Russell Howard Fanfiction - Love At First Laugh

Chapter 18 - Threats

Y/Ns POV

The next day we got a call from the police.

On the phone
"Hello?"
"Good morning, it's PC Howells"
"Oh good morning"
"We have an update on the case. Our patrol officers have visited Ethan Watkins' house and workplace, aswell as around town and there is no sign of him. We have been unable to track down his current location and we just want to warn you of your safety."
"Oh ... thanks for letting me know"
"We will update you on anything else we find out"
"Thank you"
End of call

I turned around to see Russell who was standing in the doorway with a curious look on his face.
"It was the police, they can't find Ethan. They wanted to warn us to be safe"
Russell slammed his fist into the doorframe cursing. "For fuck sake! So bacically he is on the run trying to find us!"
I stayed silent. I didn't know what his plan was, and that scared the shit out of me.

***

A couple days later we had another call.

On the phone
"Hello?"
"Hello, It's PC Howells and we have more news on the case."
"Go ahead"
"Well we have received a note from an anonymous source. This note was what we currently believe to be a suicide note from Ethan. He wrote apologising for your death and claiming that he would kill himself after sending the letter because he felt so ashamed of killing you. I guess he didn't know you where alive. We looked on the system and the handwriting is definately his. The only problem is that we have not found his body. He did not give us any indication as to where he was. You can now not worry about your safety Y/N. "
".....Thank you"
"Good day"
End of call

Holy shit. I walked up to Russell who was on the sofa.
"Ethans dead". Russell turned to me. "What?"
"He sent a suicide note to the police ..... he's dead Russ"
"Oh ... are you sure?"
"Well they haven't found his body but the handwriting was definately his"
None of us knew what to say.

I couldn't believe it. He killed himself because he felt bad for killing me....
I decided to go for a walk to clear my head.

It was about 5:00 and the sky was starting to darken. The cold wind blew my hair to the side as I paced slowly up the street of houses. I had been walking for about 10 minuites and so far hadn't seen many people. I walked down another Street and far ahead of me I saw a man on the same path, walking my way as I walked his way. He was wearing a black coat with the hood up making his look very mysterious. When we got closer I realised I recognised him from somewhere. When we were nearly next to eachover, we both happened to glance at eachovers eyes. I knew those eyes. Ethan. I gasped, realising who it was and suddenly felt a two strong hands cover my mouth and push me into a narrow alleyway. He let go as I stared at him in horror.
"Ethan?! I though you were dead?!"
"You would believe anything"
"But you sent them a note.."
"Yeah to get them to stop looking for me, it isn't that hard."
"So you're not even sorry for what you did? You don't care that you put me in a coma and burnt my house down?!"
"I told you not to reject me."
"YEAH AND YOU NEARLY KILLED ME!"
He covered my mouth again and pushed me back into the wall, stepping uncomfortably close to me and holding me down with his body.
"Shut the fuck up someone will hear you! Now listen, how about you be a good girl and not tell the police I'm alive, or I will kill you and Russell."
He finally moved his body away and I ran. I ran as fast as I could all the way back home. By the time I reached the house I had tears dripping down my face and my legs were burning. I pounded at the door with my fist and Russell opened it quickly.

Russell's POV

I heard a quick loud pounding fist at the door. What the hell? I opened the door to see Y/N standing there shaking with tears streaming down her face. I got her inside quickly and as soon as I shut the door she broke down crying as she hugged me tightly. My parents must have heard this commotion as they came running in from the living room. "Oh my god Y/N what's wrong?!" Ninette said.
"E...Ethan ..... h...he's alive".

Y/Ns POV

Russell lead me through to the living room and sat me down on the sofa. Russell sat next to me and his parents both sat on the other sofa.
"What happened?" Russell asked.
"While I was walking, I saw a man walking the opposite direction. When he got closer I realised it was Ethan and he realised it was me. He pulled me into an alleyway and said if I told the police that he was still alive he would kill us both."
David stood up and said "Y/N we need to inform the police and get him behind bars. There's nothing he can do if he's locked up."
"But he'll know that I told them!"
"We can place a restraining order on him so that he can't touch you."
"I'll call them now" Russell said dialing the number and leaving the room.
Ninette turned to me and said "It will be ok Y/N. We can get him arrested once and for all. Hey, while all of this is going on, why don't you and Russell go on a holiday! You know to get away from it all. There is no way he can get you if you're in another country, and by the time you get back you won't have to worry about him!"
"Yeah that sounds like a good idea!" Said David.
"Okay that sounds nice" I replied.

Russell came back in after talking to the police and we told him about the holiday plan. That night Russell and I stayed up booking our holiday. We decided to go to Paris as neither of us had been there and we both would love to go. We also bought a replacement flat that we could stay in while we sort out another house.

Finally I could look forward to something.
Finally I wouldn't have to worry.

A/N
The past few chapters have been a bit depressing but now luckily the next one will be about their holiday so it will be nice and cheerful!