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Chapter 21

Back at Billy's apartment, Joe, Tanya and Gabby all sat on the couch watching a random sitcom on the televison trying to pass the time until they heard some news about Madison. Tanya sighed and switch the channel trying to find something decent to watch. She glanced over at her sister who sat comfortably against Joe who was absently twirling a lock of her hair around his finger.

Tanya was shook out of her daze when the door to the apartment opened. The three occupants on the couch looked over and watched as the whole gang minus Billy walked in. Tanya jumped up out of her seat and ran over to Baggy and threw her arms around him.

"I thought something happened, I hadn't heard from you in so long." She sounded muffled since her face was buried in his shoulder.

"Everything's fine, Madison's fine." Baggy said as he hugged her back.

"Billy will be back her with Madison any minute now." Bodie spoke up.

Gabby and Joe had stood up but hadn't moved from their spot by the couch. Gabby turned to Joe and hugged him relieved everything was okay. Joe smirked as he rubbed Gabby's back.

When Tanya pulled away from Baggy she smacked him hard on the arm.

"Ow! What the hell was that for?" Baggy replied rubbing his stinging arm.

"Why didn't you call me. I've been here going out of my mind. You said you would call me the minute you found something out." Tanya tried to glare at him but it she didn't have much energy for it.

Baggy smirked at her and shrugged his shoulders innocently. He pulled her against him again and place a kiss on the side of her head.

"What about Denny? What happened to him?" She asked when she pulled back from Baggy.

"He was alive when we left the place but he wasn't in much of a position to hurt anybody." Bodie chuckled. The rest of the guys laughed softly thinking of Denny lying on the floor bleeding to death.

"Angela died though." Bodie added softly. Tanya opened her mouth to speak but nothing came out. She felt guilty for how she treated her. Angela wasn't her favorite person in the world but that didn't mean she wanted her dead.

Everyone in the room started talking amongst themselves as they waited for Billy to get home.

Madison winced as an EMT pressed a little too hard on the cut on her forehead. She was sitting on the back of an ambulance. She looked around. All she could see was the flashing of all the police cars and ambulances. The rain had stopped not long ago so she was thankful for that. She took it as a good sign.

"Sorry." The male EMT said and put a small bandage on the cut. He smiled at her but felt a little discouraged when he noticed she was not paying any attention to him.

"I need to wrap your wrists now." He said and gently grabbed one of her hands. She looked at him in confusion then looked down at her wrists that were rubbed raw from the rope. She nodded at him. He smiled when she looked at him.

"My name is Dale by the way." He said as he began to wrap the bandages around her wrist.

Madison smiled politely at him. He was cute she admitted to herself. He looked like he was the popular football quarterback in high school who could get any girl with the snap of his fingers. He was built, obviously he had to be with the profession he was in. He had short brown hair and hazel eyes. She knew he was flirting with her and if she wasn't so involved with Billy she probably would have flirted back. She looked around seeing a lot of police officers and EMT's going into the building with a lot of body bags, but she didn't see Billy anywhere. She hadn't seen him since they exited the building. The police officer pulled him away when they walked out.

"FREEZE!"

Madison and Billy both turned toward the new occupant in the room and were surprised to see a police officer pointing his gun. But he wasn't pointing it at them but at Denny. Billy turned and saw Denny pointing his gun at them and quickly moved out of the way as Denny pulled the trigger. Both Billy and Madison fell to the floor as Billy pushed them out of the line of fire. But instead of the loud pop, all they heard was the clicking signaling that the gun was empty.

"Put your weapon down son." The officer said.

Madison looked over at Denny who was shaking. He let a few tears out of his eyes before bringing the gun to his head. He pulled the trigger a dozen times but it was empty.

"Denny please let us get you some help." Madison begged. She tried to move closer to him but Billy's arm around her waist stopped her.

"I just want to be a father to my son Maddy." Denny mumbled and lowered the gun in defeat. He tried to move but the pain in his leg was too much.

"Are either of you hurt." The officer said looking at Madison and Billy. Billy shook his head. This felt extremely awkward to him. Usually if there is a police officer involved the gun is usually pointed at him.

"And you?" He said going toward Denny as he put his gun back into his holster.

"He shot me." Denny said looking at Billy. The officer looked at Billy.

"He was attacking her." Billy said as he helped Madison stand up.

The police officer nodded his head. "We'll talk more when we get out of here and get your statements." He pulled out his walkie talkie and called for a stretcher to be brought up and for another officer to escort Billy and Madison out.

Billy put his arm around Madison's shoulders and made their way out of the building moving out of the way for the stretcher to get by.

"You should get that arm looked at." The officer said quietly to Billy. Billy glared at him. He wasn't about to take any advice from a cop. "I can tell that arm bothers you and you best get it looked after or your girl will be all over your ass."

Billy clenched his jaw and reluctantly nodded his head. He knew Madison would see it eventually and would ride him about not getting it looked at. The officer nodded back at him and walked off. Billy pressed a quick kiss to Madison's temple and quickly walked off following the officer.

"Billy? Where are you..." Madison didn't finish her sentence as Billy went out of sight. She was confused. Was he leaving her?

"Miss? Come over here, we need to get you looked at?" Madison looked over at a blond police woman who was smiling warmly at her. Madison nodded her head and followed her, looking behind her hoping to catch a glance of Billy but he was nowhere to be found.

Madison was shaken out of her flashback when Dale laid a hand on her arm. She looked down and saw both her wrists were wrapped. He had yet to move his hand. Her eyes went from his hand and trailed up his arms to his face. He was smiling widely at her. She forced a smile and shifted uncomfortably.

"So I guess you must be pretty shaken up about this whole situation huh?" He said trying to keep her attention.

"Excuse me?" Madison said looking at him.

"Well I just said you must be shaken up about all this. If you wanted I could give you my number and whenever you feel like talking you could give me a call and we could go to coffee or something." He said.

Madison didn't pay attention to him as she spotted a tall bald head through the throngs of people. She smiled relieved when she saw Billy making his way over to her. Dale smiled at her mistaking her smile as an acceptance to going out.

"So is that a yes?" He asked.

"What?" Madison looked at him in confusion. She didn't get to hear his answer because Billy had finally made it to her. Before anyone could say anything Madison launched herself at Billy wrapping her arms tightly around his neck. She was relieved he was still there and felt a little guilty thinking he left without her.

Billy wrapped his arms around her waist and hugged her back picking her up slightly off the ground. All the while he glared at Dale. He saw the way he was talking to her so he had planned to make a statement not to touch what's his. Dale got the idea and slowly back up and left them alone.

"Where were you?" Madison said once she let go of him.

"Had to get patched up?"

"Patched up?" Madison didn't know he was hurt. "Where? What happened?"

"Some fucker got a cheap shot at me that's all. It's not a big deal." Billy shrugged her concern off and pulled her against him. She wasn't happy with that response but she new that was all she was getting out of him at the moment.

She rested her head against his chest. "Can we go home now?" She said and pouted.

Billy leaned down and pressed his lips gently against hers. She sighed contentedly at the familiar feeling of his lips and opened her mouth. Billy slipped his tongue in and deepened the kiss.

"Ahem." Someone cleared their throat. Billy broke from the kiss and glared at the man who interrupted them. He was about to say something rude but Madison gently slapped his arm when she saw it was the police officer who had found them.

"Sorry to interrupt. I'm Officer Walsh. I'm going to need to get both of your statements."

Madison sighed. She just wanted to go back to the apartment, have a nice hot shower and go to sleep in a bed where she wasn't tied up.

"Do we have to do this now. Can we do it tomorrow?" Madison said pleading with him.

Officer Walsh looked at Madison with pity. He could tell she was tired and explaining everything that had happened to her was the last thing she wanted to do. He sighed knowing he shouldn't do this but he felt for the girl. She had been through quite an ordeal the last few days.

"I shouldn't do this but if both of you can come to the station first thing tomorrow morning and I'll take your statements then."

"That sounds good. We'll be there first thing in the morning." Madison said quickly wanting to get out of there as soon as possible. The officer nodded and left without another word.

Billy glared down at Madison. He was pissed she didn't ask him before agreeing. He did not want to be anywhere near anymore cops let alone go to the station.

"Can we go now?" She looked up at Billy and frowned when he wouldn't look at her. Billy placed a hand on her lower back and started to guide her toward his car that was parked just down the street.

Halfway to the car Madison casually looked over at one of the ambulances and froze when she saw Denny's eyes staring back at her eyes barely open. He was laying on a stretcher while an EMT was looking at his leg. What surprised her was that she didn't see the cold angry eyes she usually saw, but she could have sworn there was some guilt there. Maybe it was just her wishful thinking that he felt guilty for what he had done. Billy looked to see what she was staring at and glared at Denny and watched the doors to the ambulance close. He looked down at Madison and his gaze softened. He gently pushed her forward to his car.

Making it to the car, Billy opened the door for her. Madison ducked to get in but a wave of dizziness suddenly swept over her and she stumbled forward. Billy grabbed her and held her as she sat in the car. Billy slammed the door shut and made his way to the drivers side. Along the way he looked over and spotted the EMT that had been working on Madison staring at him. Billy gave him a smug smirk and got into the car and sped off.

Madison opened the door to Billy's apartment not expecting everyone to be there. Quite frankly she had hoped everyone would be gone. She was so tired she just wanted to sleep. Billy walked in behind her and closed the door behind him. Madison looked up and saw the group of people staring at her. She took a step back when Tanya jumped up from where she was sat and launched herself at Madison. Madison fell backwards from the force and fell back against Billy who grabbed the back of her arms keeping her upright.

"God, I've been going out of my mind. And your dad called I had no idea what to tell him and..." Tanya was rambling.

"Tanya relax. It's okay. I'm okay." Madison said and hugged her back. When they broke apart Madison looked behind Tanya seeing Gabby standing next to Joe. Madison walks over to her and pulls her into her arms.

"I didn't think I'd see you again." Gabby said as she let a few tears out of her eyes.

"I knew you guys would find me." Madison said and leaned back. She wiped the tears from Gabby's eyes and sighed. Stepping back Madison let out a long yawn. It had been a couple days since she's had a good night's sleep. Billy saw the yawn and looked at everyone in the room.

"You all did good tonight. Take tomorrow off. Now get the fuck out of my apartment."

Everyone in the room nodded their heads at Madison who smiled weakly back at them. She watched as everyone left the apartment leaving Baggy Tanya and Gabby.

"Call me tomorrow and we'll talk okay." Tanya said giving Madison one last hug. " And you should call your dad soon. He was expecting you to call him two days ago."

Madison nodded her head and waved as she followed Baggy out of the room. She looked over and Gabby and smiled seeing how comfortable they were with each other. Joe kissed her good bye and she followed Tanya out. Billy finally shut the door and put the lock in place. Joe went over to Madison and quickly hugged and left for his room closing the door behind him.

Madison stood there and looked at Billy who was watching her. She wanted to say something but she couldn't think of what to stay. Billy walked close to her and grabbed her hand.

"You should go to bed. You look tired."

"Well I know your being honest cause I know I look like shit right now." Madison joked trying to breaking some of the tension.

"Actually I think I want to take a shower first." She added. Billy dropped her hand and nodded his head. He turned on his heel and walked into his room shutting the door. Madison narrowed her eyes slightly. This man had more mood swings than a pregnant woman. First he's being sweet holding her hand, then he switches to the cold man that he shows everyone outside of the apartment.

Madison shook her head and made her way into the bathroom. She gently took the bandages that were around her wrists off and threw them into the garbage. Stripping out of the clothes that she had on for the last couple days she stepped into the tub and closed the curtain. She turned the taps and closed her eyes as the water hit her back. She turned the water on so it was practically burning her skin. Tilting her head back as the water sprayed down her face she couldn't help but think back to her ordeal. She knew she should be angry at Denny and upset that he was still alive but she couldn't find it in her to be mad. She was more sad at the man he had turned out to be.

She sniffed as she felt tears stinging her eyes. She didn't want to cry, she was tired of crying. She thought to what would have happened if Angela hadn't been there when Denny put the gun to her head. She let out a sob when it suddenly hit her that she may have never seen Caleb again. And she couldn't even say goodbye to him the last time she saw him. Her mind also wandered to Angela's dead body. Would anyone care that she was dead. Would she have a funeral, if so would anyone go. It pained her that she didn't know the answer to those questions. She closed her eyes as her tears mixed with the shower water beating down on her face.

Madison was so caught up in her thoughts she didn't hear the door to the bathroom open. She did however hear the shower curtain open, then close again. Her eyes popped open and she quickly turned around. She shouldn't have been surprised to see Billy but she was. She had thought he had gone to bed. She was glad the water was covering up her tears so he wouldn't know she had been crying.

Billy knew she had been crying. He had heard her the second he stepped into the bathroom. He was standing there for a few minutes before taking his clothes off and stepping in. He leaned down and gently kissed her. He lifted his head and placed a kiss on the cut on her head. She winced since it still hurt a little. He then picked up both of her hands and placed two soft kisses on her wrists. He wrapped his arms around her waist and pressed her full against him as he pressed kisses to her throat.

Madison moved her head so she could press her lips against his again. He lightly licked her bottom lip and she opened her mouth. When she felt his tongue mingle with hers she melted against him. She brought her hands up his arms accidentally rubbing the wound on his left arm. He hissed and pulled back from her.

"What?" She asked, then saw the wound. She gently ran a hand over it. "What happened?"

"Some fucker tried to shoot me. He missed and only grazed me. I've had worst." Billy said and kissed her again.

Madison pulled back after a couple minutes and turned around so her back was to him. He took advantage of the position and ran his hands around her waist. He ran his hands all over her torso. She leaned down and picked up the shampoo bottle. Pouring some in her hand she lathered her hair and Billy ran his hands through her hair helping her rinse. He brought his hands down to her hips and ran them across her stomach. He ran his hands to her breasts and gently cupped them. She tilted her head back onto his shoulder and he started to suck on her neck.

Billy turned her around to face him and leaned down to kiss her when she suddenly let out a yawn. He scowled at her and she smiled sheepishly.

"Sorry." She mumbled.

Billy sighed and leaned over her to turn the water off. He opened the curtain and stepped out of the tub. He opened the cupboard under the sink and grabbed two towels. He wrapped one around his waist and opened the other one in front of Madison. She smiled and turned so her could wrap the towel completely around her. She leaned up and kissed him.

"Thank you." She murmured

"For what?"

"For saving me and not killing Denny."

Billy's eyes hardened at the mention of him.

"I know you think he should have been killed but.. I don't want the fact that he was killed because of me on my conscious. It's hard enough that Angela was killed." Madison confessed.

Billy didn't exactly understand. He had killed more people than he could count and it never came back to him. But for her he would try. He grabbed her hand and lead her out of the bathroom and into his room. He kissed her hungrily and he towel dropped to the ground when she reached up to wrap her hands around his neck. He took his towel and dropped it to the floor. He ran his hands down her back and backside and grabbed the back of her thighs picking her up and gently laying her on the bed.

Madison sighed in content as Billy settled himself on top of her between her legs. She ran her hands down his back and closed her eyes as she forgot for the moment everything except her and Billy in that moment.

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