Love and Lies

Chapter 24 - Finding you.

 The police van pulled away a few days later, with the last man who could hurt me in the back of it. Jonah hugged me close as it drove away and I sighed. 

‘That’s it now babe, the last one’

‘I know. It feels so good. But William…’

‘Shh forget about him babe, he’s gone and so has Ed.’

‘I know, I just wish I could have done it while he was still here.. so it didn’t all have to happen’ I spoke into his chest and he pulled me tighter.

‘I know, I know’ he whispered into my hair.

We watched the van pull round the corner and out of our sight, then walked back in.

It felt so good to know that I was safe now, that they couldn’t come to hurt me because they were all behind bars. But I only regretted one thing; that I didn’t do this before William had to go, that I’d had the courage to call the police and explain it all. Even if it had been against William’s wishes, I would have done it. And then he wouldn’t have had to go away.

I stayed at Jonah’s for the rest of the day and watched old movies and boring stuff like that. Then I went home. Feeling relieved, but somewhat deflated, I went straight to bed and slept it off. The first night’s sleep in a long time.

A few weeks later I woke up to my mum knocking on my door.

‘Yes?’ I said, half asleep.

‘Zara, a letter just came for you, I don’t know who delivered it, but… they said its important.’

‘Can you just leave it on my side table please?’

‘Yes, no problem. Sorry.’

‘No need to be sorry’ I said and smiled at her as I sat up. She walked out and I picked up the letter. It was addressed to me, but only my name was scrawled across the front, no address, no postcode, no stamp or anything, so it must have been hand delivered.

I opened it carefully as my eyes struggled to adjust to the writing. The moment I saw it, I recognised it, my jaw dropped open, my heart started beating twice as fast and my body started shaking.

‘Zara,

Thank you so much for doing what you did. I really don’t know what to say but I want to see you again so much, I need to meet you sometime, catch up on everything. I’ve missed you so much Zara, you don’t know how heartbroken I was and how I longed to see you, but it’s hard to try to find someone when you don’t even know where you are. Anyway, well, I’ve been let out of the secure unit, but with a changed identity just in case the Shadows have any outside spies or whatever. I went to see Ed and my mother as well, Ed’s only in for a few months… but I’d rather him be there than under the influence of however many other gangs there are out there. He needs to be safe, and in my opinion, behind bars is the safest place he can be right now.

I realised something when I was however many hundred miles away from you, that the pain I felt was because I loved you. You may have moved on but being away from you just strengthened my feelings for you… I love you.I’ll be with you soon.  I’m coming to find you Zara And nothing is going to stop me.

Love,

William.

xxx ‘

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