The Ballad of Katie: Somewhere Under Heaven Series

Picking Up The Pieces

Casey's POV

Ashton is trying to get away from Cassidy but nothing is working. Katie avoids everyone except her friends and the lacrosse team and then there's us. She doesn't want to see a therapist but she will confide in her principal which is a great comfort to me since Maria Sanchez has always been a great friend. 

Rob had to call the cops on Stephen a couple of times because of letters Stephen sent to us. Then there was the night that Stephen's wife Tiffany came after me. I was in the parking lot at Wegmans after work when she approached me. "So your husband thinks he can fuck things up with my family?"

"What?"

"The cops were over at our house."

"Well, your husband keeps fucking harassing us," I say to her.

"Not very nice for an educated woman to say the f-word."

"Shut it, Tiffany."

Tiffany slaps me so hard that I fall into the hood of her Mercedes. I get up and she starts coming after me with punches and pulling my hair. "You're such a bitch! Your daughter deserved to be fucked by my husband! The little hussy came on to him!"

"That's not true and you know it," I say. I try to fight back by blocking her blows but Tiffany is a third degree black belt in karate so it's almost impossible. Just as she's got me to the ground, we see a cop car and an SUV pull up. 

Rob's POV

I'm coming out of Target with Ashton  and Eric when I see a Mercedes following Casey. I then notice the license plate: MLAW99. Shit! It's Tiffany Malone! What does that bitch want?

"Ash, grab my phone and call 911, I tell him." I still had it on Bluetooth so I hear the operator instantly. 

"I'm at a shopping center on Route 1 and there's a suspicious car following my wife," I tell the operator. "We're over by Wegmans. My son and I were coming out of Target when I saw this Mercedes going after her."

"Did you get a good view of the car?"

"It's a silver Mercedes Benz S-Class sedan with New Jersey tags."

"Do you have the license plate number?"

"It's a vanity one that reads MLAW99." 

A few seconds later, I see a cop pull up beside me. "Just got a call about someone stalking your wife," he says. 

I go with him towards where Casey's car is parked and I see Tiffany beating the crap out of Casey. She's trying to fight back but is losing. I know Case is a black belt in karate and a red belt in taekwondo but I know Tiffany is way stronger and capable of really doing a number on her. 

The cop is able to break it up and I jump out of the car. I look over at Ashton and Eric and say, "One of you might have to drive my car back to the house." I see two other police cars pull up and I head over just as the one cop is putting handcuffs on Tiffany. 

I then look over at Casey and I see the damage. My queen...she's hurt. I see the bruises and cuts. She's telling the officers that she's in pain and one calls for an ambulance. "We're going to have to get you to a hospital," another officer tells Casey. 

"I'm fine," she tells the officer. "It's just a little bit of pain." 

I approach and say, "Casey, you're not fine." The cops turn around but Casey assures them I'm harmless. 

"It's okay, officers. He's my husband." 

I tell them that I saw Casey being stalked by Tiffany Malone and was the one who called 911.