Dead Dreams ((Young Adult Paranormal Romance) ( Dead Dreams Trilogy)) (2 page)

He
enjoyed
watch
ing
the transformation from calm to anger
.
Roy
’s
face invariably turned red as he unconsciously dribbled while
in the throws
of a
tirade
like
a babbling lunatic.
This delighted Adam who
would marvel
at how easy it was
to get the man
to rise up at the drop of a hat
and, he
wished
he’d
keel over and drop dead from a hea
rt attack
.

Peace reigned when
leaving Adam
to lounge
on the lawn they
reluctantly
went
shopping
.
It was
the same
scenario
every Saturday
. They would come back with
same crap frozen lasagne that
Roy
craved
,
automatically thrown
in the microwave whilst
he ate his favourite
potato chips.
When all the groceries were put away
Roy
would sit in front of the oversized flat screen with a six-pack watching sports while Julie spent her valuable free time cleaning and cooking. For now Adam was alone.
T
he longer they
were away
the better but
he
hope
d
they’d
remembered
the c
ookies and
batteries
.
It
was
no
problem
to depend
on them for
finances
.
Having dropped out of school with no job meant his income was limited to hand-outs and occasional forays into his mother’s wallet.
Alone in the
dirty
dishevell
ed mess of his room
he
angrily
kicked
his
dirty clothes
out of the way and
thr
ew himself on the bed boiling over with frustration and boredom.
B
ooks used to be
a
passion
then it was
on-line
games-
now it was nothing.
Listless
h
e s
witched on the laptop
browsing
f
ace
book
to check out who was
doing what
, even though he had
so
few friends
left
since he dropped out of school
. To his annoyance there were
three messages from
part-time girlfriend
Katie.
B
ut b
efore he could read them all she pop
ped
up in chat.

‘
Where have
u
been? I’m real upset with you
. W
hat happened last night you were
supposed to come over…what’s the excuse Adam?
’
  
She
’d
typed.

H
e deviously thought
long and hard for an
answer searching in his mind for t
he one she needed
to hear
;
and
he didn’t care if it was
a blatant
lie.
He had zero respect for girls and
Katie
was no exception, just a convenience when he felt
the need for female company and sex.

Thinking t
hrough a good excuse he prepared hi
s words carefully making sure the excuse
was a good one.

‘
Sorry I’m sick
.
Was
throwing up
all day and fell asleep early…g
od I feel like shit haven’t eaten anything and can barely drink water, must be a bug or something just woken up.’

There was no instant message back as
he
waited to see if she
’d
bought it.
Right from the start of their ill-fated
relationship
Katie
had suffered.
Adam’s lack of responsibility in life, his constant threats towards her when she dared to challenge him and his fixation with
suicide
had
caused her to walk away more than once
,
only to return when he called
an
d pleaded with her that he’d
change.

‘
I’m sorry to hear that
but why didn’t you call
me or something
? I sat here all night waiting.’

Her response was exactly
the one Adam wanted. He enjoyed
the psychological games
he played believing that he was
an expert in
getting what he wanted and he’d
managed to wind
her
tightly around his little finger.

Poor
dumb girl,
she the most
gullible pie
ce of ass I’ve ever come across.
M
aybe if I go over there I can get what I want,
the sympathy screw for being
sick and a
few bucks
to keep me going.

‘
I’ll be over later tonig
ht...l
ove
u.
’
He typed
without a pang of guilt. He was
long past caring
about anything
or anyone
. F
riends
had become
practically
non-existent
unless the
y
supplied his
drug of choice
and
,
education
was
over and
out when
the Principal
suggested
that his return to class
es
served no purpose. His Mother was
devastated with the news and
Roy
was as angry as hell
.
B
ut
Adam
was delighted as
he had more time than ever to indulge in
what he wanted to do, including his dark fantasies about death and
suicide
. After eighteen years he’d had enough.

Every time he thought about his life he
bristled
with anger towards
his mother and
t
he stupid pathetic man who dared
to call himself a step-father.

September the 11
^th
2001.
That was the
day Adam’s father died.
But he never felt he’d left and held regular conversations with him
-
or so he believed

“
Dad I’ve had a cool thought, I could poison
Roy
!
”

“
Maybe
you should choose lighter thoughts
Adam, it’ll give you nightmares.
”

“
It’s the nightmares I already have living in this place. I don’t have any where else to go and don’t tell me to like
Roy
there’s no way that’s ever gonna happen.
”

“
I never to
ld you to son, I’m still your d
ad
,
he can’t take my place.
”

“
Adam who are
you talking to up here?
”
They were back
and
Julie
had overheard him.

“
No-one I’m reading.
”

“
I heard you, don’t tell me you’re talking to yourself again!
”

“
Your dreaming m
om did you get th
e batteries for my MP3 and the
cookies?
”

“
Yes I did.
”
She called up
complia
nt to his demands, desperate to keep the peace
.

“
Adam you need to help your mom put away the groceries
now!
”
Roy
shouted
.