Chuck wanted to get revenge and he knew the best way to do it was to get the shit that his ex was currently dating back in Nashville so he could shoot him. Taking a couple of Molotov Cocktails out of his bag he lit one and threw it through one window of the bar, then he took another and threw it in another window and then finally the top one. Seeing the flames begin to engulf the building he walked away.
If they catch him he was going to jail. Like he gave a fuck. He was a wanted man anyway for raping and killing his wife up in Bowling Green. Slinking away he looked for a perfect coop to keep himself hidden until he made the attack. If he couldn't have her no one could.
Sam awoke at ten that morning. He felt a shift in the air and knew that something was going on. What he had no idea. Also he felt something inside him telling him to back off. He would eventually get everything that he wanted, but without the force he was going for.
He wondered where that thought had come from, but it felt right in his gut. He had never been wrong. His choice in career, Tee, everything. He decided to back off and listen to it and hopefully he'll be right once again.
For the first time in his thirty one years Joshua Samuel felt like things would finally go his way. All he had to do was wait.
Galina and Jojo showed up that afternoon and Joe was just not himself. It had been a pretty chill day. Isabelle felt like something was brewing, but she couldn't put her finger on what it could be. Obviously Joe's marriage troubles and him feeling down for letting his dad down was there, but there was something else. Something.
She was welcomed into the family with open arms and she loved all of Matt's family. They were some of the nicest people she had ever met. It was a beautiful day in Gulf Breeze Florida.
Isabelle just laid out in the chase lounge in a teal bikini with brief bottoms and a halter under wire top that tied around her back and her neck. She was sitting and sipping on cocktails listening to Matt and Joe's dad and mom tell stories and she listened to Chris talk about this and that and Paul was very attentive to Summer.
All in all it was a great day. She knew the real party was the next day so she figured she needed to rest up for it.
Getting up and pouring herself a glass of Merlote she sat back down on the chase. Matt came up to her as the sun began to set.
"Sweetie. Come watch the sunset with me." said Matt taking both of her hands.
"Okay." said Isabelle following her boyfriend closer to the water. She didn't notice everyone else come in closer to watch the sunset also and she didn't see the smiles on Lisa and Sika's faces. "Wow so beautiful." she whispered. She had seen sunsets on the ranch after she went to stay with her dad in Texas to recover after Chuck's last beating. It was totally different over the Gulf. The water reflecting the colors.
She didn't notice Matt drop down to one knee until she felt him take her hand.
"Isabelle Austin I love you more than you would ever know and I never thought that I could love again before I met you. When you walked into my bar that night I knew that you were the one for me. Thank you for walking into my life. Isabelle Austin, will you give me the honor of being Mrs. Matt Anoa'i?" he asked.
"Yes! Yes Matt I'll marry you." Isabelle said crying. Matt slipped the ring on her finger and then stood up pulling her into a passionate kiss. The tied had come up and a couple of moon jellyfish were swimming around their feet. A sea turtle was crawling toward the water off the beach.
Everyone cheered. Though the couple never saw or noticed any thing else. They were just too into each other. Their kiss was long, sensual and passionate.
"On that note Matt you and Sika get the grill going. Isabelle welcome to the family." said Lisa.
"Thanks. You guys are so welcoming. I love Matt and I love all of you too." said Isabelle as she hugged everyone. She was broken out of her thoughts when Matt's phone rang.
"Who the hell?" he muttered. "Hello...ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME!...FUCK THIS I'M GETTING THE FIRST FLIGHT OUT." Matt hung up the phone.
"What happened son?" Sika asked.
"That was the Nashville arson department of the police department. That mother fucking, son of a bitch rotten bastard piece of shit Chuck Stevens brunt down my bar. I cannot fucking believe this. I'm getting a flight back to Nashville tonight!" Matt ranted and raved.
"Matt I'm so so so so sorry. It's my fault. I'm coming with you." said Isabelle.
"No, bullshit it's not your fault. It's that fucker Chuck's fault. And you are not coming with me. In fact you are staying with my parents until Chuck is dealt with. Please you are not safe in Nashville. I want you here when you are not working." said Matt.
"But...," Matt is right. Stay here when you are not working." said Sika putting his foot down.
"Ugh fine you win." said Isabelle.
"It's not about winning babe, it's about your safety. I love you." Matt said giving her a passionate kiss on the lips.
"I love you too Matt. Please be careful." Isabelle pleaded.
"I'm coming back you baby. I love you. Hey jackass, wanna give me a ride to the airport?" Matt asked Chris.
"Fine I'll give you a ride. Stupid idiot."
"Do you want to get stunned again?" Isabelle asked giving Chris a hard look.
"I'm just joking! Dang!" Chris exclaimed.
"Quit picking on my brother." Vanessa hissed at her husband. "Come on sweetheart lets help mom inside the kitchen." she added putting an arm around her future sister in law.
"I'm gonna walk Matt to Chris's car. I just want to see him off because I love him and I'm not sure when we will be able to see one another again with my schedule. I was lucky to get more than two days off." said Isabelle.
Galina watched the couple as they followed Chris and Matt out to Chris's car and shook her head. "She is too young for him and I think that she is just an gold digging tramp."
"Would you listen to yourself. She makes more money than he does at the moment and she owns her own home. And as for the age who cares. As long as they are both legal and they love one another ages doesn't matter." said Joe.
"Can we talk?' Galina asked.
"Now? At my parent's place and on their special weekend of all times and places?" Joe asked.
"Well you are always on the road and I never have time to actually talk to you." said Galina. "I'm just gonna say it. I don't love you anymore and for the past six months I've been seeing someone. His name is Brock." she confessed.
"Leave Jojo here and leave my parents house. NOW!" Joe roared. Luckily Jojo was in the kitchen with Lisa, and Summer and Vanessa. Galina said nothing more and just left. Joe sat on the beach and put his head in his hands. Yes he was fallen out of love with her, but he had NEVER been unfaithful. He wouldn't do that to her.
As Matt was about to get into the passenger side seat of Chris's Escalade when Kathee Matinee's Love at the Five and Dime came on. Reaching over and turning up the volume and then took his fiance into his arms and the two began dancing right there on the street with the music blaring from the car speakers.
In Nashville after the bar shut down Matt would put that song on the jukebox and the two danced right there in the dimly lit bar. It was there song and it fit since Nashville is known as music city.
The two just held each other in their arms as they danced. When the song ended they kissed and Matt got into Chris's car. Isabelle watched the taillights fade into the night and she had a feeling of dread deep in her stomach. She was thinking of catching a cab, getting to the airport and getting her own flight to Nashville.
"I know what you are thinking. Don't even. Matt wants you to stay here where you are safe and he put me in charge of your safety. Come on lets go help the woman and I'll get the grill started." said Sika putting an arm around his future daughter in law.
It was a couple hours later when Matt got to what was left of his bar. Nothing. Everything was gone. He was sitting with the police going over who might have done it and it wasn't hard to figure out. Chuck Steven's. After the interviews ended Matt went back to his car. He had unlocked the door when he heard a click.
"I knew I would get you back here. I was hoping my woman would be with you. Anyway it doesn't matter. If I can't have her than no one else can." Chuck aimed the gun where it would be a kill shot. He fired the gun hitting his target.
Isabelle was awoken at midnight by her phone going off. Sitting up in bed in her fiance's childhood bedroom she answered her phone. Hoping that it was Matt telling her when he was coming back to Florida.
It had been some night. Joe confessed to everyone that he was getting a divorce and he told everyone, after Jojo was out of earshot, that Galina was cheating on him. He hit the bottle hard that night and Sika ended up having to help his youngest to bed.
Isabelle had a decent night. Besides threatening to stun Chris again and then at one point saying, after a few glasses of wine, "If you don't shut the fuck up I'll have the Big Show knock your ass out!"
Now it was the present and the phone was ringing. "Hello."
"Is this Isabelle Austin?"
"Yes."
"Miss Austin I am sorry to inform you that your fiance is dead. A Chuck Steven's shot him at point blank range. He is in custody now and he is also wanted in Kentucky. I'm so sorry."
A/N: And that is how that one ended. Though it's not over yet. Should I continue with this one or due another one about moving on and the unfinished stalker business. Hope you enjoy!