Paula's Arrival
Chapter 2 – Paula's ArrivalPaula's POVIt's been one and a half years… eighteen months to be exact since my darling Spencer's trial and marriage to her bitch, Ashley. Now her wife is seven months pregnant, which means she's disgustingly happy. I know everything they do on a daily basis, which they are unaware of. Money, lots of money can get you anything you need and want. I hired people to watch Spencer and her wife while I was out of the country. Receiving weekly reports on their daily activities. Only thing I can't understand or find out is how Spencer was able to pay Dexter the forty-five thousand dollars a month for two years. Arthur and I split everything fifty-fifty when he divorced me so it's highly unlikely that he could afford to let go of that kind of money to help Spencer pay alimony to Dexter. There must have been another source of income. Anyway, I'll deal with that later my next package to Spencer should arrive tomorrow evening. That should put a little fear in their hearts. Until I can decide on exactly what it is, I'm going to do to my darling pathetic daughter and her very pregnant wife. What to do! What to do! So many possibilities.
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"Dad, I haven't talk to mom in two years. She stopped calling me and she didn't leave a forwarding address or phone number. I do know she's not living in Brazil anymore."
"How do you know that Glen?"
"I had to send her some papers regarding the inheritance she's receiving and the papers came back, addressee unknown. There was no forwarding address listed."
"Where is she damnit!" Arthur said angrily banging his fists on his desk.
"Arthur, Lieutenant Morgan said she can be here in an hour," Heather informed her husband. "Thank you, Heather."
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Lieutenant Janice Morgan finally arrived at Arthur Carlin's office. Lieutenant Morgan was promoted from the rank of detective to lieutenant because of her excellent work catching the crooked cop John Michaels who was also accused of being the killer of Dexter Hall even though he denies doing it.
"Lieutenant Morgan I'm glad you could come and congratulations on your promotion."
"Thank you Mr. Carlin and if I can be of any assistant to Spencer and Ashley, please don't hesitate to call. I feel like they've become my responsibility of sorts, they're good people."
Ashley and Spencer gave big smiles to Lieutenant Morgan with that spoken sentiment.
"So what's going on?" Lieutenant Morgan asks.
"Spencer received this package delivered to her today." Janice looks inside the box and gives a questioning look. "Is this some sort of joke? Spencer did you anger one of your students?"
"We think it could be from my mother. A foreboding message to Ashley of some kind or maybe a threat against me since the only one in the picture crossed out is me."
"Yes I can see why you would come to that conclusion," Janice said. "When was the last time anyone's talked to Paula?"
"It's been almost two years for me," states Glen.
Spencer said she hasn't talked to her mother since her divorce from Dexter two years ago.
"Well unfortunately it's too early to do anything. But, it's good that you've alerted me. That means Paula Carlin may have returned to the States. Is this the only package you received so far?"
"The only package so far, what do you mean? You think there's going to be more?"
"Yes Spencer I do. We just have to wait and see what else Paula, if is indeed Paula, does next. Call me anytime of the day or night if you should receive any more packages or strange phone calls."
"Thank you Janice for coming so quickly," Ashley says getting out of her seat that was next to Spencer.
Lieutenant Morgan was now smiling at Ashley… "my, my aren't we getting a little big now!"
Ashley blushed. Spencer just giggled, "everyone thinks she's having twins, I just tell them…" "Spencer! Don't say it," Ashley said still blushing.
Spencer now laughing, "Aw! Come on Ashley, what's a little teasing. I'm cut off from 'sex' Spencer whispering the s-word in Ashley's ear, "now you want to cut me off from friendly teasing."
"No, I guess not. Only from you my love, will I take those teasing remarks," Ashley lovingly says, giving her wife a long kiss and placing her wife's hand on her belly. Everyone begins clearing their throat, because they've been on the spectator's end of one of Ashley and Spencer's long kisses.
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The next evening Spencer and Ashley were sitting and talking in the living room about what color they should paint the nursery since they told the doctor they didn't want to know the sex of the baby. They wanted to wait until the baby was born. Someone rings the doorbell.
Buzzzz…
"Who is it?" Spencer asks.
"I have a special delivery for Mrs. and Mrs. Spencer Carlin-Davies." Spencer gives a frightening look towards Ashley.
"Okay!" Buzz…
Ding Dong!
"Mrs. Carlin-Davies?" asked the deliveryman.
"Yes," Spencer signs for the package that was a little bigger than the first package. Spencer and Ashley just stare at it not really wanting to open it. They notice no return address. Spencer hesitantly opens the package.
"Spencer!" Ashley softly says, "be careful."
Spencer opens it to find an eight by twelve square tablet, weighting two to three pounds. Looking at it, they both come to the realization that it's a replica of a headstone with Spencer's name on it, the date of her birth and a partial date of her death, just the year… 2008.
Spencer looks up in time to see Ashley's eyes rolled to the back of her head and about to collapse onto the floor. Spencer moves over quickly and catches her before she falls to the floor and screams, "ASHLEY! DEAR GOD, NO!"
This was Mrs. Bailey's night to work late at the Carlin-Davies residence. She was taking inventory of what needed to be taken care of in the home, what laundry needed cleaning, what groceries needed to be purchased and so on.
"MRS. BAILEY, PLEASE COME, I NEED YOUR HELP," Spencer yelled.
"Oh my God, Ms. Spencer what happened?" "Mrs. Bailey please, call Dr. Connor and ask her to come, she's needed and if you would, also call my father and Heather and ask them to come over too."
"Yes ma'am, right away."
Spencer lifts Ashley onto the couch, cradling her wife in her arms. "Dear God Ashley, wake up sweetie. Everything's going to be alright, Spencer whispers in her ear." Spencer stayed like that until Dr. Connor arrived.
"Spencer what happen?" Dr. Connor asked. "I received a package that… well shocked Ashley. She fainted, but that was thirty minutes ago and she's still unconscious."
"Okay Spencer can we get her to the bedroom." "Yes I can carry her." Spencer gingerly lifts her wife up off the couch and walks towards their bedroom placing Ashley on their bed with Dr. Connor following.
Dr. Connor begins checking Ashley's vitals. "Spencer did she fall on the floor?" "No doctor I was able to catch her before she touched the floor."
"There's nothing physically wrong with her. The baby's doing fine, I can hear a strong heartbeat."
Arthur arrives and sticks his head through the bedroom door. Spencer runs to him hugging him tightly. "Dad I'm so glad you're here."
"Dr. Connor how is Ashley?" "As I was telling Spencer there's nothing physically wrong with her. Spencer what kind of package did you receive that would make Ashley faint?" Dr. Connor asked.
Spencer looks at Ashley's still form lying quietly on their bed, than turns her attention to Dr. Connor and her father. "It was a… Oh God, I couldn't believe what I was looking at, it was a replica of a headstone with my name on it, the day I was born and… my death, just the year 2008."
Dr. Connor and Arthur looked at each other, then at Ashley. Dr. Connor went back to check Ashley, examining her more closely, checked her pupils. Hmm! Spencer she's in deep shock, almost traumatized, so to speak, she'll wait up in due time." "When Dr. Connor," Spencer asks crying.
"I don't know Spencer, it could be right now or an hour from now. I could use something that would wake her out of it, but then I'm pretty certain she'll be in hysterics and probably need something to calm her down, which may not be too safe for the baby."
"Please Dr. Connor go ahead and wake her, she won't need any drugs I'll do the rest as far as handling her hysteria, Ashley and this baby are my responsibility, I'll take care of them."
"Alright Spencer, I'm going to wake her are you ready?"
"Yes…"