"Hi, Honey Bear!" An unknown caller through an interpreter said.

Catherine thought to herself, Oh no it couldn't be! How did he get my number? Why is he calling me? I need to get away from him and what am I supposed to tell Vincent? I'm afraid of him.

"No no please leave me alone!" Catherine yelled as she hung up! She cried hysterically . Vincent slowly fluttered his eyes, rubbed them, and heard her crying in the living room. He jumped out of bed, and ran out of the bedroom. He saw her curling on her couch and crying. He sat beside her and pulled her into his arms. He tilted her chin up to look at him.

"What's wrong?" Vincent signed.

"I gotta get away now" Catherine yelled in panic.

She pushed Vincent away and got up from her couch. She ran to her bedroom, grabbed the bag from the closet, and shoved clothes into the bag. Vincent hurried after her and saw her packing. He went and stopped her. He gently grabbed her arm and turned around and looked at her.

"What's going on? Where are you going? Tell me, please," Vincent signed frantically.

"I gotta get out of here and never come back again..please let me go and finish packing. I've never been scared in my life until now. Oh, I gotta get changed." Catherine signed hurriedly.

Catherine hurriedly changed her clothes and finished packing. She was about to grab the bag, but Vincent jerked it away from her hand, put it on the bed. He turned around, put his hands on her arms, and looked at her.

"You're not going anywhere until you tell me now. Look, I can't help you unless you tell me what's freaking you out. I need to know." Vincent pleaded.

Catherine looked up at him, gulped and cleared her throat. Tears rolled down on her cheeks. She wiped tears away. She looked away and walked toward her bed and sat on it. She closed her eyes and sighed.

"Alright, I'll tell you...but what I'm going to tell you... is shocking... I've never told anyone, not even my sister. I kept it to myself because I thought I could handle it but I was wrong!" Catherine signed with a scared look. She covered her face with her hands as she bent down on her legs and weeping. Tears filled in her eyes. Vincent looked at her, walked over to her, took a seat next to her, and caressed her back. Catherine pushed him away and got up. She paced back and forth trying to figure what to tell Vincent.

"OK here goes nothing." Catherine signed as she explained everything to him.

Two years ago before I moved to Colorado and before I met you, I had an ex-boyfriend. I really thought he was a nice guy, but I saw another side of him that I never knew. I had a very terrible relationship. We've been together for a year. We also lived together. See..he abused me, I thought something I did made him angry, but no, because he was drunk all the time. He roughed me up every time he drank. (Sniffles) excuse me. I had bad bruises all over my body. I've tried many times to leave him. Every time I tried to leave, he's always there watching and stalking me. Finally, I got away and packed up for a new life in Colorado. Look, I don't want to get into it because it's too painful and I'd like to forget everything. When you found me crying on the couch, I got a call. It was my ex-boyfriend. I don't know how he got my number. I hope he doesn't know where I live, but if he does, I will leave again. I can't live with that. If you don't want anything to do with me, then I understand and I'm sorry that I didn't tell you. I'm scared that I'd lost you. You're the most understanding and caring person I've met. That's the hardest decision I've made for my life. I love you so much and…say something, please.

Vincent had tears in his eyes listening to her. He looked at her in tears. He took a deep breathe and raised his hands to sign.

"Ah, I don't know what to say, but why didn't you tell me from the beginning when we met? I could have protected you. Look I'm sorry that you had to go through difficult time by yourself, but it's not helping because he's back and he is going to hurt you again. You got to call the police..oh and Tess too. I don't know how the system works... They can stop him and put him away. He won't bother you anymore...wait a minute...you never told me his name. You can't even run away. You have to face this problem and I'm here for you as always, do you know why? Because I'm so in love with you. There's no way I'm letting you go. I'm going to call Tess, ok? Come on, let's go to the living room and make a call." Vincent signed.

Vincent walked to her, pulled her to him, and hugged her tightly. And then he kissed softly her on the lips. Vincent and Catherine walked out of her bedroom hand in hand. Vincent found his jacket, and pulled his phone out of the pocket. He was about to dial Tess' number when the doorbell flasher flashed. Vincent went to the door and opened the door. There was a man at the door. Without warning, he punched Vincent and knocked him out. Catherine looked at Vincent on the floor and then looked at the man in fear. She turned around and started to run, but the man ran to her, grabbed her, threw her on the floor, and pinned her, so that she could not move.

"Hello Honey Bear!" The man smirked evilly.

"Please do not hurt me, Gabe!" Catherine begged.

"You left me!" Gabe growled as she tried to struggle to get him off of her. She finally managed to hit his crotch with her knee and then hit his face. The man lost his balance and hold on her. Wasting no time, she pushed him off and ran to her bedroom, and locked the door. She panicky looked for her phone and found it. She unlocked the screen and searched for Tess' number and then texted her.

Tess! HELP! Get over here now! He's going to kill me and Vincent! Hurry!

Gabe was in pain, but went after her. He slithered to her bedroom, and tried to open the door, but it was locked. He threw himself hit against the door over and over until it finally broke. Catherine screamed. She was trapped, but saw the fire escape and ran to the window and went through the window. She ran upstairs as fast as she could until she reached to the rooftop. She looked around and there is no way out. She had nowhere to go. She stopped in her tracks and saw Gabe standing there with wall behind him. Catherine gasped and frantically ran over to the ledge and looked around and then back at him. She was trapped. Gabe slowly walked toward her and smirked.

In the meanwhile, Tess finally received the text from Catherine and read it. She immediately called the cops for backup. She yelled at JT "Let's go now!" JT jumped. They rushed to Catherine's apartment. They found Vincent laying on the floor. Tess checked his pulse and sighed.

"He got a pulse." She looked around and asked "Where's Cat?"

"I don't know..just go find her and I'll stay here with Vincent." JT said as Tess ran off and searched for Cat. Tess heard Cat screaming. It came from the rooftop. Tess ran to the window where there was a fire escape and ran up the stairs. Reaching the rooftop, Tess found Gabe shaking Catherine hard as he tried to push her off the ledge. Tess drew her gun and pointed it at Gabe.

"Stop! Let her go now or I'll shoot you!" Tess yelled.

Gabe stopped, turned around, and looked at Tess. He grinned evilly and turned back around to Catherine, then grabbed her arms to lift her up and throw her over the ledge.

Tess shot him in the back. Gabe gasped and managed to toss Catherine before he fell back down on the ground with his eyes opened and he didn't move. Catherine frantically grabbed the edge of the ledge and held on it . Tess screamed and ran to the ledge. She saw Catherine hanging on and grabbed her. She tried to pull her back up, but lost her grip. Tess didn't realize that Vincent was behind her and quickly grabbed Catherine's hand and pulled her back up. When Catherine was half way up, he snaked his arm around her waist and pulled her the rest of the way.

When Catherine's feet were on the rooftop, he hugged her as Tess looked on. Tess went over Gabe, bent down, and checked his pulse. He had no pulse. He was dead. JT stood back and frozen. He had seen everything.

"Um..are you all ok?" JT asked.

"I'm ok, but I don't know about Vincent and Cat." Tess replied.

Vincent and Catherine were still hugging. They thought they had lost each other. JT and Tess looked at each other and then looked at them.

JT went over and put his hand on Vincent's shoulder.

"Are you guys alright? And who was that guy?" JT asked.

Vincent sniffled and cried. He turned around and looked at JT, and said "Yeah, I thought I lost her and...I have no idea who he was."

"Wait..you don't know him?" Tess asked Vincent.

"No, I've never met him in my life before but..I have this feeling that he seemed to know Catherine." Vincent said.

"Cat? you know him?" Tess signed.

Catherine gulped and looked down at her feet then up to Tess and signed, "Yes I do."

"Well..who was he?" Tess demanded.

"Can we get into my apartment and talk?" Catherine signed. They all nodded in agreement.

"Go ahead and I have to stay here and wait for the cops and give a statement and I will be back soon, ok?" Tess signed.

Catherine signed, "OK."

Vincent, JT, and Catherine went downstairs from the rooftop and back to her apartment. They all sat down on the couch and were quiet. Catherine quickly turned around and faced Vincent.

"Oh, Are you ok? I thought I'd lost you." Catherine asked Vincent.

"Yeah I'm ok and you haven't lost me...I'm here." Vincent replied.

Catherine quickly pulled him closer to her and hugged. She wouldn't let go of him.

Tess finally finished her statement and went into Catherine's apartment. Tess grabbed a chair to sit next to them. She sighed.

"Aright...who was this guy?" Why was he trying to kill you?" Tess asked Catherine.

"That was Gabe, my ex-boyfriend." Catherine signed.

"What..your ex? you never told me." Tess signed.

"Hold on, let me explain..that's a long story. I'm sure Catherine doesn't want to get into it because she had a bad night, but I'd like to make that short version..so, Catherine was in an abused relationship with Gabe. Catherine finally escaped and never looked back. She moved here to get away from him. I guess Gabe found her here. So you know what happened on the roof. That's over and we need to move on." Vincent explained as they nodded slowly. JT and Tess were shocked to hear the terrible story.

Tess signed to Catherine "I'm sorry and I had no idea what you have been gone through. I wish you'd told me and I could have put him away. But I totally understand. Honey, it's all over. Come on hug! Tess and Catherine got up and gave each other a hearty hug. JT and Vincent looked at them and smiled. Catherine and Tess finally broke the hug and had a good tears. They looked at JT and smiled in awe. JT shrugged his shoulders, looking puzzled and said "Wha..what are you looking at?"

"Haha, you have a tear." Tess said.

"No no no, I don't have a tear, just something in my eyes." JT teased as he looked away and wiped a tear from his cheek. They all laughed.

"I think we should go, so Vincent and Catherine can spend their time together." JT said to Tess.

"Ok yeah we should...and Catherine, please talk to me whatever it happens. No more secrets, ok?" Tess signed to Catherine.

"Ok, no more secrets." Catherine nodded.

Catherine scooted them to the door and opened the door for them. She waved at them and they waved back then left. Catherine closed the door and locked it. She turned around and saw Vincent staring at her.

"What?" Catherine giggled.

Vincent scoffed and ran over to her, crushing her lips and opening his mouth and slid his tongue into her mouth. Their kisses deepened. She moaned into his mouth. He pulled back, signing "Don't ever scare me like that ever again and I almost lost you...I love you very much!" He wrapped his arms around her waist, pulled her closer to him, and embraced. He pulled back again and looked into her eyes, and asked, "Would you like to move in with me at my townhouse?"

Catherine gasped and signed "yes I'd love to..and I love you!"

They were excited and Vincent lifted her up and she wrapped her legs around his waist. He then spun around excitedly and then carried her to her bedroom. As soon as they were in her bedroom, their clothes were all over the floor. They laid down on the bed, expressed their love by making a wild hot love passionately. After making love, they were relaxed in the bed and discussed about her moving in with him. They were satisfied with their decision.

What do you think of this chapter? I'm sorry that it took me awhile to finish this story. Are you happy with their moving in together? And Gabe?! I couldn't have done it without you, you are my BEST beasties. I love you. Hugs xoxox