th, 5:03 local time. Daniel “Jack” Miller, inmate 73409, lay in his bed, sleeping soundly. “ You can have her back,” a dream whispered to him. “You can make her bleed again. Over and over.”

Liverpool Prison, August 8th, 7:16 local time. Officer Jameson rang the alarm when he found cell 01-A-12, assigned to inmate 73409 empty, except for a pool of blood on the floor, at the morning roll call. A DNA analysis of the blood would later show it belonging to the murderer’s last victim, an Emily Collins.

Chapters

  1. Prologue
  2. Chapter One - Liverpool Girl
  3. Chapter Two - What is Love?
  4. Chapter Three - Strawberry Fields
  5. Chapter Four - Livia all along
  6. Interlude One
  7. Chapter Five - Who you gonna call?
  8. Chapter Six - Digging Deep
  9. Chapter Seven - Tall Dark Stranger
  10. Interlude Two
  11. Chapter Eight - Theme From…
  12. Chapter Nine - Everybody Was Kung-Fu Fighting
  13. Interlude Three
  14. Chapter Ten - Material Girl
  15. Chapter Eleven - Candy Shop
  16. Chapter Twelve - Never gonna give you up
  17. Interlude Four
  18. Chapter Thirteen - Tubthumper
  19. Chapter Fourteen - Baby, don’t hurt me
  20. Chapter Fifteen - And frolicked in the autumn mist
  21. Chapter Sixteen - I ain't dumb, she my Tweedledee
  22. Chapter Seventeen - No time for losers
  23. Chapter Eighteen - Got a black magic NPC
  24. Chapter Nineteen - Call my name and save me from the dark
  25. Interlude Five
  26. Chapter Twenty - Ruffians, thugs, poison ivy, quicksand, cannibals and snakes, the plague!
  27. Chapter Twenty-One - In the loudest storm, we can be so proud
  28. Chapter Twenty-Two - And I've been working like a dog
  29. Chapter Twenty-Three - Let them stay home and comment on the internet
  30. Chapter Twenty-Four - We'll find a pond, we'll find a puddle
  31. Interlude Six
  32. Chapter Twenty-Five - Knee deep in the hoopla
  33. Chapter Twenty-Six - There beneath the blue suburban skies
  34. Bonus Chapter - Down the Rabbit Hole
  35. Chapter Twenty-Eight - I keep your secrets, cross my heart to die
  36. Chapter Twenty-Nine - Fight for Your Right
  37. Interlude Seven
  38. Chapter Thirty - I say, "High", you say, "Low"
  39. Chapter Thirty-One - Eight Days A Week
  40. Chapter Thirty-Two - Locked you away behind cast iron doors
  41. Chapter Thirty-Three - Just as mother-less birds fly high
  42. Interlude Eight
  43. Chapter Thirty-Four - Come join the fun, it's a merry-go-round
  44. Chapter Thirty-Five - Silly people run around
  45. Chapter Thirty-Six - Can You Dig It?
  46. Chapter Thirty-Seven - Meanwhile
  47. Chapter Thirty-Eight - Out Of The Dark
  48. Chapter Thirty-Nine - Meanwhile (2)
  49. Bonus Chapter - Charlie and the Player Factory
  50. Chapter Forty - 秘密持ちたいな 罪を感じたい
  51. Interlude Nine
  52. Chapter Forty-One - El Baile de los Pajaritos
  53. Chapter Forty-Two - 愛する人守る力両手に持ってるはず
  54. Chapter Forty-Three - Let it be
  55. Bonus Chapter - The Ruined Girl
  56. Bonus Chapter - End of Line
  57. Bonus Chapter - Dripping
  58. Bonus Chapter - Breakage
  59. Bonus Chapter - Boss Man
  60. Bonus Chapter - Oh My Love