Free Obsession by Maya Moss Page B

her that nothing is going to happen between them.”
    “Right,” the detective said.  “How did you leave her?  I understood that you were the last one seeing her in her room.”
    “Yes,” Allison confirmed.  “The officer said that no one had gone inside after me.  Monica was very agitated, and she refused to hear a word of what I was saying.  She told me a little about her childhood, and the way she saw her relationship with Rick.  Then she described the wedding she has been planning for the both of them, and dismissed me as just an obstacle on their way to real happiness.  She was completely delusional and very determined to have it all her way.”
    “From what I heard from her colleagues and neighbors, this kind of behavior is not something new to her.  I am sorry you became the victims of her sick obsession.  We are going to look for her, but I recommend for you to be careful and call me immediately, if you see her again.”
    Allison and Rick promised to do just that, and thanked the detective for his help and support.
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Chapter 14
    “Some people say that love is simply a feeling that we like so much that we spend our lives chasing after it.  I think that love is more than that, love is an essential part of me and without it, I am only a half person, and feel like a wounded bird...”  Monica’s Diary .
     
    After leaving the hospital, Rick drove them to a secluded place in the park, and they spent the next hour talking and looking at the beautiful woods around them.  Monica was constantly in their minds, but they both knew that she would never be able to change the way they felt for each other.
    The hardship that Monica had brought into their lives was bringing them closer than ever.  Allison was feeling that Rick was someone she could love and spent her life with, while Rick already planned their future together.  Neither of them considered leaving the other because of what Monica did or said.
    Rick found really funny the way she continued to consider him hers, after all she had seen and imagined happening between him and Allison.  All their friends, especially Liz, were considering them a steady couple with a future in front of them.
    And here was Monica, the only woman in Rick’s life who refused to listen to him and comprehend that between them it was over.  He remembered only too well the multiple times she showed up at his house, behaving as if nothing was done or said before.  Monica had been acting as if he never told her that it was over.
    But now here was Allison.  Allison, who was slowly falling asleep near him.  She was all Monica wasn’t and yet, Rick loved her more than any other woman in his life.  His thoughts became hectic, and he felt the sleep overpowering his tired mind.
    Rick woke up in the corner of the backseat of the car, Allison’s head in his lap.  It was still dark outside, but the moon was illuminating the woods and the clearing in front of them.  Rick moved his head against the window, and peered over the front seat to see the clock in the dash: 3:45 am. They were not going anywhere any time soon, that was for sure.
    The front window was cracked for fresh air, but his corner of the car was warm and quiet, and Allison had a blanket pulled up under her chin.  Allison was on her back, her face turned towards Rick’s belly, one hand resting on his stomach, and the other tucked behind Rick’s back.  Rick shifted carefully, trying not to dislodge her, and snuggled deeper into his coat.  Allison’s head now was right against his crotch, warm and heavy, and he could not help himself, and rolled his hips up slowly, smiling to himself, pressing the soft bulge against Allison’s cheek.
    Allison stirred, murmuring something under her nose, and Rick stopped.  He was half-hard in his jeans, just from the heat of Allison’s body and the thought of her mouth.  Rick moved his hand through her long hair to quiet her. 
    Allison moved