Author's Note: Finally an update. Good reading I hope.

Chapter 10

The She-Devil Has Returned

In Switzerland….

"Well Ms. Van Der Meir I think we have gone as far as we can with you. Your anger for Ms. Carlin and obsession with Dr. Davies seems to be non-existent now."

Yes doctor I realize how unhealthy and foolish that was and I'm moving on."

"Good, that's very good to hear. Your girlfriend seems nice has she come to visit you yet today?"

"No she had to go out of the country for a few days on business."

"Oh?"

"Yes the company she works for is moving to California and she wants me to go with her so I'm not going to stay in Switzerland like you and my daddy suggested. She wants me to live with her and I really do care for her so I've decided to go back to the States to be with her."

"What kind of work did you say she did?"

"She's an international investment counselor and a foreign language interpreter for the company."

"And where in California are you going to be living?" Dr. Hauston asked hoping it wasn't where she used to live before coming to Switzerland. He was confident that Alexandra was indeed over her anger and obsession as long as she remained on her medication but he didn't feel it was a good idea to live near the woman she was formerly obsessed with.

"We're going to be living in San Francisco."

"You're from Los Angeles right?"

"Yes my parents live there but I'll be living in San Francisco. I haven't told them that I would be moving to another part of California. They're assuming I'll be living with them when I return to the states."

"Yes well I'm sure you will be much happier living with your girlfriend in new surroundings and not going back to what you left," he said relieved.

"Yes doctor I plan on being very happy once I settle down to my new life."

Knock, knock… "Yes come in."

"I'm sorry to interrupt you doctor but Ms. Van Der Meir has as an urgent phone call from the United States."

"Alright Mrs. Werner we're finished here anyway. Ms. Van Der Meir I will see you in three days for your last session and next week before you leave us we will reevaluate your medication and make the necessary dosage changes. I hope everything is okay with your phone call."

"I hope so too," she said leaving him with a concerned look on her face as she left his office.

"I've transferred the call to the common room you can take it there Ms. Van Der Meir."

"Thank you Mrs. Werner."

"Hello."

"Hi, Alex it's Suzanne."

"Suzanne how's the move going, did you find us a place to stay?"

"Yes sweetie, I bought a condo in the area where you told me to go, not too far from your parent's mansion. Are you sure you don't want me to call on them? I'm sure they would want to know you're coming home next week instead of two weeks from now."

"No darlin not yet. I want to surprise them."

"I can't wait for you to come home so we can start living together as a couple. I love you so much."

"And I love you darlin, I can't wait to get back to LA. I'm just dying to reacquaint myself with my old friends and to introduce you as my special girl."

"Alex you can say such sweet things to me. Who would have thought I would have fallen in love with a…"

"Crazy person," Alex finished.

"No sweetie that's not what I was going to say. I was going to say a beautiful and caring person. It was a lucky day for me when I had to go to that dreadful place to visit one of the physician's who was a client of ours. You should have never been in that place in the first place. I may not be a doctor or nurse but I can tell when a person is crazy and you're not crazy."

"Thank you darlin, I wish everyone else believed that."

"No need to thank me lover, it's the truth, so when do I pick you up, I can't wait to see you. Have you made your airline reservations for the flight home yet? You know it's never too early to make those arrangements." Suzanne anxiously rambled.

"Slow down sweetie, you're babbling again."

"Sorry you know how I get when I'm excited about being with you."

"Yes I know and yes I made my reservations, I'm so anxious to leave this place. All my belongings are packed and ready to go. I just have one more session with my psychiatrist and I'm home free to be with you. My flight is scheduled to arrive at midnight one week from today."

"Okay, okay I'll see you then, bye sweetie."

Alex hangs up and sees Mrs. Werner approaching. "Oh Mrs. Werner I don't know what I'm going to do."

"What's wrong dear?"

"My… my daddy is deathly ill and I can't go and see him. He's in the hospital and he may not make it and I can't leave here for another week. I need to see my daddy."

Mrs. Werner took Alex in her arms. "Come with me Ms. Van Der Meir you need to talk to the director and tell him what is going on."

"You… you think he might let me leave early."

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"Alex… Alex over here," Suzanne shouted trying to get Alex's attention as she walked through the airport terminal towards the luggage section. Alex ran into her arms.

"Oh Alex it's so good to see you. A week and a half early, how did you manage that?"

"Well your phone call helped."

"Huh?"

"You told them that it was urgent that I talk to you due to a family emergency."

"But Alex that's what you told me to do when I needed to talk to you."

"I know sweetie and you did just fine."

"So are you ready to see the place I got for us?" Suzanne asked.

"Of course since that's where we're going to be living."

It took them an hour to drive from the airport to their new home. It was a two story condo that had two huge bedrooms, a large kitchen, livingroom, a den and two full bathrooms, a guest bathroom, a family room and a soundproof music room for Alexandra when and if she decided to return to her singing career.

"I'm still unpacking and trying to make the place livable for us. You're coming home sooner than expected has thrown me off a little, I wanted everything perfect for when you came home. But I do have one of the bedrooms just about ready. So what do you think so far?" Suzanne asked.

Alex turned to look at her lover. She was a tall and very tanned slender woman in her late twenties with straight shoulder length auburn color hair and bangs with a reddish blond streak that lay over one eye. Her eyes were dark brown and when she smiled her nose crinkled a little bit. If she let her imagination drift she could see a lot of Ashley in her. She smiled at her, "it's perfect Suzanne. I couldn't have picked a better place for us." Thirty minutes from my parents home and ten minutes from the hospital, she thought to herself smiling.

"Babe I'm going to go see my parents," she said as she walked towards the door.

"You're going now? You just got here and it's late. Your parents may have retired for the evening. Why don't you take a shower and relax, that was a long flight you just had and we can go and see your parents together tomorrow. You know so I could introduce myself. I'm sure they're pretty anxious to meet me right."

"Umm sure baby, tomorrow is good but I want to see them alone tonight. I'm two weeks early coming home as far as they know and I've never told them how serious I was about you. They just know we're seeing each other. I don't want to give them too much to digest at one time." Suzanne pouted.

"Aw, don't pout Suzanne I just want to test the waters and make sure everything is okay before I introduce you as my fiancée."

"What!" Suzanne's eyes widened, "fiancée. Are you sure Alex?"

"Yes baby I'm sure." she said hugging Suzanne tightly. "You are the one I want to spend the rest of my life with."

"Ooh Alex you've made me the happiest woman in the world. I knew you were for me when I first laid eyes on you in the solarium at the hospital."

Alex caressed her lover's face bringing it closer to her own and pressed a soft kiss on her lips. "I'm going to visit with my parents. If the bedroom's not ready, please get it ready because when I get back I'm going to show you how much I truly love you. I should be no longer than an hour."

"Okay sweetie."

Finally walking out of the condo Alex took a deep breath and exhaled… "stupid bitch. Why would I settle for an imitation when I can have the original." Reaching the car Suzanne had leased for her she got in and drove away but not in the direction of her parents but in the direction to the hospital.

Reaching the hospital Alex put on a long blonde wig and oversized sunglasses that covered half of her face. Walking inside the hospital Alex stopped at the information desk to ask if Dr. Davies was working the evening shift. The clerk at the desk stared at her.

"We don't have that information Miss. Maybe someone in the emergency room can tell you."

"Thanks." Alex walked in the direction of the emergency room and saw a face she recognized immediately… Madison. Checking to make sure her wig and sunglasses were in place she walked up to her.

"Hi!"

Madison looked up, "yes can I help you?"

"Yes I was wondering if you could tell me if Dr. Ashley Davies was working today." Madison eyed the stranger suspiciously noticing the wig and oversized sunglasses. Why is she wearing sunglasses and the sun had gone down hours ago, she thought.

"Dr. Davies just left. You might be able to catch her in the parking lot." Alex whipped around walking quickly to the automatic doors.

"You're welcome." Madison mumbled.

"What was that nurse." She turned to see Aiden standing next to her.

"I was wondering why I have to be bothered with the strange and crazy rude people when I work in this department."

"What do you mean?" He asked.

"There was a woman with a bad wig and wearing huge dark sunglasses at night, mind you, asking if Dr. Davies was working tonight." He looked at her to say something but was interrupted.

"Dr. Dennison you're needed in exam room two immediately," another nurse announced.

"Okay I'm on my way."

Alex took off her sunglasses looking around the parking lot. She saw a small framed woman with curly brown hair walking towards a black Porsche. She smirked, still driving the Porsche Ashley.

Ashley glanced around the parking lot as if looking for someone, allowing Alex an unobtrusive view of her ex lover's face. "Still beautiful as ever, evenmore so," she whispered.

Ashley got into her car and started it up. The revving of the Porsche's engine brought Alex out of her reverie. She realized she needed to follow Ashley. She needed to find out where she was now living. But she had to hurry because Ashley's car had already left the parking lot. Running to her car she started it up and sped out of the parking lot almost running head on into an approaching car.

"What the fuck," the woman in the car yelled. "Slow down before you hurt someone," she said staring down the other driver.

Alex recognized the driver of the other car and quickly turned her head so she wouldn't be recognized and quickly sped away, her only thought now was to try and catch up with Ashley.

What the fuck! Was that Alexandra, Cynthia thought. No it couldn' t have been. She's still in Switzerland… I think. But I could swear she looked like Alex with a blonde wig. When I get some free time tomorrow, I'll call Uncle Wardell and see what was going on with Alexandra.

Alex was driving like a bat out of hell, weaving in and out of traffic trying to catch up with Ashley's car. She wasn't even sure if she was going in the right direction. She hoped Ashley still lived at the same place.

"There she is," she whispered, "pulling into that convenience store."

Alex watched Ashley as she walked into the store. She waited a few minutes then went inside herself. She found Ashley standing in the aisle that carried baby products. Ashley had picked up several cans of formula and two large packages of diapers. Why the hell is she picking up baby stuff, she wondered.

"Miss can I help you?" The store clerk asked Alex startling her.

"What?"

"I didn't mean to startle you. It looked like you might need some help. Is there something I can help you find?"

"Uh… no I'm just trying to… umm, remember what I was suppose to get," she laughed, "it just slipped my mind. I left the list in my car, I guess I'd better go and get it, thanks anyway."

"No problem ma'am."

Alex made her way to the front of the store, seeing Ashley at the counter she watched her intently as she prepared to pay for her items. Moving closer to where Ashley stood she heard the clerk talking to her.

"Will that be all Dr. Davies?"

"Um… yeah I believe so."

The clerk chuckled, "You're sure this is all Mrs. Davies wanted you to get?" She asked. Bridget the store clerk had been working in the convenience store for a year and was friendly with several of the regular customers, two of those customers being Ashley and Spencer who lived down the street from the store. The store stayed opened 24 hours and Ashley had spent a lot of time there during Spencer's pregnancy and again with the birth of the twins. She knew Spencer but she was more familiar with Ashley.

"Bridget I have everything I was told to get."

"Dr. Davies I've known you for awhile now and you always have to come back because you forgot something."

"I have everything this time. Formula and pampers."

"Oookay," the clerk sang. Ashley's phone rang. She looked at the caller ID and smiled.

"Hey babe."

"Ash where are you?"

"I'm at the store paying for the formula and pampers you told me to get," Ashley said proudly.

"I'm just going to check out the customers behind you while you talk, okay," Bridget quietly said. Ashley nodded and stepped aside.

"Sweetheart did you get my feminine pads, the baby bath soap and the extra bottles for the breast milk?"

"Umm… no I forgot," Ashley shyly said eyeing Bridget. Bridget smiled. "You can leave your items here on the counter while you go back for the other items."

"Thanks Bridget," a crestfallen Ashley replied.

Alex had heard enough, storming out of the store, she quickly got into her car slamming the door. "What… the… hell," she screamed, beating her hands on the steering wheel. "Ashley is married and has a baby. Noooo!"

Alex waited in her car for Ashley to come out of the store. Ten minutes had passed when Ashley finally appeared. Loading the car up she made her way home with Alex following at a safe distance.

So she still lives at the same place. I wonder what whore she married. Let me guess… that bitch Spencer and there's a baby in the mix. Looking at the clock on the dashboard of her car, she sighed. I had better get home before Suzanne gets worried. I hope she has the bedroom setup because I need to get rid of some pent up anger. She'll be lucky I don't fuck her brains out tonight.

"Fuck Ashley, fuck her to hell."