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"Oh, so you are here to pick up the car," Ben concluded giving them his attention now that Savannah had joined them.
"And Savannah, of course," the woman informed him.
"You're leaving?" Ben cast a quick glance in her direction.
"Yes...." Savannah didn't look happy though. She looked miserable. Almost as miserable as he had been for the past few days.
"Well, why don't you all come in, have a glass of tea before you head out," Ben encouraged. "I'll need you to sign a receipt that you picked the car up, anyway."
"Alright, we'll take care of that now."
"I think we should just go, John," Melanie ground out.
"No, I think I'd like to get to know Mr. Hogg here a little better, after all, if it hadn't been for him, we wouldn't know where Savannah had gotten to. We have a lot to thank him for. Why, without your call, we might have had a search party out looking for her."
"I'm not about to thank him...." his wife huffed as she followed them into the house.
Ben ignored the lady, after all, she was emotional and emotional women didn't always make sense. "That's exactly why I contacted you," Ben assured him.
Savannah was standing in back of them now and slowly entered the house.
Ben played host to them, offering them fresh iced tea and then as they all sat in the living room, he eyed them carefully, while watching Savannah out of the corner of his eye.
"I'm just glad everything turned out all right," Ben said.
"I wouldn't say it turned out alright at all..." Melanie firmed her lips as she looked at Ben with daggers in her eyes.
"Is there something wrong?" Ben asked innocently.
"Are you, or are you not the man responsible for ruining my daughter's wedding?" she blurted out.
"Ruining....her...wedding?" Ben's faced screwed up and he stared at Mrs. Kingsley from across the room. "I don't believe I follow you."
Savannah stood up, "Mother, please..."
"Of course you are, she's in love with you..."
"She is...?" Ben's eyes suddenly pinned Savannah to the wall. "You are?"
Savannah couldn't take it any longer. She didn't know what to say, how to correct it all. Too many lies, so many wrongs.
She ran....
* * *
"Now see what's you've done, Melanie...." John was saying as he ran to the door to watch his daughter getting in his car once more and tearing off down the highway. The rain had started and it was lightning.
"I want to know what you are going to do about this, young man." Melanie was in his face now but Ben wasn't concentrating on her. He was worried about what Savannah might do.
"Well, right now, I'll put out a APB on your daughter and find out where she's headed. Then I'll bring her back here."
"I'm not talking about that, I want to know who and what you are about. How long have you known my daughter? Exactly what are your intentions?"
"Mrs. Kingsley, I have to admit I've been concerned about Savannah too. Nothing she did made any sense to me. But after a phone conversation last night I understand a lot more than I did. And I think there is something you should both know."
Ben told them about his conversation with Chad on the phone and Melanie sat stone still, "I can't believe it."
"It came directly from him. I wouldn't and couldn't invent such a story. I don't even know the man, personally." Ben said as he told Chad's story to them. "And true to her word to Chad, Savannah didn't tell on him."
