Sorry for the long wait peoples. This chapters a bit short. Enjoy it. So here's chapter 23
Sara's POV
"What's the matter Sara?" My eyes snap open as his voice rings in my head. I sit up and pull the blankets off my sweat soaked body. I haven't been able to sleep for three days now, every time I close my eyes I hear and see my father. I look down at Catherine's sleeping form and gently kiss her forehead. I walk into Lindsey's room and check on her for the fifth time tonight. My surgery's tomorrow and i'm nervous as hell. It doesn't help that my father's out on the loose either. "Sara?" I turn around and see Lindsey standing there rubbing her eyes from the brightness of the light. "Hey kiddo, did I wake you?" She shakes her head and sits at the table.
"You want some milk or something?" She nods her head and I get her a cup of milk. "How come your up?" I smile at her tiredness and answer, "Nervous about the surgery." She nods and takes a sip of her milk. "I would be too, but you have doctors that know what their doing so you don't have to worry." I nod and look down at my hands and look at the scars on my arms. "Sometimes they don't." I mumble, shit did she hear? She hasn't said anything so I guess she didn't. "How many times have you been in a hospital?" She looks up at me with a tired expression but a curious one also. "Too many to count." She nods and puts her empty cup in the sink. "I'm going back to bed, you should sleep too. Night." I nod and watch as she walks up the steps. "Night."
"Sara!" Go away. "Sara!" Go the fuck away! Just leave me the fuck alone! I sit up and rub my eyes once again and stare at my hands. I feel Catherine's arms wrap around my waist and try to pull me back down. "Sara?" I lie back down and pull her to me. "I'm here." She rests her head on my shoulder and kisses my cheek. "You may be here but your not sleeping." Damn she's good. She sits up and looks down at me with her beautiful blue eyes. "What's wrong?" Her eyes are full of concern and confusion and I want to cure that right away. "Just worried about the surgery, and the nightmares I've been having." She nods and gently kisses me. "Everything will be fine. Don't worry." I hope so.
The sound of my phone breaks my dreamless sleep. When I go to answer it I find my arm pinned underneath Catherine. I'll just let my voice mail get it. When it stops ringing I roll back over and snuggle into Catherine. "Who was it baby?" Her voice is drowned with sleep and low. "I don't know." I hear a soft chuckle from her and I fall back into my dreamless sleep.
"Sara, mom it's time to get up." The sound of Lindsey's voice and the shaking wakes me right up. "I'm up." I mumble while crawling up from under the blankets. "Come on mom it's time to get up!" Catherine turns over and stares up at Lindsey. "Is it morning already?" Lindsey nods and bounces on the bed. "Why do we have to get up so early?" I ask her and she shrugs her shoulders. "It's nine anyway." I sigh and fall back onto the bed. "It's too early." Catherine nods and closes her eyes. "Come on hun, Lindsey wants us to get up." She sits up and gently pushes me off the bed.
When both Catherine and Lindsey are downstairs I check to see if a message was left on my phone. When I hear the voice I instantly freeze up. "Sara you meet me at your apartment at noon today, and I mean your apartment not your girlfriends." I drop my phone and walk over to the dresser and grab my kit. I pull out the gun and tuck it into the waistband of my pants. "It's time to end this." I mumble while putting on my boots and black coat. I grab my phone and walk downstairs.
"Hey hun, you going somewhere?" I nod and gently kiss her. "Yeah, I have to go to my apartment for a couple of hours to take care of a few things." She nods and gently kisses me. "Alright, just make sure you don't run to Mexico to escape your surgery." I grin and give her one last kiss. "Alright Lindsey, I'll see you in a little while, watch your mom for me?" She nods and solutes me while I walk out the door. It's pouring out and I walk up to the Tahoe. Taking deep breaths to calm my nerves. I look back at the house before taking off.
Well there's chapter 23. Again sorry for the long long long wait. It might be a while for the next chapter too. Send a review.