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Chapter 10: I just called to say….

The police came very fast to Emma's house. "Jordan" was definitely somebody that was on their priority list. Bill Morris was the main detective on the affair and he turned to Emma:

"So, Emma, have you heard from him before getting the pictures today?" Emma hesitated for a minute; she looked at her mother and Snake and shook her head indicating that she indeed had encountered him.

Spike put her face in her hands in disbelief, "why did you not say anything? Emma, why?"

"It happened yesterday, as I was coming back from the beach…he suddenly was behind me and he was telling me how he had been let out of jail for good behavior. He also told me that he knew my whereabouts thanks to my screenname…I was scared and I did not know what to do. One of my friends luckily came up in his car and I ended up going home with him. Before I left, that "Jordan" whispered to me "We'll see each other again"" I don't know why I did not say it when I got back home…I'm sorry…" Bill was looking at her with compassion. "Emma, listen, we are going to have somebody protecting you, he is probably going to try to get in direct contact with you."

Spike interrupted him: "How do you know that for sure? He might be afraid, he probably knows that all the police of the city is after him after what happened to that little girl…

- Mrs Nelson, there is something that we did not mention earlier, we did not want to scare you for no specific reason but we found some disturbing letters in his last known address…

- What do you mean?

- He apparently has been writing to your daughter since he got arrested, he just never sent them. He is clearly obsessed with her and we do not think that he has any more common sense.

- Do you think you will be able to locate him with the pictures he sent?

- Well….we will check for the IP address but I highly doubt it. He probably was in one of the many cybercafés that we have….Emma, I meant to ask you, do you have the contact information for that friend of yours who drove you back home yesterday?

- Hogart, Hogart…that name sounds familiar…Oh, yes, he is the one that was brought at the hospital early this morning. One of my men went to find out more about what had happened but he is a coma…Emma???"

Emma had just let herself fell on the closest chair, her eyes were closed and she was breathing with difficulty. Her mom ran to her and held her until the breathing soothed and that Emma opened her eyes…

"It was him, wasn't it? It was him who did that to Jay?

- We cannot be sure until we either catch him or until we can talk to Mr Hogart. So, Emma, my advice to you is to try to go living as normal as possible, we will have a car at your house, as well as at school. We will have somebody looking out for you until we get that man. Until then, please let us know if you hear anything. We are also going to take your computer and somebody in our office, will be signed on with your screenname in case he decides to contact you again. You need to be careful, your friends as well, it seems as if he is very jealous of everybody who approaches you…

- Oh my God, Sean!!!"

Emma looked for her cell phone frantically, she dialed Sean's cell phone number but of course, he was off…

"He's at the hospital, if Jordan took those pictures of me last night, he probably saw Sean coming in…

- We'll have somebody down there as soon as possible, don't worry."

Ellie and Sean were now sitting at the cafeteria of the hospital. Alex had been authorized into Jay's room. His vitals were good but he still had not opened his eyes. The doctors were a bit more optimistic though.

The atmosphere between Ellie and Sean was a little bit uncomfortable. She was trying not to look at him while he was contemplating his coffee as though it was the new "Mona Lisa".

Finally, Sean broke the silence.

"So, Ellie, did you decide on the apartment?"

Ellie was still not laying her eyes on him…"Ellie, listen, I'm sorry, I really am."

"I know you are" her voice was soft, he had thought it would be full of anger but all he could hear was more a sort of resignation.

"I'm back at my mom's. She's doing better, we're reconnecting I guess…but tell me…that break is not really a break is it? I mean you ran over to Emma, you stayed over at her place at night. I don't think I should just wait on the sideline.

- Emma and I, it's complicated. I'm not even sure if she would want me back"

Ellie seemed to be growing impatient :"Sean, I'm not asking you what Emma wants, I was asking you what YOU want. I'm not going to be your second choice…"

Sean looked at her and tried to remember how it felt like to be with her. He tried to remember if he really loved her. He cared, yes, he had wanted her but has he really been in love?

"- Ellie, you know how much I care, and I did love you, you meant and still mean a lot but…

I understand…but Sean…don't come back running to me if things don't work out."

She got up and starting leaving but she turned back "Take good care of her Sean if you love her like you say you do, don't screw it up like you did with me. It's not going to be easy and we all know how much you like to take off when the going gets hard. I'll see you around I guess". She went back to the waiting area close to Jay's room. Her head was high, her eyes were dry. She sat down and just waited for Alex to come out hoping that the news concerning Jay would be good.

Manny was almost at school, she still was worried and since she had left home, she had the feeling that somebody was following her, when suddenly a guy came up to her. He seemed familiar but she could not seem to be able to place him.

He was not too bad looking, a little bit old but seemed friendly.

" I'm sorry to bother you but I am a photographer for the Beauty's modeling agency and your look really caught my eyes" Manny was flattered; she has always wanted to do something in the entertainment industry. She was keeping it a secret as she thought she would be teased but ever since they did that play at school, she felt the rush of at least giving it a shot. Maybe, that could be her opportunity…However, there was something that did not feel right. She also did remember everything that her parents had told her about talking to strangers, she may be not be 5 years old anymore but Emma was not either when she met with that creep who had been sending her emails…All of a sudden, she remembered why he seemed so familiar. The panic gradually took over her. She did not know what to do. Degrassi looked so close but at the same time so far away. Trying to regain control of her emotions, she answered:
"Thanks but really right now I don't time to even talk, I'm sooooooo late, it's not even funny", she laughed a bit nervously but went on "though, if you give me your card, I will definitely give you a call". He seemed a bit confused by her reaction but answered quickly "well…I don't have my card on me…how about you give me your number?" Manny was used to giving false numbers to guys she was not interested in, so she did exactly the same as when a loser thinks he would be able to actually get a date with her. "Sure, let me take a piece of paper". As she was reaching through her bag, he grabbed her arm, she looked at him very seriously and way more confident that she actually was "if you do not let go, I will scream like you've never heard anybody scream before". Reacting like she had learned in her self defense classes, she quickly turned around and kicked him in between the legs as hard as she could. He grimaced of pain. As she was running towards the school, screaming for help, she heard him yell: "Tell Emma that she is mine!"

Out of breath, she ran into Craig. "Oh my God, you need to help me. There's a guy over there and he…he….he…" She could barely talk. Craig looked in the direction she had pointed "Manny, there's nobody there…" She stared at him for a few seconds, then turned around and saw that indeed he had left.

"Are you sure you're ok?" They had not really talk since what had happened between the two of them and Ashley would probably have a cow if she saw them but Manny looked desperate.

"I'm fine, I'm fine. Don't worry about me"

Not insisting, he went to school, still wondering what had just occurred.

Manny reached for her cell phone and dialed Emma's number but it sounded busy. She went inside the school, directly to the principal's office to call the police.

Sean went outside of the hospital to call Emma. When he reached her, she sounded very worried. She started explaining what the police had told her and he did not understand why she never explained to him about that episode of her life, especially with what had happened the day before. He was suddenly grateful towards Jay. He had the feeling, that would not have Jay been there, Emma might have disappeared from his life. Not being able to bare that thought, he smiled and interrupting Emma, he blurted "I just called to say….I love you".