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CHAPTER 49
A few minutes later Paul and Lilli were sitting outside Billy's house.
"Princess, you ready to go inside?" Paul asked.
"Not really but I have to do this sometime," she sighed and Paul nodded.
"Ok, wait for me I'll come around and help you out, I don't want you to pull any of your stitches." he told her and she nodded as he hopped out and ran to her side and opened the door and helped her out. "Are you ok to walk?"
"Let me walk in, if you carry me my mom will freak out more than necessary," Lilli told him.
"Ok princess," he smiled and took her hand in his and led her to the front door. They stopped in front of it and Paul knocked and it opened and Lilli's mom was on the other side and it was apparent she had been crying.
"Lilli," her mom said.
"I'm fine mom," Lilli told her.
"Come inside," Kara said and Paul led Lilli inside and they sat on the couch.
"You're ok?" Kara asked concerned.
"Yes mom, I'm fine, I have stitches in my thigh and my side," she told her. "Carlisle stitched me up and I'll be ok," she assured her. "Paul found me, it could have been worse."
"Where is Keaton now?" her mom asked.
"Gone," was all Paul said. "He won't be hurting her anymore." Paul told her. "Don't ask anymore questions because I don't know the answers to them, I left to be with Lilli." he added and Kara looked over at Lilli and sat by her on the couch.
"Honey I don't care what happened to Keaton as long as he can't hurt you anymore," she said. "I'm just so glad you're ok."
"I'm fine mom, just a little tired." she yawned.
"Ok, you go on and get some rest," Kara said and wrapped her arms around Lilli in a hug. "Call if you need anything."
"Ok mom," she said and Paul stood up and helped her stand up. "I'll call you in the morning," Lilli told her and her mom nodded as they said their good byes to each other and Paul led her back outside to his truck and drove her to his house.
When the two of them got to Paul's house he helped her out and took her to his bedroom. He sat her down on the bed and knelt down in front of her.
"Princess," he said softly. "What do you need?"
"A shower and to change clothes," she told him. "Then a nap."
"I can do that," he smiled. "Wait right here." he told her and stood up. He walked over and grabbed some clothes from her bag and took them to his bathroom. Then he went back to get Lilli.
"Are you ok to do this on your own?" he asked concerned. "Standing, with your leg just being stitched up?"
"I think I'll be ok," she whispered. "I just feel really dirty after everything with Keaton," she said quietly.
"I get it," he said. "I'll wait right outside for you."
"Could you maybe stay until I'm done?" she asked quietly as she looked down at the floor. Paul placed his hand under her chin and she looked up at him.
"If that's what you want." Paul said and she nodded. "Ok then I'll stay right here while you shower."
"Thank you," she whispered and stepped slowly in the shower and pulled the curtain over.
Lilli slowly scrubbed her body clean, washing away the whole day, scrubbing everywhere Keaton touched her, trying to scrub away how dirty he made her feel. She didn't know what would have happened if Paul hadn't shown up when he did, if he hadn't saved her from Keaton. Tears ran down her cheeks again as the night replayed in her mind.
Paul was leaning against the wall in the bathroom as Lilli showered. He was glad Keaton was taken care of the only thing he regretted was that he couldn't do it himself. He still didn't know what exactly happened when he left Sam and Jacob with Keaton but he would find that out later, the only thing that mattered right now was that Lilli was ok, he needed to take care of her first, he could deal with everything else later. Paul looked over at the shower, he was glad he had her with him and that she wanted to be with him. He stepped closer to the shower as he heard quiet sniffles coming from it.
"Lilli," he said softly as he walked closer to the shower, he still hears quiet sniffling coming from the shower. "Princess," he said again and stopped in front of the curtain. He heard her crying softly. "Are you ok?" he asked.
"Fine," he heard her say but he knew she was far from fine, she was upset and hurting, he could feel some of it coming from her.
"Princess," he said and pulled the curtain over and saw Lilli had her hands over her face and she was crying. "Lilli," he said and quickly turned the water off and grabbed a towel and wrapped it around her and lifted her out of the shower and placed her in front of him.
"Lilli," he said worriedly. "What's wrong?"
"I don't know," she said quietly.
"Everything will be ok," Paul assured her. "I'll take care of you."
"I know," she whispered.
"So how about you get dressed and you can lie down," he told her and she nodded.
"You'll stay with me?"
"As long as you want me," he told her and she smiled slightly. "I'll wait for you in the bedroom ok."
"Ok," she said quietly and Paul turned around and walked out.
Lilli slowly dried off her body and slipped the clothes on Paul laid out for her. She ran a brush through her hair and walked out of the bathroom to join Paul in his bedroom. Lilli slowly walked inside Paul's bedroom and found him sitting on the bed. He walked over to her.
"Everything ok?" he asked and she nodded.
"Just a little tired," she softly spoke.
"Come lay down then," he said and led her over to the bed and pulled the blankets down for her. She slowly laid down on the bed.
"Stay with me," she said and Paul smiled and laid down next to her.
"Just get some rest," he told her. "I love you."
"I love you to Paul," she whispered. "And I don't know what I'd do without you," she added and he smiled and let out a sigh.
"Just get some rest princess," he told her and she let out a content sigh as Paul gently wrapped his arms around her and she drifted off to sleep.
Paul laid with Lilli as she fell asleep. When he was sure she was asleep, he slipped out of bed to call Sam so he could find out what happened when he left the cabin. He walked down to the kitchen and grabbed something to eat from the refrigerator and then called Sam.
"Yeah," Sam answered.
"Sam, what happened with Keaton when I left?" Paul asked.
"He's taken care of," Sam assured him.
"Tell me what happened!" Paul demanded and Sam let out a sigh.
"Jake got a little angry at some of the things Keaton was saying, so I sent him to cool off and he started tearing the kitchen apart. Ripped the gas stove out of the wall, the two of us barely made it out before the whole place blew up.
"Damn," Paul said.
"He's not going to bothering anyone anymore," Sam told him.
"Good."
"So how is Lilli?"
"She had a breakdown in the shower but she's sleeping now,' Paul told him. "But I don't know Sam, I just hope this doesn't send her back to how she was before, when we first met her."
"Me either Paul," Sam sighed.
"It was all Keaton's fault then to."
"I know," Sam told him. "Just stay with her because she'll need you."
"I know Sam."
"And if you need any of us all you have to do is call."
"Thanks Sam," Paul said quietly.
Paul hung the phone up a few minutes later and grabbed something to drink from the refrigerator and opened it and took a drink from it and that's when he heard it.
"NOOOOOOOOOO!" It was Lilli's scream. Paul sat his drink down and rushed to his bedroom and saw Lilli sitting up in her bed and looking around, he ran over to her.
"What's wrong Lilli?" he asked panicked
Lilli was tossing and turning in her sleep, Keaton was plaguing her dreams again.
"We'll be together forever Lilli," Keaton told her. "You and me the way its supposed to be."
"No, Keaton, I love Paul, Paul is the only man I will ever love."
"You loved me once," he told her
"A long time ago Keaton, but I have Paul now and I know what it feels like to be really loved and appreciated and cared about," she told him. "You never treated me the way he does, what we had wasn't real love."
"It WAS!" Keaton roared and slapped her across the face. "We'll be together Lilli."
"I'd rather die than spend another second with you," she told him as tears fell down her cheeks.
"That can be arranged," he told her and pulled a knife from his pocket and walked over to her and held it up.
"No," Lilli pleaded. "NO!" she yelled as he brought the knife down.
"NOOOOOOOOOO!" Lilli yelled sitting up in the bed. She looked around and saw Paul was gone. Where was he. She looked over to the door and saw him running through it a few seconds later.
"What's wrong Lilli?" he asked panicked.
"Keaton, had a knife, he was going to kill me," she told him as tears fell down her cheeks.
"You don't have to worry about him anymore." Paul assured her as he sat down next to her and wrapped her arms around her. "He can't hurt you."
"Where were you?" she asked.
"I went to call Sam," he answered. "But I was never far princess," he told her and she nodded. "Do you want something to eat?" he asked her.
"Not right now, I think I'll try to go back to sleep," she told him and he nodded.
"Go ahead princess," he smiled and she laid back down and he pulled the blanket over her and laid down beside her. "I'm not going anywhere," he told her. "I love you."
"I love you to," Lilli murmured as she drifted back to sleep.
