Kentucky's Best

Chapter 14

Rachel was pissed that this small girl would dare speak to her that way. She was a part of Harry's family and this Rose person had no right. Rachel was just about to speak again when another vehicle pulls up, Rachel watches as Rose grins then runs to the passenger side and opens the door. Next thing she knows her niece is jumping into this girls arms with a squeal.
"Momma Rose, Aunt Beth took me to the park today, I got to play on the swings." Steph giggles as she hugs Rose around the neck.

"Wow! That does sound fun, we'll have to talk daddy into buying you a swing set and setting up in the back yard. We have plenty of room here for one don't we?" Rose laughs as she carries Steph over to Harry.

"Daddy can we?" Stephanie asks as she reaches for Harry.

Taking his daughter from Rose, Harry laughs. "Momma Rose already said we could so we'll go get one this weekend." Harry smiles.

Stephanie giggles and claps her hands, then she sees the other people in the yard. She wraps one arm around Harry's neck and reaches for Rose with the other. "Daddy who are they?" She asks.

"Baby this is your grandma and Aunt Gem, you talk to them on the phone. Remember?" Harry says.

"Oh, yeah. Hi gammy, Aunty Gem." Steph grins. Then the smile disappears and she points. "Whose she?"

Rachel steps up. "I'm your Aunt Rachel." She says reaching for Stephanie.

Steph gasps and pulls away from the ladies reach and dives for Rose. Just as Rachel's hands would have closed around her niece she's gone.

Rose was glad she saw Steph diving for her, she would hate to see this child hurt in any way, catching her, Rose hugs the crying, scared child to her chest.
"Shh, baby its okay, I've got you." Rose says rubbing Steph's back.

"Nonono, she used to sneak in me room." Stephanie sobs into Rose's neck. "She would cover me head with me pillow, when I'd scream she would go out the window cause daddy would come in." Steph cries.

Harry's head jerks up and drills Rachel with a look she's never seen before. "You tried to kill my daughter?" Harry whispers.

Rose sees Rachel is about to snap so she grabs her phone and starts recording everything being said. She then passes it off to Gemma so she can hold on to the still sobbing Stephanie. Gemma takes the phone from the smart Rose, and turns it to catch everything Rachel says and does. Hell she never did like this family anyway.

"No, Harry I was getting rid of Rhonda's child." Rachel yells. "She was keeping us from being together, as long as she was around you wouldn't give me a chance."

"My God, Rachel, she's mine too." Harry yells back. "If you had succeeded in kill my baby I would have hated you. Very close to what I'm feeling now." He adds.

Rachel gasps. "You can't hate me, Harry. I look like Rhonda and you loved her, you have to love me too. All you have to do is get rid of those two things over there." Rachel says pointing at Rose and Stephanie who was now standing with Anne, Gemma and Beth. "We can be together like we were meant to be all along." She cries.

"No, Rachel, I hated Rhonda. I hated her for everything she put me, put us, me and Stephanie,through. I was already planning on divorcing her when she died. I had the papers filed already, I knew she was cheating on me." Harry says.

"Of course she was, Harry she only stayed with you because of the money you made, she wasn't supposed to get pregnant." Rachel smirks.

"Oh, I know all about that too." Harry smirks also. "I was the one wanting a child, I replaced her birth control pills with those sugar pills." Harry says, laughing at the look on Rachel's face. "I was also smart enough to do a paternity test after Stephanie was born, I know she's mine." Harry adds.

What everyone didnt know was Rose had dialed Louis Tomlinson's phone number as she handed Gemma her phone, he was the sherriff for their small town and he was slowly making his way up Rose's driveway not liking what he was hearing. The woman sounded crazy and like she could do bodily harm, he just hoped he made it in time. Rose has had enough loss and hardships in her life time. This Harry guy seems like a decent guy and if Rose loves him then that's good enough for this town. Parking a few yards from where the confrontation was going on Louis gets out of his car and runs the rest of the way.
Just as he get to the area everyone is at, Louis slows to a walk, taking in the situation, and sees the woman standing across from Harry reaching behind her.

"Well I'm not letting them taking what's mine." Rachel screams. "Harry you're mine, mine and no one elses." Rachel says as she slowly bring a gun around and points right at Rose and Stephanie.

Several things happened at once, Harry gasps out and steps toward Rose and his daughter, Rose hugs Steph closer to her and turns around to protect Stephanie at all costs, Louis yells "freeze, drop the gun or I'll shoot", and Anne and Gemma wrap their arms around Rose trying to get her out of the line of fire.
But Rachel pulls the trigger hitting Rose in the shoulder, barely grazing her, due to Louis firing his gun at the same time hitting Rachel and killing her.
Everything goes deathly quiet except for Steph's crying, Rose slowly turns and looks up at Harry.

"Oh God, Rose are you okay?" Harry whispers.

"Rose nods. "Yeah, the bullet barely grazed me, we're both fine, Harry." Rose reassures him.

Harry then grabs Rose and Stephanie and hugs them both and sobs. "You would have taken a bullet for my daughter." Harry cries into Rose's hair.

Holding Steph with one arm, Rose wraps the other around Harry. "Of course I would, Harry. I love Steph. I could never let her be harmed in any way." Rose cries.

Louis walks up and says. "Rose, why don't you take Steph in the house. I have the coroner on the way, I'll tell him what happened here."

Nodding, Rose turns, but keeps Steph from seeing the body on the ground. "Thanks Lou." Rose whispers as she walks away motioning for Anne and Gemma to follow her.