My Little Stalker
Author's Note: All characters appearing in this work are fictitious and are eighteen years of age or older. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
Elizabeth peered through the binoculars into the property, hoping to catch a glimpse of him. This was the moment she had dreamed of. Elizabeth had been obsessed by this, by Him, for as long as she could remember.
Click!
She heard the sound of the gun cocking behind her and felt the end of the barrel pressing hard against the back of her head.
"Freeze! Don't move!" the security guard shouted.
Startled, Elizabeth dropped the binoculars to the ground.
"Put your hands in the air!" he screamed at her.
She stood there, frozen, paralyzed by fear, arms extended towards the darkening sky.
"Get down on the ground, face down, spread eagle," the guard yelled. "Now, goddammit!"
Elizabeth did as she was told.
She always did.
*
Elizabeth was trapped on the ground, his knee pressing down hard into the small of her back. The guard tightened a handcuff around Elizabeth's right wrist, pulled it back and pinned it under his knee. Then he grabbed her other wrist, brought it back and secured it with the other cuff.
The pudgy, middle-aged security guard stood up and spoke into the radio-mouthpiece attached to his upper chest. "Central, this is six-eighty-one. Copy?"
"Copy, six-eighty-one. Over," the dispatcher responded.
"I've got a three-thirty-seven at twelve-thirty-one Willowbrook Lane." The guard paused, looked Elizabeth over and continued, "Suspect is female, Caucasian, approximately five feet tall, medium build, with brown, shoulder-length hair. She's wearing a navy sweater, blue jeans and black sneakers. Advise on to how to proceed. Over."
"Six-eighty-one, standby while I contact the client. Over."
"Roger."
A few minutes later the dispatcher returned. "Six-eighty-one, client is in transit to the residence. ETA fifteen—that's one-five minutes. Transport the suspect to the front gate and wait for the client to arrive."
"Roger. Over and out."
The guard pulled Elizabeth up from the ground and threw her into the backseat of his blue-and-white Armor Security cruiser. They drove around to the front gate of the property as the last remnants of day lost their daily battle with the conquering forces of the night.
Elizabeth sat in the backseat of the car—waiting, wondering, worrying. This was not how this night was supposed to turn out. All she wanted to do was to see him in person, even if it was only at a distance and through a pair of binoculars. She never dreamed she would end up like this―handcuffed in the back of a patrol car like some common criminal.
Several minutes later, a pair of headlights pierced through the fog that had descended upon Willowbrook Lane. A brand new 1974, black S Class Mercedes emerged from the haze and pulled up to the front gates of the estate.
The guard got out of his car and walked up to the passenger side window of the Mercedes. Elizabeth craned her neck and tried to get a look into the car, but she couldn't see Him.
Is that really Him in the car?
she wondered. Her pulse quickened.
The security guard returned, started the Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor and followed the black Benz through the front gates of the estate and around the circular driveway, finally stopping at the front entrance to the mansion. Elizabeth watched the Mercedes continue on and disappear behind the side of the house.
The guard opened the rear door of the patrol car, pulled Elizabeth roughly from the back seat, and dragged her up the stone steps to the large, imposing double-doors of the mansion. After what seemed like an eternity, one of the doors swung open.
And there he was, larger than life—her dream, her desire, the reason for her being.
* *
Brock Steele was wearing a black silk kimono robe and was barefoot. Elizabeth stood in complete awe of Him. She had been infatuated by him since the first season of
Suicide Squad
came on the air. The popular TV actor was everything that Elizabeth dreamed of in a man―he was tall, charming, and ruggedly handsome with a smile that could melt a girl's heart.
Seeing him in person, He was everything she'd ever imagined Him to be and more, much more. Elizabeth wanted to speak but was dumbstruck. Her heart was racing in her chest, as butterflies fluttered and danced a frantic dance in her stomach.
"Come inside," Brock said in a deep baritone voice that sent chills up and down Elizabeth's spine. He escorted the two of them through the marble foyer and into the kitchen. Mr. Steele then turned to the guard and said, "So, what is this all about?"
"At approximately nineteen hundred hours, I was patrolling the alley that runs behind the estate when I noticed the suspect on your property," the guard said, pushing his thick-lensed glasses back up to the bridge of his nose and checking his notes.
"She was on the driveway at the back gate," he continued, "using a pair of binoculars to try and look into the windows of your residence. I approached the suspect in stealth mode, apprehended her, and detained her until your arrival."
"I see." Mr. Steele sighed and shook his head. "Unfortunately, this isn't the first time this has happened," he said to the guard. "In fact, it's become an all too frequent occurrence. What do you think we should do with her?"
"You can call the police and press charges if you want," the guard offered.
Police? Elizabeth heard the word and her heart stopped.
"Yes, that's what I always do, but it doesn't seem to do any good," Brock said. "They get a ticket and a fine. And a few days later they are back bothering me again. Is there anything else we can do?"
"Well, if you can show that she's a stalker and posed a threat to you, you can get a restraining order and she'd probably see some jail time."
"Please, no! I don't want to go to jail," Elizabeth pleaded. "I'm not a stalker, I swear. I—"
"Silence!" Brock demanded. "No one gave you permission to speak."
"How could we do that," Brock asked, returning His attention to the guard and glancing at the name tag pinned to his chest, "Officer Rob?"
"Well, we could search her and go through her belongings to see if she's carrying any weapons."
"I like your thinking, Rob," He said. "Undo one of her handcuffs."
Mr. Steele walked over to where Elizabeth was standing. She was staring down, looking at the floor when He approached her. He placed His hand under her chin and lifted her head up. "What's your name?"
"Elizabeth," she replied meekly.
"How old are you?"
"I'm eighteen."
"Remove your clothes, Elizabeth," He told her, "and hand them to Officer Rob."
"But—" she protested.
"But what?" He interrupted her. "Would you rather I call the police and have them do this to you?"
"No."
Elizabeth kicked off her sneakers, stripped down to her underwear, and gave her clothes to Officer Rob. She stood there before them, in her bra and white cotton panties, nervously trying to cover herself up with her hands.
"All the way," Brock demanded, "take off everything."
"I don't have any weapons, I swear."
"Do as I say. And you will not speak or make any noise again, unless you are spoken to, or told to. Do you understand?"