The Heart Knows-Ch 52

Derek and Penelope were pulling into their garage and his cell started ringing, he put the car in park and pulled the cell out of his pocket. Penelope said, "I'm going to go on inside", he nodded his head and said, "okay sweetness, how about when I come inside you and I do some celebrating"?, she winked and said, "sounds good hotstuff, sounds gooddddddd" as she opened the door and slid out.

As he watched her walk in front of the car he couldn't help but smile, he hit talk and said, "hello", the voice on the other end of the phone said, "is this Derek Morgan"?, he said, "it is, who's this"?, the voice said, "I'm Abby Hinkle I'm a doctor and I'm placing this call about a Savannah Morgan", Derek said, "she's my ex wife, is she ready to talk"?, Abby said, "sadly no sir".

Derek said, "sadly no, why sadly, what's wrong"?, Abby said, "she's dead, sudden cardiac arrest", Derek said, "how, when"?, she said, "about half an hour ago sir, the reason you were called is that you're still listed as an emergency contact for Savannah". Derek said, "me, but what about her husband"?, Abby said, "we don't have a number for him, he's never called or been here at the hospital so we have no way of getting hold of him".

He sat there not knowing what to say but when Abby said, "sir, sir are you there"?, Derek said, "yes, yes I'm here", Abby said, "is their anything I can do for you sir"?, Derek said, "Abby is their anyway you can do an autopsy on her, she was a healthy woman their was no reason she should have died with a sudden cardiac arrest"?, Abby said, "I'll order the autopsy and when we get the results I'll call you myself with the results".

Derek said, "thank you Abby, I appreciate everything you're doing", Abby said, "I'm so sorry, I hate to be the one that had to tell you, I understand that you have a 4 year old son". Derek said, "yes, Hank, I recently got custody of him because Savannahs new husband was abusing him", Abby sat there for a few minutes listening as Derek filled her in on everything that had happened between him, Savannah and Scott.

Meanwhile inside Penelope walked over to the kitchen and got herself a bottle of water, she opened the door and took out the water, took the lid off and took a sip. She then sighed tiredly and shut the door and was getting ready to make her way into the living room but she stopped when she felt a gun in her ribs, she was whirled around to come face to face with Scott who was smiling wickedly at her.

He said, "welcome home wildcat", she said, "please don't hurt me", Scott touched her cheek and said, "don't worry wildcat I'm not going to hurt you, I'm going to love you the way you deserve". Penelope shook her head and started stepping back, he pulled her closer and crashed his lips against hers, she pushed him away and slapped his face hard and said, "don't you touch me, not now, not ever".

Scott smiled and said, "you really are a wildcat aren't you"?, she said, "please just go, go and I won't tell anybody anything I promise", he said, "sorry beautiful but I can't do that I'm going to show you what it's like to be touched by a real man, not the wimp you married". Penelope laughed and said, "Derek is a real man, he's more man than you'll ever be and don't you forget it".

He stepped closer and slapped her face and said, "shut up, don't you ever talk to me that way again", Penelope said, "w why aren't you with Savannah, she's in the hospital". He said, "yes I know, who do you think put her there but you don't have to worry about her, she's dead, she can't come between us anymore", Penelope said, "come between us, their is no us Scott what's wrong with you"", his hand started roaming all over her body as he pulled her closer.

She grunted in disgust and said, "don't touch me", Scotts hand slid down to her stomach and he said, "welllllllll are you, are you pregnant"?, she didn't say anything and he said, "answer me Penelope, are you pregnant"?, she said, "y y yes, yes I'm pregnant, around 6 weeks", Scott said, "don't worry once we're away from here we'll raise this baby as ours and then we can have more, more of our babies".

Penelope said, "I'd rather die than let you touch me", Scott slapped her across the face again and smiled as he said, "that can be arranged". The smile fell when he felt a gun in his ribs, Derek said, "drop the gun or I'll kill you", Scott dropped the gun and said, "nicely played Derek, how much of that did you hear"?, Derek kicked the gun away and said, "enough to know you killed Savannah and were going to kidnap my wife and unborn child".

Penelope stepped away and Derek said, "are you alright baby girl"?, she said, "I'm alright, I'm alright" as her hand went protectively to her stomach. Scott said, "now what"?, Derek said, "now I'm placing you under arrest, anything you say can and will be held against you", out of nowhere Scott turned around and they started wrestling over the gun, seconds later the air was filled with Penelopes scream and the sound of a gunshot as two bodies fell to the ground.