Alysha:
The door swung open and there stood that tall, muscular brown skin dude that hangs out with Hawk sometimes.
"What do you want?"
"Um...he..he told me to come up here..."
He nods and moves to the side to let me in. I step into the foyer and notice a pair of heels by the door and I immediately become intrigued because either there was a girl living there or one of them was a drag queen. Either way, I wanted to find out.
I followed him through the foyer to the massive living room.
He grabbed a black box from a nearby side table and held it out to me.
"Phone."
"Huh?"
"Your phone goes in the box. You can get it back when you leave."
Just then my phone started to ring again and I saw Eli's name flashing across my screen.
I rejected his call once again then gave my attention back to the nigga standing in front me.
"Why do I have to put it in there?"
"It's the rules."
"But I wanna keep it on me."
I had no idea what kind of games these niggas were playing but there was no way in hell I was just gonna give up my phone and have no way to contact anyone for help if I were to need it.
"Then you can leave."
"But-" My phone started to ring again. "I need to take this call."
"I'll show you back to the door then."
"No, no. Just let me take this call then-"
"That's not how this works. You either follow the rules and put your phone in the box now or you leave."
"I have to leave then..."
He nodded and just as he turned to go back to lead me back to the door, I ran pass him and made it to the kitchen before he grabbed me up.
He laughed as he slung me over his shoulder. "Nice try."
"Put me down!" He ignored me and carried me back to the door and put me down on the other side of it. "I just wanna know who he is!"
"Next time follow the rules and you'll find out."
He closed the door on me and I huffed as I turned and made my way back downstairs. My phone started to ring again and I answered it harshly.
"What?!"
"Damn baby, what's wrong with you?" Eli asked.
"I was just in the middle of something important. I'm sorry." I sighed heavily. "What's up?"
"I was just calling to let you know I landed. Do you want me to call you later?"
"Yeah, please. I'm sorry."
"It's okay baby. I love you."
"I love you too."
We hung up and I decided to go back and try again.
I banged on the door, waited a few minutes then banged on it some more but no one answered.
"This is so annoying." I mumbled to myself as I walked down the stairs.
I went back to Aaron's apartment and he excitedly jumped off the couch when I walked in.
"So?!"
"I didn't see him. Eli kept blowing up my phone while one of the guys was trying to take it."
"Take it?"
"Yeah, he said it's one of the rules and I could get it back when I left."
"Ooh, that's weird."
"Yeah, it is. And you know what I saw?"
"What?"
"There was a pair of heels in the foyer."
"So you think a girl lives there?"
"Yeah. But if a girl is already living there, why would he want me?"
"Maybe it's one of his friend's girls? Or he just likes to have a fleet of women."
"Maybe. I just want to find out already." I grabbed the other phone I had left on the couch and my bag so I could go. "I'll talk to you later Aaron."
I left out his apartment and took the elevator up to my floor. I plopped down on to my couch and ran a hand through my hair. This situation was just getting more and more annoying.
I went down the hall to my bathroom to take a shower and try to destress.
My thoughts raced as I stood under the hot water. I don't even know why I was still entertaining this mystery man and his bullshit. I had a boyfriend that I loved and that was willing to give up his life in another state to come live with me and I was borderline cheating on him.
"Okay Ally..." I mumbled to myself as I stepped out the shower. "You're gonna go back up there, and you're gonna end this for good. This game has gone on long enough and it needs to end."
I wrapped a towel around myself, walked into my room and over to my dresser to find something to put on.
Just as I finished changing, I heard my phone vibrate from where I tossed it on my bed. I went to pick it up and realized it wasn't my phone but the one he had got me that kept going off.
I picked it up and when I tapped on the notification a picture of me changing popped up.
A wave of fear washed over me as I looked around my room trying to figure out how the fuck he just took that picture.
Ally: Where are you??? Why are you watching me?
Apartment 65: I'm always watching you...
The phone vibrated over and over again as he sent me pictures of me changing, sitting in my bed reading or watching tv and even pictures of me sleep.
Ally: Wtf?
Apartment 65: You tend to leave your blinds open a lot...
Ally: This is creepy as fuck and has gotten completely out of hand. I want you to leave me alone from now on or I'm gonna go to the police
Apartment 65: 😂😂 okay
I quickly put on a pair leggings and a hoodie before grabbing my bag and phone and leaving back out. I knew he wasn't in my apartment but it felt like he was and it was making my skin crawl. I put my AirPods in as I took the elevator down to the lobby. Once the doors opened I quickly walked through the lobby and outside.
I didn't know where I was going, but I just knew I could be home.
I walked down the street with my hands tucked in the pocket of my hoodie. The song playing through my AirPods switched to She by Tyler the Creator and Frank Ocean. It used to be one of my favorite songs but hearing him sing about staring through a girls blinds and seeing her while she's fresh out the shower or sleeping made my stomach flip.
I couldn't help but to wonder just how much of me he saw while peaking through my window. Has he seen me completely naked? Has he seen me late at night while I touched myself?
As much as I hated it, thinking about it was actually turning me on. I started to think about what would happen if I deliberately put on a show for him. It would just entice him even more and I wasn't sure if I wanted to fo that.
I walked into a little coffee shop to get something to drink when I saw Maurice, the doorman for my building sitting at a table by himself reading a newspaper. After I ordered my drink I walked over to him.
"Mind if I join you?"
He looked up from his paper and smiled. "Ooh, not at all."
I sat down across from him and asked. "Is now a good time to talk?"
"About him?"
"Yes."
He looked around before asking. "What do you want to know?"
"Who is he?"
"I can't tell you exactly who he is..."
"Tell me what you can."
"He's a celebrity...he's pretty young and-"
"How young?"
"I would say he's in his mid to late twenties."
"Okay...what did you mean yesterday, when you said you didn't want me to fall victim to "his ways"?
"Every time a new young lady moves into the building him and his mob prey on her...She gets curious about who lives up there and his friends take advantage of that. Then soon, the girl disappears. I won't see her for a few days, then she pops back up and she's different. You can tell she's been drained....used....She sticks around for a little while but always ends up moving out shortly after getting here. It's quite sad."
"What about the girl he has living with him?"
"He's had multiple girls in and out his apartment but few that frequent. The last one that left was a young lady named Chanel. She was beautiful and quite talented, she moved out right before you moved in. The other girl, I'm not too sure of her name, I think it might be Jasmine...But she's with him now."
"Do you know anything about her? Is he holding her hostage?"
"Physically? No. She comes and goes as she pleases, sometimes she even travels with him. But mentally, I know he has a hold on her. She doesn't speak to anyone."
"Do you think she wants to leave?"
"I'm not sure. She seems happy although I did over hear her talking to one of his friends outside the other day. She said she was sad she didn't have any friends since Chanel left. He told her not to worry because she was gonna get a new friend soon."
"He was probably talking about me...."
"I really don't think you should be involved with any of them Ally...But I'm not going to tell you what to do."
"Thank you for talking to me Maurice. I appreciate it."
"No problem. Be safe getting back home."
"I will, see you tomorrow."
I grabbed my drink and left out of the coffee shop. I walked back to the apartment building and I could feel eyes on me as I swiftly walked through the lobby to the elevators but I didn't even bother to look. I knew it had to be Hawk or one those other niggas. I took the elevator up to my floor fumbled with my keys as I tried to unlock my door.
I heard a deep voice behind me."Ally."
I slowly turned around to face them and couldn't help but to roll my eyes when I saw Aaron standing there.
"What the fuck Aaron?! You scared the shit outta me talking all deep and shit!"
"My bad." He laughed. "Where were you?"
I unlocked the door and ushered him inside before locking it again.
"I went out for a walk. I didn't wanna be here."
"Why?"
"I pulled my phone out my pocket and pulled up one of the pictures of myself that man had sent me. "Look what he sent me."
"He...he took pictures of you through your window?"
"Yes! I'm starting to get scared Aaron. This isn't a little game anymore, this is real life stalking."
"Yeah, this is weird now. I don't think you should talk to him anymore."
"I'm not. But can I tell you something?" I asked as I went over to my patio to make sure it was locked and closed my blinds.
"Of course."
"Thinking about him watching me....it kind of turned me on."
"Jesus Ally." He shook his head. "He's a creep, there's nothing sexy about him stalking and taking pictures of you. You need to end this before he hurts you or something."
"I know, I know. I already told him to leave me alone and I'm not gonna entertain him anymore."
He nodded. "Do you want me to stay here tonight? Just incase."
"No, I'll be fine."
"Alright, well I'm going out tomorrow morning. I'll come up to see if you wanna go with."
"Alright, see you then."
He gave me a hug before leaving out of my apartment. I went back to my room and changed into something comfortable for me to sleep in. I noticed the blinds of my window were still slightly turned open, I thought about closing them for a second but decided to just climb into bed to go to sleep.
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