Chapter 6

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Calleigh jolted awake when she felt her head hit the horn of the car. She had fallen asleep on the side of the road for twenty minutes. She rubbed the sleep she had built up in her eyes quickly before she pulled down the mirror and looked at herself. She looked horrible. Truly horrible.

She didn't have much time. She knew Henri wouldn't hold out on killing her mother, she knew he'd do it, or worse.

She clenched her hands around the steering wheel, "Get a hold of yourself," she didn't want to lose control, she couldn't. The anger she felt to Henri felt like it was burning through her veins. A burning sensation that she felt slowly subcoming her. She quickly drew in a deep breath as she started up the engine and pulled off the corner of the road and continued heading to Louisiana.

The road was long in front of her. The thought of being in Mississippi was a scary thought. She was getting closer and closer to her destination. Closer in closer to the possibility of losing everything she loved. It was almost like getting close to hell. She felt the fire coming towards her every second, her mind couldn't stay off of it.

In a couple of hours she'd be there, she was currently bracing herself to what was going to come next.

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Eric was frantic. Horatio hadn't wanted him to leave John's home in the first place. Horatio didn't even know they were together…engaged. But Eric wasn't afraid of being in trouble with Horatio, he was afraid that he could lose Calleigh forever if he wasn't careful. He couldn't live without her. Under no circumstance will he ever live without her.

Eric felt as if he was right on Calleigh's trail. He hadn't stopped the night, he was almost sure Calleigh had…or at least for a few moments to get her morning coffee.

Sighing, he brought his hand up to his forehead and massaged his temples. He had to get to her. He wouldn't let her do this alone. His future was with Calleigh, and he had intended to keep that.

"Take care of her…" The words of Kathryn Duquesne filled his head. He gripped the steering wheel harder and pushed down on the accelerator causing the car to lurch forward.

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Calleigh's heart thudded against her chest when she drove through the quiet little town she grew up in. Everyone seemed oblivious to the evil happening here. Children were running around outside, people were walking around. No one knew that Calleigh was on the way to one of the hardest days of her life.

She turned on the dirt road and sped down it until she pulled into a dirt-paved driveway. She cut off the ignition and stepped out. She pulled her gun out and held it at her side and halfway ran towards the house. She gulped as she reached for the doorknob. She didn't know what to expect on the other side of the door. She turned it and it opened, the hinges squeaking. Her heart stopped at the very sound.

Carefully she stepped into the mudroom. She looked around in the kitchen, no one was there.

Then she heard something fall.

Calleigh's senses were on high alert now. She turned out of the kitchen and made her way down the hall. She then entered the living room. A rusty smell filled her nostrils. She then stopped dead in her tracks. That rusty smell was blood.

She pushed the ajar door next to the living room entering a bedroom. She gasped at the sight in front of her. Vivian. Her eye's were open and expressionless. She had two bullet holes over her chest with blood around her whole body. Calleigh felt her whole body quiver.

Then she heard a click, "Get down on the ground, Mrs. Remilly," the mocking voice of Hank Kerner filled her ears.

She whirled around toward him, "You monster!" she couldn't contain that anger. She picked up her gun and aimed it towards his head.

"I wouldn't do that," Henri's voice was behind her. She turned towards him. He had Sophie in a headlock with a gun to her head. Her cheeks were tear stained and dirty.

"Aunt Calleigh?" her voice trembled.

Henri shook the small child violently, "Quiet!" she let out a cry when he pulled her hair, "Calleigh, tell me you'll marry me," Calleigh watched his eyes the whole time, "I'll kill her, Calleigh," Calleigh's heart stopped, "I'll do it," the gun clicked in his hand.

Calleigh watched Sophie's lips tremble, "Aunt Calleigh," she whispered so softly. Just that tiny whisper made Henri tighten his grip around her neck.

"I love you," Calleigh said to Henri. He smiled.

"Will you marry me?" he smirked still holding onto the child.

Calleigh nodded, "Yes," Henri loosened his grip on Sophie.

Calleigh took this as the perfect opportunity or turn towards Hank and hit him with the end of her gun. Hank's gun fired a round and it lodged into the wall behind Calleigh. When Hank rose, nothing but furry was in his eyes.

Hank aimed his gun at Calleigh. Her heart beat slowed as well as everything around her did. Everything was in slow motion. She didn't hear it. She didn't feel it.

She didn't feel herself go numb.

She heard a yell. Calleigh heard two yells. She heard a scream from a small child. Calleigh felt someone grab her shoulders and pull her back. A larger body blocked the bullet.

The bullet hit the larger body, ripping through their whole body. Tearing his inside's into nothing. Calleigh gasped as she felt herself fall to the ground with a body on her.

Calleigh landed a few feet away from Vivian. The wind was knocked out of her body as she landed on the ground. Another scream erupted from Sophie.

But Hank was gone.

Calleigh put her hand on the shoulder on top of her. She pushed the person over and looked at them.

Henri.

Henri saved her life. He was dying. She framed his face his her hands. His eyes were open as he spasmed and looked into her eyes with such pain. He reached up and touched her cheek before his arm fell to the ground.

Henri Remilly was dead.

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