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“Maybe get yourself checked out before you have children. Because no sane women would do this.”
Megan’s eyes glitter at me.
“You won’t be saying that once I show that you can’t win against us,” she whispers. “I’ll be back for Amy, so get ready to hand her over.”
She sounds so sure about it, and I can’t believe I’m listening to this. She sounds crazy. That’s scarier than knowing someone is stalking me.
I watch her walk away to another car further down the street. I don’t stop watching her until she drives away and leaves the street. Footsteps behind me has me turning around, and I see Ben joining me.
“What was that?” He frowns at me. “You okay?”
“No, I’m not.” I can feel my headache building again. “I feel like I’m in a crazy TV drama plot.”
Although anything in a crazy TV drama would make more sense than what is going on right now.
Chapter 26 Luke
My phone is ringing as I’m taking my coffee from the barista. I move away and place it on a table as I dig into my pocket. It stops ringing just as I get it out, the missed call saying it was Elle calling me. I immediately call back.
“Luke?”
“Hey. Sorry, I got to the call a bit too late.” Balancing the phone between my chin and shoulder, I open two sugar packets and tip it into my coffee. “What’s up? You okay?”
“Yeah, I think so.”
“You think so?”
Elle lets out a heavy sigh.
“It’s just…it’s been a week since Megan turned up here, and there’s nothing from her and Dad. It’s…well, it’s putting me on edge.”
I can understand. I’ve been on edge since Megan confronted Elle on her driveway. From what she told me, the other woman’s ramblings were just too much. It sounds like Megan has some mental instability, and she’s not getting any help for it.
I want to feel sympathy for the woman - after all, she’s desperate to be a mother - but I can’t. Not when she falsely called CPS on Elle and threatened her.
“They’re probably lying low for now.” I grab my phone before I drop it and pick up my coffee cup. “You did have her reported for a false CPS complaint, after all. They most likely don’t want to get into further trouble after that.”
“I suppose that’s it. But I just got a call from Grandma.”
“She knows something?”
“She’s not sure. Dad was apparently over at her house last night, demanding to know when she was next coming to see me and Amy. Grandma wouldn’t tell him and threatened to call the cops, which had him running away, but she’s concerned.”
That does make me worried about Mrs Anderson. She’s a stellar woman who stood by her granddaughter when her son was behaving despicably. Her loyalty to her great-granddaughter has never been brought into question. I struggle to believe that she and Kevin are blood-related because they are so different.
“You think he’s up to something?” I ask.
“I’m sure of it. Dad is not one to leave something alone if he doesn’t get what he wants. He was like this when he was married to Mom. She found it frustrating that Dad would behave like a sulking child when he didn’t get his own way, be it taking the lead on a project, getting that promotion he believed was in the bag for him, or when someone on the street got a better-looking car that we couldn’t afford.” Elle pauses. “I want to say he was a good dad in between all of that, and there were moments when he was a good person, but they’re far and few between now.”
“A bad person can still do good things, but it doesn’t mean they’re redeemed in any capacity.”
“I know. I wish Mom was here. She would hand Dad his ass on a plate and tell him to get lost. She was more formidable than I am.”
I think about Elle’s mother. She has spoken about her with a lot of fondness, and I am sure we would get along really well if she were alive. Elle loves her dearly.
Kevin lost more than he ever anticipated when his wife died. But, given his behavior with Megan and how they’ve treated Elle like an incubator, he doesn’t seem to care.
“Well, you’ve got me. And I’ll look after you and Amy.”
