Chapter 19

Drew's Affair

Judson walked in to Wal-Mart and found Liz and Mac looking at some cute tops.

"That would look nice on you." Judson said to Mac who jumped and dropped it on the ground.

"Don't do that. I thought that you were taking Tessa to the playground?" Mac asked as she bent over and picked up the top and then put it back on the rack.

"I was then I saw Drew with another women and they well they sat down and started to make out." Judson said.

"What! That son of a..."

"Mac the little one remember." Judson said pointing down to Tessa who was looking from parent to another wondering what was going on. "Where's Liz I think that Sarah needs to hear this and now."

"Okay good idea, I'll go and find Liz and then we'll get out of here." Mac said walking off to go and find her. She found her in the entertainment section looking at some CD's.

"Liz were leaving." Mac said walking over.

"Why we just got here?" Liz said putting it back on the rack and turned to Mac.

"Well Judson saw Drew making out with another girl and it wasn't Sarah."

"What, why would he do something like that. He's engaged. I'll give him a piece of my mind." Liz said about to run out when Mac grabbed her arm and held her back.

"No, I think that it has to be Sarah, but she'll need a shoulder to lean on when we get back. She's been through a lot the last few years and now this comes up. You know what I mean?" Mac said.

"Yeah I do. Okay let's get this done and over with." Liz said walking out with Mac behind her. They met Judson out in the parking lot and went back to the boat.

Sarah and Gabe were still at the boat when they heard a car pull up to the boat. They had gone out earlier and gotten a few movies and had been watching them ever since. They were sitting on the couch when Judson, Mac, Liz and Tessa walked in. They saw the two siblings sitting their watching there movies. Sarah looked so happy and now they were going to ruin it, but there was something that she needed to know and the sooner the better.

"Sarah can we talk to you. There's something that you need to know, and the sooner the better." Judson said sitting down and turning the movie off.

"Okay, what is it?" Sarah said sitting up.

"I was taking Tessa to the indoor playground when I saw Drew except that he didn't see me." Judson began. By now Gabe was sitting up his arm protectively around her shoulder. "He was with another girl. They sat down and started to make out. I don't know how to say this but he's cheating on you."

"What Drew would never do that to me." Sarah said. "You're lying."

"Sarah I know what I saw. Call him up and invite him for dinner. Then after tell him what I just

told you." Judson said.

"Fine and I'll prove you wrong." Sarah said pushing Gabe's arm off of her shoulder and stalked

down the hall to her room. Closing it with a slam.

"Gabe." Judson said. "Do you believe me?"

"Of course if you said that he was with another girl then he probably was. I never liked Drew he was one of Christian's friends and he introduced Sarah to him in the first place. But I don't think that he knew that he was cheating on her." Gabe said standing up and walked into the kitchen with the two glasses that he and Sarah had used. "I'll go and talk to her in a few minutes to make sure that she's okay."

"Gabe, you mind if I talk to her?" Liz asked stepping forward.

"Uh sure if you want." Gabe said putting the dishes in to the dishwasher.

"Thanks." Liz said walking down the hall she stopped outside Sarah's room and knocked.

"Go away!" Sarah said.

"It's Liz can I come in?"

"Oh yeah come on in." Sarah said.

Liz opened the door and saw Sarah lying on her bed looking at a magazine. "We need to talk." Liz said. "You need to talk to Drew and get him to come over here. And if you won't then I will."

"Fine then I will." Sarah said taking her cell phone out of her purse and punched in Drew's cell number. It rang five times when Drew answered.

"Hello."

"Hi uh do you want to come to dinner tonight?" Sarah asked.

"Uh... sure what time?"

"Six."

'Okay be there at six. Gotta go." Drew said and hung up.

"That was weird." Sarah said as she turned off her cell and put it on the nightstand by her bed.

"What was weird?" Liz asked.

"He sounded I don't know mad or something to hear me." Sarah said as she got up off her bed

and walked out of her room and went in to the kitchen. She stopped in front of Judson.

"Sarah?" Judson said.

"Listen your probably right because I heard a women's voice in the back round. He's so walking

in to hell when he comes tonight." Sarah said as she took a seat at the table. "Where's Gabe?"

"He went to Christian's." Mac said as she gave Tessa some cookies.

"Oh okay. Is he coming back?"

"I don't know." Judson said.

"Well I'm going to go for a walk I'll be back in a few hours." Sarah said putting on her running shoes and started to walk up the stairs when Liz called out.

"Hey can I come?"

"Uh I think that I need to be by my self for a while." Sarah said. "Maybe next time."

"Oh okay." Liz said taking Sarah's seat and turned to the conversation that was going on.

"You can't come because Gabe's going to shimmer." Sarah thought to her self.

She walked to the end of the dock and pulled out her cell and dialed Gabe's cell number. After 4 rings Gabe picked up.

"Hello."

"Hey come and get me." Sarah said. "I'm at the end of the dock."

"Okay." Gabe said as he hung up. Two seconds later Gabe shimmered behind her and they disappeared out of sight. They rematerialized in Christian's living room.

"Gabriel Patterson, why did you take off like that with out telling me?" Sarah asked.

"Because..."

"Because of what. Gabe tell me what happened." Sarah said as Gabe's face was turning white.

"Sarah come with me." Gabe said as he took her hand and shimmered away. When they

rematerialized they were at someone's house. "This way."

That was when Sarah realized the cop cars and forensics lab van. She looked up at the house number and her face paled as she read the house number 256.

"G...A...B...E." Sarah stamped as she held on to her brothers shirt for support.

He led her in to the house and saw expensive furniture and pieces of art, which had been destroyed. Slashed and burnt. He led her to the office where Police were doing paper work. They stopped as Gabe led her inside.

"Are you Miss. Patterson?" One of the police asked.

"Yes." She said.

"Well I'm Officer Morrison. I'm sorry to say that Mr. Daniels was murdered this afternoon around 3:00. Your brother Christian was contacted first because he has no family that lives in the area and then your other brother was contacted." Officer Morrison said.

Behind them two paramedics wheeled a gurney past the door. Sarah ran to them. It wasn't true it couldn't be. Gabe came behind her. She pulled back the sheet that had been covered over him and saw that it was Drew.

She leaned over him and whispered to him. "Drew please no come on wake up... Please wake up I love you." Sarah said as tears started to roll down her cheeks. Gabe came over and pulled her towards him. She clung to his shirt and wouldn't let go. "Gabe make him wake up please I know that you can." Sarah pleaded to her brother.

"I'm sorry there's nothing that I can do." Gabe said as he rocked back and forth softly. "Come on let's get you back to the boat. The other's need to know."

He picked her up and carried her to his car. He put her in the passenger side and got behind the wheel and drove away. In half an hour they were pulling up to the "Vast Explorer."