by Hill, Shawna
Another hour had passed and she decided to go to bed. She drug her tired body up the steps and turned down the hall. The sound of a key sliding in the front door stopped her in her tracks. Quickly, she turned around and ran back down the steps and found Kevin dragging himself in to the house. His jacket was drenched with blood, his hand swollen and his lip busted.
“Baby!” Savannah screamed. “What did she do to you?”
Kevin smiled slightly and grabbed at his ribs. “You should see her,” he said. He slowly sat down.
Savannah stood behind him, then grabbed a towel from the kitchen and started to clean him up. “Where is she? What happened?” she asked again.
“I handled it,” was all he said.
“I think I need to get you to the doctor. You are bleeding everywhere.”
“I will be fine. I just need you to clean me up and take care of me.”
Savannah helped him stand back up, his weight mostly leaning into her, and practically carried him up the steps to her bedroom. She finished cleaning him up and she laid him down beside her.
She was happy that he was back with her. If there was any doubt that he really wanted to be with her, it was gone now. After all the craziness that had passed in such a short time between him, her and Naomi, she felt more secure than ever.
A few days had passed before things sort of returned to normal for Kevin. His house, in the beginning stages of being rebuilt from the fire was coming along slowly. He returned to work after a short leave to recuperate while Savannah joined Jazzy in their regular routine.
“Are you going to tell me what happened to Naomi?” Savannah finally asked. “You haven’t mentioned anything about her since that night.”
“To make a long story short. Like I said, I handled the business.”
“From what I saw, she was handling your business better than you. You were cut up pretty badly as I recall. And speaking of cut up, I saw Richard today. He will be coming home tomorrow morning. He is doing good.”
“That’s good to hear.” Kevin sat up in the bed. “Anyway, Naomi took off in her car trying to get away from me after she realized that I had her confession on tape.”
“And?”
“I followed her on to the interstate, where she recklessly drove off the road and crashed. I got out of the car to go and see if she was still alive because she hit a tree pretty hard….totaled the car. She was limp, I called for help and left the scene.”
“So you don’t know what happened to her then?”
“No, but I don’t think she will be bothering us again. Plus I gave the tape to the police, so if she is ok, she wont be home anytime soon.”
“So, its safe to say that her stalking days are over?” Savannah questioned.
“I believe so.” Kevin reached over and kissed her lightly on the cheek. “I do love you, Savannah. And I will never let any harm come to you.”
“I know babe.”
Savannah looked at the clock and jumped up. “I have to go. I have a meeting at nine and I’m running late. Will you be okay here today? Do you need me to get anything for you before I leave?”
“No, I will be fine.”
Kevin made himself at home in Savannah’s place. He’d accumulated a lot of his personal belongings there and was comfortable. He was almost ready to call it home. He settled in the cozy recliner and sipped at a cup of coffee. The phone rang. He didn’t bother answering it, instead letting the answering machine pick it up.
“Sorry I’m not here to answer your call. It is most important to me, so please leave your name, number and a brief message and I will return the call as soon as possible,” Savannah’s voice mail said, then beeped…
“….Kevin? Kevin? I still love you, baby. One day we will be together. Just the way we should be,” the female voice said. “One day soon, baby.”
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