Now You See Me, Now You Don't (Weekend Freewrite -- 12/07/2019)

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Prompt First Sentence: Yes. She is a friend. Well, she was one until recently...

He trailed off, seemingly not knowing how to proceed.

The officer sighed and urged him to continue, "Mr. James, I understand you're distraught with the news, but after your recent radio episode, we just have to make sure we covered all our leads."

Jonathan took a deep breath and leaned back in his seat, "I just...this all just seems like a sick joke! Trixie.. she can't really be gone, right??"

Before Jonathan could continue with his tirade, he felt a comforting hand on his shoulder, "How 'bout we cut it short for now, officer? We still need Jonny to rehearse some lines for his show tonight." Steven had cut in.

Before stepping out the door, the officer looked back at Jonathan, "Sir, if you remember anything of importance, you know where to contact me." With that he was out the door.

Oh he'd remember all right. He'd remember to go back and clean up whatever evidence he left hanging about.

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Prompt 2
Month by month, your calendar is a vivid reminder of all that ... means to you...

But for Jonathan, it was keeping the urge at bay. It wasn't like him to stalk "new prey" when his last one got away.

Yes, imagine his surprise when he came back to find the ditch he buried her in was empty. Now the hunter has become the prey, and Jonathan couldn't help the excitement coursing through his veins.

She knew it was him. The question was, what she would do about it.

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Prompt 3
the phone dropped

Something was wrong. It was something in the air of his apartment, he just couldn't point out what.

Cautiously, he stepped into his living room and there he saw it. It was about time.

Let the chase begin.

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Author's note: The character of Jonathan "Jonny" James was previously featured on A Night of Everything and Anything (We-Write #13). This story takes off from there. Where it will lead, I have yet to figure out.