Chapter Nine
"Haley, do you know who pushed you out the window?" Tim Smith asked. He had a notepad in his left hand and a pen in his right hand.
"It was Rachel Moore," Haley said in a stronger voice. Nathan shook his head in disbelief.
"Haley, are you sure that it was Rachel?" Nathan asked. Haley nodded again.
"She came to the house and we started talking. She said that she didn't want to do it and that she was really sorry. I didn't know what she was talking about until she showed me the knife she had hidden behind her back," Haley said.
"She had a knife?" Nathan asked.
"Yeah. We struggled for a while and the knife dropped from her hand. It was a little while after that when she pushed me out the window," Haley said.
"Do you know why she did this?" Tim asked.
"Duh, Tim. She did it for the same reason she came to Tree Hill in the first place. She wants Nathan and apparently, she's willing to do anything in order to get him," Brooke said.
"No," Haley said, shaking her head.
"She said that it was about me, not Nathan," Haley said.
"That doesn't make any sense, Haley. The only reason she hates you is because you are married to Nathan," Peyton said.
"Lucas!" A male voice yelled from down the hall. Nathan didn't need to turn around to know that it was his father. Dan was in a panic. He finally found his older son, Lucas at the hospital. Lucas had called him a half hour ago, telling him that Nathan was at the hospital and that he needed to come quickly. "Lucas, is Nathan ok?" Dan asked out of breath and in fear. Lucas looked at him.
"Nathan?" he asked.
"Yes, Nathan. You called me to come down to the hospital because Nathan was here. Is he ok? What the hell happened and who's responsible? Where the hell is his wife?" he asked.
"Whoa, slow down, Dan. Nathan's fine. He wasn't hurt," Lucas said. Nathan stepped out from behind Lucas.
"Then why are you at the hospital?" he asked, looking at Nathan.
"Because Haley was, Dad. She was pushed out a window at the beach house," Nathan replied. Dan sighed as he gasped.
"Haley was thrown out a window?" Dan repeated. Lucas nodded.
"Don't worry. She's fine. The baby's fine too," Nathan said before Dan could ask.
"Rachel won't get away with it either," Detective Tim Smith said. Dan stiffened.
Rachel?" he repeated. He made it sound like he had no idea who they were talking about.
"It turns out my ex-girlfriend, Rachel Moore, was the one who did this to Haley," Nathan said. Dan felt his blood boil. That stupid, stupid girl.
TWO HOURS LATER
Rachel Moore opened the door to her motel room and was once again shocked to see Dan Scott. "Mr. Scott," she said. He walked in the room and slammed the door. "What kind of an idiot are you?" he demanded as he sat down on the bed. Rachel looked at him in confusion. "You almost killed my grand child," Dan said accusingly.
"I did what you asked me to do," Rachel said.
"I told you to get rid of Haley," Dan said.
"And that's what I did," Rachel said simply.
"Haley is alive," Dan said. Rachel sighed.
"Besides, when I said that I wanted you to get rid of her, I meant to get her to leave town again, not push her out a window!" Dan exclaimed.
"I was going to stab her but she knocked the knife out of my hand!" Rachel yelled back. "You almost killed her!" Dan said. Rachel laughed.
"Isn't that what you wanted?" she asked.
"Of course not. I wanted her out of my son's life. I didn't want her dead. The woman is carrying my grand child, for God's sake! What kind of a monster do you take me for?" Dan exploded.
"Well, you should have been more specific. You told me to get rid of Haley. I took that to mean you wanted her dead," Rachel said. Dan laughed.
"Well, I didn't. And even if I did, you still would've failed because Haley is alive. She and Nathan are together right now," he said. Rachel said a silent thank you that Haley was alright. She never wanted to hurt her.
"You sick son of a bitch!" a male voice exclaimed. Dan turned to see Nathan, Tim and Lucas. Nathan shook angrily. "What the hell is wrong with you?" he exclaimed to both his father and Rachel. Rachel shook fearfully as she pleaded with him.
"Nathan, you've got to understand. I was just following orders. I thought your dad wanted me to kill Haley," Rachel said. Nathan shook his head.
"There's still a choice involved, Rachel. You didn't have to do what you did," he said simply to her. Rachel shook her head.
"He threatened to tell the cops I was a drug dealer and send me to prison if I didn't do what he told me to do. Please, you've got to understand that if he hadn't threatened me from the beginning, I never would've come to Tree Hill," Rachel said. Nathan glared at her. He looked to Tim. Tim wasted no time. He started cuffing Rachel while reading her, her rights. A few minutes later, Rachel was out of the room.
"You brought her to town?" Nathan asked his father. Dan smiled.
"Yes, I did," he admitted.
"Why?" Lucas asked.
"I wanted Haley out of your life. I didn't want you to be hurt again if she suddenly decided that she wanted more out of life then a teaching job at the local high school," Dan said. Nathan shook his head.
"It's always the same defence with you, isn't it? 'I did it for you, Son.' You didn't do this to help me. You did this because you don't want anyone to be happy," he said.
"That woman cannot make you happy," Dan said. Nathan laughed.
"Dad, look at me. I am happy and it's because of Haley," he said.
"She could leave you again," he said. Nathan shook his head.
"We're about to have our first child, Dad. And even if we weren't, Haley would never leave me again," Nathan said, walking out of the hotel room.
TREE HILL HOSPITAL
Nathan walked over to Haley's bed. She was sitting up and reading. She smiled as she turned her head to him before he said a word. "Are you ok?" Haley asked. Nathan smiled.
"You get pushed out a window and you're asking me if I'm ok?" he asked. Haley laughed.
"You just found out that your father hired your ex-girlfriend to destroy your marriage. Finding out a family member betrayed you like that is worse than any physical pain that Rachel could think of," Haley said.
"How did you know?" Nathan asked.
"Lucas beat you here. He told me everything," Haley said.
"How are you doing?" he asked.
"I feel fine. Though, I would've loved to see Dan Scott hauled off in handcuffs and then manhandled into a police cruiser. You should have taped it," Haley said. Nathan laughed as he kissed her on the forehead.
The End