Chapter 53

7. Finding Lust Again

Jerking back to the chair after a streak of electric current zapped through his body, he groaned.

“Shit. I thought you guys were just burglars. Were you actually gonna kill me?” He asked rhetorically, throwing his head backward with his jaw tightened up.

The repairman only flashed a malicious grin, stepping away from Joel.

“I'd say we're versatile, especially with emergency cases.” He uttered, with an underlying tone of sarcasm.

Emergency cases? Was it an emergency to electrocute him? The fucking bastard, Joel cursed inwardly, his eyes straying in the direction he'd heard the cry emit from.

“What was that sound?” He asked, his heartbeat sprinting in anticipation of the repairman's response.

It could be anyone. Any one of the neighbors, not Bailey.

The repairman only looked at him through his lashes before turning away then spoke some indecipherable words into his walkie-talkie.

“Some lady