Chris had untied Terri and led her into a room to change her he handed her a Diet Pepsi, which took cautiously. Chris could see in her eyes that she was scared out of her mind. He hugged Terri who remained stiff. Chris gave her a kiss , which she also was motionless for. His hand went to her cheek, wiping away her tears. Terri slapped his hand away, leaving Chris very angry and he knocked her to the ground, not caring if she was pregnant or not.
She lay on the floor until the door was shut and locked. Slowly, she dragged/crawled herself over to the bags of clothes and began to look through them. Surprisingly, Chris had good taste, but Terri didn't wear anything skimpy, which took up about half of the clothes Chris had bought. She picked out a white sparkly tube top and white sparkly hot pants. She picked up a pair of glitter white 6 in. high platform shoes and slipped them over her ice blue socks. She pulled her into a loose braid and secured with a blue denim hairtie.
Sitting in a corner, she thought about Erik and the girls back home and starting crying. She put a hand on her stomach and smiled through her tears, thinking about the life inside her. ' Erik would have been so happy to know he's a daddy again. I just hope that I can get out of here alive.' she thought through her tears. She started to sing a song that always helped her through sad times, after which she sang amazing grace.
' Wind Beneath my wings
Sung by: Bette Midler.
It must have been cold there in my shadow
To never have sunlight on your face
You were content to let me shine, that's your way
You always walked a step behind
So I was the one with all the glory
While you were the one with all the strength.
A beautiful face without a name, for so long
A beautiful smile to hide the pain
Did you ever know that you're my hero
And everything I would like to be
If I can fly higher than an eagle
You are the wind beneath my wings
It might have appeared to go unnoticed
but I've got it all here in my heart
I want you to know I know the truth
Of course I know it
I would be nothing without you
Fly, fly, fly away
You let me fly so high
Oh, fly, fly
So high against the sky
So high I almost touch the sky
Thank you, thank you, thank God for you
The wind beneath my wings.'
Erik popped in a special CD with two songs on it that Terri and him had recorded. He pushed play and laid on the couch as his daughters crawled up on the couch with him and sang along the best they could.
' Amazing Grace
How sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me
I once was lost
but now am found
was blind
but now
I see....'
Pictures of Terri ran through Erik's mind as he slowly managed to fall asleep while his daughters put in ' Where you are.' by Jessica Simpson and covered their dad as they caught a tear running down his face.
Desire - Katie?
Katie- What?
Desi - Daddy really misses mommy.
Katie - I miss her too.
Desi - Me too. I hope we can help her.
Katelyn - Let's take a nap so we can watch more TV later.
Desi - ( hugs Katelyn ) - Okay.
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The Next Day At the highrise.
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Chris let Terri take a shower and get cleaned up. She took her time , not in a hurry to get out and see Chris and his 'Mike Tyson.' friend Carl. As the water ran down her face and body, Terri pictured her family back home and sighed. She tried to keep a stiff upper lip, considering who she was with. Chris checked on her every half hour to hear if the water was still running. She did the Steps routine to " 5, 6, 7, 8." and " Tragedy." in her towel. Who knows why, but it took her mind off the situation she was in for about 10 min. Carefully drying herself off, she started singing Amazing Grace again with Chris listening at the door. After pulling on her clothes for the day ( Bell Bottom Jean with Dragonflies and butterflies on the bottom, blue spaghetti strap top with butterflies and dragonflies across the chest area, white cover shirt with pastel flowers across the chest area, red , white, and blue scrunchie, black tattoo necklace, nylons and silver sandals. She refused to wear the skimpy tube dresses Chris showed her.) she brushed her hair before putting it back in a loose french braid with some zooloo knots on top.
After she came out, Carl took her arm and gripped it tight as they entered an elevator. Carl for the 10th floor and looked over at Terri who staring at the floor. She looked up at him with those big sad blue eyes of hers then looked away. The doors opened and Carl lead her to a room and locked the door behind him.
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Chris was talking to Carl about the plan involved in killing Erik. Carl still wasn't sure about this listened carefully to Chris as he laid out the instructions. Guns were loaded and disguises were put on. Chris unlocked the door to find 'his girl' looking around the office. He left her some Milk and Tapioca pudding as she looked up at him. " Please let me go." she begged. Chris just scoffed in her face, " I wouldn't worry about your husband my love, he won't be around for much longer." Closing the door behind, He heard soft crying and yelled her quit being such a baby. To Chris, killing Erik wasn't something for him to think twice about. Carl got into the passenger side of Chris' jeep ( now painted blue with red pawprints ) and Chris started up the jeep as they headed over to Mana's house.
song credit - Bette Midler ; Charlotte Church - "Voice of an Angel."
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Chapter 11
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