Ch 29

When Bill arrived in Bon Temps the next night he alerted Sookie to his arrival and then tracked down Kerrie's phone. He called her pacing back and forth as it rang on speaker phone.

"Hello?"

"Kerrie, it's Bill Compton."

"Hi Bill."

"I know." He said quickly as Kerrie cursed softly.

"How?"

"Sophie Ann and Andre are not to happy with you and Eric's arrangement."

"Fuck, if you caused this I will turn your world upside down." Kerrie said quickly as Bill chuckled.

"I would not be the one to cross you. I wanted to alert you that the queen has Sam in her sights and I wouldn't be surprised if she wanted him out of the way."

"Why are you telling me this? You were pissed off I told-"

"I want you to stop Eric from giving Sookie any information."

"Only if I can make sure the queen bitch isn't going after Sam."

"I may be able to help with that. I could suggest you and Eric rekindled your romance." Kerrie bit her lip but no other direct thought came to mind.

"Fine, we are even then."

"Good. I'll mend things on my end and you'll keep Sheriff Northman under wraps."

"If you mess this up or Sam gets hurt I'll tell Sookie myself."

"Deal." Kerrie hung up and phone and sunk to her knees.

"Fucking figures." She said as tears sprang to her eyes. She hugged her knees as the tears streamed down her cheeks.

Bill sat at his desk satisfied he wrote down everything he learned while in New Orleans then made his way to Merlotte's. Kerrie managed to compose herself and picked up the phone to call Eric.

"Bill Compton is trying to fuck us over." Kerrie went over the information he had and what she agreed to.

"What will you do about Sam?" Eric asked.

"Eric, I can't risk him getting hurt." She said tears filling her eyes again. "I love him." She whispered.

"Why don't we go put on a show for Sophie Ann and maybe she'll ignore Sam?"

"No, they'll be watching him. I can't let him know. Eric, I'm going to have to end things." Kerrie said breaking down in sobs.

"Stop, you know I don't do well with crying. Give it a day or two while I make arrangements."

"Ok, but I really want to end Bill right now."

"Trust me the feeling is mutual but if Sophie Ann has him on a mission I don't want her wrath."

Kerrie ended the call with Eric and made her way to her room. Luckily Declan was at the movies with Danny so he wouldn't be home for another hour. For the first time in 6 years Kerrie let herself really cry. That night when Sam called she didn't answer, luckily Dec and Danny arrived at the same time so when he called back an hour later Danny gave the excuse that Kerrie was reading at a last minute party. Declan looked at his mother's puffy cheeks and jumped into her arms.

"Mommy, it's ok." He said kissing her cheek.

"It will be. Mommy is just a little sad today." Declan climbed off the couch and went to get ready for bed.

"Want me to stick around?" Kerrie shook her head. "Want to talk about it?"

"No, not tonight. Thanks for everything." Danny let himself out as Kerrie went to go check in on Dec.

Eric sat at his desk fuming. Pam walked in but decided against taxing Eric with the issue at hand.

"What?" He snapped.

"Indira is on the phone. I can handle it."

"Good, I need to go out for a bit." Pam nodded.

Eric drove to a wooded area and got out then took off in a run. After running a few miles he turned and went back towards his car. He was still fuming, as much as he wanted Bill Compton's head on a platter he couldn't do it. To kill Bill would risk many other lives such as Declan, Pam, Kerrie, Sookie, and Sam Merlotte came to mind right away. Eric let out a howl as the woods fell silent again. A few moments later Pam appeared looking concerned.

"What is going on?" She asked arms crossed. Eric shook his head.

"I can't tell you. Too many people are involved and it's best if you don't know. It has nothing to do with you directly."

"It's Sookie Stackhouse then." She said with a frown.

"Not exactly but she is involved." Pam made a face about to question but Eric took to the sky.