Chapter 44
I look out of my bedroom window. Snow has finally hit the ground. Thank god. Sam thought he was slick wanting to blame me for the demise of the relationship but it's more to it. Jacob is nothing but a child who only wants one thing and that's Bella. She can have him. I am so over him. I turn myself around appearing in Paul's house to see him eating a sandwich at his counter.
He put the sandwich down and looks at me as I sit down on his couch. I open all of the windows in the living room. It still reeks of old sex, liquor, and yeast infections. "You the only one with the yeast infection." He say going back to eating. I laugh getting back up and walking towards him. "Sarah loves being in your house for some reason unlike her daddy." I say deciding to go into the fridge.
"I love your house by the way. It's small. It's no wall to block the kitchen. It's one hall. No upstairs. It's just plain small and I love it, Paul." I say dumping the old milk carton into the trash can. It was way past it's expiration date. He just looks at me. "What's wrong? Jacob doesn't want you." "The same reason Bella doesn't want a man who's leaving dead bodies in their wake." I say grabbing his bread and he clap his hand on top of mine.
It get silent as we both stare at each other. "I'm loving it, Paul. I wonder do Sam know." I say. He just looks at me. "Paul, you look real handsome. No wonder people would actually kill for you." I say. He squeezes on my hand and I try to move my hand out of his grip but he keeps a tight hold on it. "What are you talking about?" He asks. "I'm talking about the girl who you brought into your home the other night was found murdered in her home." I say.
He just looks in my face. I look into his. "I know you watch the news." "You'll make up anything?" Sam asks in the doorway before Paul can respond. I look at Paul who just stares in my face. Sam looks at me. "Yeah, Sam. I just keep on doing my thing to find a way to keep visiting Paul." I say trying again with my hand and this time he lets it go. I closes the fridge door and open up a cabinet and dump everything out of it. The cans and boxes of cereal spill all on the floor.
"Don't take your frustrations out on Paul because you cheated." Sam say. "I didn't cheat, Sam." I say trying again with another cabinet but feeling arms wrapping around me. I look up to see Paul staring down at me. He tries to move me but can't. "Lacie." Sam say. "Sam, I just want to talk to Paul for a few minutes. What harm is it by talking to him? I am pregnant." I say to Paul. He unwrap his arms.
"Okay, talk to him." Sam say. I turn around to face Paul. He looks in my face. I look at his beautiful light brown eyes. "Your eyes are what attract women to you along with your face and body." I say and lift up his shirt to look at his abs. "Those will do too. Paul." I say and grab his shirt pulling him towards me. Sam walks up a little bit. "I just want to know do you know what you are doing?" I ask as he lean his ear towards me. Oh, so he does.
"Lacie." Sam say. "Sam, I have nothing else to do and you two look alike. No wonder you two are cousins. I just want him to know that someone is obviously is following him and that serial killer is still on the loose murdering girls. You do not watch the news, Sam?" I ask letting Paul's shirt go. "I watch the news, Lacie. No one is following Paul. He's careful." Sam say looking at him.
"You don't need to follow nobody when you know the exact spot in Forks were you go to pick up ladies in the same bar at the same exact time and all you need is a face. You should see how many high schoolers hang out at night, Sam." I say looking at Paul who walks back to his seat. "Paul, is she telling the truth?" Sam asks. I look at Paul waiting on him to answer. "No." He answers looking at Sam.
"It's whatever. I hope this person who is going around killing these girls is not the same person who I have in my head." "You don't want to do anything dangerous and harm Sarah." "I can protect myself, Sam." I say watching Paul eat his sandwich while glaring at me. "Get your yeast infection ass out my house." He growls out. My jaw drop. I don't have a yeast infection. "Lacie." Sam say.
I walk out of the kitchen and try to knock the bread off the counter but Paul holds onto it. I stop walking to look at Paul. He looks at me. "Paul, I don't want to go to the police because someone will recognize and connect the dots that they left with you each time you left the bar. That's two girls." I yell holding up two fingers. "Lacie, get out his house." Sam say. I walk out out the house and stop on the steps as Sam closes the door.
"Do I really got a yeast infection?" I ask him. "You smell like you're getting one." He say helping me down the steps. "Mr. Howard didn't give it to you." I hear Paul shout from inside the house. "Did he?" Sam asks. "I don't know what you talking about, Sam. I'm done for the day." I say holding my hand out to catch some of the snow flakes. Times like this I love to have my grey hair out. Sam leads me towards the forest.
I sip on my virgin Long Island Ice Tea while rocking to the rock music that's playing in the juxebox that's in the corner of the bar. Red's Wild's Bar, a ghost town for only those looking for quick hook ups and freebies in the dirty restroom were I'm sure someone is getting it in now. Paul and a STD woman. I'm sitting in the corner in the booth of the bar wearing a long hair wig.
It cost me six dollars. I'm just scooping out of the bar and watching who comes in from the front door. So, far. I've seen a couple of guys. Two high school girls who looks to be seniors. A blond woman who I couldn't see because she had too much make-up on and that was about it. I finish my tea up making sure I get the sugar that's down at the bottom.
My sugar level is a little bit low. I burp in my hand and turn around to survey the bar again when I notice a man trying to hide his face with a menu. That's just an insult to the menu because the food is crap and he looks suspicious. I sigh sliding out of the booth and grabbing my glass and making my way towards the bar. Two girls looks my way rolling their eyes at me.
"Can you hand me another one, Earl?" I ask holding my glass out and he grabs a water bottle and pours it into my cup while the two girls gives me the nastiest stares ever. "You had enough, Mira." Earl, the bartender say. "You make it seem I'm drunk." I say using the straw to stir the ice cubes around. "You shouldn't be drinking anyway." One of the girls say looking at my stomach.
"It's just ice tea. Earl has a problem when it comes to hot women denying him their numbers." I say and fake almost tripping on a stool. I hear scoffs and whispering. "Opps." I say getting fixing my shirt and making my way back to the booth as Earl follows me. I sit back down and he cleans the bar top looking in my direction. "No more." He say making me laugh while I drink on the nasty water.
I check my cellphone to see if I have any text messages or phone calls. None of at all. I turn back around to see the girls from the bar looking my way and the guy long gone. I am so slicking. I turn back around to see him sitting at my table. "How you doing, Lacie?" He asks me and I notice the blond hair woman leaving out of the bar. "I'm doing good." I say getting out of the booth but Dr. Roberts grabs my arm making me sit back down.
"What are you doing?" He asks me. Plan gone again. "I was just relaxing and things. Someone must've called you." I say fixing my shirt and drinking out of my glass again. "A friend of mine. What you doing?" "I was just relaxing but it's over now." I say grabbing my things again and getting up from the booth just in time to see Paul walking into the bar. He stand staring me in the face as Dr. Roberts gets up too. "Let's go." He say grabbing my hand and leading me out of the bar while Paul eyes stay on us. I just get in Dr. Roberts car and taking off my wig as he drives us out of the parking lot. I just put on my seatbelt resting my head on the car window.
I wait on the couch and hear Paul opening up his bedroom door. I look down the hall to see him closing the door and looking right in my face. I get up and walk down the hallway to try to go into his bedroom but he blocks my way. "Who is in there?" I ask out of breath and feeling my heart beating fast. He forcibly grabs me by the arm and force me on the couch where I lay down.
I feel dizzy and close my eyes to try to catch my breath. I open my eyes to see him trying to open up one of the living room window but can't. "I'm not done talking." I say sitting up and looking at him sitting down in a chair. "Who's in the back?" I ask getting up and speed walking towards the bedroom door and opening it up to see that it's nobody.
I cover my nose and close the door with Paul looking in the fridge. The smell is terrible. I walk back and sit at the kitchen counter. I tap my fingers waiting on him to speak but he doesn't say anything. "Paul, this is serious and you are getting out of control in your ways. I don't know how you are but I want to ask you this serious question and I want you to answer it to the best of your ability." I say feeling my head starting to hurt from the smell.
I rub on my nose and swallow down a lump. "Did you trash my house?" I strain out. Speak. He turns around to face me. "No." He say making me grin hard. I love his teeth and Paul is kind of hot. I'm getting off subject. "That's all I wanted to know." I say getting up from the chair and rushing towards the bathroom. I throw up in the toilet. This house stink to the core. I flush the toilet with my foot.
Paul might be nasty on the germ side and not like to wash his hands. I hurry out of the bathroom to see Jacob looking into the window at me. I close the bathroom door and see Paul still in the kitchen. I open the front door up were the pack is standing in the front yard with the exception of Leah, Brady, and Collin. I walk out of the house closing the door.
They all look at me. Quil shake his head at me. I gag fanning my nose. I take my time sniffing in the fresh air. I hear the front doorknob jiggling behind me. Jared rub on his face. That house is tearing up my stomach. "Okay, I'm done." I say seeing Paul leaning against the window and I look at his abs and nipples. It get silence as the snow hits my head wetting it. Paul gives me the coldest look ever making me smile.
Jacob sadly looks at me. Quil shake his head while Embry just stares into my face. I guess my secret is out. He doesn't say anything just looks at me. "Lacie, come to the house. It's real cold out here." Jared say to me but all I can see is red from Paul looking at me. Jared helps me down the steps slowly. "Jacob." I say to him. He shake his head. "I give you permission to go out and sleep with any girl." "Lacie." Jared say.
Quil shake his head. "I didn't want you to find out. No, Jared." I say when he tries to lead me into the forest. "I was going to tell you what happened but then I got caught up with Paul and catching him with one of the girls who was murdered. It's just blew into nothing and you can't be sad because we do not have a relationship. I am not going to beg you but all I ask is for your support as a friend and maybe we can get back that friendship that we had. All I am going to say because I don't beg nobody." I say and look at Jared.
He leads me into the forest as Jacob. Jared opens his mouth. "I did not care. I am sick of the games that he is playing and he does not for one think about my feelings, Jared." He doesn't say anything as he leads me toward Sam's house. "You can't keep popping up and we have to stop patrolling just to come get you." "I am safe in the most fierce house possible on the tribe." "Paul is not stable." "Paul will not hurt me nor Sarah. I trust him. This baby will be his niece." I say. "Just stay from Paul's house for some time, Lacie." I nod my head.
I'm in the kitchen finishing making my ham sandwich. My stomach has been hurting and I call Dr. Roberts. He doesn't think I'm miscarrying or going into labor. I'll stop doing my night trips and I think my powers is what did it. I used them three days straight without no rest. Jacob heart looked so broken. I think he'll be okay. I open the curtain over the sink to look at the snow that's on the ground.
I rub on my stomach and pull down my shirt. It's a real small shirt. So, it won't go too far down. I sigh grabbing my plate and walking into the living room to watch me a Christmas movie. I set the plate down and realize that I forgot to get me something to drink. I get back up and walk to the kitchen. I wonder what Mr. Howard is doing. I know he sulking to the core after cheating on his wife.
I open the fridge and grab out a bottle of ice tea and close my door hearing the a knock on my door. "It's 10: 42 at night." I say walking out of the kitchen and setting the bottle on the coffee table. I wipe my hands on my shorts. "Who is it?" I ask. "It's me." Nurse Miller say. What she doing that my house? I walk back and grab my bat that I picked up from the store one time for security.
"I'm not opening that door. You have no business visiting me at this time, Nurse Miller." I say sitting back on the couch and grabbing my cellphone incase she wants to try something. "I really need to talk to you." "I am sorry, Nurse Miller but you need to leave from my house before I call the cops." "Please, Lacie." She pleads. I sigh getting back up and walking to the front door.
I breathe out before opening the door. "Come in, Nurse Miller." I say. She nods walking in trekking snow into the house and on my white carpet. Speaking of carpet, that stain is there. I close the door. She better not try again. She takes off her coat and sit down on the couch. I lock the door and sit on the couch across from her. "Is everything okay, Nurse Miller?" I ask looking at the clock.
"I just wanted to ask you a few questions concerning about your visit to the local bar." She say. Oh, Dr. Roberts must've told her or Mr. Howard. "I use to go there when I was in that rebel stage before I changed my views." I lie. "And, I happen to see you with a particular guy." "What guy?" I ask confused. "The one with the black motorcycle coat." "Oh, you mean Paul." I say getting who she is talking about.
"His name is not Paul." She say in a tone. I guess she had a round of Paul. "He told me his name was Paul one time." I say grabbing my plate and taking a bite of the sandwich. "Are you his girlfriend?" "No, I am not. Bella is." "Bella is not his girlfriend." She say. Okay, this is not the Nurse Miller that I know about. "Paul is a player who does one night stands for fun, Nurse Miller. I should know." I say putting the plate down.
"You had sex with him." "No, I am a friend of his and he goes bar hopping for different girls. Jacob is his friend. I was just visiting him. He's a player and I don't want in any of that mess that goes on with him. Bella's his ex-girlfriend." "I did not know he had a girlfriend." "Yeah, he has plenty of them. He's a player for panties, Nurse Miller. Sorry, if he got you." I say grabbing my sandwich.
"He didn't get me." "This week. I don't deal in Paul's relationship. He's Jacob's friend. He's a player or whatever." I say chewing and putting my sandwich back on the plate. "Right, I wanted to talk to you about Mr. Howard." Oh, Dr. Roberts probably told her. "It's no need for us to talk because it's nothing between us." "You had sex with him." "What I had is none of your business?" I say.
"Is that his baby?" "No, it is not. This is my daughter and I will never deny her father's heritage." I say. She gives a smile grin. Hm. "Is that his baby?" "You did not just hear me. This is not his baby." I say. "I hope not." "I don't know how you can hope not." "You slept with my best friend's husband." She say. "No, I did not. Who told you that lied to the core. I don't know." I say getting up from my couch.
It's time for her to leave. I look at her still sitting on the couch. "You slept with my best friend's husband." "You slept with my friend's boyfriend." I say to her. "I don't know what you talking about." "See, this is where you made the mistake stepping to me. Either you get up or I throw you out for ruining my friend's relationship. Paul is nothing but an STD passer going around sleeping with the whole high school. I saw you at the bar, Nurse Miller." I say.
Her face changes up. "I do not know what you talking about." "I know your blond hair and your body from anybody. You think he is the only girl that he had." "That's my business." She say. I calm down. I don't want to have a heart attack attacking this later. "You slept with Mr. Howard." "I did no such thing." "You can deny it all you want. I know what you did." "And, I know what you did."
"Oh, I'm the serial killer going around murdering those girls." She say. I keep my anger in check. "I am not admitting anything because I did no such thing and be damn you going around following behind me for the rest of my life worrying about Mr. Howard and this so called Neil the player. I am going to need to ask you to get up and leave out of my house." I say walking to the front door and opening it up for her.
"I do not know what you talking about. I do not know nor have I had phsyical contact with this man Mr. Howard. Thank you." I say to her grabbing her coat off the couch. "You slept-" "I never did. Take that matter to Neil. Thank you and do not come back to my house again." I say as she walks up to me. I look at her. "I don't want to throw you in jail and have the whole school coming at you as a crazy nurse stalking. Please, can you leave out of my house." I say while she stares in my face.
"Get off my property before I call the cops and your boss. You act as a teacher and not a crazy woman." I say. She just stands there. "No one will believe you." "Okay, Nurse Miller. I am five months pregnant and you are not going to stress me out and make me lose my baby." I say closing the door and she sticks her foot in the way. Okay. I walk away towards my cellphone to call 911.
"You-" "You're a desperate woman to come at my house at ten at night and confront me about Neil and Mr. Howard. I think you need to leave before I call 911." I say picking up my phone. She leaves out of my house. I get up from the couch and hurry to close the door incase she wanna pull out a weapon and shoot me. Nurse Miller, you have problems. I sigh locking the door and walking back towards the couch and sitting down on it. I rest on the couch hoping to get some nap down. The day has just went by like crazy.