A few nights later...
Riggs was laying on his couch when his phone went off. He noticed it was the same unknown number.
"Hello?" He asked.
"Martin...it's Denise." She said on the other line.
"Denise, I gave an answer..." He told her in an annoyed tone of voice.
"I know, I know...I just need to ask something of you." Denise asked.
"What?" Riggs asked.
She was getting on his nerves.
"I had too much to drink tonight. Can you come get me?" Denise asked, taking Riggs aback completely.
"If you need a ride, call an Uber." Riggs flat out told her.
He didn't want to come off as horrible but this was too much.
"I don't feel comfortable taking one. I had a bit too much to drink and I'm scared of being taken advantage of. Please...I only trust you. I respect you are with your girlfriend but I'm asking for help. After that, I won't bother you again." Denise sounded desperate.
Sighing out of defeat, Riggs then said, "Where are you?"
Few minuets later...
Riggs drove to the bar he and Denise happened to meet. He walked in to only find Denise drinking up some more and laughing with a group of people.
"Oh my God..." He whispered to himself.
Walking over to her, he said, "Denise, I'm here to get you."
Denise, in an intoxicated state, looked up at Riggs and cried out, "Martin! You came for me! My hero!"
She threw her arms around his neck and he gently pulled her off.
"Yeah. You called me. Come on." Riggs was helping her walk.
"Can you carry me?" Denise looked up at him with love in her eyes.
"No. I'm not carrying you." Riggs sounded annoyed.
"Please? I can't stand up straight." Denise begged.
"Because you drank too much. Let's go!" Riggs pulled her up.
Laughing and rambling nonsense all the way to his truck, Riggs helped Denise in and buckled her up.
"How much did you have to drink?" Riggs asked.
"Who knows?" Denise giggled.
"Well we're going to get you home." Riggs pulled out of his spot and drove off.
The whole car ride home, Denise was staring at Riggs with loving eyes. She felt like the damsel in distress who was saved by her knight in shining armor. Riggs was silent on the ride home. Once he got to her apartment, Riggs said, "Okay. We're home. You feeling better?"
"Much. Thank you." Denise replied.
"Yeah. Get some rest, okay?" Riggs told her.
"You can come up if you want." Denise sugggested.
"Denise...we talked about this."
"I know but still. She doesn't need to know anything. My lips are sealed." Denise made like she was zipping her lips.
Riggs rested his head in frustration.
"It's not every day I meet my knight in shining armor...more like my knight in boots and a beat up truck." Denise giggled.
She started to touch Riggs' chest and rested her head on his shoulder.
"You smell so good...like burnt sandalwood."
She was making him uncomfortable now.
"Okay. Get out of my truck." Riggs snapped.
"Relax! Relax. I had to see you again. Don't you understand? I love you, Martin. I love you more than your girlfriend can. Even if you don't feel the same for me, I can love you for the both of us." Denise told Riggs.
"Denise, get out of my truck." Riggs told her again.
"I hope you understand what I'm saying. I can't stop thinking about you and about the time we first made love after..."
"DENISE!" Riggs shouted scaring her. "Get out of my truck!"
"Martin? Why are you angry? Did I offend you?" Denise looked sad.
"Listen, you didn't understand what I said before and I'm not going to be nice about this now." Riggs looked straight at her. "I have a girlfriend and I'm not interested in you!"
Feeling hurt, Denise said, "No...no, no, no...I love you! Don't you see it? You belong to me! You are mine! You are mine!"
Denise was hitting and screaming at Riggs. He grabbed her hands and he screamed, "Denise!"
Denise looked at him with soft eyes and said, "Sorry...I'm sorry..."
"Yeah." Riggs let go of her hands and looked straight ahead. "Get out of my truck."
Denise still started at Riggs and finally, he yelled, "Go!"
Teary eyed, Denise got out of the truck and watched Riggs drive off. She walked back into her apartment crying hysterically. She walked into her room and started trashing it until she fell to the floor of her room.
"Why don't you see my love for you? Why don't you see it! You keep going back to that bitch!"
Denise looked at her phone to see Martin driving to Palmer's house. This inspired her to do something.
The Uber driver drove Denise to Rigg's trailer. Concerned, he said to her, "You sure this is where you want me to leave you?"
"It's fine...my boyfriend lives here and I want to surprise him..."
To cool off, he drove off to see Palmer. Once he got there, he rung the door bell and she answered. She was wearing her favorite pink flannel pajamas. Even though she didn't have makeup on, her hair was a mess and she was very pregnant, she still looked beautiful to Riggs.
"Hey. What are you doing here?" Palmer started.
"I need to tell you something." Riggs said to her.
Once she let him in and they settled in, he told her about how Denise asked him for a ride and then tried to come on to him.
"I was just trying to do something nice. Roger warned me about her but I didn't think she was this crazy." Riggs buried his head in his hands.
Palmer sat next to him and put her hand on his shoulder.
"You really need to be careful. Apparently, she has more than a crush." Palmer said.
"I'm starting to think you all are right. This is getting insane now." Riggs told her.
Palmer rested her head on his shoulder and they just sat there taking everything in.
After a few hours at Palmer's home, Riggs drove back to the trailer to try and get some rest. He took a drink of whisky to calm his nerves. A few sips later, he felt woozy, as if there was something in his drink. Riggs backed up into the couch and shook his head. Soon, he was fighting to stay awake, for the whisky was quickly taking affect. Riggs' vision was blurry. He didn't really notice the figure that was emerging from the other side of the trailer. He had no idea it was Denise dressed in a blue lace teddy and thigh high tights. She sat on top of him and started kissing his face.
"You like that? I wore it just for you..."
Groaning at her kisses and her touching his torso, he took in the scent of her perfume...it was Sweet Romance.
"Oh God, Karen...you're so beautiful..."
Hearing Palmer's name, this struck a sensitive cord for Denise. She got off him and slapped him hard. Riggs was so out of it that he didn't realize Denise slapped him. She got dressed and walked out of the trailer and told herself, "I will make you love me..."