Cursed

Chapter twenty three

Courtney's pov;

No.

It can't be him.

I don't understand.

How did he find me?

"Hello princess. Have you missed me?" Zack says with a evil glint in his eyes.

I was so scared I could hardly speak.

"H-how did y-you find m-me?" I say stuttering.

He simply pushes past me, into my house, and because I was so scared I couldn't push him out. Plus he's a lot bigger and stronger than me so it wouldn't have worked anyway.

"I have my ways." He says, answering my question.

He pushes me up against a wall, and places a sloppy kiss on my neck.

"I've missed your touch baby. I've missed the fact that I never got to f**k you." He whispers in my ear, and I shudder. His words are vile, and they make me feel sick.

"Get off m-me." I say, mentally scolding myself for still stuttering.

"Awh come on baby, you don't mean that. I bet you've missed me. I mean, I have been in prison for a long time, since it was your fault I was in there in the first place, I think you should just give me what I want." He says.

I find a bit of confidence, and I use that confidence to strike back.

"What is it that you want from me? You tried to kill me Zack! You controlled me!" I raised my voice at him.

"I did it because I loved you. I made you a better person!" He raises his voice as well.

"A better person?" I scoff. "I was f*****g petrified of you! That's not f*****g love! You need help mate!" I shout and I instantly regret it.

He leans in so his face isn't even 3 centimetres away from me.

"Don't use that tone with me baby. You'll regret it." He says, with anger in his eyes.

Just then, my phone vibrates on the table, and I go to grab it but Zack gets there before me.

"Scream, and I'll finish off the job I started 2 years ago." He growled and I shut up. I was still scared of him.

"Hello, Courtney's phone?" He says in a sweet voice.

He makes me want to throw up.

"Can I ask who's calling?" He says, and I hear a voice.

Ellie's voice.

"Oh Ellie? That's a pretty name." He purrs, and I feel even more sick.

If he even as so much as looks at her in that way, I'll kill him with my bare hands, even if I am petrified of him. No one hurts Ellie.

"This is her ex-boyfriend Zack." He says, and I hear the line go dead.

"She hung up on me." He says and shrugs his shoulders. "Oh well. So how have you been?" He says casually.

What the f**k is wrong with him? He's a f*****g psycho!

"Why are you here?" I ask and he smiles.

"Just wanted to see how my girl was doing." He said and I cringed at the thought of being 'his girl' again.

"I'm not your girl, I have a boyfriend." I say and his expression changes from happy to disgusted.

"You have a boyfriend? Bet he's a right twat." He laughs.

Hell no. He just called Dylan a t**t. Nope.

"Excuse me. He's not a f*****g t**t thank you very much. He's the most kindest guy I've ever met, and he's worth a billion of you. You're the twat." I say, and once again I let my mouth get the better of me.

He rushes up to me, and before I know it, he grabs me by my throat, and starts strangling me.

"Don't you f*****g dare talk to me like that again, you little slag." He spits at me, and I struggle for air.

"P-p-please, s-stop." I try to say and he just laughs.

Just then, the door bursts open, and I'm released from Zack's grip.

All I see is a short figure rush up to Zack, and punch him square in the face.

Ellie.

Shit no, she can't mess with Zack. No matter how hard she thinks she is, she doesn't know how dangerous Zack is.

He grabs his nose in pain, and Ellie rushes up to me.

"Courtney, are you okay?" She asks worried, and I nod.

"I think I'm fine now." I smile and stand up.

"Normally, I would beat the f**k out of someone who just punches me, but you're a pretty little thing, so I'll let it slide." Zack smiles at Ellie.

"f**k off you twat." Ellie spits at him.

"She's a fiery little thing isn't she? The red hair suits you." He smirks at her, and Ellie rolls her eyes.

"Look you creep. Courtney doesn't want anything to do with you, and I certainly don't want anything to do with you either. So could you just kindly f**k off?" She grits her teeth, and I can tell she's trying to hold herself back.

He steps closer to her, and I clench my fists. I know Ellie can look after herself, but I will kill him if he touches her.

Ellie must of seen me get angry, because she shoots me a look as if to say 'don't worry about me, I've got this.' So that makes me a bit less on edge.

He caresses her cheek with his hand, and smiles at her.

"You've got such soft skin." He whispers to her, and I see her lips curve into a smile, then I see her start to laugh.

Why the hell is she laughing in a serious situation like this?

"That's probably the stupidest thing anyone's ever said to me. 'Oh your skins so soft' what the f**k is that?" She mocks him and then pisses herself even more.

"Ellie, stop laughing." I say to her, I can just see Zack's going to flip.

"No, it's fine Courtney. At least I know she has a sense of humour. I always look for that in a girl." He says, and Ellie stops laughing.

"Woah, keep your grim d**k in your pants babe. I'm taken." Ellie says and he raises his eyebrow.

"Well that's a shame 'babe'." He says, emphasising the word 'babe.'

"Yeah. Now get the f**k out of this house before I put your tiny d**k in a blender." Ellie says, whilst giving him a death stare.

"Alright, alright I'm going. Nice meeting you red. See you around Courtney." He says, and winks at me before he leaves.

What a creep.

"You okay?" Ellie looks at me with concern in her eyes.

"I think so. Are you okay?" I ask her and she nods.

"I punched him in the face, then laughed when he told me my skin was soft. I think I'm alright." She smiles.

"But he was hitting on you!" I exclaim and she shrugs.

"He's a creep with a thing for my humour. I'm not gonna let a weirdo like him get to me, and you shouldn't either." She says walking upstairs.

"Where are you going?" I ask her.

"To bed." She simply says and I look at her quizzically.

"Well your mum or sister aren't here, and I'm not gonna let you be alone when he knows where you live." She says and I smile.

This is why I love her.

"Okay. Thankyou Elz." I say and she smiles, then carries on walking upstairs.

I have so many questions running through my head right now.

Why is he here?

What does he want?

How did he find me?

I guess I'll never know the answers to all the questions I have.