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Chapter 18
Package Number One
I drop the package and scoot closer to Spencer, afraid to even touch the package.
"Babe, what is that?" Spencer asks.
After a few seconds I guess something inside her clicks because she quickly grabs my hand. "Is it …?" She stutters, her eyes widening. I nod my head. She looks at me, then the package, then at me again. "Well, what are you waiting for?" she asks.
"Just give me a second, Spencer. This is too surreal right now. I knew it was going to happen, but I didn't wholeheartedly believe it."
Spencer nods her head in understanding. She moves closer to me, laying her head on my shoulder and wrapping her hands around my waist. I instantly feel the tension in my body leave as I curl into her. For about two minutes we just sit. My mind is on fire. Everything leading up to this moment races inside my head. I turn toward her and place my hands on her face caressing her cheeks and lean in to kiss her long and hard. I pull back to catch my breath and look into her beautiful, flushed face.
"I love you," I say sincerely. "I really love you." She smiles widely.
"And I love you too. But you should really open the package. You're making me nervous!" Spencer says as she hands me the package. I precariously take the small box and slowly open the flaps. Spencer sits patiently by me. She supports me in more ways than she could ever know, and all I need right now is this support from her. I open the quaint box and notice a letter inside. I pick it up and look at it. The handwriting instantly catches my eye, and I recognize it as my father's. I smile and turn toward Spencer.
"It's from my dad." She smiles with me. I turn back to the letter and read it:
My dear Ashley,
I'm sorry that you got caught up in all of this mess. I really should have raised you better. Here is my gift to you: after you escape I'm setting you free. No longer will you be apart of my sins. Don't feel like I don't want you by my side, because I do, but this life just isn't the life you deserve. Take my gift and take your girl and live your life. Don't try to find me; I'll find you.
Love You always,
Raife Davies.
I give the letter to Spencer and lean back against the wall. I really needed to think. I don't know whether to thank my dad or be pissed off because he's finally letting me go. All I have known is the life of a criminal; no real family, and no real parenting. I probably wouldn't know what to do with myself. So how am I suppose to make it in the real world? I look to see Spencer staring at me. I glance at the package and remember that I still need to see what he sent me. I slowly reach out my hand to the package. In the box was a folded sheet of paper. I started to unfold it quickly realizing it was bigger than it seemed. A small piece of paper fell out of the bigger one. "It's another note."
Inside I have left you a map of the jail. In order to get out of here safely you need to follow these directions exactly as I marked them. Memorize this,
Ashley. I'll send you my next package soon.
xx
I unfold the map quietly and carefully. Anybody could be watching. I look at the big circle marked "you are here", and follow the map all the way to my freedom. It wouldn't mean anything until I had all the other packages, as he didn't really tell me how exactly to escape, but all I know is that I am one step closer to freedom. Spencer looks at me, and I know she realizes it too. We could finally be together at last.
"Ashley, our dream is coming true. Pretty soon my trial will come and you just have to…" she trails off. "Oh my God!" she exclaims. "Ashley, has this even hit you yet? You have to escape from jail."
"Say it a little louder, Spencer and while you're at it, why don't you just make photocopies of the map as pass them out to all the prisoners?"
She lightly punches me. "Ow," I say.
"This is no time for sarcasm," she says honestly. "I'm afraid for you. This is really dangerous, and if it doesn't work…" she trails off. "I don't even want to think about it." She grabs my hands and rubs then softly. "What am I going to do without you if this whole ordeal goes wrong?"
I pull her to me and hold on. "Baby, please don't be scared. I have thought this through and I know it is insanity, but you know what gave me piece of mind? My father. Spence, I trust my dad, so you have to trust him as well. He knows what he is doing. My God, Spencer. He's the king of the underworld and has yet to get caught."
"I know Ashley," she says. "But it has always been at the expense of others."
"You listen to me, Spencer," I say sternly turning her chin toward me. "I'm not just one of his lackeys; I'm his fucking daughter. If anything he's laid this plan out to be as easy as cake."
"Pie," Spencer says. "Easy as pie," she smiles slightly.
"I like cake better," I say smiling, feeling the tension dissipate. "Please just trust my father on this." She nods her head and pulls my hand to her lips. I cup her face with my other hand. "And please trust me. Trust that no matter how this turns out I will find my way to you. There is no other way this situation can pan out, and no matter what, I will be with you in the end."
I lean in and gently kiss her lips. "You're my light at the end of the tunnel, Spencer."
Spencer just smiles, and I swear I can see all the love she has for me radiating from that perfect mouth of hers.
"Well with all the excitement, I guess the mood has been ruined, huh?" I ask.
"Oh, I wouldn't say that," Spencer says pushing me down on the bed and straddling me. I smile up at her.
"Spencer can I…can I hold you?"
Another big smile came my way. She maneuvers herself in front of me and I swallow her up with my arms.
"You do know that this shatters any of the bad image you had left?"
"What can I say? I am definitely pussy whipped." I say hugging her tighter to me.
Spencer chuckles. "Yes you are."
