Chance stared at the ceiling in his office, trying to ignore the wraith that seemed determined to drive him more insane then he considered himself all ready. Maggie sat in the same chair she had earlier, a smile on her face as she hummed the same obnoxiously sweet tune over and over.
"Why?" he asked finally, throwing his hands up in the air. "How many fucking times do I have to kill you before you'll leave me alone?"
"Technically, you killed me twice. I don't think it's possible for you to do it again." Maggie sat forward, her breasts pressed together between her arms, her nipples hard and pointed at him. "This isn't my fault, you know."
"What, the fact that you're trying to drive me crazy?"
"Chance, you and I both know that you already are crazy. Quit lying to yourself that this is my fault. You are the one whose subconscious has conjured me up. It's easy, if you want me to go, just go stake yourself outside and enjoy a few hours of sunrise. That should do the job, shouldn't it?"
"You know, you were an insipid bitch in life and in death you're just ... fucking annoying. Go away, I have another patient and I don't need to be caught talking to an empty chair." Chance stood, deliberately turning his back on Maggie.
"Oh? Who is it now? Anyone that I know?"
"Why do you care?"
Maggie tilted her head, the question seeming to take her aback. "Hmm, I don't know," she said honestly. "I guess I really don't but still, go ahead and answer the question anyway."
"Cassie Stanton," Chance said, growling at Maggie. "Happy?"
"Is she next?"
"Next?"
"To become you're next meal?" Maggie asked.
"And if she is?" Chance snapped.
"Hmm, I'm just wondering how crowded it will get in here," she said with a smile.
Chance glared at her. He was so wrapped up in what she had to say that he almost missed the light, almost breezy knock on the door to his office. "Shut up," he hissed at her. "Just shut up and leave me alone."
"That's entirely up to your subconscious," she said with a grin. When he whirled around to snap at her again, she was gone.
Chance breathed a sigh of relief and went to the door to answer it. "Cassie?" he asked of the pretty teenager.
"Yes, Dr. Steeple. My parents will be right in, they had to park the car."
"Wonderful. That'll give us a few minutes to get to know each other. Come in and sit down." He held the door open wider, waving his hand in invitation.
"Anywhere special you want me, doc?" Cassie asked, turning and flipping her hair over her shoulder. She gave him a coy look and Chance couldn't help but grin back. There was nothing wrong with this girl that a thick cock and the taste of a whip wouldn't cure.
"Wherever you feel most comfortable," he said, waving toward the grouping of furniture that was in a far corner, away from his wide desk. "The couch or the chairs, I try not to be clichΓ©."
Cassie sauntered over to the couch, sitting down and crossing her long legs. They were bare, tanned and muscular.
"I saw you at my school," she said into the silence.
"Which school is that?" Chance asked, coming over to sit in his usual chair.
"Chelsea High School. I'm a senior."
"And a cheerleader," Chance said, a statement not a question.
"How did you ..."
"Your legs," Chance said with a leering grin that he didn't try to hide from her. "You have gorgeous legs."
Cassie glanced down, holding one leg up a bit as if she were studying it. "Thank you, Dr. Steeple."
"You're welcome, Miss Stanton," he said just as another knock came upon the door to his office. "That would be your parents." He rose, feeling better than he had since the detective had come into his office earlier. "I'll just go let them in."
Cassie nodded, her grin growing wide. She looked as if she were enjoying herself. As Chance let her parents in the office and introduced himself, she took the opportunity to glance around his office. There was a picture on the wall, a photograph of a group of girls posing for the camera in front of a log cabin. In the background she could see a hint of blue, like a lake or a pond. But it was the girls that caught her interest.
There were six of them and as she watched, the picture seemed to almost come to life, the girls started horse playing and picking on one particular girl. They knocked her to the ground, holding her down while another girl came to stand above her head. As Cassie watched, she lifted her skirt, showing off tanned thighs and a bush of dark red hair.
"Cassie?" Chance called. "Come and join us?"
Cassie nodded and glanced back at the picture, staring at the girls who were now back in their original pose before turning away. Her parents made room for her on the couch with them, but she headed for the other chair, sinking down into the soft leather and crossing her legs again.