Tina picked up the last couple of nick knacks from their spot on the wall shelf in her apartment, after wrapping them in newspaper she placed them in the box then closed the flaps and scored it with clear packing tape. She looked around her now empty apartment she couldn't believe that she was moving in with Dave, she never thought that she would be able to trust another man after Tony; Dave is different from any other man that she has ever met before. Tina sat on the last chair in her living room and propped her feet up on one of the packed boxes as she waited for Dave and Hunter to return from their last trip to trucks. They wasted no time two days after Dave asked her to move in they headed to Tina's apartment and began packing her things and here they were on the second day of packing and she was finished just eight more boxes to be loaded in the two trucks that sat waiting downstairs, once they were loaded she would be officially moved out of the first place that she had lived in on her own, the place that she lived in after she split from Tony, it was her first independent thought and action. Tina smiled when she heard Dave and Hunter talking to her neighbor Mrs. Gilmore an older lady who just loves to talk no matter who you are or if she even knows you her and Tina had become friends she was like Tina's grandma if it weren't for Tina she would have been dead two days after Tina first moved in ever sense the day Tina saved her life she treated her like her granddaughter Tina was definitely going to miss that lady, her kids were putting her in an retirement home now that Tina wasn't living beside her anymore it sadden Tina somewhat a lady like Mrs. Gilmore shouldn't be sent to rot in an old folks home. Tina placed a hand on her stomach and silently told her kids to never put their mother or father in a home, she had heard too many bad stories and seen things that happen to people in those places and if her kids did put her in a home she would hunt them for as long as they lived.

Dave walked in and smiled at the sight of Tina sitting on old ratty lather chair with her feet propped up on a box, with her hand on her stomach, something that she always did when she was thinking about something difficult, he hoped that she wasn't changing her mind about the move. Dave walked over to stand beside her when she didn't look up at him he knelt down beside her and placed his hand on top of hers, this time getting her attention.

"You okay?"

"I'm fine, why?"

"You have your hand on your stomach something you do when you're thinking. I just wanted to make sure that you weren't changing you're mind about moving."

Tina shook her head and gave him a reassuring smile. "No I'm not changing my mind. I was just threatening our kids."

"What could you possibly be threatening our kids about? They couldn't have done much of anything in that cramped little space you have them in." Dave laughed.

"I just told them if they stuck us in one of those old folk's homes that I would hunt them until as long as they lived."

"That is one thing that they do not want." Tina lightly smacked him on the arm at his remark. Dave smiled and placed a soft kiss on her lips. "Is this the last of it?" He asked looking at the few boxes sitting around her.

"Yeah, this is it; there is nothing left in this place." Tina looked around the apartment then back to Dave. "So as soon as you get these loaded in the truck we can go home and you can start to unpack everything."

"I can start to unpack everything, honey this is your stuff you can unpack it." Dave kissed her one last time then stood and grabbed a couple boxes as Hunter walked in the door.

"Man that woman can talk." Tina laughed and nodded her head as he too picked up a couple boxes and followed Dave out to the trucks.

Tina had been in her house for a little over four hours Dave and Hunter had everything unloaded from the trucks and had begun putting together her bed in the guest bedroom along with her two dressers. Here she was sitting in the living room where just about every one of the boxes sat expect the ones with her clothes and few things that she had in her bedroom. Tina sat on the couch as a sudden wave of exhaustion hit her, no matter what she did and how much sleep she got she still got tired in the middle of the day. Tina laid her head back against the couch as she thought about where to start with her unpacking and where everything would go, she had so many little nick knacks and pictures and other odds and ends, she really didn't know what she should do with. Maybe she could give some of it to the good will or someplace like that, she was sure that Dave wouldn't want his house over run with collector barbies and her collection of varies dolphin and whale stuff. Tina sat up and reached into the closest box to her pulling out an antique picture frame that held a picture that Tina had drawn herself it was a picture of the sun setting behind the ocean with a dolphin jumping out of the water. She smiled at the picture remembering how much she used to love to paint and draw, she could do just about anything it was the one thing that she could turn to when her parents were fighting when she was younger then when Tony would go on his rants, then when she got the job at the hospital and her classes picked up there just wasn't anytime for it anymore. She let out a sigh as she sat the picture on the couch, 'Maybe I could hang it up in one of the bathrooms.' Tina thought to herself. She pulled a couple more things out of the box and thought about whether or not to keep them, by the time that Dave and Hunter joined her in the living room she had gone through four of the boxes. Dave sat down beside her after picking up the picture she had sat there earlier. Hunter walked around the room looking at the few pictures that Tina had placed on the fireplace mantel and on some of the stand around the room.

"Where are you going to put this one?" Dave asked looking at the picture he held in his hand.

"I'm not sure, maybe one of the bathrooms." Tina sat back watching as Hunter looked at the pictures that she had drawn, she was starting to like Hunter as a friend however she didn't feel that he liked her yet. Tina wasn't sure why she thought that they has solved the problem that night at that hotel when they talked yet he still rarely talked to her she had been surprised when he said that he would help Tina move her stuff into Dave's house without telling Dave how much trouble she was and how dumb he was for asking her to move in.

"Tina you can't hide this away in some bathroom, hang it up in the hallway or in here." Tina looked up at Hunter as he walked over to her and Dave looking down at the picture. "You have talent, these are really good. They should be displayed somewhere where every one can see these."

"Thank you Hunter, I don't think I've ever had any one tell me that before."

"I mean it Tina you're really good at this. Do you still paint?"

"No once my classes started to pick up I quit, it was mainly just a distraction to my parents fighting all the time. That's when I came up with some really good things, some of it nice and happy others of people being decapitated blood and guts kind of things just depended on what mood I was in at the time."

"I can't picture you doing a blood and guts thing." Dave replied looking at Tina.

"Yeah I know, but when I was younger I was a totally different person. I was fascinated with blood and stuff; I think that's a lot of why I became a doctor."

"Well I think I'm going to head out I have a long drive back." Hunter looked from Tina to Dave.

"You going to drive back home tonight?" Tina asked him.

"Yeah I have a couple things I have to get done before we head back out on the road." Hunter answered.

"Oh, why don't you at least stay tonight it's getting kind of late and you look pretty tired are you sure that you should be driving?"

"I'll be fine don't worry about me. Besides I think the two of you could use some time to yourself in your new home." Hunter gave her a smile as she and Dave stood and started to walk Hunter to the door. Just as they were stepping out of the room, the living room window came crashing in causing Tina to jump and grabbed a hold of Dave as he threw his arms around her to protect her. Hunter turned and watched as a heavy brick landed on the couch in the exact spot that Tina had been sitting in, he looked over at Tina and Dave then walked over to the couch he picked up the brick seeing that it had a note attached to it with a rubber band. Hunter looked up at the window as a car peeled down the driveway then walked back over and handed the brick to Dave. Dave took the brick from Hunter and slid the note from under the rubber band; he slowly opened the white sheet of paper and looked over the words that had been written on it. He looked back at Tina as she stepped up beside him to read the paper.

I'm just around the corner, he can't save you

Hunter walked into the kitchen to call the police while Dave calmed Tina down. After talking to the police on the phone he walked back in the hallway to find Dave and Tina sitting on the stairs.

"They said they'd be here in about fifteen minutes. Is she okay?" Hunter asked sitting on the other side of Tina.

"I think so." Dave answered.

"Dave I'm so sorry." Tina barely spoke.

"Baby you have nothing to be sorry for you haven't done anything."

"You living room window gets smashed in by my ex husband just because I'm with you. Maybe I should just call him and see what he wants maybe if I talk to him he'll leave me alone."

"The hell you are, I'm not letting you talk or even look at that psycho. I'm not going to let him hurt you and our babies. Its okay when the police get here we'll tell them about to letters that he's been sending you over the past couple months and they can handle it." Tina looked up at Dave surprised that he knew about the letters she never once showed them to him. "I found a couple of them in the trash, in your purse and in the pockets of your pants, I wasn't snooping around or anything like that I just came upon them." Dave explained knowing that Tina was wondering how he knew about them. "I just wish you would have showed them to me, but I'm sure that you had your reasons for not." Dave kissed her lightly on the cheek. "Don't worry sweetie we won't let anything happen to you."

"That was quick." Hunter said when he seen a car pull in the driveway. He stood and walked up to the door and looked in. "Uh Dave are you expecting anyone to stop by tonight?" Hunter asked when he noticed that it wasn't the police that pulled in the driveway.

Dave stood from the stairs to walk over to Hunter and looked out the window at the car that had stopped outside of the front door. Dave couldn't make out who stepped out of the car although he didn't recognize the car. Dave flipped the light on out front so he could make out who it was that was walking up to his front door. When Dave flipped on the light the guy looked up at the door, Dave then realized that it was Tony.

"Tina why don't you go in the kitchen and call the police again." Dave didn't want to get her upset by letting her know that Tony was out front.

"Dave who is it?" Tina stood from the stairs.

"Just go call the police and found out how far they are from the house." Dave turned around and looked at her. "It's okay." Tina reluctantly walked into the kitchen. "I want to know what this son of a bitch wants." Dave reached the door knob.

"Wait Dave do you think that's such a good idea? We've seen what this guy can do, he crazy." Hunter stopped Dave from opening the door.

"Hunter I'm going to confront this guy and find out what he wants. Just don't let him get in this house or near Tina." Dave opened the door and stepped outside with Hunter right behind him. "Can I help you?" Tony looked up at Dave leaned against his car.

"You know what I want, I want my wife back." Tony replied.

"Tina is no longer your wife; you will not get her back. I suggest you get back in your car and get the hell out of here before the police show up here and arrest you for harassment and smashing in my window."

"I'm not leaving here without Tina." Just then Tina walked into view at eh front door. "Come on baby; tell this as that you're leaving with me."

"I'll never go with you Tony. Why don't you leave me alone?" Tina answered him from the door way.

"Come Tina, you know you still want me. You know when you're fucking him you still think of me." That was it Dave had enough he stepped down from the porch and stood face to face with Tony.

"I've had enough of you. I'd advise you to get back in your car and get the hell out of here before I lose my temper with you." Dave warned him one last time.

"It must make you madder then hell knowing that I can satisfy her better then you will ever be able to." With that remark Dave doubled his fist and punched Tony in the face. He grabbed Tony by the shirt collar and slammed him against his car, Hunter jumped down from the front porch and tired to pull Dave off Tony, only to have Dave barely budge from his spot he only tightened his hold on Tony. Tina, seeing that things were getting bad and quick, stepped out of the house and stepped down onto the second step.

"Dave please stop, he's not worth it. This is only going to make things worse." Dave hearing Tina's voice looked back at her seeing her out of the house he looked at Hunter to his side then started to loosen his hold on Tony. Just as he was about to let him go he heard sirens and saw the flashing lights from the police cars as they pulled in the driveway. Once the police car pulled to a stop beside Tony's car he completely let go of him and backed away toward Tina. The officers walked up to Tony and grabbed him by the arm so he couldn't go anywhere, while an officer walked over to Tina and Dave. Just as Dave, Tina and the officer turned to go in to house to talk; Tony grabbed the gun from the officer's holster and pointed it to Tina pulling the trigger.

Don't you just love a clifhanger, so does Tony actually shoot Tina or does he miss? If he does shoot her will she live? What about the babies will they servie the gunshot? So many things could happen at this point.

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