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“You go to the cops and deal with this. Do you want me to pick up Amy?”
“Ben said he was going to collect her.”
“Oh. I see.”
While I understand Ben’s relationship with Amy, hearing that another man is picking up my daughter doesn’t sit well with me. I fight back the jealousy and shift in my seat.
“Okay, I…I’ll see you later, I guess.”
“Luke?”
Elle leans over, kissing me softly. She gives me a small smile before drawing back.
“Thank you. I appreciate you letting me get all that out. I was feeling like a mess.”
“I’ll do anything for you, Elle. You know that.”
Elle touches my cheek, and then she gets out of the car. I watch her walk away, crossing the parking lot to her car. I want to go with her and make sure she’s safe, but I know that Elle will get annoyed with me for following her about. She needed someone to be with her at that point, and now she was drawing back on her own strength.
I feel honored that she came to me, but I wish she would have stayed.
Sighing, I put the keys into the ignition and turn the engine on. I have quite a few things to get on with. Most of it involves Mom, and if she’s the one stalking Elle.
If she is…
I really hope that it isn’t her. Because I don’t want to think about the consequences once I find out if she’s the reason Elle is having to look over her shoulder after her privacy was invaded.
Chapter 25 Elle
I feel like a fool for going to Luke in a mess and talking in such a disjointed fashion. Everything came out in a mess, and I feel like none of it really made any sense. But Diane had told me to go home, and I didn’t know what to do until I remembered Luke was nearby. He had mentioned watching something about the Bulldogs at their first game.
I’m glad that I did find him, and that I got to be in his arms. Just being held by Luke makes me feel a little better. I don’t feel unstable and scared. He just…he’s like a tonic for me.
Things are meant to be going slow between us, and it’s going well. But I know Luke wants more than what I’m giving him. He wants me to tell Amy the truth about him, about where he was in the past. It is going to be a very difficult conversation, I know that much. Especially as I’ve been putting it off for a while now. Amy isn’t going to be happy with me.
But it needs to be done. If Luke and I are to progress further with our relationship, I need to sit Amy down and explain about her dad. And hope that she can forgive me for hiding it from her.
Maybe I should leave it until we find out who’s stalking me. I don’t want to add further angst.
I realize that I’m planning on hiding from the inevitable again. God, I’m in such a mess, and I can’t lean on Luke for support this time. I’m on my own.
Tonight. I’m going to sit Amy down and tell her tonight. I have to if I want to be with the man I love.
The man I love. I’ve been saying that in my head for a while now, and it’s feeling good each time I say it. I just hope I can get the courage to actually say it to Luke.
It feels like forever before I am returning home. Being at the police station hadn’t taken long, especially not with Luke’s lawyer present, but it had felt rather sluggish. At least the camera is with the police and they’re taking it seriously, and yet I feel like something else should be done. What, though, I have no idea.
My head is hurting from all of the thinking.
I park my car in the street and get out, fighting back a yawn. As I’m getting my things off the passenger seat, I hear someone calling my name.
“Elle!”
I turn, and I freeze when I see a familiar figure striding towards me. For a second, I can’t quite place her, but I’m sure that I know her. Then the voice matches the face, and I realize who it is.
“Megan?” I straighten up, shutting my door and keeping my bag in front of my body. “What are you doing here?”
“I thought you and I could have a conversation about this…situation.” Megan comes forward, a little too close for comfort, and it has me backing up. Megan stops. “I’m not going to hurt you, Elle.”
