Reliving The Past

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Chapter 4

When Dante and Elizabeth get to her house, Dante takes her keys and goes to clear the house. Elizabeth doesn't believe anyone is in there. But Dante would know if there was evidence of someone tampering with windows or locks to get in. Or unusual foot prints where there shouldn't be. She hates this fear. This uncertainty. She waits for Dante to come back, looking around all the time. Not wanting to be surprised. Dante comes out the front door and gives her the all clear. So she goes. She checks her mail before entering.

Once inside she grabs the stack of letters and hands them to Dante.

"Mind if I take a seat and read them here. Much quieter here."

"Sure. Do you want anything to drink?" Elizabeth was going to go get herself a drink. A nice cold drink. Summer is really here.

"Sure, I'll take a water if you have one." Dante is getting engrossed into the letters.

"Sure. Be right back." Elizabeth grabs a couple bottled waters from the fridge. "The beginning ones are so beautiful. I didn't see the harm in them then. But it gets worse." She hands him his water and sits down with her water and that day's mail. They sit in silence for a few moments. "Dante, here's another one." She holds up an envelope.

"Wait! Here, put these on and put the envelope in this bag after you open it. The go ahead a read the letter. But we need to bag that too. We might get some prints or saliva off the envelope. It looks to be a manual seal." Elizabeth takes the rubber gloves and bags from Dante. She carefully opens the envelope and places it in the bag. Dante labels it after she hands it to him sealed. She opens the letter.

My special girl,

I hope you are not too sad of Mrs. Franks passing. She was a lovely lady. But she lived a long life. She cared for you a great deal. She even asked for you before she had her problem. Too bad her little red button was out of reach. She's out of pain and in a better place. You are an angel, but now she's a heavenly angel. If you don't want any of your loved ones to soon follow her, I would stay away from the cops. Accidents happen all the time. Just ask your Jake.

Love your man

Elizabeth is just shocked. She's shaking. For just that moment, she hears nothing. She just sees those awful threats. She stands up quickly and starts pacing.

"Dante, you have to be here as my in-law. If you act as a cop, my kids or Gram could be in danger. Oh God! I think he killed Mrs. Franks. God, if he could kill her there, I can just imagine what he could do here. Jason isn't around. Lucky isn't either. What am I supposed to do?" Elizabeth tries hard to fight back the tears and the need to just sob at this threat. At the unfairness of this issue. She wasn't trying to date. She just wants to raise her boys and be safe.

"Elizabeth, let me see the letter." She hands this the paper. He reads it. Then accesses the situation. "Ok. This is what's going to happen. We are going to have Lulu and Roco come stay with you. We will use the excuse that we are moving. Which isn't really a lie. They can stay here. I will stay here too. And then we will see how things go from there. I need to take this to the commissioner and DA. I might be able to talk some officers in to watching your place off duty. You being a single mother of three boys. And this being not really in town. At least until we can figure something out."

"Dante, should I be scared? Should I try to get my boys away? For their safety? What would you have Lulu do?"

"Elizabeth, you can send your boys on a trip and make it look like it was planned all along. If you would feel safer. You might want to contact Lucky and see if he has any suggestions. He is their father."

"Can you stay for a few minutes? I want to call Lucky. Maybe you and him and talk."

"Sure." Dante opens his water and drinks as he rereads the most recent letter. Elizabeth calls Lucky.

"Hello?" Lucky sounds out of breath.

"Lucky, it's me Liz. I hate to bother you. Can you talk for a minute?"

"Sure. I was just working out. What's up?"

"Lucky, I got another letter just now. And he called me this afternoon. A patient died and he was calling to issue apologies. I went to Dante to report this. He came back with me to the house. There was a letter in the mailbox. He's threatening my loved ones if I go to the police. Lucky, I'm scared for the boys. I don't know how to protect them. He made it sound as if 'accidents' happen all the time. Tell me how to protect them Lucky. Please." Elizabeth starts crying. Dante takes her phone to talk to Lucky.

"Hey man. It's me, Dante. This guy is sick. I thought for the immediate time being, Lulu, Roco and I would come stay. For a few days. We can use the excuse we are moving, which we are. We just bought a house. But that only gives us a few day's tops. Elizabeth has sunk all her money into getting her and the kids the house and the stuff to live on. She has not security system or the funds to get body guards. If they sense cops, he's going after people. Your sister and nephew included. Are you in a position to take the boys where you are until we can track and catch this guy?" Dante waits to hear an excuse. Lucky's been pretty distant with even the kids lately.

"No, I start another case in two days. If she want to send the boys away for safety. Why not send Audrey and them to see her parents. The boys have only see her parents once. If that. I will pay for all four of their air fare. Why hasn't Jason stepped up? Oh that's right, he's on the run. Oh that's right, for Nikolas' murder. Maybe Sonny would be nice and loan her a body guard. He is or was best friends with Jason. Oh, I have to go, my case file just got here. Have Elizabeth text me with the date when she wants to get rid of the boys. Later." Dante is shocked by Lucky's attitude.

"What's up? What's wrong?" Elizabeth can see the confusion on Dante's face.

"Well, he did have a good idea. I will contact Sonny and ask for a body guard for you and the boys. They can take a break when we are all here. But as soon as you want, we can send the boys and your grandmother to see your folks. Lucky said he would pay for all four tickets. Just text him with a date. But Lucky's attitude was off. Something seems not right with him. Did you guys have a fight?"

"No. Last time I talked to him, he was friendly. Nothing right now seems right." There was a knock at the door. She gets up to get it. She opens the door. It was Franco. "Hey Franco, what can I do for you?" Elizabeth walks away, leaving him standing at the door. He comes in and shuts the door.

"Well I wanted to know what was going on. You seemed upset in the locker room. Then I saw you with that elderly lady. You were so good with her."

"She DIED Franco. I don't know what happened. She was just fine. I think HE killed her. Because of me. I think right after 4th of July, the boys and Gram need to be gone. I don't know what I will do if he tries to hurt any of them. Then everyone needs to stay the hell away from me." Elizabeth goes rushing up the stairs.

"WOW! What was that?" Franco sits down. Dante holds up the bags with the envelope and letter.

"She got another letter. Pretty much saying that he killed Mrs. Franks. I need to contact the hospital to have the autopsy look for drugs or foul play. He also threatened her. If she went to the cops, her loved ones could have 'accidents'. So she's pretty scared for her boys. She's going to send the boys and Audrey to her parents. She called Lucky to get his suggestion on how to keep the boys safe. And he pretty much had an attitude. I don't know what's bothering him, but it was uncalled for. He was making it sound as if Elizabeth was a bad mother. She was just trying to get rid of the boys. Something is off. Excuse me a moment." Dante goes into the kitchen to make a call to General Hospital to talk about the autopsy on Mrs. Franks. Franco tries to straighten up the living room a little. Then both men hear a scream from upstairs and take off in that direction.