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Chapter 11

Colleen ate supper quietly, and then moved on to doing her chores for the tenant. She spotted Scott mowing the lawn, and gazed at him for a moment. She then knelt and continued pulling weeds. There was no way she would ever believe in Daisy's stupid tarot cards, however her prediction did shake her up. Especially because she had this constant feeling of being watched.

"Keep your cool, Colleen," she said to herself.

Scott glanced at Colleen every now and then. He'd heard about Daisy's card reading and felt for her. All through supper she hadn't said a word, and she hadn't even glanced at him. Suddenly Shelby, who hadn't talked to him either, approached.

"I just had a talk with Peter," she yelled over the roar of the motor. Scott turned it off and sat down on the grass rubbing the sweat from his eyes. Shelby sat by him and he waited for her to talk.

"Adam has apparently broken into Colleen's house and stole her records that were on their computer," she paused, "He knows she's at Horizon." Scott gave her a shocked look. He desperately wanted to say something.

"Anyway we're all supposed to keep an eye on her and make sure she's never alone. Oh, and we're not supposed to say anything to her. I'm sure you won't have a problem with keeping an eye on her....or you lips...." she threw him an evil glare.

He gave her the most sorry filled look he's ever given anyone and she smiled at him. "Scott, I forgive you for trying to kiss her, because she got you back, but if you really aren't happy with me.....then tell me before you go and fool around with someone else. I really can't handle being cheated on."

Scott stood up and pulled Shelby along with him, he pulled her into his arms and without words told her that he still cared for her. She walked away and he gazed after her for a long time. Then he glanced at Colleen again. Okay, so maybe her problems were a little rougher than most people's. He vowed to himself to always watch he rand protect her from Adam, for some reason he felt like it was his responsibility......but he wasn't sure why.

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In the woods he watched, clutching her files to his heart along with her pictures. She was so beautiful, sitting there slaving away. He took a drag of his smoke and discarded it. ~She thought she could escape me by coming here~ he thought to himself, ~won't she be surprised!~ He then pulled out the officer's gun and gazed at it smiling.

"When the time is right, pretty little Colleen," he whispered aloud then chuckled. If he couldn't have her, then no one would and he'd make sure of that. "I'll give you one more night," he retreated back into the forest towards his camp.

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Colleen had finally finished her chores and as the evening neared she sat on the picnic table trying to finish her homework. She now knew why she had this constant feeling of being watched. Every time she looked up a councillor was nearby........staring at her. Something was up. After a while she became fed up and returned to her cabin.

"Hey Colleen, wanna join us in our game of scrabble?" Juliette greeted her with a smile, "we're using words that describe what we're feeling or what we think of ourselves. Sophie say it'll help you to open up more and....."

Colleen interrupted her, "I'm tired, cranky, and I don't have time for games."

Juliette shrugged and her and Kat went back to the game. Daisy was once again looking at her cards and Shelby was asleep. Colleen put on her pj's and then lay facing Daisy.

After a few moments she spoke, "Those cards are useless you know........they create false hopes and fears."

Daisy stared blankly at her, "you may wanna think that.....but I can tell you now, they never lie."

"So your saying that for sure I'm gonna die?"

Daisy thought a moment, "No..........it means that death will enter your life soon, like someone you know may die. Strange..........how I can put death and life in the same sentence as if either of them meant nothing. They coincide with each other, yet they're completely opposite."

Colleen rolled her eyes, "Don't get all intellectual with me Goth girl. Death is death, you go rot in a wooden coffin beneath a bunch of mud. There's nothing intriguing about it." Colleen rolled over and closed her eyes. She wished she could reassure herself somehow, about the cards.....and death. Scott was right, everything about her was an act.

A creaking noise, jolted Colleen awake. The cabin was dark except for the glow of Juliette's digital clock. It read 1:27am. Knowing she wouldn't be able to fall back to sleep, Colleen grabbed a pen and some papers then grabbed her smokes and headed for the docks. As she stepped outside she glanced around nervously, then scolded herself for being afraid. If Adam knew where she was he'd probably already have confronted her. Plus no one had heard anything about him, and her mother would have surely said something if she had. She walked down the path that lead to the lake and then sat with her feet dangling in the water. The night was warm and humid without even the smallest breeze. She lit a smoke and started writing her letter to Scott. It made her sad to think about how the others saw her, Scott made it pretty clear that no one was even sympathetic. She wrote a little then scribbled it out and started again. This was hard, she desperately wanted to write down everything she though about Scott, but then of course it wouldn't be an apology letter.

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He watched her take a long drag of her smoke and how she became frustrated with what she wrote.

"All alone......," he said aloud then shook his head, "Not tonight though, no......one more night."

How he longed to go and sit by her and hold her, and kiss her. This angered him, because he knew she wouldn't let him, "That's why you'll die!" he broke a stick off the tree in a sudden burst of anger then froze.

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Colleen snapped her head up. The noise came from the woods, she threw her smoke away and stood quickly dropping her pen into the water.

"Who's......" her voice came out in a whimper, then she regained herself, "Who's there? Scott? If thats you, I'll kick your ass."

"There was silence. Colleen stooped to grab her papers and turned quickly to walk away, smacking head on with someone. She screamed then felt a hand clamp over her mouth.