I'm so excited for our baby girl to be born. She's going to have all of my features with Martin's brown curls. She will be beautiful and I know for a fact that will be a happy family. Martin can't wait to retire from being a cop and I can't wait to be called mommy. I know deep in my heart that I will be a better mother than that bitch who had me could ever be. My daughter and I are going to be best friends while she will be her daddy's little princess. I know to give my daughter a better life than I could ever have. Martin truly saved me and I cannot wait to start my life with him.
After work one night, Palmer went shopping for the baby. She felt her phone buzz and saw it was Riggs. She picked up, 'Hey, fiancé.'
"I was about to put an APB on you." Riggs joked on the other line.
"On me? Avery told me you took three days off and won't tell me." Palmer replied.
"That's because I have a surprise." Riggs stated. "But you can't know until three days. Oh and don't go in the room that you used to catch clutter in your house."
"Oh God! What did you do?" Palmer sounded worried.
"Oh you'll see." Riggs replied with a chuckle. "Did you get all the dresses in the world for our baby girl?"
"Only the prettiest." Palmer replied.
As she was walking to the staircase, she had no idea she was being followed by Denise.
"Like her momma." Riggs chuckled.
Palmer blushed and giggled.
"Listen, I will see you soon. Just don't go into the clutter catcher room. Okay?" Riggs said.
"Gotcha." Palmer replied. "I love you."
"Love ya, too." Riggs replied.
As Palmer hung up her phone, she walked down the staircase to find her car when she heard a voice say, "Hey, Karen?"
Palmer turned around and saw Denise, "How do you know..."
At that moment, Denise pushed Palmer down the stairs. Palmer tried to grab hold onto the rail, but she tumbled down only for Denise to say, "You can't take him!"
Not realizing someone saw her push Palmer, Denise ran off.
"Hey! Stop!" The bystander, an African America man, shouted as Denise got into her car and drove off.
Once Denise was out of sight, the bystander ran to Palmer and saw she was groaning in pain.
"Oh shit. You're pregnant!" The bystander said and called 911 to get Palmer assistance.
Riggs rushed to the hospital and got to the front desk.
"Martin Riggs. My fiancé was brought in. Her name's Karen Palmer." He said.
"She's in room 402." The front desk girl said.
Riggs ran into the room. He feared that he was going to lose another child; it was as if life was repeating itself. Once he got in, he saw Palmer resting up.
"Hey!" He hugged her.
"Hi." She replied.
"Are you okay?" He asked.
"I'm fine." Palmer said.
She was okay, thank goodness. But what about the baby? That was when the doctor, a tall, thin, Asian woman walked in.
"Ms. Palmer? Hi I'm Dr. Wang. I looked over your tests." She said.
"How is our baby? Is she okay?" Palmer asked.
"I won't lie. You did take a serious fall. But by the grace of God, your baby survived."
Riggs and Palmer both sighed in relief. The baby was okay.
"I'm going to have you stay for three days just incase something changes but I think you should be okay. I will leave you two alone." Dr. Wang said with a smile.
"Thank you, Doctor." Palmer replied.
Dr. Wang smiled and walked out. She saw Roger at that moment and he said, "I know them."
Once Roger got in, he saw Palmer and said, "How do you feel?"
"Good. A lot better than when I fell." Palmer chuckled.
"And the baby?" Roger asked.
"She's thankfully okay." Palmer smiled.
"I'm glad." Roger turned to Riggs and said, "Can I talk to you outside for a moment?"
Riggs got up and followed Roger. Once they were alone, Roger spoke up, "I did some investigating on Denise. Man, she is nuts."
"I think we went over that, Rog." Riggs said.
"No. You don't get it." Roger said. "I spoke to her old boss. Apparently, she isn't a hostess. She was fired months ago for and kicked out for school."
"Geeze." Riggs said.
"I dug in a little deeper with people who knew her. She has had a tendency to react violently. She has a history of hurting other people when things didn't go her way. The first time she was in the hospital was for trying to set her foster home on fire."
"Fucking psycho." Riggs shook his head.
"And I'm starting to think she was the one who possible killed that guy and his girlfriend. Also, why do I get the feeling that maybe she was the one who pushed Palmer?"
Riggs gave Roger and look and they walked back into Palmer's room.
"Karen, do you remember the person who pushed you?" Riggs asked.
"All I remember is that she had exotic features. She had a tattoo on her wrist. It said something in Portuguese." Palmer described her attacker, which gave Riggs a pit in his stomach.
"Did she say or do anything else?" Riggs asked.
"She shouted, 'You can't have him!' She looked like the girl who helped me in CVS that time."
"Wait…Denise helped you in CVS?" Riggs asked.
"How do you know her name?" Palmer asked.
"That was the same woman I told you all about. She followed you into CVS?" Riggs asked.
"Yeah. To help pick out a pregnancy test. I didn't realize it was the same woman." Palmer sounded freaked out.
Riggs and Roger looked at one another.
A squad of police officers broke into Denise's apartment and searched the place for her. She was no where to be found but they found a slew of evidence that was very disturbing.
Back at the station, Riggs and Roger came in with Avery and looked at the stuff in Denise's apartment. This included pictures of Riggs, his shirt, her phone, a laptop, pictures of Palmer defaced and a journal. As Roger was off the side reading the journal, Avery stated, "I've heard of crushes before but this is something else..."
"How did she get my shirt?" Riggs asked in the midst of all this.
"I don't know about you but these entries are detailed." Roger stated. "I had no idea you liked Disney music, Riggs."
Riggs took the journal and skimmed through it.
"You even paid for dinner." Roger chuckled.
"Yeah, we both know thats rare for me to pay for dinner." Riggs replied.
"I told you this girl was crazy." Roger commented. "Hell, she went into detail about things you guys do in bed I had no idea existed."
As he flipped through pages, Riggs came across the last entry.
Last night, Martin and I eloped. He told that bitch, Karen Palmer, to leave him alone and that I was the only woman for him. She didn't take it well last night and threatened suicide. I had to get involved and tell her to leave us alone for good. Once she was out of the picture, Martin and I flew to an island in Fiji and got married there. It was a beautiful wedding. I wore a strapless yellow dress with a sunflower wreath on top of my head; I was never a big fan of white for a wedding. Martin wore a yellow shirt and khaki pants just to match me. The ceremony was just us. It was small but beautiful. When we shared our first kiss as husband and wife, he whispered in my ear, 'I love you, Denise Riggs.' The wedding night was beautiful. Our room was decorated in rose petals. He removed my dress and kissed every inch of my body. Our wedding night was everything that is passionate and beautiful. I look forward to spending the rest of my days with the man who loves me and knowing no one else will get in our way. That is the happily ever after I dreamed of and I'm finally getting it.
After reading the entry, Roger made a face.
"When we get our hands on her, she will never get to see Fiji." He said
Bailey walked in slightly disturbed while holding the laptop. Avery turned to her.
"What did you find, Bailey?" He asked in a concerned voice.
"I think you're going to want to see what I found...all of you."
The laptop was set up on the screen and the four watched what Bailey saw. There were clips of Riggs in his trailer that Denise caught on camera. Riggs looked at the screen wondering how she even got a camera in the trailer. There was footage of her entering the trailer, laying on the couch and smelling the shirt and pillow. They noticed and saw Denise pin something on the cuff of his jacket. Avery paused the video and said to Riggs, "Is that the pin she pinned on your jacket?"
Riggs looked at his jacket and removed the pin. They all stared at it in disbelief.
"She's heard everything we've said from then until now." Roger said.
Avery played the footage again. The next clip was disturbing: Denise drugged Riggs' whiskey and hid on the other side of the trailer. Riggs wanted to throw up when he saw a clip of him drinking the whiskey before feeling sick on the couch. Before they all knew it, Denise was about to take advantage of Riggs.
"Oh my God..." Avery told himself.
Riggs was in horror that all he could do was sit down and stare into blank space. Roger could tell his friend was going to be sick. Bailey then spoke up and said, "Guys, I know this sounds farfetched but what do I have a feeling Denise might have something to do with that guy who got struck by the car?"