Thread: An unhealthy obsession (TheCatalystTM & Google)

It had been about a year since she had left him, a little bit more then a year really. The end of the semester, finals complete and nothing to do but relax and have some fun. There had been a party that night, Dominic had wanted them to go to a party that some friends of his were throwing to celebrate the end of the semester, passing grades all around so the booze would abound... at least that was what the posters put up to advertise this party had said. But Alexandria, Alex to Dominic, had said she wasn't feeling well. He had of course encouraged her to go, telling her that she would have fun and that he didn't want to go to this party without his beautiful girlfriend on his arm... but she had claimed that she was experiencing some horrible cramps and Dominic, not wanting to be too late, had relented. On his way out the door though he had given her a look that just screamed that this wasn't over yet, that they would talk more about it when he got home. At the party he drank a little too much, ended up crashing on the couch and didn't make it home until early afternoon the next day... only to find that she was gone, a good amount of her clothing packed up and some suitcases missing. Of course she had threatened to leave before, even started too but never made it very far... she could rant and rave all she liked but at the end of the day Dominic knew that Alex belonged to him, that on some primal level she needed him... so he had settled in and waited for her to return to their apartment and to what would be a well earned punishment. It was a few days before he realized she wasn't going to be coming back... and so he knew he would have to find her. His trust fund made it relatively easy to hire a private investigator to track her down but really she wasn't making it easy for him, cell phone gone, social media gone , she didn't get in touch with any of her old friends... it took more then six months before she was found and by then Dominic was in the middle of classes... but the moment that semester ended he knew that he would be finding her. He transferred to the school she was now at, it only took a few phone calls to get it all done and before long had set himself up in a nice apartment just off campus, similar to the apartment that he had shared with Alex he even took the time to make sure the things she had left behind were in their proper place... after all she would be moving back in before long and it would just save some time. A few days spent settling in and then he knew it was just the right moment to make his move. He had seen a flyer advertising Alex's twenty first birthday party... it was the perfect chance for him return to her life again. Drinks would flow, she would likely be drunk by the time that he arrived, and it would make it easier to control her, easier to manipulate her. So he took his time, ensure that he picked out the perfect gift for the devoted boyfriend to bring to the party, taking time to shower and dress, standing before the mirror he made sure to examine every aspect of his appearance to the most detailed level possible. His hair was perfectly styled and the suit he wore fit magnificently, something he had picked up for the inevitable law school entrance interviews he would need to attend in the next year. He arrived at the party in time to see the limo pull up and for his Alex to get out with some other guy, his teeth clenched and his hands balled into fists, he didn't know who this guy was but he knew that he wanted to hurt him... and he was going to hurt her as well. Like so many of the others attending the party or just going to the club for a night out Dominic slipped in without anyone giving him a second glance, slipping the gift that he had gotten for her onto the table where other people seemed to be leaving what they had gotten her, settling up to the bar and watching her dance for a while, curious about what had happened to her during the year apart... the Alex that he had known wouldn't have been grinding against other women in public. This gave him the opening that he needed though and seeing some of the other girls break away to go get drinks he moved in behind her, let her think that he was just another person who was trying to dance with her, letting her relax, letting her have some fun. Happy birthday Alex... He whispered into her ear, enjoying the feel of her against him, this was where she belonged.