Chapter 33

It was like hell.

Waiting for the jury to reach the verdict... Not just anybodies, but someone's who managed to hurt her more then anyone ever did, or will, she hoped. Piper wasn't sure if it wasn't all just in her head, because things like that didn't happen to her, she was just the plain and boring Piper.

Guilty.

That was Greg's verdict.

It took the jury four long hours to decide.

And he cried, the bastard.

During those four hours Piper set between Leo and her sisters who all kept reasuring her that there is nothing to worry about, that everything will be ok... But when Piper looked up at Green he always looked concerned and troubled which was enough to make her worry like hell.

But now that she was sitting in the back of the car with Leo next to her she felt some kind of relief, like a heavy rock was lifted from her heart, one which was unremovable for long months.

She looked out the window and everything seemed lighter then it did lately.

She smiled in spite of the troubling feeling which was still hunting her, whispering in her ear there is more to come, the bad days are not over yet...

But as she looked up at Leo who was watching her, and smiled his teethfull smile as soon as their eyes met she realized the bad days will be long gone in no time.

The three sisters and Leo had dinner out that night, celebrating their victory.

Derryl, who was starting to become a close friend of the family, called to congradulate them, and they promiced each other that they would keep contact.

That night Piper felt so peacefull it was nauseating, but she knew that the sour feeling would go away soon, and she fell asleep next to Leo, who was smiling in his sleep.

She knew that this whole episode wasn't just hard on her, and she also knew that even though Leo was trying not to show it, he was very worried for his own sake when Greg's lawyer was accusing him.

But the important thing was that everything turned out perfactly in the end, and it was time to rest with a clear mind.

The next day Piper and Prue went over to Green's office with cookies Piper made herself as a thank-you for all he did for her.

When they reached the building they were told he was in a meeting.

"It's just down the hall, and it should be over in about 15 minutes, you could wait in his office." The secratary said politely.

"Thank you." Piper said, and walked into his empty office with her sister.

After putting the cookies away, she circled his office with great interest and walked around, looking at the beautiful paintings all over the room.

"What the hell?" She heard Prue say, and turned around to find her older sister looking at a framed photograph in her hand.

"Um, Prue you really shouldn't be looking through his personal stuff like that..."

"No... look at this!"

Piper went closer to see what was it in the picture that overwhelmed Prue so much, and when she saw the three year old in the picture she realized it was...

"Isn't that..."

"That's you, in your third birthday..." Prue said, not taking her eyes off the picture.

Piper took the photograph.

It made no sense.

"I've never seen this one before, we only have one photograph from your birthday, and in it are you Mom and Dad. And look at this..." She pointed at a chair behind the little girl in the picture.

"This was Grams's mother's. Piper, there is something wired about this David Green."

Piper, only half listening, kept staring at the photoraph, not sure what to think.

She heard Prue opening doors in his desk.

"Oh my god..." Prue whispered in disbelief.

When Piper looked, Prue was holding an album with all kinds of papers sticking out.

Inside were picturs of her.

Many of them.

There were some that Piper was just in the car, or walking down the street, or walking into the manor... Photographs from every age, beginning at... she looked surprised at a picture where she was probably not over a week, and her mother was holding her, looking unhappy for some reason.

"I don't understand..."

"Piper, something very wrong is going on here, I don't think we knew David Green as well as we tought we did... I knew there was something off about him... I mean, look at these! He's been stalking you sinse you were a baby!"

"It can't be... why would he?" Piper mumbled, looking at all those picturs he took of her everyday life...

"Piper, whatever it is, this is not normal."

Just as Prue said that, they heard Green at the door.

"Hello, my secretary told me you... WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?!"

"Explain these!" Prue snapped, holding the album out.

"Get away from that!!" He spat, jerking the album away from Prue.

"Why do you have all these pictures of me?" Piper asked, her voice trembling with confusion.

"Look, this is not how I wanted you to find out Piper..."

"Find out what??" Prue asked.

"Just SHUT THE FUCK UP FOR A GODDAMN SECOND!" He screamed at Prue, then turned back to a terrified Piper, walking closer to her.

"No! stay away from me, don't get any closer!"

"No, you don't understand... I need to explain to you, I need you to understand why..."

"Explain to me then, because there is not one damn reason for you to stalk me like you did for all these years... Why??" Piper felt very tired and exasperated, from everything, she didn't want to know about Green or why he followed her around since she was born.

She didn't want to know, she just wanted to run from all of this... Just as the hard times seemed to be over this had to happen, and more screaming and spliting headaches were surounding her again and she just wanted out.

"No, wait, I don't want to know. I just... Just leave me alone. You are crazy, everyone is crazy. I'm done." Piper announced, not sure what is she doing or saying, but the next thing she knew she ran out of his office, and out of the building, until she was on a street.

She heard a beep of a car coming towards her and someone screaming;

"MOVE!!!"

So she turned to realize a car was coming her way, and she moved just in time before the car hit her.

Looking around at all the confused faces around her she started running again, until she was somewhere were endless people are coming and going and she stopped as people bumped into her, some of them apologising, some cussing, but she felt alone, and no one was to bother her.

She didn't want to ever hear the names Greg or David Green again.

Piper had no idea who Green was or why was he stalking her, and the last thing she wanted is to know.

Her breath started getting back to normal after all the running she has done, as she started walking slowly down the street, everyone around her seeming in a hurry, but she just wanted for a few moments to forget everything.

Yesturday she was starting a new page in her life, and today she felt once again everything collapse on her, taking her down with it.

She was terrified to find out why did Green do what he did, feeling that it would be better not to know.

She remembered how she took off from his office, leaving her sister there, but she didn't want to think about it.

She started walking faster, trying to katch up with everyone else around her, but feeling it was impossible.

Piper was in a dead end, she had to go back, if it was to his office or the manor, and sooner or later she will find out, and things will go down again.

Unsusceeding to hold back tears, Piper let them roll down her cheeks, for no perticular reason, just from desperation.

She thought Green was protecting her from Greg, she admired him for winning her case, but now the horrible realization that there was more to it was squeezing into her...

AN: I don't know if I showed Piper's emotions clearly enough, but I hope I got it right. Please review, I love reading what you all think.