JOHNS POV
"Who is this?" I snapped, clutching the phone tightly in my hands. Katy was still slumped against my chest as I held her and rubbed her back with my free hand.
"This is the officer who was involved in miss perry's case. Who am I speaking to?" He asked almost rudely but I don't blame him for my sudden outburst.
"I'm her boyfriend." I huffed, wondering why on earth he would be calling her almost 2 years later. "Excuse me but why are you calling her?" I asked this time more calmly.
"It seems that they might let Michael out from anywhere around now to a week. He was granted a 2 year sentence with chance of parole and with good behavior they cut it back even more.. and it was my job to contact miss perry and let her know that he was getting out." He explained and I gently let go of Katy to walk around to the back of the car. I didn't want her hearing any of this.
"That's bullshit! 2 years? Good behavior? He broke into our home and hurt her. He's dangerous!" I screamed, doing my best to keep my voice down. I ran my hand through my hair, frustrated at how the system worked these days.
"I'm sorry sir, half of his charges were dropped because they declared him mentally unstable at the time and it's the law to let them out once they are treated efficiently."
I laughed in disbelief when he finished his sentence and shook my head. "That's because he is! He's crazy, and he'll get out and hurt someone else and I'll be damned if I ever see him near katy again." I threatened leaning my body against the car. This was an absolute nightmare.
"I personally don't agree either sir but it's just how things work out sometimes." He said sympathetically. "I know you'll look after her." He finished hanging up. I wanted to punch a wall, I needed to get all this frustration out of my system, and it was building up inside of me faster than I could fathom.
"John.." I heard Katy say quietly as she rounded the car wiping her few tears away. I flinched when I saw her, not noticing her at first since I was so caught up in my thoughts. I was fuming and the last thing I wanted to do was take it out on her.
"Baby just go sit in the car please. I need a minute." I said placing my hands on top of my head as I paced back and forth on the side of the road. I saw Katy inch towards me and took a few steps back knowing that I was in no place to be around people right now.
"John-"
"Katy, what did I say?" I said angrily, mad that she wasn't listening to me. "Just stay away from me for a minute you know how my temper gets."
"I'm not afraid of you John, I know you wouldn't hurt me." She whispered making her way towards me once again. I finally let her close enough to wrap her arms around my waist before wrapping my arms around her shoulders tediously at first but then tightening them after a few seconds.
"I won't let anything happen to you I promise." I whispered resting my chin on the top of her head.
"You've said that before..." she mumbled I think pretty absentmindedly because she immediately pulled away to look at me. As if I didn't feel bad enough about that happening she had to rub it in.. She was right though, I didn't do enough.
My face dropped once she said those words and my heart felt like it literally sank. She didn't trust me.. She didn't believe that I would keep her safe.
"No, John I-I didn't mean that, really it wasn't your fault." She said quickly trying to back peddle. She knew she had hit me hard with that one.
"No.. it's fine Katy, you're right." I said tucking a piece of hair behind her ear and looking her straight in the eyes. "Listen, we're just gonna go to Montana for little while okay? We'll leave straight from here. You have about a months worth of clothes packed anyway." I chuckled remembering how heavy her bags were. She never did learn how to limit her packing.
