Listen To Your Heart ~ Book One.

A Misunderstanding?

"Get off our property...now! Don't ever return, or else I'll have you arrested!"

"Maybe you should get your daughter checked out instead...because SHE'S FUCKING NUTSO!"

"LEAVE...NOW!"

(I glare at Billie and her family. Then I climb onto my motorcycle and leave. What the fuck had just happened?)

(I ride for miles. Not really wanting to return to Valerie's guest house. I knew if I did, I'd probably get an 'I told you so' speech from Valerie...which I truly didn't want to hear. Sometime later, Finneas arrives at their parents' house, after getting a call from a very upset Billie. He goes into the living room where she's being comforted by the family and Zoe. Billie jumps up off of her chair and throws her arms around her brother's waist and holds him tight.)

"Oh Finneas! I'm so glad to see you! Thank you for coming over so quickly!"

"You sounded upset over the phone. What's going on?"

"You mean that sneaky bitch Claudia, didn't tell you? Ha! Why doesn't that surprise me!"

"Tell me what?"

"Her and David are making arrangements to fuck again!"

"What!? Are you sure about that?"

"Zoe and I saw them in the park! She gave him a gift! She kissed his cheek! We saw them!"

"And you heard them talk about fucking one another again?"

"Well...no....but why else would she meet him in the park and give him a gift? Why else would she kiss his cheek?"

"I didn't hear about her kissing him on the cheek, I haven't seen her yet. She's busy doing her video blog...but she told me before she left the house, that she was meeting David at the park to give him our gift for helping us get back together. It's something for the baby as well."

"What?"

"Yes. Didn't David tell you? It was a 5000-dollar replica Claudia and I had made of the music box from the movie Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. We thought it would be something to help the baby sleep as well."

"Oh fuck." Billie whispers.

"Billie...you did give David a chance to explain things...didn't you?"

"Well...no... not exactly, Mom."

"Where's the music box now?" her father asks.

"Same place my engagement ring is. In the garage, on your workbench."

"Why is it on Dad's workbench? Is there something wrong with it?" Finneas asks.

(Billie plops down into a chair. She suddenly felt very sick in her stomach.)

"That's an understatement." Billie mumbles.

(Billie's Dad and brother go out a side door and into the garage. They soon return with the smashed package.)

"Billie! What did you do?" Her father asks.

"I... smashed it?"

"That was a 5000-dollar music box you smashed!" Finneas says.

"I know...sorry. I'll pay to get it fixed."

"It was an antique replica, Billie! You can't just walk into a repair shop and ask them to fix it!"

"Okay...okay. I'll figure something out."

"What about your engagement ring?" Maggie asks.

"I don't think David will buy me another one. Guess I'll have to get that fixed too."

((Meanwhile in an old cemetery, David takes a sleeping bag and tosses it on the ground next to Eddie Van Halen's tombstone.)

(Not exactly the ideal place to be, especially at night, but he didn't really care anymore. It was the only place he felt at peace. Before falling asleep, he makes a call on his cell phone. A gruff voice answers.)