"Dearest Jimmy, What I'm about to tell you will hurt you but I have to do this. I'm going to go back to New York to live. I should have done this a while ago. I thought this over carefully. I'm too much of a bother to you. I promise that I will not ask for one dime from you for the support of our child. I'll raise him or her on my own and I will promise to send pictures. I'm sorry to hurt you like this. You don't deserve me. You deserve someone who is strong and who will bring you total joy and love in your life. I love you too much to continue to ruin your life. Send my love to Rocky. You will always be my first love. Love Leah."
After she finished the note she put it in an envelope and gave it to Rocky.
"Rocky please give this to Jimmy when he comes back." She said looking at him.
"Leah where are you going?" Rocky asked looking at her.
"I'm going away for a while Rocky. I'll call you in a couple of days. Just tell Jimmy that I love him and I'm sorry." She then left.
She drove back to her dorm and packed all her things. She left Patty a note and then left her room. She got into her car to drive back to New York. Jimmy arrived back at his father's place.
"Hi dad." He said coming in.
"She left." He said.
"What?" He said looking at him.
"Leah left." Rocky said handing him the envelope.
Jimmy opened the envelope and read what she wrote. He sat down and continued to read it. He looked at his dad with tears in his eyes.
"Jimmy what's wrong?"
"She's going back to New York." He said getting up.
"Why? What happened?" Rocky asked taking the note from him.
"She thinks that she's a bother. Dad she's not!" He said looking at his dad.
"Jimmy you've got to stop her before she makes a big mistake." Rocky said grabbing his jacket.
Jimmy and Rocky got into the truck and headed out to the highway looking for her. They couldn't find her. Rocky called all his trucker friends and told them that they were looking for a 1992 Blue Plymouth convertible. His friends called back in an hour and told them they didn't find her.
"Shit! Where is she?" Jimmy asked.
"Take it easy sonny. We will find her." Rocky said.
They went back to Jimmy's place. Waiting for them was Lieutenant Becker.
"Dennis any news on Leah?" He asked with hope.
"No nothing Jim." Dennis said looking at him.
The phone then rang.
"Hello? Leah?….Oh hi Patty…Huh?…When did you speak to her?….An hour ago?…Where is she?…She is? Good….Thank you…Bye." Jimmy hung up the phone.
"She's up at the cabin." Jimmy said breathing a sigh of relief.
"Oh thank god." Rocky said.
"I'm going up there." He said looking at Rocky and Dennis.
"Want me to go with you Jimmy?" Rocky asked.
"No dad. I want to go alone." He said leaving.
Two hours later he arrived at the cabin. Her car was in the driveway. He parked behind her car and walked up the walk. He then opened the door and found the cabin empty. He called out for her but got no answer. Then he walked down to the lake and saw her sitting on the edge of the pier.
"Leah."
She turned around and saw him coming towards her. She got up and met him half way.
"Why did you leave me that note?" He asked looking at her.
She looked at him for a while and then said, "I should never have come into your life."
"Honey how am I going to make you see that I do love you?" He said holding her face in his hands.
"Don't you understand that I'm no good for you? What am I going to do for a living? I'm going to have a baby and I can't even think of anything." She said crying.
He looked at her and held her in his arms.
"Honey look. Like I keep telling you, you are the best thing that has ever happen to me. I'm sorry that Halley treated you the way she did. She had no right telling you that she's my wife. If it makes you feel better I had a long talk with her and I told her never, ever come near me or you again." He said as they walked back to the cabin.
She looked at him and smiled at him. He then kissed her.
"Do you still want to go back to New York?" He asked looking at her.
"No. I want to stay here with you and Rocky." She said looking at him.
"Good." He said kissing her again.
After they kissed he looked into her green eyes and asked, "Leah would you marry me?"
Without hesitation she said, "Yes Jimmy I will marry you!"
He reached into his pocket and pulled out a diamond ring and slipped it onto her finger. She stared at it for a long time and then said, "This absolutely beautiful!"
They got back into his car and headed back home. When they arrived safely back home he looked over at her, she was fast asleep. He got out and walked around to her side. He carefully opened the door and unbuckled her seat belt. He gently picked her up and carried her to the trailer. He was just about to open the door when Rocky opened it up for him. Jimmy then carried her into his bedroom and gently put her down on his bed. He gently kissed her on her head and then left.
"How is she?" Rocky asked.
"She's ok dad." He said looking at him.
"Good to hear it." He smiled walking over to the couch.
"Rocky."
"Yeah Jimmy."
"I asked Leah to marry me up at the cabin."
"Really? Good for you!" He smiled.
"You know dad. If she really did got back to New York I would have flown out there and dragged her back." Jimmy said.
"Oh yeah and what army would allowed that." She laughed from the doorway.
He looked up and saw her beautiful smiling face looking at him. She walked over to him and sat in between her two favorite men.
"It's good to be home with my two favorite men." She then kissed both of them on their cheeks.
The next day after her classes Leah packed up her stuff and put it in her car and drove it over to the trailer. She found a note when she got into the trailer.
"Leah I'm with dad. There is money on the counter could you please order a pizza with any topping you want and come by dad's with it. I'm sorry to make you do it. Love you a lot, Jimmy."
She ordered the pizza and put her stuff in the bedroom and then left to pick up the pizza. On her way to Rocky's she stopped at the supermarket and picked up a bag of Oreos. She arrived at Rocky's and found Jimmy under the kitchen sink trying to repair the leaky pipe.
"Hey sexy!" She said looking down at him.
"Hi honey." He smiled up at her.
"I picked up the pizza and your favorite." She said showing him the Oreos.
"I guess I'm in for it tonight." He laughed coming out from under the sink.
"You bet you are." She laughed kissing him.
"Hi Leah!" Rocky said coming into the kitchen and kissing her on the cheek.
"Hi Rocky." She said kissing him back.
"I see you ordered pizza. What's on it?" Rocky asked.
"Let's see. Pepperoni, Sausage, peanut butter, pickles and onions." She said looking at their reactions.
"That's disgusting! Who told you to order that?" Rocky asked trying to open the box.
"Jimmy said I can have any topping put on that I like so I wanted all that." She said.
"Now how am I supposed to eat that?" Rocky asked looking at Jimmy.
"I didn't know she was going to put that on there dad." Jimmy said opening the box.
When they saw that she was lying they were ready to kill her.
"Sure give this old man a heart attack." Rocky said looking at her.
She looked at him and laughed. Rocky then realized what he said was wrong.
"Leah I'm sorry for saying that." He said apologizing to her.
"That's ok. It's a reaction." She said picking up her piece.
After they ate the pizza they played cards. After about two hands Leah called it quits because she was feeling very tired. She got up and sat on the couch to watch television. When Jimmy looked over at her she was fast asleep on the couch.
"Dad do you mind if we stay?" Jimmy asked him.
"Not at all sonny." He said getting up and putting a blanket over her.
"Have you decided when you two are getting married?" Rocky asked dealing the cards.
"I would like to get married this summer. But Leah wants to wait until after graduation." He said.
"Oh." Rocky said.
After a while the guys called it quits on the card game. Jimmy got up and stretched and re covered Leah.
"Night Jimmy and congratulations again." Rocky said hugging him.
"Night dad." He smiled at him.
During the night Leah woke up and saw Jimmy sleeping in the chair. She got up and walked over to him and kissed him gently on the lips until he woke up.
"You ok?" He asked looking at her.
"Yeah." She said stretching.
"Do you want to sleep on the couch?" She asked looking at him.
"No you sleep there." He said looking up at her.
She gently took hold of his hand and gently pulled him up to her. She started to kiss him passionately. Then she said, "I want to go home."
He left his dad a note and they left. When they pulled up to the trailer Leah got out and walked down towards the water.
"Where are you going? It's 2am!" He asked.
She turned and smiled at him. He followed her down. She took off her shoes and stood there while the water washed over her feet.
"Honey let's go inside." He said looking at her.
"Can't we stay out here for a while?" She asked looking at him.
"I thought you wanted to make love." He said holding her in his arms.
"I do." She said sitting down in the sand.
He sat down and looked over at her and started to laugh.
"What?" She asked looking at him.
"You want to make love to me right here?"
"Yeah. Just like Debra Kerr and Burt Lancaster from the movie From Here to Eternity." She said gently pushing him down.
"You know Leah. You are one romantic and frisky girl." He said gently rolling her onto her back.
She just smiled at him. He gently kissed her on her lips and then down her neck. She gently undid his pants and he did hers. He went to kiss her again when he heard someone clearing their throat.
"Excuse me! What the hell do you two think you are doing?" The voice asked standing over them.
"Oh shit!" They both said looking up.
"Could you two kindly get a motel? This is not the place for that."
"Yes officer." They said picking up their stuff.
They walked back up to the trailer. Leah looked over at Jimmy and noticed that his face was red from embarrassment. She burst out laughing.
"You think that was funny?"
"Yeah." She said looking at him.
"I'm going to get you for that!" He said chasing her back to the trailer.
She ran behind the trailer then ran in front. He ran behind the trailer. When he came to the front she was nowhere to be found.
"Leah! Where are you?"
She came from behind the trailer again and jumped on to his back.
"Right here!" She laughed.
"You are too much." He said.
She got off his back and asked, "Is that a good thing?"
He looked into her eyes and said, "Yes that's a good thing."
They then went inside the trailer.
"Jimmy."
"Yes." He said looking over at her.
"Do you want to get married this summer?" She asked looking at him.
"I would love too but you want to finish school before we get married." He said looking at her.
"I do but that can wait." She smiled at him.
He gently pushed her down and started to kiss her.
"If we do get married where do you want to get married?" He asked looking at her.
"I want to get married on the beach." She said sliding her hands down his back.
"That sounds nice." He said gently kissing her down her neck.
"I thought so too." She smiled at him, as he lifted her up in his arms and carried her to their bedroom closing the door firmly behind him. Waking up later she rose, put on her bathrobe and got up to make coffee while he slept. She put on the television and watched the news. She happened to look at her stomach and noticed that it was getting big. She turned off the television and went into the bedroom to get ready for class. He rolled over and saw her naked profile in the bathroom. He got up and walked in on her.
"Morning." He said kissing her.
"Did I wake you?" She asked turning on the shower.
"No. But I can see you're starting to show." He said as he put his hands on her stomach.
She smiled at him and then got into the shower. A minute later he joined her. She was just about to soap herself up but he wanted to do it. Then she soaped him up. After their shower they got dressed and ate breakfast.
"Jimmy I'm going to be late coming home from school." She said putting her dishes in the sink.
"Can I ask why?" He asked looking at her.
"I want to see if I can take summer classes to graduate earlier." She said looking at him.
"Oh." He said.
"I know you wanted to get married this year but I want to see if I can at least get my diploma before the baby is born or before the baby is a year old." She said sitting next to him.
"Just don't over do it. I don't want you to get sick." He said kissing her.
"I won't." She kissed him back and headed off to school.
When she showed up to her first class she saw Jason talking to Professor Declan. Her heart sank and she nearly fainted. She walked in and quickly walked passed him. He got up and walked over to her.
"Leave me alone Jason." She said looking at him.
"I'm not going to hurt you. I just wanted to see how you were doing. That's all." He said looking at her.
"I'm fine! Now leave." She said.
"I can't. I'm in this class." He smiled at her.
She got up and walked over to Professor Declan.
"Professor Declan why are you allowing him in here?" She asked looking at him.
"Ms. Reynolds he's allowed in here." Professor Declan said.
"You don't understand Professor Declan. Jason tried to rape me a couple of months ago." She said.
"I didn't know that." He said looking over at Jason.
"Please Professor I don't need him here. I'm going into my 2nd month of being pregnant. I don't need this stress now." She said looking at Professor Declan.
"Congratulations Ms. Reynolds. I'll talk to his advisor about moving him out." Professor Declan said.
"Thank you." She said sitting back down.
After class Leah grabbed her things and quickly walked out of the class. She quickly walked to her history class. After history class Jason was waiting for her.
"Leah why are you dodging me?" Jason asked her.
"Why? You have some nerve asking me that! After what you tried to do to me!" She yelled at him.
She went to leave when he grabbed her and slammed her against the wall.
"I should have raped you! You're nothing but a nasty BITCH!" He said looking at her.
"What's going on here?" Professor Blackman asked.
"Nothing Professor." Jason said grabbing Leah by the arm and walking down the hall with her.
"Get your hand off of me!" She said trying to break away from him.
When they got to her room he opened the door and threw her onto her bed. He noticed that her side of the room was empty.
"Where's your shit?" He asked.
She got up and ran out of the room and out the door. She got into her car and started it and drove off nearly hitting Patty and her friends. Jason saw Patty and asked her where Leah was off to.
"I don't know." She said looking at him.
"Tell me where she's going!" He yelled at her.
"It's none of your business!" Patty said looking at him.
He turned around and ran back to his car. He got in and drove after her. She pulled up to the trailer. She noticed that Jimmy's car was gone.
"Shit!" She said.
She looked up and saw Jason coming into the parking lot. She ran from the trailer and down the beach. She hide behind some rocks. He ran down the beach after her but he couldn't find her. She quietly pulled out her cell phone and placed a call to Dennis Becker.
"Hello." She whispered. "I need to talk to Lieutenant Becker. It's an emergency…Please hurry…. Lieutenant Beck. It's Leah Reynolds. Jason Phillips is after me again. Could you please send someone down to Jimmy's…Thanks!" She hung up the phone.
She carefully got up and looked around for him. When she didn't see him she quickly went back to the trailer. When she reached the trailer Jason jumped out at her, punching and kicking her until she lost consciousness. When she came to she was in the hospital.
"Where am I?" She asked looking around.
"You're in Malibu hospital." The doctor said looking at her.
She tried to sit up but she was in too much pain to do so.
"Doctor how's the baby?" She asked looking at him.
The doctor looked at the nurse and then at her.
"I'm sorry Ms. Reynolds but you lost the baby." The doctor said sadly.
"Oh my god!" She said crying.
Another nurse came in and advised the doctor that Jimmy wants to see her.
"Send him in." The doctor said.
Jimmy walked in and saw the condition that Leah was in and couldn't believe what he saw.
"Jimmy!" She cried.
"I'm here honey. I'm right here." He said walking over to her.
"Doc how is she?" Jimmy asked.
"She's got a concussion, two broken ribs and a broken wrist." The doctor said looking at him.
"How's the baby?" He asked.
"She lost the baby." The doctor said.
Jimmy just looked at her and they both started to cry. The doctor and nurse left them alone. She looked up at him and apologized to him until she was crying again.
"Leah. Honey. It's not your fault." He said trying to calm her down.
Rocky then came in to see her. Jimmy looked up and saw his dad. She finally exhausted herself to sleep.
"How is she Jimmy?" Rocky asked.
"Not good dad. Not good at all." He said whispering.
"Dad. Leah lost the baby." He said looking at his dad.
"Oh my god." He said trying to sit down.
Jimmy helped Rocky into the chair.
"Who did this to her?" Rocky asked angrily.
"Jason Phillips. Dennis has him in custody." Jimmy said sitting next to him.
"Jason Phillips? That name sounds familiar." Rocky said looking at her.
"That was the bastard that tired to rape her the first time." Jimmy said.
"I'm going to kill that s.o.b.!" Rocky said getting up and walking over to her.
"Dad the doctor said she has a concussion, two broken ribs and a broken wrist."
Dennis then came in to see her.
"Hi Jimmy. Hi Rocky."
"Hi Dennis."
"How is she?" Dennis asked.
"Not good. She's got two broken ribs, a broken wrist and has a concussion." Jimmy said looking at him.
"I'm sorry Jimmy. She called from the beach and told me what was going on and by the time we arrived there she was unconscious and her clothes from below the waist was removed. I'm not sure if he raped her or not. She put up a damn good fight." Dennis said looking over at her.
The doctor came back in.
"Doc."
"Yes Mr. Rockford."
Jimmy pulled the doctor to the side and asked him if her attacker raped her.
"We examined her very carefully Mr. Rockford and no she wasn't raped." The doctor said.
"Thank you." Jimmy said with a slight smile.
He walked back over to her bed and looked at his dad and Dennis and said, "She wasn't raped."
"Thank god!" Dennis and Rocky said.
When she came too. She looked over and saw Rocky sitting in the chair that Jimmy was in earlier.
"Hi Rocky." She whispered.
"Hi Leah." He smiled at her.
"You here long?' She asked looking at him.
"I came an hour ago. Jimmy is here. Do you want me to get him?"
"No. I want you to stay." She smiled at him.
"Leah I'm sorry that you lost the baby. If there is anything that I can do for you just let me know." He said looking at her.
"Thank you Rocky. See I knew you were sweet." She smiled at him.
Jimmy came in and saw them both sleeping. He walked over to her and gently kissed her on the lips.
"Hi." She whispered.
"I spoke to the doctor and he said that you can go home on Sunday." Jimmy said.
"That's good." She said softly.
"You ok?"
"I'm just so tired and achy." She said looking at him.
"Do you want me to get the nurse?" He asked looking at her.
"No. I just want to rest." She then closed her eyes.
She heard Jimmy wake Rocky up. They said good bye to her and then left. Jimmy stood outside her room he could hear her crying. He told his dad that he's going to drive him home and then come back to stay with Leah. Before he left he found the doctor and explained to him what he wanted to do.
"I'm sorry Mr. Rockford but only relatives can stay." The doctor said.
"I am a relative. She's my fiancée." He said looking at the doctor.
"Look I'm not suppose to do this but I'll get another bed in there for you." The doctor said.
"Thank you." Jimmy said leaving with his dad.
After he dropped off his dad, Jimmy went back to his place and got some change of clothes and he took the half eaten Oreos. Then headed off to the hospital. When he got to her room the bed was set up there for him. He got undressed and climbed into bed and fell into an exhausted sleep. During the night Leah had nightmares. At one point she woke up screaming. Jimmy jumped up.
"Jimmy! Jimmy!" She cried out to him.
"Honey I'm right here. I'm right here." He said going over to her.
He held her until she fell back to sleep. He gently laid her down and he went back to sleep too.
The next day the nurses came in and checked Leah out.
"Ms. Reynolds you are healing nicely." The nurse smiled at her.
"Thank you." She smiled at her.
After the nurse left, Leah called Patty and told her that she needed her assignments.
"Patty please just get them. I'll worry about over doing it later…I need them because I don't want to fall behind. It's bad enough that I'm stuck here in this hospital until Sunday….Yeah he's here…I haven't called home…I don't want to worry Tay…I'll call her later….Thanks. Bye."
After she hung up Jimmy woke up.
"Hi." He said looking at her.
"Hi." She said.
He could sense that she was angry and bitter by what happened to her. The nurse came back in with her pain medication.
"Excuse me Nurse Jackson."
"Yes Ms. Reynolds."
"I would like to know when could I take a shower?"
"You can take a shower anytime you want so long as someone is with you." The nurse said.
"Oh good." She said smiling.
She went into the bathroom to run the shower while Jimmy called his lawyer Beth Davenport.
"Beth its Jimmy…Not too good…Could you meet me at my place around 11am?…Thanks."
He got up and knocked on the door.
"Leah you ok?"
"I'm fine."
After her shower she came out in her towel and sat on her bed drying her hair. He walked over and sat down next to her and put his arm around her.
"So what are your plans today?" She asked looking at him.
"I'm meeting my lawyer in two hours and then I'm going to head over to the police station to talk to Dennis."
"Sounds good."
"What are you going to do?"
"Well I spoke to Patty this morning and I told her to get my assignments from our classes and I'll work on them awhile." She said getting up and going into the bathroom to get dressed.
She didn't want him to see her bruised body. She stared awhile at herself in the mirror and started to cry all over again. He went into the bathroom to get her. They came out and he walked her over to her bed and gently helped her in.
"Honey everything is going to be alright. You're in good hands here at the hospital. If you want me to stay I will. I'll tell Beth to meet me here instead of our place." He said looking at her.
"No that's ok. I'll be fine. I just want to get out of here and back to my life." She said looking at him.
"Look next week is Spring Break for you, why don't you, Rocky and I head up to the cabin for some rest. It will do you some good." He said smiling at her.
"Sure." She said closing her eyes.
She fell back to sleep. He leaned over her and said, "I promise I will never, ever let anyone hurt you again." He then got up got dressed and left to go meet Beth.
When he arrived at his trailer Beth and Dennis greeted him. The look on Dennis' face wasn't good.
"Hi Dennis. Hi Beth." He said walking over to them.
"Hi." They both said.
"What's wrong?" He asked opening the door and letting them in.
"We filed manslaughter charges against Jason." Dennis said.
"That's good." He made them coffee.
"He's got a good lawyer." Beth said.
"Really? Who's his lawyer?" Jimmy asked looking at her.
"You better sit down." She said.
He sat down.
"Halley Kittredge." Beth said.
"Kitt is representing him?"
"Yes and she's telling him to plead not guilty."
"That BITCH!" Jimmy said angrily.
"Calm down Jimmy. We're going to fight this and fight this good." Beth said looking at him.
"How can she tell him to plead not guilty?" He asked looking at Beth.
"She's pulling insanity plea. Saying he didn't know what he was doing."
"That's BULLSHIT! He knew! He knew what he was doing two days ago and he knew what he was doing three months ago to her." Jimmy said getting up.
"Jimmy. You know that, I know that and Beth knows that." Dennis said looking at him.
"We need Leah to testify and her roommate Patty Jacobs." Beth said.
"I'll talk to Patty." Jimmy said sitting back down.