Chapter 19
The next morning Theresa woke up first to see Fox beside her, she softly smiled, nothing would come between them. She reached out and gently traced his lips with her fingers. He looked so peaceful; she bent down and gently brushed her lips against his forehead.
Fox groaned and opened his eyes to see Theresa gazing intently at him. He grinned and reached out to caress her cheek.
"Morning Gorgeous."
"Morning."
"Any plans for today?" he asked.
"Not yet, why? Do you have anything in mind?"
"I haven't given much thought to it, but...maybe we can have lunch together and take a walk?"
She smiled, "Sounds good."
"Great"
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The both of them were walking on the sidewalk near the mall, Theresa was just doing some catching up with Fox and asking what he had been doing these three months.
But his mind was floating along somewhere else; he kept remembering the scary phone call he had gotten about Theresa. Fox knew that it was silly of him to worry about something like this, but what if it all hadn't been a lie? What if some crazy maniac was out to get Theresa? He shook his head trying to get the thoughts out.
"Fox?" Theresa ran her fingers through his hair.
"Yeah?"
"Are you all right?"
"Er, yeah...why?"
"You seem kind of distant, are you sure nothing is wrong?" Theresa was concerned, she knew that look on his face, it always meant something.
Fox flashed her a smile and squeezed her hand "I'm fine."
He turned around and looked, he got a feeling someone was stalking them. He held Theresa's hand tighter and put his other arm around her waist. If someone were here for Theresa, they would have to face him first. Fox sped up dragging Theresa with him.
She looked at him oddly, "Why the sudden speed?"
"Exercise."
In the corner of his eye, he saw someone dressed in black following them just a few feet away. Fox stopped suddenly.
"Theresa, I saw a hotdog vendor nearby, I'll grab us something to eat, why don't you go shop for a while?" he pointed to a fancy clothes store.
"All right, come back soon." she called out walking toward the door.
"I will." Fox watched her until she got in safely. Suddenly he turned around with lightening speed , hoping to catch the so-called stalker. He did, the person immediately ran into a dark alley, Fox needed to know who it was so it would ease his conscience so he followed.
Luckily the alley had a dead end so the mysterious person was trapped. Fox cautiously walked a little closer, he was frightened to be honest, what if there was a whole bunch of these people and were about to jump out at him?
"Leave..." the muffled voice stated and slid their hat a little down trying to conceal their face.
But Fox has fast reflexes; he immediately pulled the hat off and looked at the familiar face with a shocked and horrified expression.
"D-Danielle?"
She flashed an evil grin "Hey baby."
"W-what are.... how did.... why..." he was stammering, this wasn't making any sense to him.
"Surprised to see me? Expecting to never see me again? Well you're wrong, when I said I would be by your side forever, I meant it."
"Were you the one that called...the prank call?"
"Maybe yes, maybe no, besides I don't do prank calls, everything I say, I do."
Fox flinched, he knew that Danielle had been the one, hopefully she wouldn't do anything to Theresa.
"Aren't you supposed to be in...."
"Jail? What can I say? They loved me so much, they let me out early." she reached out and stroked his cheek but he caught hold of her arm and set it back down.
"Why are you here?"
"Why do you think? We are supposed to be together but some things came between us, but now I'm back!"
"Unfortunately..." he muttered.
"That was three years ago, and was a huge mistake. I'm with Theresa now and we're happy together."
"Whatever Fox, you can lie to yourself but not to me, I can tell. Dump that cheap floozy and come back to me."
"What?! No, how many times do I have to tell you that?"
Danielle pulled him closer to her "Why don't you come over to my place and tell me again?" she whispered, nibbling on his ear slightly.
"Get away from me!" Fox shoved her back against a wall.
"Playing hard to get? I can deal with that, it's more fun this way."
"Get a life Danielle." he walked back about to leave when she pulled her back by the collar of his shirt.
"You do what I tell you, or you can say goodbye to that little whore."
"Shut up!"
Fox watched her as she pulled a sharp knife out of her pocket, his eyes widened in horror.
"How do you think little Miss. Theresa would feel if she got stabbed in the stomach with this?"
"N-no, you wouldn't."
"You know I would." Danielle lightly slid the knife down his arm, he closed his eyes in fear.
"Fox, don't make this hard, leave her and come back to me. Otherwise you'll be attending her funeral very soon."
"Please, don't."
"Just follow my every plan."
'God, I don't want to do this but I need to keep Theresa safe' he sadly thought. "Fine, what do you want me to do?"
Danielle smiled and caressed his face "Good, I'll tell you my plans soon, you won't miss them."
Fox walked back out of the alley sighing, what was he going to do? This exact thing would pull Theresa and him apart.
"Enjoy her while you can." he heard Danielle call out.
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He walked into the store looking for Theresa when he saw her trying on clothes.
"Theresa?"
"Fox, how do you like this?" she spun around in her long pink dress with floral printing on it.
"It's nice." he was still quite distracted. Theresa waved her hand in front of his face.
"You have that look on your face again."
"What look?"
"That distracted one, as if you're in another planet."
"I'm fine, don't worry. How many outfits did you try on?"
"Not a lot, hold on." she ran back into the fitting room and came back out a minute later.
She strutted up and down the empty room modeling her dress, Fox eyed her smiling. She was wearing a pale blue dress held up by spaghetti straps, she looked stunning.
Fox whistled and she blushed.
"You look gorgeous."
"Really?"
"Yes."
"Thanks, I think I'll get it." she walked back into the room taking it off. When she came out she was smiling sweetly at him, batting her eyelashes.
"Fox?" she leaned up and began giving him soft kisses.
"You need money right?"
She grinned "Well if you insist." Fox handed his credit card over.
"Is there anything you want to get?" she asked.
Fox looked around the room, this was a women's store, what would he find in here? But he eyed something that he liked, he walked over and grabbed it off the rack. He handed it over to Theresa.
"Buy this." he stated.
Theresa looked it over and laughed, it was two-piece bathing suit that was quite sheer and revealing.
"You want this?"
"No, it looks like your style so I assumed that you might want it, plus I don't mind seeing you in it." he winked.
Theresa thrusted it back into his hands and walked off to the cashier, a second later she reappeared in front of him again.
"Do you really want me to get it?"
Fox looked at her surprised, it wasn't quite often that she agreed to buy something that he wanted her to get.
"Why? You wouldn't mind wearing it?"
"If you want me to get it I will."
"You don't see me disapproving do you? Buy it, promise you'll wear it all the time"
"All right, I promise" she took the bathing suit out of his hands and looked it over once more, rolling her eyes, Fox, he was so funny sometimes. She was about to pay the cashier when Fox pulled her back to him once more.
"Why are you suddenly agreeing? You always never liked this kind of clothing."
"Because I love you," she simply answered.
Theresa left him while he sat there absent-minded. She truly loved him but she would never know how much he loved her.
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The both of them walked out of the store hand in hand toward the park. Suddenly a thought came into Theresa's mind, she stared into his empty hands.
"Fox? Weren't you getting something to eat?" she said blankly.
"Er.well.I did buy some food but I got hungry and ate it all the way back."
"I see." She patted his stomach "You better skip dinner tonight, I don't want you getting fat."
Fox forced a laugh. He knew that he wouldn't be spending a whole lot of time with her anymore, so he would savor each precious moment he had with her.
Suddenly a little brunette girl came bounding into Theresa; she was holding a kite and looking at the sky, unaware of the people around her.
" Hey Kiddo. Watch out where you're going." Fox steered her away from the crowd.
"Sorry mister." She said
"It's all right." Fox smiled at her and watched as she walked up toward Theresa.
"Hello lady, would you like to fly my kite?" Theresa looked at Fox and he gave her a small nod.
"Sure."
The little girl handed her the kite and they ran off together making go higher and higher. Fox watched from a few feet away smiling happily, Theresa could be such a kid sometimes.
After a while she came back bouncing into Fox's arm. "She's so adorable, her name is Sally. Do you like her?"
"Yes, she's a nice little girl."
"She reminds me of Sarah."
"Yeah, she does." He wrapped his arms around and kissed her fiercely, not ever wanting to let go.
Theresa pulled apart gasping for air, surprised by his sudden force "I'm going to ask you one last time, are you sure you're all right?"
"Yes, I'm fine" he kissed her on the cheek, everything was going to change. Each kiss, each touch, each embrace counted as something and could be the last one they ever shared.
His cell phone rang and he picked it up.
"Hello?"
The person on the other line laughed, Fox instantly knew it was Danielle. He looked at Theresa and signaled to her that he would be right back, she nodded as he quickly gave her arm a squeeze. Fox walked toward a more quiet area.
"Geez, stop trying to interfere with my life, let me enjoy my time alone with Theresa!"
"No, I don't want you to be lip-locking her in front of me, you can do whatever you want in your house, bedroom, but if I'm there, don't even think about."
"What? Where the hell are you?"
"Look toward your little princess."
So he did, he saw Theresa walking around collecting flowers, she looked toward him and caught onto his eye contact, she smiled at him. He gave her a small wave, but saw someone on the bench. It was Danielle, all in black and she was talking on her cell phone. She grinned wickedly at him.
"Why are you following us?"
"I don't need to explain to you."
He glanced at her pockets and saw the knife glimmer from the sun, plus she wasn't that far from Theresa, who knows what she could to her.
"Look, just stay away from her."
"I'll do what I want."
"Whatever just leave us alone for a while."
"Fine, but just know that I won't be far behind."
Fox pressed the off button and watched Danielle get up from the bench and leave. He walked back to Theresa.
"Anything wrong?"
"Nope, just a client."
"All right."
He put his arm around her,
"Let's go."
She nodded as they walked back toward their house.
The next morning Theresa woke up first to see Fox beside her, she softly smiled, nothing would come between them. She reached out and gently traced his lips with her fingers. He looked so peaceful; she bent down and gently brushed her lips against his forehead.
Fox groaned and opened his eyes to see Theresa gazing intently at him. He grinned and reached out to caress her cheek.
"Morning Gorgeous."
"Morning."
"Any plans for today?" he asked.
"Not yet, why? Do you have anything in mind?"
"I haven't given much thought to it, but...maybe we can have lunch together and take a walk?"
She smiled, "Sounds good."
"Great"
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The both of them were walking on the sidewalk near the mall, Theresa was just doing some catching up with Fox and asking what he had been doing these three months.
But his mind was floating along somewhere else; he kept remembering the scary phone call he had gotten about Theresa. Fox knew that it was silly of him to worry about something like this, but what if it all hadn't been a lie? What if some crazy maniac was out to get Theresa? He shook his head trying to get the thoughts out.
"Fox?" Theresa ran her fingers through his hair.
"Yeah?"
"Are you all right?"
"Er, yeah...why?"
"You seem kind of distant, are you sure nothing is wrong?" Theresa was concerned, she knew that look on his face, it always meant something.
Fox flashed her a smile and squeezed her hand "I'm fine."
He turned around and looked, he got a feeling someone was stalking them. He held Theresa's hand tighter and put his other arm around her waist. If someone were here for Theresa, they would have to face him first. Fox sped up dragging Theresa with him.
She looked at him oddly, "Why the sudden speed?"
"Exercise."
In the corner of his eye, he saw someone dressed in black following them just a few feet away. Fox stopped suddenly.
"Theresa, I saw a hotdog vendor nearby, I'll grab us something to eat, why don't you go shop for a while?" he pointed to a fancy clothes store.
"All right, come back soon." she called out walking toward the door.
"I will." Fox watched her until she got in safely. Suddenly he turned around with lightening speed , hoping to catch the so-called stalker. He did, the person immediately ran into a dark alley, Fox needed to know who it was so it would ease his conscience so he followed.
Luckily the alley had a dead end so the mysterious person was trapped. Fox cautiously walked a little closer, he was frightened to be honest, what if there was a whole bunch of these people and were about to jump out at him?
"Leave..." the muffled voice stated and slid their hat a little down trying to conceal their face.
But Fox has fast reflexes; he immediately pulled the hat off and looked at the familiar face with a shocked and horrified expression.
"D-Danielle?"
She flashed an evil grin "Hey baby."
"W-what are.... how did.... why..." he was stammering, this wasn't making any sense to him.
"Surprised to see me? Expecting to never see me again? Well you're wrong, when I said I would be by your side forever, I meant it."
"Were you the one that called...the prank call?"
"Maybe yes, maybe no, besides I don't do prank calls, everything I say, I do."
Fox flinched, he knew that Danielle had been the one, hopefully she wouldn't do anything to Theresa.
"Aren't you supposed to be in...."
"Jail? What can I say? They loved me so much, they let me out early." she reached out and stroked his cheek but he caught hold of her arm and set it back down.
"Why are you here?"
"Why do you think? We are supposed to be together but some things came between us, but now I'm back!"
"Unfortunately..." he muttered.
"That was three years ago, and was a huge mistake. I'm with Theresa now and we're happy together."
"Whatever Fox, you can lie to yourself but not to me, I can tell. Dump that cheap floozy and come back to me."
"What?! No, how many times do I have to tell you that?"
Danielle pulled him closer to her "Why don't you come over to my place and tell me again?" she whispered, nibbling on his ear slightly.
"Get away from me!" Fox shoved her back against a wall.
"Playing hard to get? I can deal with that, it's more fun this way."
"Get a life Danielle." he walked back about to leave when she pulled her back by the collar of his shirt.
"You do what I tell you, or you can say goodbye to that little whore."
"Shut up!"
Fox watched her as she pulled a sharp knife out of her pocket, his eyes widened in horror.
"How do you think little Miss. Theresa would feel if she got stabbed in the stomach with this?"
"N-no, you wouldn't."
"You know I would." Danielle lightly slid the knife down his arm, he closed his eyes in fear.
"Fox, don't make this hard, leave her and come back to me. Otherwise you'll be attending her funeral very soon."
"Please, don't."
"Just follow my every plan."
'God, I don't want to do this but I need to keep Theresa safe' he sadly thought. "Fine, what do you want me to do?"
Danielle smiled and caressed his face "Good, I'll tell you my plans soon, you won't miss them."
Fox walked back out of the alley sighing, what was he going to do? This exact thing would pull Theresa and him apart.
"Enjoy her while you can." he heard Danielle call out.
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He walked into the store looking for Theresa when he saw her trying on clothes.
"Theresa?"
"Fox, how do you like this?" she spun around in her long pink dress with floral printing on it.
"It's nice." he was still quite distracted. Theresa waved her hand in front of his face.
"You have that look on your face again."
"What look?"
"That distracted one, as if you're in another planet."
"I'm fine, don't worry. How many outfits did you try on?"
"Not a lot, hold on." she ran back into the fitting room and came back out a minute later.
She strutted up and down the empty room modeling her dress, Fox eyed her smiling. She was wearing a pale blue dress held up by spaghetti straps, she looked stunning.
Fox whistled and she blushed.
"You look gorgeous."
"Really?"
"Yes."
"Thanks, I think I'll get it." she walked back into the room taking it off. When she came out she was smiling sweetly at him, batting her eyelashes.
"Fox?" she leaned up and began giving him soft kisses.
"You need money right?"
She grinned "Well if you insist." Fox handed his credit card over.
"Is there anything you want to get?" she asked.
Fox looked around the room, this was a women's store, what would he find in here? But he eyed something that he liked, he walked over and grabbed it off the rack. He handed it over to Theresa.
"Buy this." he stated.
Theresa looked it over and laughed, it was two-piece bathing suit that was quite sheer and revealing.
"You want this?"
"No, it looks like your style so I assumed that you might want it, plus I don't mind seeing you in it." he winked.
Theresa thrusted it back into his hands and walked off to the cashier, a second later she reappeared in front of him again.
"Do you really want me to get it?"
Fox looked at her surprised, it wasn't quite often that she agreed to buy something that he wanted her to get.
"Why? You wouldn't mind wearing it?"
"If you want me to get it I will."
"You don't see me disapproving do you? Buy it, promise you'll wear it all the time"
"All right, I promise" she took the bathing suit out of his hands and looked it over once more, rolling her eyes, Fox, he was so funny sometimes. She was about to pay the cashier when Fox pulled her back to him once more.
"Why are you suddenly agreeing? You always never liked this kind of clothing."
"Because I love you," she simply answered.
Theresa left him while he sat there absent-minded. She truly loved him but she would never know how much he loved her.
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The both of them walked out of the store hand in hand toward the park. Suddenly a thought came into Theresa's mind, she stared into his empty hands.
"Fox? Weren't you getting something to eat?" she said blankly.
"Er.well.I did buy some food but I got hungry and ate it all the way back."
"I see." She patted his stomach "You better skip dinner tonight, I don't want you getting fat."
Fox forced a laugh. He knew that he wouldn't be spending a whole lot of time with her anymore, so he would savor each precious moment he had with her.
Suddenly a little brunette girl came bounding into Theresa; she was holding a kite and looking at the sky, unaware of the people around her.
" Hey Kiddo. Watch out where you're going." Fox steered her away from the crowd.
"Sorry mister." She said
"It's all right." Fox smiled at her and watched as she walked up toward Theresa.
"Hello lady, would you like to fly my kite?" Theresa looked at Fox and he gave her a small nod.
"Sure."
The little girl handed her the kite and they ran off together making go higher and higher. Fox watched from a few feet away smiling happily, Theresa could be such a kid sometimes.
After a while she came back bouncing into Fox's arm. "She's so adorable, her name is Sally. Do you like her?"
"Yes, she's a nice little girl."
"She reminds me of Sarah."
"Yeah, she does." He wrapped his arms around and kissed her fiercely, not ever wanting to let go.
Theresa pulled apart gasping for air, surprised by his sudden force "I'm going to ask you one last time, are you sure you're all right?"
"Yes, I'm fine" he kissed her on the cheek, everything was going to change. Each kiss, each touch, each embrace counted as something and could be the last one they ever shared.
His cell phone rang and he picked it up.
"Hello?"
The person on the other line laughed, Fox instantly knew it was Danielle. He looked at Theresa and signaled to her that he would be right back, she nodded as he quickly gave her arm a squeeze. Fox walked toward a more quiet area.
"Geez, stop trying to interfere with my life, let me enjoy my time alone with Theresa!"
"No, I don't want you to be lip-locking her in front of me, you can do whatever you want in your house, bedroom, but if I'm there, don't even think about."
"What? Where the hell are you?"
"Look toward your little princess."
So he did, he saw Theresa walking around collecting flowers, she looked toward him and caught onto his eye contact, she smiled at him. He gave her a small wave, but saw someone on the bench. It was Danielle, all in black and she was talking on her cell phone. She grinned wickedly at him.
"Why are you following us?"
"I don't need to explain to you."
He glanced at her pockets and saw the knife glimmer from the sun, plus she wasn't that far from Theresa, who knows what she could to her.
"Look, just stay away from her."
"I'll do what I want."
"Whatever just leave us alone for a while."
"Fine, but just know that I won't be far behind."
Fox pressed the off button and watched Danielle get up from the bench and leave. He walked back to Theresa.
"Anything wrong?"
"Nope, just a client."
"All right."
He put his arm around her,
"Let's go."
She nodded as they walked back toward their house.