Absolutely Unforgivable(61)

Billy wasn’t, however, as happy as I was at that moment. He lifted me up and then gently pushed my back against the wall. “Do you not get how serious this is? Do you not realize that just a few minutes ago some crazy man tried to attack you? This isn’t a game, Stacy. Take this shit serious.” As his body pushed up against mine, I could feel his heart was now beating much faster. His face was just inches from mine. His look was intense and deadly serious. It made my body tingle.

Wow, only Billy could actually find a way to turn me on while a man who is trying to do God only knows what to me is running around in my backyard right now, being chased by my bodyguard.

I tried to shake off the sensation and then my mind for some reason drifted back to what Trista had said earlier. If news of my antics were all over the internet, did that mean that my parents possibly knew? I should have called them when my accident happened. I bet they were worried. I wonder if Jeromy knew what was going on. He doesn’t normally keep up with the news when he’s busy on a project, so probably not. But my parents, they did keep up with me on the internet.

I pushed Billy off of me and grabbed my phone. I saw they had been texting and calling me. I don’t know why I didn’t call them after the accident. I should have. Suddenly the thought of calling them was the only thing in my mind. Nothing else around me seemed to matter. I had to get in touch with my parents and let them know I was okay; that the bump on my head had already healed and everything was perfectly fine.

Waves of guilt washed over me as I realized what a horribly thoughtless daughter I had been. Without thinking about anything else going on around me, I took my phone and ran upstairs to call them. I think my mind was just trying to deal with the fear of what was going on by focusing on other things. It was the best way I knew how to cope.

As I reached the top step the rest of the events played out like they were happening in slow motion. From downstairs I could hear Vin talking to Billy. “Where is she? The little f*cker got away.” I could hear Trista saying that the cops should be here any minute.

And in front of me stood the crazy eyed man, walking towards me with a knife. He must have gotten away from Vin by climbing up the terrace and coming in through one of the open windows upstairs. As he stepped towards me, I stepped backwards. He leapt for me and I jumped back, only there was no more ground beneath my feet and I tumbled down the stairs. Billy jumped up and caught me in his arms before I could make it all the way to the ground.

The crazy man took the knife in his hand and stabbed himself in the stomach and then leapt forward, diving off of the stairs and landing on top of me. Vin pulled him off of me and tackled him and held him in place as the cops arrived. I started to pass out. Billy held me tight, rocking me back and forth, whispering, “It’s going to be okay, it’s going to be okay.”

Not much later I came to, slightly disoriented as a paramedic shone a bright light in my eyes. I looked around to see if the man was still there, and he wasn’t. Then I heard a noise upstairs. I was trying to figure out what it was I was hearing while Billy explained to me that just as the cops arrived the crazy man had gotten away and ran up the stairs. They were up there right now chasing him.

“Miss, please look over here,” the paramedic said while continuing to check me out. “Her pulse rate is a little fast but that is to be expected.”

I was cold, and confused. I looked down at my body. I had the man’s blood all over me. I was drenched in the crazy man’s blood. It was on my swimsuit, on my face, all over my arms and in my hair.

“Her blood pressure is a little low, but she’s probably in minor shock.”

As the man continued to poke and prod at me, I could hear loud noises upstairs, then a distinctly loud pop, followed by a dull thump.

I dug my hand into Billy’s chest and he squeezed me tightly. I started to panic, worried they were going to take me back to the hospital when I didn’t want to leave. I frantically looked around the room and found Vin standing by the window near the front door. I jumped out of Billy’s lap and leapt towards Vin. I scurried behind him for protection and sheepishly hid as the paramedic came towards me.

I shook my head and squeaked out a soft “No.”

Vin cleared his throat and told him, “I think the lady doesn’t want to be touched anymore. We are done here.”

“Sir I’m just doing my job. I need to make sure she is okay.”

This time Vin raised his voice and folded his arms across his large chest. “I said we are done here.”