by S. Nelson
A text came through from Alexa as soon as I reached the gate. I didn’t text her back, choosing to call her instead.
“Lex, I’m at the gate, but I can’t figure out how to get it open!” I yelled, knowing I sounded as frantic as I felt.
“Try to calm down, Sara. See if there’s a button somewhere, maybe off to the side of the frame.”
I fumbled around in the dark, trying to use the light from my phone to guide me, when I heard Alek screaming my name. I knew he saw the open front door and was coming my way. I had to hurry, or I’d find myself in a situation I wouldn’t be able to handle.
Even though I knew he was hiding something big, possibly something dangerous, my heart was having a hard time catching up with my brain. So the sooner I get out of here, the better.
“Lex, I can’t find it. I can’t fucking find it!” When I thought all hope was lost, my finger found a button higher up on the metal frame than where I’d originally been searching. It was hidden behind part of a tree which was hovering over the side of it. The way it was positioned no one would be able to access it from the outside.
Please, let this work…please.
It did. The gate started opening.
My name drifted on the light breeze, goose bumps of fear breaking out all over my body. I could hear Alek getting closer and closer. I pushed my way through the small opening the gate provided, almost getting stuck waiting for it to open wider.
I saw Alexa’s headlights down the road so I ran faster than I ever had before, praying I didn’t trip over anything in the dark. It wasn’t until I’d reached the passenger door did I finally turn around to look behind me. That was when I saw him running down the pathway.
“Sara, please stop! Please, let me explain. It’s not what it looks like. Please!” he yelled as he ran toward me.
I had to leave and do it right then before he reached me.
Grabbing the handle, I yanked the door open and jumped inside as if my life depended on it.
“Sara, are…”
I cut her off before she could finish asking if I was okay. “Go, Lex! Go!” She peeled off down the road at my command, not questioning me any further. When I dared to look behind me, I saw Alek in the middle of the road, arms down at his side, looking defeated.
The shrill ring of my phone caused me to jump. I looked down and, of course, it was him calling me. I pressed the ignore button but as soon as it went to voicemail, it started ringing again, and again, and again. Finally, I had to turn it off completely.
“What the hell happened back there? You damn near scared the shit out of me. I thought someone was trying to kill you.” She glanced over at me, thinking the worst, I was sure. “What the fuck did he do to you? Tell me.”
“Nothing. He didn’t do anything to me. It was what I found in his closet, by accident. I found pictures of me, probably close to a hundred of them, all taken over the past eight years or so. He has either been stalking me for years or having someone else do it. What I can’t figure out is why, Lex. Why?” I asked, as if she was going to have an answer. “Why would he do this? I don’t understand.” My last rambling was more rhetorical than anything.
Alexa remained silent, probably trying to process everything I’d just dumped in her lap. Hell, I was still trying to process it all, and I was the one who was directly involved.
“I guess we never really know people,” she said, finally breaking the silence. “If he could fool us, then I guess anyone can.”
For some reason, her words were the last straw. I cried. Uncontrollably. I couldn’t believe after all this time, I’d finally found the man of my dreams and he turned out to be someone I couldn’t trust.
What was the point of it all?
His incessant need to always make sure I was safe seemed odd to me at that point. But if he was following me all those years then he knew how easy it would be for someone else to do it. Is that why he always wanted to keep me close and out of harm’s way? So someone else couldn’t do what he was doing?
My heart broke as I realized I would never find out.
~22~
Alek
My bedroom was in shambles. Everywhere I looked, I saw the destruction I’d caused, beyond enraged to give a shit. I couldn’t believe I’d let it come to this. I’d never meant for her to find out the way she did.
I hid it.
I lied about it.
Well, I omitted the truth. Same thing.
How the hell am I going to convince her to trust me now? God knows what’s running through her head. But I couldn’t really blame her, could I?
As the amber liquid burned its way down my throat, I knew what I had to do.
Convincing Sara to listen to me was going to take work. But I was indeed up to the task.
I’d never give up.
Not until she was mine again.
To be continued in
Shattered…
Coming June 2015
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About the Author
S. Nelson grew up with a love of reading and a very active imagination, never putting pen to paper, or fingers to keyboard until a year and a half ago.
When she isn’t engrossed in creating one of the many stories rattling around inside her head, she loves to read and travel as much as she can.
She lives in Pennsylvania with her husband and two dogs, enjoying the ever changing seasons.
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Other books by S. Nelson
Stolen Fate
Redemption
