Chapter 9

Noelle POV

I had just got off the phone with detective Hauer and had walked up to mine and Reed's room. I opened the door slowly, not knowing if she was awake. As I poked my head round the door I could see Reed shaking. I walked up

behind her silently and looked at the screen. She was on her email, I wonder what scared her.

TO: REED BRENNAN

REED, DID YOU GET MY TEXTS? I HOPE YOU DID. I MISS YOU REED, IT'S BEEN QUITE A LONG TIME SINCE THE NIGHT I ALMOST ENDED YOU. ARIANA WOULD BE SO PROUD IF SHE COULD HAVE SEEN ME. I HOPE THAT EVERYONE IN BILLINGS IS WELL, AND JOSH, I HEARD YOU ARE BACK WITH HIM. YOU DON'T DESERVE HAPPINESS, AFTER WHAT YOU DID TO ARIANA, I WILL SORT THAT OUT SOON.

FROM: SDL

I read quickly. SDL, that had to be Sabine. The door shut with a click. Shit!

Reed span around and saw me looking over her shoulder. She quickly slammed down the laptop, but she knew it was too late, she knew I had seen. I wondered what she was going to do now.

Reed POV

I was completely and utterly dead. Never mind my stalker or Sabine, Noelle was going to murder me right now. She went and sat on the bed, and looked me in the eye. "Why didn't you tell me Reed?" She sounded upset. I hung my head and tried to formulate an answer.

"I got a couple of texts from Sabine just after we found out that she was out of prison. It was creepy, almost as if she was watching us to see when we found out. Then I got the email and you walked in."

I didn't think I should tell her about the other emails yet. She got off the bed and nodded her head towards my phone.
"Show me them." I quickly complied and gave her the phone. Her face was disgusted and she threw the phone on the bed. "Ok Reed, get ready to tell the police about what happened, there on their way now." My jaw dropped open, she'd called the police! I was so shocked I couldn't speak, I just stared at her until she broke eye contact.

"Reed, this needed to be done, we need to stop this from happening again." She had tears running down her face, "I don't know what I'd do if I lost you Reed, I need you in my life."

I walked up to her and hugged her tight, "You're not going to lose me Noelle, we're going to fight this together."

ONE HOUR LATER

Me and Noelle were busy talking to the police department. I had already told them of the night where Sabine tried to kill me and the vacation in St. Barts. No-one had interrupted, just let me talk. It felt good to tell the police, I told them about the fact that Sabine couldn't have pushed me off the boat because she wasn't allowed to leave the country. Detective Hauer's face was somber and he looked worried. I knew that I had to tell about the emails from the other unknown person.

I took a deep breath and looked at the detective. "About a week after I got pushed off the boat, I received an email from an unknown person." Noelle spit out her drink and stood up.

"What the hell !" She screamed. I looked down at my feet ashamed.

"Noelle, let me explain. They threatened you and Josh, I couldn't tell you in case they did something to hurt you." She looked down at me, understanding in her eyes. Then decective Hauer's voice caught my atention. "Reed, please would you show us these emails?"

I agreed and quickly went up to my room and printed them off. Just as I was about to log off, I received a new email.

TO: REED BRENNAN

OH REED, I THOUGHT I TOLD YOU NOT TO TELL ANYONE ABOUT MY EMAILS. NOW SOMEONE HAS TO PAY FOR YOUR MISTAKES. I CAN'T RISK COMING NEAR YOU YET, FOR ALL THE POLICE SURROUNDING YOU. BUT MARK MY WORDS, SOMEONE CLOSE TO YOU WILL HAVE AN UNFORTUNATE INCIDENT SOON.

SOON REED, SOON I WILL RUIN YOUR LIFE FOR GOOD.

FROM: UNKNOWN

I printed that email off somehow with my shaking hands. I ran down the stairs and into Noelle's arms. I hadn't realised until now that I had tears running down my face. "Sweetie, what's wrong?"

I just shoved the page into her hands. She looked at it and sank to the floor. The police surrounded us and one of them plucked the paper up from the floor and gave it to detective Hauer. He started barking into his walkie talkie. I just sat on the floor, not responding to anything that people said.

A FEW HOURS LATER

I knew that I was never going to be left alone again. Everyone had been surrounding me. I hadn't even been allowed to leave the dorm, as the police feared that they would target my friends and then me. I had gotten into bed, just hoping for a bit of privacy. It must have been around 1 am now, the questioning had gone on for hours after I had received the lastest email. I was just drifting off to sleep when my phone rang out. It was Josh, I hadn't heard from him for a while, I was wondering if he was alright.

"Reed?"

"Hey Josh. You alright?"

"Yeh Reed, I'm sorry for ringing so late but I heard that you'd been talking to the police earlier. What was that about?"

"It was about Sabine." I didn't want to bother him with the other stalker now.

"Ok Reed, as long as your ok" He sounded unsure.

"Josh, I'm fine, I will speak to you tomorrow."

"I love you Reed." Even though I knew it was true, I still had doubts. What if he still liked Ivy, or was I just being insecure?

"Love you too Josh, night"

We both hung up at about the same time.

??? POV

That bitch was going to pay now. I had just got off the plane in Pennsylvannia. She had told the bloody police about me. I knew this because I had someone on the inside, someone from Billings house. They hated Reed almost as much as I did. I had researched where Reed lived and had decided to "Visit" her parents.

Reed POV

I hadn't been able to fall asleep, I could feel the police officer's presence in the room with me. About two hours had passed since Josh had phoned, I couldn't stop thinking that there was something wrong with him. My phone rang again, It was Scott. Why the hell was he ringing me at 3am?

"Scott, what the hell are you ringing me at 3am for?"

"Reed?" I could hear from his voice that he was crying. The police officer turned on the light and looked at me nervously. I nodded at him to show him that it was alright.

"God Scott, what's wrong."

"Reed, it's mum and dad." My heart stopped.

"What is it?" I somehow managed to croak

"Reed, I'm sorry, there dead."

The phone dropped out of my hand and my head hit the floor. Everything went black.


I'm really sorry for the delay. I have had a really hectic week at school!

I'm hoping that you enjoyed the chapter, please review.

I will updating soon. It could be tomorrow, but it might not be until next week at somepoint (Possibly thursday?)

Loren Sebastian X