𝐢 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐨 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭; 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐰 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐲 𝐠𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐫²

chapter nine

the next morning
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as my eyes flutter awake i feel matthew looking down at me and playing with my hair gently so i carefully move up and kiss his cheek "good morning my love" i say and he smiles and kisses me gently "good morning beautiful. how'd you sleep?" he asks and i smile "like a baby." i say and he chuckles lightly "want some breakfast?" he asks and i shake my head "no that means we have to get up and i don't like that idea." i say and hug him "come on beautiful, it's time to get up." he says as he sits up and quickly stands up helping me up too which makes me groan "you're annoyingly hot. i hate you for it." i say as i slap his chest and walk out of our room and downstairs to the kitchen where i start making a pot of coffee.

he quickly walks up behind me, wraps his arms around my waist and kisses my head "you always make the best coffee." he says and i giggle "it's a gift." i say and i feel him smile in my hair and sigh. "what's wrong?" i ask and he shakes his head "nothing, just enjoying this." he says and i smile to myself. this is perfect. then there's a knock on the door, pulling me out of my thoughts "i'll get it." i say as i leave matthew's arms and walk over to the front door and open it to see a man with a knife which makes me scream and then he grabs me and outs the knife to my neck as matthew runs into the kitchen "stay where you are! don't move!" he yells to matthew who looks at me with sad eyes as i silently cry "call your friend. what's his name? thomas?" he asks and matthew shakes his head "i won't call him. this is between you and me, will. she hasn't done anything. let her go." matthew says and i freeze.

he knows this guy? oh my god. "why should i listen to you?" will asks "because if you let her go, i'll break up with her and it can be just you and me. like you've always wanted." he says and i hold back my tears as will releases me "do it matthew. do it. or i'll kill her." he says and matthew nods and swallows the lump in his throat and holds back tears "we're over steph. i'm breaking up with you." he says keeping his voice steady as i cover my mouth with my hand and cry "no matthew, please." i say and he shakes his head "it's to keep you safe stephanie. it's better this way." he says and will grabs him and drags him out of the house slamming the door behind him, leaving me all alone with my thoughts as i fall to the floor and start crying.

my boyfriend just dumped me to save my life. worst part is, it was his idea. i can't feel sorry for myself right now. i have to call someone. sandra. she'll know what to do. so i dial her number and she picks up after three rings "hey miss. hart is everything alright?" she asks "no. my boyfriend, matthew, was taken again. this man, i only know that he goes by will, took him after he put a knife to my throat and threatened to kill me in front of matthew. so of course matthew immediately does something to help but he knew will. i didn't know his name till matthew said that it was between him and will and i wasn't involved and to let me go so of course will doesn't and says why should i listen to you and matthew says because if you let her go i'll break up with her and it can be just you and me. like you always wanted. so he lets me go matthew breaks up with me and then he grabs matthew throws him out of the house slams the front door and leaves. i had no strength in my legs to move and see where he went. sandra what do i do?" i explain as i cry and she sighs

"come in." she says and i sigh "why does this keep happening to us?" i ask and i hear her sigh "i don't know stephanie. i don't know." she says and i hang up the phone, slip my shoes on and hesd straight to my car to drive to the police station. this feels all too familiar to me. and i hate it. so much.
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"stephanie!!!" i hear someone yell as i step out of the car and see matthew running at me full speed "matthew!! where is will?" i ask as he reaches me and hugs me tight "he was chasing me i-i don't know where he is now." he says and i nod then we immediately head into the police station to talk to sandra.
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time skip to after talking to sandra because i'm lazy.
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"i think it's best if you guys think about moving. it seems as though your current place of residence is not safe." she says and we both nod "should we stay in a hotel?" i aska nd she shakes her head "we have safe rooms for situations like this here in the station. we will have you stay here. i also recommend you return to work. that will give you something to focus on. we will have an officer, maybe two, escort you home so you can grab your things." she says and i nod as matthew stands up "i'm gonna call my doctor. can you call the producers?" he says and i nod as he kisses my temple on his way out. "i better talk to the producers." i say and she nods letting me know she doesn't mind if i leave.
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time skip again because im lazy.
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"alright so, i talked to my doctor, he said because i'm recovering well i can go back to working. i just have to be cautious and careful. have you spoken to the producers?" he says and i nod "they said they're more then happy to have us back. they want us on set tomorrow morning." i say and he nods "even with all the chaos, this is really great news." he says and i nod in agreement. "it is. i'm ready to start working again." i say and he smiles then kisses me gently. "alright, we best get a move on so its not dark when we get back" one of the officers at the station says and we nod "okay, thank you." we say as we leave and head straight outside to a police car.