Chapter 6

Annie sat down on a cream sofa with her son tightly in her arms, she kept kissing his head. "You're okay, you're safe now."

Oliver was still a wreck, his dark curls stuck to his forehead as balls of sweat continued to form. His chest kept rising and falling rapidly whilst being in hysterics. He kept looking at Sasha and Tyrone from the corner of his eye and studied Sasha's movements. He saw the way she tightly cradled Tyrone. Officers were tying to move her away from her dead partner but kept failing there was no way she was going to leave him.

" Are you sure it was him, Ma'am?" A Sargent kept asking Annie and her son the same question repeatedly.

Annie looked up at the man, tears stained her cheeks whilst bangs formed under her eyes. " How many more times do I have to tell you this? He was here! Standing on the top of the stairs with Oliver and Jadyn hostage!"

The Sargent looked back at his partner and shook his head, " Miss have you perhaps consumed any alcohol-"

" What no! Look you have to believe me, I was at Michael's house and-" Annie tried to convince the Sergeant but had no luck.

" So you agreed to go to this guy's home and you're telling me you didn't know he was a serial killer?" The man raised an eyebrow as he continued to write everything down

" Yes! I was at the gym and he approached me and I simply agreed to have dinner with him because I knew my son was in good hands!" Annie's eyes started to glisten again, the familiar liquid returning.

" Miss you need to calm down and stop shouting please." The Sargent warned.

Annie pointed to Tyrone's body desperately, " Look at him, sir. He was shot and now he's dead, you have to believe me please. Jadyn has to grow up without a father and Sasha is now a widow. The two of them were engaged and now it's ruined."

"We'll continue looking for any evidence but for the meantime you and your boy should probably stay at a hotel for the night."

"But-" Annie jumped in but was interrupted once more.

" It's been taking care of, sleep tight for both of you." The Sargent gave the two of them a smile before walking away to his partner. The two males spoke in quiet whispers debating what to do.

" Come on son, have you eaten anything yet?" Annie whispered to her son softly. She only earned the response of a simple nod, but else did she expect? Her son just witnessed murder right before his eyes. Annie slowly put her right arm around Oliver and stood up.

" Come on lets go get some rest." Annie smiled at the officers as she left the crime scene. Red and blue lights illuminated the streets whilst sirens invaded people's ears. At the bottom step of Sasha's house was a Rookie officer. His badge read " S. Anderson." The man passed me a business card and smiled, " That's the hotel you guys will be staying at. Not anything fancy, just a Premier Inn that's five blocks away from here to the left. We've booked you in for a minimum of seven days but if anything chances we'll let you know."

Annie muttered a 'thank you' under her breath before escorting her son away from the crime scene.

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Annie ushered her son inside of the hotel room which luckily for her it was on the fourth floor. Once the two of them were inside, Annie instantly put on the ' Do Not Disturb' sign of the door handle and locked the door behind her. She then rushed to check if the window was locked, which thankfully it was, then closed the curtains.

"Ollie, how about you go get a quick shower before bed?" Annie looked back her son. Oliver nodded his head before entering the bathroom. Once Annie heard the click of the lock she sat down on the bed with a sigh, she looked to her left and saw the TV remote next to the double bed. Debating whether to Annie grabbed the remote and turned on the TV. The female flicked through different channels until it was on the news. The news reporter was an young female and on the screen was an title saying

" Breaking News : Serial Killer found?"

Annie recognised the house in the background, the familiar recent painted door and the small staircase up to the door. The young woman stood outside Sasha's house with an microphone in her hand.

" It has been reported that Michael Myers has been found after being quiet for a few months. He has murdered an black middle aged man by the name of Tyrone Simmons. He was a father and fiancé before he was shot. The police are still under investigation wether it was Michael Myers."

Annie turned off the TV immediately after hearing the water turn off in the bathroom. Oliver unlocked the door and came out a few minutes later, his hair still wet from the shower. Annie stood up from the bed and moved other to the single bed in the room.

"Mum?" Oliver spoke out when Annie started to pull back the blanket of the single bed.

" Yeah, love?"

" Can I sleep with you? It's just he might still be out there. He could kill us like Tyrone."

Annie turned around and looked at her son. She was surprised to hear that her nine year old son wanted to sleep in the same bed as her but not once did she hesitate. " Of course, come here."

Annie removed the blanket from the larger bed and got in. She opened her arms for Oliver and he quickly got comfortable in her embrace. His back was against Annie's chest and he was tightly holding onto his mother's hands.

" You're safe," Annie kissed his head before the two of them fell asleep.