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“We’re taking her up through the rear elevator to make sure she stays safe,” the woman answered. “Security has informed us the media’s outside wanting information and we don’t want anyone intruding on her recovery. If you take the elevator here up, you can see her outside radiology.”
“Thank you, Beth,” Teri said as they headed up to see what the answers would be.
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“Livy, come on honey you need to come out of this room,” her mother stated from the doorway of her childhood bedroom.
“I don’t want to talk to anyone else Mom…please just let me be for now,” she pleaded as she looked over the backyard. The front was likely still overrun with reporters who’d found out Scott’s name as the murderer and wanted to know how she’d stopped him from killing anyone else the last two years.
She just wanted them to leave. She didn’t want her name dragged through the mud with Scott’s. People were speculating that she’d known or participated in the murders, which made her sick, and she just wanted to disappear.
“Alright, let us know if you need anything,” she said closing the door behind her as she headed back downstairs.
“She still won’t come down?” Jess asked from the doorway after letting Will in.
“No, it’s been almost a week and she just sits up there.”
“And I’m sure this won’t help any either,” he stated showing them the latest headline.
“Where do they get this crap?” Dan asked snatching it. “The homicide department was the best move for the serial killer and his obedient wife…good god.”
“How do we get this to stop?” Jess questioned.
“I don’t know honey,” their mother sighed.
“Let me go talk to her Helen, hopefully I can get her to let Jordan put out some sort of a statement,” Will suggested. “I won’t do anything to hurt her, you all know that but even a confirmation of the abuse is better than them saying she helped with the murders.”
“He’s right,” their father agreed.
Will headed up the stairs and knocked on the door before going inside. He saw her leaning back against the wall of the window seat and wished he could take away her pain.
“I said I wanted to be alone Mom…”
“I don’t think that’s the best idea right now,” he replied, and her head turned towards him letting him see the pain in her eyes clearly.
“What are they saying now?” she asked as he closed the door behind him and crossed the room to her.
“You don’t want to know Livy,” he stated sitting down beside her and gently pulling her over to him. He held her running his hands down her back as she rested her head against his shoulder.
“How many are still out there?”
“At least a dozen…Liv I know you just want to try to move past this but hiding from it isn’t going to make it all go away. Let me call Jordan and have him put out a statement to tide the beasts over. You’re not going to be happy staying in this house for much longer. We’ll put it out there and then you can come with me.”
“Trade one set of walls for another?” she asked shaking her head. “I might as well stay here rather than risk them finding a way into your building.”
“They won’t because we won’t be there. The police and the DA have closed their files, so they don’t need you here for anything else. We’re going to head over to the ranch. I can work from there just as easily as I can here Liv.”
“I can’t face going to the airport like this, Will.”
“I can have Casey fly into the private airstrip outside of town and pick us up there. I won’t let anyone hurt you Liv but right now you need space to breathe, and you won’t find it here.”
“Okay,” she agreed knowing he was right. She was going crazy inside these walls already. Wanted to walk out into the yard and just breathe the fresh air if nothing else, but that was the last thing she could do right now. “I…I’ll need some things from the house, and I can’t go there right now.”
“I’ll take your keys and we’ll get whatever you need Livy, it’ll be okay sweetie, I promise,” he said holding her for a bit longer.
He went back downstairs when she was calmer and called Jordan to come over then Casey who promised to be there as soon as possible.
“She should be here with us,” Jess argued after Will explained what she’d agreed to to the group.
