Ch. 25

Jessie woke up slowly and stretched lazily in bed. For the past few days she had been safely tucked away on a military base in Hawaii, enjoying the weather and the safety the US Military could offer her. She bit her bottom lip softly as she sat up in bed and looked around the room. She had to admit that the past week spent on the base had been nice. She hadn't had to watch her back for anything and that was important to her. She got out of bed slowly and walked towards the bathroom. Today they were finally going to let Slater come back to the house and recuperate, as long as someone kept a close eye on him. She just hoped that everything would eventually go back to normal, and that her ex would be caught because they weren't going to be on a base forever.

He was biding his time and waiting. If only the rest of them had known how easy it would have been for him to get to them, but he didn't want them he wanted her. Jessica Spannow was going to regret the day that she betrayed him and that was a fact. He walked over to the window and stared outside at the Hawaii military base that he knew Jessie was on. He had already found a way to get on the base now it was a matter of when he was going to get to her and what he would do to her when he did.

"Soon Jessie you will know that betraying me is the worst thing you could have ever done in your whole life. Soon I will make you wish that you had never double crossed me. Not only that but your Mr. Slater will wish he had never decided to get in my way because his blood will be on your hands." He muttered as his eyes narrowed as he glared at the base. He knew it was only a small matter of time.

Jessie smiled when she saw father and son come through the front door. She had made up the downstairs bedroom for Slater like his father had suggested and stayed out of the way as they made their way to it. She leaned against the doorjamb as Slater's dad helped get him situated in the bed.

"You feeling all right son?" He asked Slater.

"Yeah dad, thanks." Slater said nodding his head slowly. "They gave me a lot of pain medication before I left the hospital so I wouldn't feel it when we were coming in."

"Good to know. I think I'll go and start some lunch for the three of us. I am sure you two have some things to catch up on." He said before he left the room.

"Hey mama." Slater whispered with a small smile at Jessie.

"Pig." Jessie said rolling her eyes before she grinned and walked over to the bed. "It's good to see you out of that hospital and back here."

"Why did you miss me mama?" Slater asked wagging his eyebrows.

"Haha that's funny. I'm sorry that you got dragged into the middle of this." Jessie whispered the guilt that she was feeling still welling up inside her.

"Hey none of that, this creep was bound to blow his top at some point, I'm just glad that we could be there for you." Slater said honestly as he realized Jessie was not giving in to the things that they had been saying to her. "When are you going to realize it was our decision to be there for you and nobody regrets it one bit. You're our friend, and well, my future wife, that means we are all in this together until this freak is caught."

"I just hope he hasn't gone after the others." Jessie whispered worriedly.

"He hasn't, I talked to Zack already." Slater told her with a reassuring smile. "Anyway Zack said that Kelly and Lisa have been busying planning our wedding for us. I don't think we are going to get much say in what happens on that day."

"I don't think I'll mind. Lisa said she was going to make the dresses and tuxes for us, free of charge." Jessie said with a slight laugh and smile.

"Yeah well I think she feels like it's about time we tied the knot and she didn't want us to try and postpone it because of money issues." Slater said shrugging his shoulders and then wincing as he felt that.

"Pain meds wearing off?" Jessie asked catching the wince.

"Yeah well, they don't last forever that's for sure." Slater said with a small sigh. "Jessie I want a promise from you that no matter what you won't do anything foolish or dangerous."

"I promise." Jessie said seeing Slater start to pale. At the moment she would have promised him anything. "Let me go and see if your dad can give you anything to help the pain."

"I don't think it's time yet. The nurse gave him a strict schedule." Slater said with a bead of sweat on his forehead.

"Well let me go see." Jessie said getting up quickly and hurrying into the kitchen. Now more than ever she felt so guilty about what was happening.

He was laughing at the scene in front of him. Everyone thought that this military base was so secure but here he was on it and ready to find out the information he needed. He wouldn't attack Jessie and Slater today, nope not today, because today he was just fishing for information so that he could form his plan of action. He waited until his inside source came and gave him the information he needed to find the house he was looking for. He noticed the military police officers roaming around and felt a little nervous but he was sure no one knew who he was or what he was there for. Finally he noticed his snitch coming towards him and felt the grin come onto his face. Soon Slater and Jessie would feel his wrath.