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A/N: Well, here is yet another update. However, I have good news to report. I have another story idea surging in my head. I am not sure if I'll get the chapter up tonight or not, but rest assured that there is another work in progress on its way!!!! Now, on with this story!!
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11:00 Rebecca sat in her car for a few moments longer before finally picking up her cell phone and dialing a number. The phone rang several times, but there was no answer. She hung up and started her car. Today she would finally get her revenge. She was going to kill the man that called himself her husband. She was going to kill the man who had her committed.
And she was going to love every minute of it.
11:04 "Do we have any idea what Rebecca wants-or how she got out?" Stephanie asked him. Shawn sighed.
"I have no clue how she got out. In order for her to be released, she would've almost had to have someone sign her out." Shawn said. "I was supposed to be the only one with clearance for that. Besides that, I think that she snuck out somehow, since one of the regulators of the hospital called me to let me know that she was gone."
"Do you think that she would be coming after you?" she asked.
"Stephanie, I had this woman locked away a year and a half. I'm pretty sure that she is going to be coming after me." Stephanie sighed.
"So, what should we do?"
"I have no clue, but I think that we need to find out just exactly what the hell went on at your house. Then, we should probably go to the hospital and check on Chris. Or, would you prefer to just meet us there?" Shawn asked.
"Let's just meet at the hospital. We'll get everything squared away from there." Stephanie said.
"Fine. When will you be there?"
"At least a half an hour from now."
"Is Adam going to take you?" he asked.
"He's going to have to, I have no other way out of here." Stephanie told him.
"Steph, about Adam………Don't tell him anything that you don't think he needs to know." Shawn cautioned her. Stephanie's lips went into a thin line. "We don't know who we can trust. I don't think that Adam would be any problem, but still after that day……."
"You can never be too cautious. I know. What hospital is Chris at?" Steph asked him.
"Kingdom. It's on Sycamore."
"I know where it's at. I'll see you there in about 30 minutes."
"All right. Be careful."
"See you soon." Stephanie said, then hung up. She turned to Adam.
11:09 "I need a favor Adam."
"What's that?" he asked inquisitively.
"I need you to take me to Kingdom Hospital. I need to check on Chris, plus I need to talk to Shawn and Jay." Stephanie said. At the mention of Jay's name, something flickered in Adam's eyes. She dismissed it. There were bigger things in her mind to take care of right now.
"Sure, I can take you there."
"Great. We need to leave now." Stephanie said, already heading for the door. Adam followed her soon after.
11:14 Goldberg was pacing around his car, which was in flames. He'd lost her. How in the hell had that happened? He needed to find her and bring her to them or else his ass was going to be toast.
Everything had already strayed so far from the original plan, it wasn't even funny. Goldberg was supposed to have nabbed her at the office, clean and alone. But, no, she had to take the day off, and that miserable excuse for a human, Irvine, had to be so damn overprotective.
Goldberg smiled when he thought about strangling Chris. He loved the way that he seemed to have so much power. When Chris started to lose consciousness, it gave him such a rush that there weren't even any words to describe the feelings that he felt.
But, he couldn't dwell on that just now; he needed to find Stephanie.
Soon.
11:19 Rebecca pulled into the driveway of Chris and Stephanie's home, only to find it already burned to the ground. She climbed out of her car, and pretended to act shocked. Never mind the fact that she was already surprised that part of the plan had already been carried out.
"Ma'am, you can be here." A fireman told her calmly.
"What happened here? What happened to my brother's house?" she demanded, acting hysterical at the thought of her "brother" being injured.
"The house was set on fire. Your brother is he-"
"Chris Irvine." Rebecca supplied without even thinking about it. The fireman nodded.
"They took your brother to Kingdom Hospital. Do you know where that is?" Rebecca nodded.
"Yes, I do, thank you so much!!" she said and went to get in her car again.
11:24 Shawn and Jay were sitting in the hospital parking lot as the rain began to pour down again. Nothing was being said between the two of them. Shawn studied his hands. He knew that they were all marked men. Anyone who was closely associated with Chris was marked and a likely target for whomever was behind the attack this time.
"Where was Stephanie at?" Jay asked. Shawn paused.
"At Adam's." he said nonchalantly.
"Adam's?" Jay asked in disbelief. Shawn turned to look at him.
"Yeah, why? What's wrong with Adam?" Jay shook his head. Shawn began to glare at him. "Do you think that he would hurt Stephanie?"
"He wouldn't betray the company for anything in his life. I don't think that he is any threat to Chris or Stephanie, it's just the fact that…………well, we aren't exactly the best of friends anymore." Jay said.
"Bad history, then."
"Yeah, it goes a long way back. Too complicated to explain."
"All right. We'll leave it at that then." Shawn said, then turned to look back out the window at all of the cars that were parked in the parking lot.
11:32 Stephanie saw Jay and Shawn as soon as they pulled into the parking lot. Adam quickly found a spot and they both got out. Shawn and Jay headed over towards them. Shawn hugged Stephanie. Jay and Adam simply stared each other down. Stephanie noticed the tension, and looked at Shawn. Shawn simply shook his head.
"Let's head inside." Shawn said. They all started across the lot as another car came speeding in, nearly hitting them.
"Stupid people. They need to learn how to drive." Adam commented. Shawn was staring at the car for a while.
"It couldn't have been her. You're just going paranoid." He thought to himself.
"Shawn, let's go." Stephanie said. Shawn shook his head slightly, to clear his head. Then he began to walk towards the hospital again.
11:46 Chris slowly opened his eyes and looked around. The door to his room was just being opened. He couldn't tell who was walking into the room, since his vision was still blurred. Chris opened his mouth to try and say something, but he found that nothing would come out. He squeezed his eyes shut and tried harder to get some sort of sound out of his throat.
Nothing happened.
He felt a hand on his arm, and he turned in the direction of that person. His vision was slowly clearing up. He could make out the female body shape and dark hair, but nothing more. He blinked a few more times and the image cleared up for him. His brow wrinkled in confusion once he saw who was sitting in the chair next to his hospital bed.
It was Rebecca Hickenbottom.
Shawn's wife.
Shawn's wife who had been committed to a mental institution for over a year and a half.
Chris tried to say something to her, but she merely placed a hand over his mouth.
"Shhhh…….Chris, don't strain yourself." She said. Chris glared at her. He tried to get his hand to the call nurse button, but she stopped him. "Now, now, don't do that. We have some business to take care of before they can find you. Tell me Chris, how is Stephanie doing?" she asked him, removing her hand.
Chris moved his mouth and tried to tell her to go to hell, but it wasn't working out quite like he had hoped. His heart sank lower with each failed attempt of his voice. Where was Shawn? Better yet, where was Stephanie? Was okay? Was she alive? The very fact that Rebecca was here was almost hard evidence that she knew something about what was going to go down today.
Like last time.
"What's the matter, Chris? Cat got your tongue? No, I know what it is that bitch has you by the heart." Rebecca said. Chris stared at her. How could she have known…………
"Have you heard that phrase before, Chris? I think that you have. Now, let's see if your voice really is gone." She said, pulling a gun from her purse, and snapping a silencer on it.
11:53 Shawn opened the door to Chris' hospital room, and stopped dead in his tracks. Stephanie had been following him closely, and she bumped into him. She tried to peer over him and see what was happening, and simply wound up pushing past him. Chris' face was scrunched into a look of excruciating pain. He seemed like he was trying to scream, but simply couldn't do it. Standing next to his bed, holding his hand, which had blood streaming down it, was Rebecca.
"Rebecca?" Shawn whispered. Rebecca looked up at him. She dropped Chris' hand and smiled. Chris pulled his hand close to him, and Stephanie started to walk over towards him, but Rebecca grabbed her by the arm.
"I've done what I'll do for now Shawn. Either let me leave, or I'll kill her." Rebecca said, without a trace of sympathy or remorse in her voice. Shawn looked at Stephanie and then over to Chris. Chris had a few tears streaming down his face.
11:57 Torrie had Cameron by the hand as they wandered down the hall to find Chris' room. She saw Jay and Adam in the hall, trying to get in a room, so she hurried to them.
"What's going on?" she asked. Cameron crawled under all of their legs and reappeared next to Shawn.
11:58 Rebecca looked down at Cameron. Shawn followed her gaze.
"Cameron?" Shawn asked.
"Mom!!" Cameron screamed and went over to hug her.
"Cam!! No!" Shawn screamed. Rebecca released Stephanie and kneeled down to hug her son. She pulled herself free of the embrace and stared at him for a few moments.
"He really is starting to look like you, Shawn." Rebecca said, brushing the hair back from his eyes. Cameron smiled at her. Rebecca smiled back at him.
11:59 "If you even think about harming a hair on him………" Shawn began to warn. Rebecca looked at him.
"Oh, I'm thinking about it, Shawn." She said, standing up. She grabbed Cameron's hand. "I'm thinking about it very carefully." There was a moment of silence in the room.
"Let him go, Rebecca." Rebecca looked at Shawn.
"Whatever you say, Shawn." She said. Then, without any warning, she jerked Cameron to the side, and fired two bullets into his chest. Shawn screamed in horror as his son fell lifelessly to the ground.
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