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Full of Grace: Chapter 18
I woke up to the smell of bacan frying. Nick wasn't in the bedroom so I knew
he was in the kitchen cooking. Thank God I had taught that boy to cook so
many years ago. It was going to come in handy now.
I was still yawning as I walked down the hall to the kitchen but I heard Nick
talking so I stopped just in the doorway and listened. He had the cell phone
propped up on his shoulder as he went from the stove to the sink, tending to
the food cooking and washing dishes at the same time.
"No one was in the house, were they?"
"And they are sure it was her?"
"Listen, Brian, I can't tell you. It's not my place to tell you. All I will
say is you and the other guys need to be careful. Very careful. This chick
is bad news."
"It doesn't matter how Kevin got involved with her. What matters is he is
away from her now and I'm gonna keep him here until she is 6 feet underneath
the jail."
"Look, if there are any other spottings of her and if they happen to catch
her crazy ass, give me a call Brian."
Nick disconnected the phone and put it back in his pocket. He turned around
to bring the food to the table and faltered when he saw me standing there.
"What's going on, Nick? Tell me." He sighed and said, "Come on and sit down
bro." We both sat down at the table and Nick said to me, "Stefaine burned
your house down last night."
"WHAT?!", I screamed. "She was pretty blatent about it. Your neighbors
identified her. I'm sorry, Kevin, but she burned it to the ground. There is
nothing left."
My house. Gone. Everything I owned. Litterally up in smoke. My priceless
treasures. Pictures of my dad. My gold records. My awards.
I lay my head down on the table and sobbed. Nick's hand stroked my back
while he sat there silently and let me cry.
The tears stopped finally. I was actually all cried out. Maybe that was a
good sign. At that moment I couldn't have cried even if I had wanted to.
I sat back up and wiped my eyes. "I'm ok, Nick." He said, "You wanna hear
the kick ass part to this whole nightmare? Stefaine is an escaped patient
for the criminally insane hospital up in Pensacola." "Hospital for the
criminally insane? That's for mentally ill people who have been convicted of
crimes right?"
Nick said, "Yep. How appropriate huh? She's been on the loose for 3 months
now. She had killed her parents and two younger brothers when she was 20.
Stabbed them with a butcher knife."
I closed my eyes and groaned, "Oh my God. That's why you told the guys to be
careful. Nick, I'm scared of what she will do if she gets her hands on any
of them. She slit my fuckin wrists for God's sake and burned down my house.
And now knowing her past, she'll do anything to get to me. I know it, Nick.
I feel it in my bones."
Nick said, "The guys called Q and they all have body guards now. That's
about all that can be done." "Nick, you have to call them back and tell them
the whole story. That's the only way they will be safe. They have to know
exactly what kind of monster they are dealing with." Nick asked, "Are you
sure, Kevin?" "Yeah, I'm sure." "Ok, but why don't you finish telling me
the story. After you told her to get out, you got hit and things went black.
What happened?"
I took a shaky, deep breath and let myself go back to the horrible
night.......
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