Surprise! Surprise! Actually I finished the story yesterday. But I noticed that I didn't finish the 'Ella-thing'. So I decided to add one more chapter to find an ending to that. I know, it won't be a good one but I thought it made a sense. I hope you still like the story after reading this chapter.

It was two days after they got back to work when Mac decided that he should talk to Stella about the thing they had argued about before their wedding. He wanted to tell her because Ella had called again. One time she had called him when they were in Greece, but luckily Stella wasn't with him that moment. And then she had called him at work today. This was the time when Mac told her that she should stop calling him and told her that he was married and she wouldn't have any chance to change his feelings and to get him. He was really angry after he had hung up and this time Stella had entered his office just a few seconds after he had hung up. She had seen that he was talking to someone on the phone and she was a bit sad that he didn't want to talk about it when she had asked him. But he promised her to tell her when he was ready to tell her. And so he decided to talk to her while they had dinner at home. This evening he was making it and Stella had decided to take a shower. When they were sitting at the table in the living room he started to tell her the secret he had.

"I think I have to tell you something, honey." He started. "First I want to apologize for earlier that evening. I didn't mean to hurt you or something."

"You haven't. I understand that you didn't want to talk about it after you were that angry." Stella told him

"Fine. You know, we argued about that before our wedding. It was the same reason why I was angry. I didn't want to tell you, because I didn't want you to be worried. But I think I should tell you, now. You remember Ella McBride?"

"Yes, I remember her very well."

"She had called me a few days before our wedding. Two or three times she had called and then once when we were in Greece. She called today. She was the reason why I was upset. I told her to stop calling me and that she'll never has a chance to get me, because I'm married and she'll never change that. I hope she got it finally."

"She can't stop trying to get you, hu?"

"Maybe one day she got it. As long as she doesn't show up it's okay. But I promise I'll put her behind bars if she'll show up and start stalking again."

"I hope you'll do it. And I hope I'll never have to tell you again that you can talk to me every time, okay?" Stella said seriously.

"I promise I will. But you know me. Sometimes I can't talk about things because I want to solve them alone. And Ella is something I have to do alone. This is something with that nobody can really help me."

"I know but I feel sad when you don't talk to me and I feel bad when I can't be there for you because I don't know what's wrong."

"I know, hon. I'll do my best to avoid it, okay?"

"You can only try." Stella said and smiled him. Then he heard his cell phone ringing. He looked at the ID. It was Don Flack.

"Hey, Don. What's wrong?" He answered his phone.

"Someone called 9-1-1 to report a dead body in Central Park. The caller said it's a woman and she killed herself by slitting her wrists. I'm at the crime scene and I just wanted to tell you that you know the victim. She left a suicide note. I'll come around and give it to you, because it's for you. It's in an envelope and nobody had read it yet." Flack said.

"Who is it, Don?" Mac asked confused. He had a terrible guess who it could be but he wanted to know it for sure.

"It's Ella." Flack repeated that he would come around and then they finished their conversation. There was nothing more to say.

"What's up?" Stella asked him concerned as she saw Mac's shocked look.

"Ella killed herself. She was found near Central Park with a suicide note which she wrote to me. Don comes around and gives it to me." Mac told her. She could see that he felt guilty for her suicide, but she knew that he wasn't.

"I'm sorry Mac, but I want to tell you something: It's not your fault, whatever might be written in that letter, okay?"

"I know, but I feel like I'm guilty for it. I pushed her away and I was angry with her. I told her she could call me whenever she needs someone and today I told her stop it. Now she's dead."

A few minutes later Don arrived. He gave the letter to Mac and he opened it. Mac told Don to stay for a few minutes till he had read the letter. Of course Don was curious and wanted to know what she had written.

Dear Mac,

I know it's stupid what I'm about to do but when you read this letter I'll won't be there anymore. It's not exactly your fault, that I'm gone.

It was just too hard for me to keep on living with nobody who love me and with nobody who cares for me.

My father is dead, my mother is in prison and you, from who I thought he would care about me and love me, are married. I can't live that way.

I just wanted to say goodbye. I hope you and your wife will be happy together.

Goodbye and take care of you. I've loved you till I died.

Ella.

Mac knew that it wasn't his fault that Ella killed herself, but he still felt guilty for her suicide because he was angry with her and made her feel like he didn't care about her. At least he didn't care that much about her as he did for his wife but she was something like a friend before she started stalking. Now she wouldn't call him anymore. This was a good thing but he wanted to have it another way. Stella knew that he felt sad and frustrated. She went over to him and wrapped her arms around him to make him feel a bit comfortable. At least he hated the whole stalking thing Stella knew that he liked her as a person. This could have ended in a much better way…

The End

Thanks for taking the time to read it. And for all who want to read more about these two: I decided to make a little series, so there will be a sequel to this story as well, but it will take some time, because I probably won't have that much time to write so please be patient!

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