The man sat down at the bar and looked around. There were so many people here tonight. He ordered a drink and just sat back and watched them come and go and flirt with each other. After a while, a beautiful woman walked up and sat beside him.
“Care to order me a drink?” she asked with a purr in her voice.
“Who can resist a request from such a beautiful woman?” he asked as he smiled at her.
He ordered her a drink and they sat there talking for an hour before she asked him to dance. What he didn’t know was what he was really getting into with this woman. He didn’t know that she had a psychotic stalker. Not until halfway through the dance.
“What the hell do you think you’re doing with my woman?” a harsh voice asked.
Kevin turned towards the voice. There stood a man almost his height and well-muscled. Kevin wasn’t worried though. He knew he could take him as he was in great shape as well and this guy looked really drunk. However, he was hoping it didn’t go that far.
“I’m sorry. I didn’t know she was taken,” Kevin answered.
“Billy, I am not your woman. You are obviously drunk and I have told you repeatedly that I am not yours. We broke up six months ago. It’s time for you to move on. I am tired of this. Now go away.”
“We didn’t break up. You just decided to give it some time and never came back. I have been here. You belong to me. And I refuse to let a punk like this get his hands on you.”
Kevin let go of her and started to walk off when Billy stopped him.
“Where do you think you’re going punk? We aren’t done talking yet.”
Kevin looked at him and said, “We are done and you are going to let go of my arm. I am not going to fight you over anyone. It isn’t worth it. The lady obviously doesn’t want you and has said as much. But on top of that, I didn’t know she was with anyone in the first place.”
“You think using some big words on me is going to stop me from pounding your face into the ground? Come on outside, Mr. Bigshot, so we can settle this,” Billy said.
Kevin just shook his head and knocked the guy’s hand away. He walked towards the bar and paid his tab. Then, he proceeded to leave the bar with the man and woman arguing. He thought it was over until a few minutes later when he was unlocking his car he felt a blow to the back of his head. He fell on the ground, feeling his head spinning. When he was rolled over, he saw Billy over top of him with a knife in his hand.
“I told you we were going to settle this, punk. I meant it. You can either fight like a man or I can cut you up right now,” Billy snickered.
Kevin kicked out and landed his foot square in Billy’s knee. Billy cried out in pain and crashed to the ground.
He dropped the knife and Kevin dove for it. But Billy grabbed his leg and pulled him back. The man flipped him over and started
punching him in the face and gut. Kevin fought back and landed
a good blow to the man's gut. He rolled off and Kevin saw him grab the knife from where he landed.
Kevin got up and turned to punch the guy but the guy was there slashing with the knife. It caught Kevin’s arm and he felt a sharp, hot pain go through his arm. The man slashed out again and Kevin dodged it. Then, he punched the guy in the chest and went for another blow when the guy kicked his feet out from under him and rode Kevin down to the ground. The knife came up and Kevin grabbed his wrist with both hands. He managed to turn the guy’s wrist so the knife wasn’t pointing towards him at the same time the guy thrust his body down to shove the knife in Kevin’s chest.
Kevin heard the guy make a shocked sound. He shoved him off and looked at him. The blade was sticking out of Billy’s chest and blood was gushing out. Kevin took off his shirt and started packing it around Billy’s wound. He screamed for help. A man came running and when he saw the blood he started screaming at Kevin.
“You son of a bitch! That’s my brother! You killed him! You killed him!”
“I didn’t do this on purpose. He attacked me and I was just trying to stop him from killing me. Stay here with him. I will go get help,” Kevin stammered.
Kevin ran back in the bar and told the bartender to call for help. The lady saw the blood on his hands and ran outside hollering Billy’s name. The bartender called the police and Kevin slumped against the bar in shock.
When the police got there, Billy had already died. The ambulance carted him off. Billy’s brother came into the bar escorted by the police. The minute he saw Kevin, he flew into a rage and tried to get to him, but the police held him back. They took Kevin’s statement and took him to the jail where he was held overnight.
The next day he was arraigned and a trial date was set. In one months’ time, he would know if he was still a free man or not. What was he supposed to do? Was he supposed to let that man kill him? And over some woman he had just met? Kevin was afraid for his life. That man’s brother had threatened to find him and kill him as revenge. Had threatened to torture him in ways he couldn’t even begin to imagine. All he could do was wait.
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Author's Note*********************
For the next two weeks, if I can get 10 reviews on this book, I will publish 15 chapters. If it isn't done in the next two weeks, then I won't. If I get 5 reviews, I will publish 7 chapters.
Renee walked into the living room with the popcorn in hand. She sat down beside Kevin and set the bowl in her lap. She looked at him and smiled. This was their two year anniversary. She loved him more than life itself. He was the perfect man for her. He was six-foot, blonde-haired, and green-eyed. She loved his eyes the most. They were such a bright green. She got lost in them all the time. He would ask her what she was looking at so intently and she would laugh. Kevin smiled back as he leaned in and kissed her softly on the lips. He had something very special planned for tonight. This woman was the one he planned on being with forever. And he just hoped she felt the same. He met her a year after his trial and he was found innocent. To his surprise, she had not heard of the incident or him. So, he had never told her about it. He hoped she never found out about it because he loved her and was afraid he would lose her if she ever found out about what
Jesse didn't slack up but instead laughed at the pain and anger he saw on Kevin's face. Kevin wound up toppling the chair over and couldn't get himself back up. He was trying to use his toes and the side of his arm to push himself but he wasn't getting very far. Renee couldn't stop herself from crying but she would be damned if she gave him the satisfaction of screaming from the pain she felt at him ripping her apart. She grew tired from crying and where her head had been hit so much. The last sound she heard was him groaning in her ear as he came inside her. She wanted to die. Kevin kept struggling to get to Renee. He felt helpless. He couldn't even protect the love of his life from this monster. She kept looking at him through her tears, her eyes pleading for him to help her. He was moving himself a little bit but it wasn't enough. When she passed out, he was thankful because at least she wasn't experiencing wha
A month later, Jesse had gotten a fake ID for her. He had sold his car and they had taken a bus to another state. He had tied her up every time he left and duct-taped her mouth. He wouldn't stay gone long but she had tried everything to get out of the ropes each time. He hadn't beat on her like he did the first time. He would come for her and she would struggle but all he would do was slap her around or choke her almost to the point of passing out. She tried to refuse to eat but he made her. When she had missed her period, she thought it was due to the stress. Now, she was worried it was because of something else. She bit her lip as she thought about the possibility of being pregnant. Had this monster gotten her pregnant? She looked over where he was sitting on the couch in the small cabin he had rented. She had learned not to speak because that turned his attention to her and she didn't
Jesse pressed against her and she tried to get away from him, but he put his arms on either side of her so his face was right in front of hers. Her body tensed as she waited for the blows to come. It was a natural reaction for her now. He just continued to look at her and she shivered a little as his expression was dark and brooding. She couldn’t do anything but look at his face and she realized he was actually a good looking guy. If he hadn’t been a rapist, she probably would have found him attractive. “Keep running your mouth and I’m going to put it to good use. I don’t care if you like me or not. I’m still going to do what I want with you and you can either learn to enjoy it or continue to squirm. It makes no difference to me. I’m on the run for life so why not have a sex slave, too? Eventually, I’m going to have to get a job. So, you’ll have to be by yourself. If you don’t want to
Renee was taken aback by his suggestion that she would willingly stay with him, but when looking at it that way, she supposed she was willingly staying with him. There was no way she would let him kidnap her baby and take off with it. Was he planning on taking the baby and ditching her? She had to know. “What are you going to do after the baby is born?” “What do you mean?” Jesse asked. “Are you going to kill me, ditch me, what?” “I’m not going to kill you. I told you and that boyfriend of yours, I’m keeping you. You belong to me now. Plus, a baby needs its mother. We will raise the baby together, in Canada. Eventually, you will become complacent and we can have a nice, normal routine,” Jesse said as he
Over the next month, Renee and Jesse made their way across the country. Jesse had changed his mind about Canada as he said it would be easier to stay under the radar if a new citizenship didn’t pop up somewhere. They traveled from Florida to Washington state, stopping every night to get a room and sleep. Since they were backtracking now, Jesse made sure to keep away from North Carolina as best as possible. What they didn’t know was that Kevin was looking for Renee. He had grown tired of waiting for the police to do anything. They had told him that they didn’t have any new leads about what had happened to Renee. They hadn’t found any evidence of Jesse killing her in his apartment. His car was gone so they weren’t sure about what he had done. They eventually did find his car in Georgia. The police had issued the report to the Georgia police and they had searched but no one had seen Rene
Renee walked into the doctor’s office and felt nervous. She had to remember her name. The fake id she had said her name was Tabitha Monroe. Jesse had it made to match his fake id. She really hoped that he was not using the ploy of them being married but she quickly found out that is exactly what he had done. She couldn’t act strangely or people would know something was going on. She sat down in a chair and waited for Jesse to get the paperwork. He handed it to her and she just looked at it. She had to remember information that she didn’t know. She bit her lip and Jesse took it from her and started filling it out. He put her fake name on it and the address they were living at. She hadn’t even known what that was. When it came to things about her health, she put down the truth. When they called her back to the room, she stood up and looked at Jesse. He was staying sat down. She kissed his lips and said she would be back. This was just a normal checkup where a wife left her husband in
Renee had gone shopping with Jesse. He took her hand as she got out of the car. He held her hand through the store like they were an actual couple. She picked out a few items and tried them on. Jesse had her come out and show him everything she tried on. He picked out the ones he liked and paid for them.When they went back to the house, he dropped her off and left. She sighed and sat on the bed, looking at the clothes. At least he hadn’t come in and tried to sleep with her. She put her things in the dresser and went into the kitchen. She noticed the back door was ajar. She walked over to it and pushed it open. The backyard was actually pretty big.This had to be a test. Jesse had done this on purpose to see if she would try and escape. But, the urge to just sit in the sunlight was too great to resist. She had been
5 years later A raven-haired beauty with hazel eyes runs up. He smiled as he wrapped her up in his arms. He spun in circles with her in his arms as she giggled. He sat her down onto her feet and looked around at the people in the home. It had been hard the year and a half it had taken for his trial. In the end, it was worth it. It had been hard not being able to be with Renee when he’d been in the same state. She hadn’t come to see him even though he had tried to apologize to her. She never took his calls. His mother had seen her and Christian. She was going to petition for rights to see Christian and she had told Renee that. Renee had politely told her there was no need. All she had to do was tell her first and if they didn’t have anything planned, she was more than welcome to get him. She’d taken pictures of Christian and sent them to Kevin. Some of
“Why would you do that for someone who mistreated you?” “Jesse could be an asshole but he treated me prettygood over time. I loved him and I think he deserves to be withthe only family he ever had. After this is all over, I plan to returnhome, too, so I can raise our child and my son. My child will never know their father other than a grave.” George shook his head. This woman was either crazy or she really did have Stockholm syndrome. He knew she’d been in a car accident at the beginning of the year and suffered a brain injury. Had that affected her judgment that much? He needed to know what happened so he needed to get the body released. They had only held it until the fingerprints came back anyw
“Sarge, you’re going to want to see this,” Nolan said. “What is it, Nolan?” “The fingerprints are back. We had them rushed because of the missing person’s case.” George had found files in Kevin’s car that contained emails between him and a woman named Marie. It also contained a crime report involving him and a woman named Renee Kennedy. The picture showed the same woman that was at the crime scene. He’d taken her fingerprints and that of the victim, Mark Morgan. They had detained Kevin since he was inside the Morgan’s home. It had been a month and neither Kevin nor Tabitha had talked about what had happened in that house. He’d notified Kevin’s mother of what had happened as she was listed as his emergency contact. She’d notified him that he should contact Renee Kennedy
Kevin went to kick the knife out of Jesse’s hand when Jesse opened his eyes and stabbed him in the leg. Kevin cried out at the pain burning up the muscle of his leg. He hit his knees and his hand went to the knife. He pulled it out right as Jesse grabbed his collar and began punching him in the face and the side of his head. Renee didn’t know how to stop the fight. She did the only thing she could think of. She dug her phone out and called 911. “911, what’s your emergency?” “They’re going to kill each other!” Renee cried. “Ma’am, calm down. What’s your name?” Renee ignored her. She rattled off her address as she saw Jesse grab the wrist of the hand that Kevin had the knife in. He twisted the wrist unti
Renee was feeling uneasy after her meeting with Kevin. He was definitely planning something and it scared her. She didn’t want him to get hurt but she also didn’t want Jesse to know he had found them. She was definitely wondering if he already knew. She bit her lip as her thoughts turned to the darker side of how things could go down. “Mommy!” Christian yelled. “I’m sorry, Christian. I was in my thoughts. Did you say something to me?” Renee asked as she drug herself out of the bad thoughts she was having about Jesse and Kevin. “I want to go back. I want Mr. Kevin.” “I’m sorry, Christian, but that just isn’t possible. Your daddy doesn’t know that you aren’t his son. Please, promise me, baby, that you won’t te
“Deal,” Jesse said as he kissed and hugged her. Renee sighed and walked away to find Christian. She’d take him to dinner and a movie tonight. He had been begging to go see Tom and Jerry. Since this was their night, she’d take him out for a happy meal and ice cream too. She wondered if he’d like putt-putt golf. She hadn’t played it since she was little but it might be something he’d enjoy. They could get breakfast, play a couple of games, and then go to the park for an hour or so. With her plans set in her mind, she went to find Christian. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kevin pulled out his pocket knife and sharpened it. He’dthought about this day long and hard. If he bought a gun, it would be premeditated murder. He sharpened the blade while he t
“What do you mean, ‘thank God you’re awake’? How long have I been asleep?” “Two days. It’s Tuesday. My boss wasn’t thrilled that I missed two days but I explained what happened.” “Where’s Christian?” Renee asked. “I took him to Nancy’s after we realized you weren’t waking up when the nurse came to check on you. You’ve been moaning and thrashing in your sleep every so often.” “Oh. Was I talking in my sleep at all?” “Not while I was awake. Why? Do you remember anything?” “I remember everything,” Renee whispered. “Before or afte
“Will you, um, will you come let the guard rail down? I need to go to the bathroom,” Renee said as her cheeks reddened. “Sure. No need to be embarrassed, baby.” “That wasn’t really what I wanted but I do need to go.” Jesse put the bed rail down and helped Renee up. She leaned on him to catch her bearings. She went to the bathroom and came out. He could tell by the look on her face that she was still confused about what was happening. She regained some of her memories if not all of them, but had she forgotten the ones after the accident? “Do you want to tell me what you really wanted now?” Renee’s cheeks turned red again but she held her arms out.
Jesse sat out in the waiting room with Christian as they waited for the doctors to run tests. Christian had finally settled down and stopped crying. He was sitting in Jesse's lap sucking his thumb. He had started that back up after Renee had been in the accident. Now every time he was extremely stressed, that thumb was back in his mouth. It agitated Jesse somewhat but he let it go because he knew he was trying to comfort himself against what was happening with his mom. It had been hours since Renee had been brought in and no one had updated him yet. Jesse stroked Christian’s hair absentmindedly until he saw the doctor come out. Dr. Getty walked up to him and held out his hand. Jesse took it and shook it. The doctor had a neutral look on his face. “Mr. Morgan, we meet again. I wish it was under better circumstances,” Dr. Get