Well, folks, we've reached the final excerpt from my YA paranormal thriller After Me. (You can catch up on the earlier excerpts here.) I decided to go out with a bang and leave you with a creepy snippet from one of four chapters in the killer's POV. Gotta contrast all that funny snark with some darkness, you know!
The killer's name is Julian Pugh, and he's a pathetic little maggot who likes to play the big man online but is really just a wimpy Mama's Boy who can't stand up to anybody. This scene takes place right after he disposed of Jada's body after he killed her in the beginning of the book and has just returned the Ferrari he lured her with to his employer's estate in Jacksonville's ritzy San Marco neighborhood.
How could he have been so stupid and let her goad him into bashing in her skull before he got the chance to make her do the things he’d wanted her to do? He was supposed to be the one calling the shots, not her. That’s what the gun was for—it always turned them into sniveling little girls begging for mercy, willing to do anything he said if he wouldn’t kill them.
But this time he’d been cheated when the little whore had pushed his buttons and made him lose his temper. Sure, it had felt good to turn that pretty face of hers into hamburger meat, but not as good as the things he’d been planning to make her do.
Julian's fury eased a little as he pulled out of the McCarthy grounds and passed the other mansions on his way out of San Marco. He loved pretending he was house shopping and would someday own one of the huge riverside estates instead of working as a personal assistant to the wealthy men who owned them.
By the time he reached the Interstate on-ramp that would take him downtown, he had consoled himself with plans to amp up the online relationship he’d been fostering with a naughty little thing who called herself WETNWILD16 and had been dropping hints in her messages that sparkly things really turned her on, and Vera McCarthy had a more than ample supply of what she called “disposable” jewelry—complimentary trinkets from upstart jewelers trying to get exposure. She never missed the things Julian pilfered to send to his online sugar babies.
Yes, he’d start this one out with something sparkly, then he’d reel her in with something sporty and fast, and this time he would make sure she stayed alive long enough to repay him for his generosity.
What a scumbag, huh? Wouldn't you like to see him get what's coming to him? Well, you can buy After Me here. :-) And please do also check out the other Snippet Sunday folks and the Weekend Writing Warriors. Something for everyone among these talented writers!
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What a deliciously nasty scumbag! I trust he is going to meet a very unpleasant end, Joyce!
ReplyDeleteYou've portrayed him as a wildly nasty person, deserving of whatever nasty things may happen to him.
ReplyDeleteWhat a marvelously yucky villain! Can't wait for Jada to get her undead hands on him. :-)
ReplyDeleteYes, she has some especially fun things planned for him. :-)
DeleteWell he's unpleasant all right! Glad he'll get his comeuppance in the book...
ReplyDeleteChilling to be inside the head of a killer. Well done.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Karen. It was a little challenging to write. I kinda wanted to take a shower as soon as I finished each of his chapters. :-p
DeleteGasp, what a sick jerk...and he's already roasting another prospective victim on the spit! I hope Jada can do something before he strikes!
ReplyDeleteGreat snippets. I've really enjoyed this tale...thanks for sharing it with us!
Great look inside his mind. Now please excuse me while I take a shower.
ReplyDeleteAnd this isn't even the worst of his chapters, Paula. I had to use a wire brush to scrub with after one of them! :-O
DeleteHe is a sick creep! Make him pay, big time!
ReplyDeleteVery nasty!
ReplyDeleteSicko. Wonderful portrayal of a pervert killer.
ReplyDeleteI'm with the others. Sicko.
ReplyDelete*shudder* Someone definitely needs to stop him.
ReplyDeletewhat a contrast to the previous snippets. intriguing and interesting.
ReplyDeleteOh wow... This guy is one twisted, sick individual. Well done on portraying him and the look into his head. I can't help it though, the part of me that loves all things dark and creepy is really liking this. Great snippet.
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