Star Light

Chapter 28: 10 years later

"Happy Birthday." Jacob asks pulling me toward him by my waist. I feel his soft lips against mine and can't help but smile. He is mine. Our kiss is interrupted by our apartment elevator dining.

"Come on." I say pulling his arm into the elevator. We have been living together for a couple years and we are trying to save up to move into a actual house, which we are almost there. No word has been heard about Devon's gang, so it has been peaceful. He stands behind me and raps his arms around me, kissing my head.

"I love you, you know that right?" He asks and I nod.

"And I love you too." I say as the doors open. We walk toward our apartment hand in hand.

"I have a surprise for you." He says opening the door and letting me walk in. I flip the switch on and drop my phone. Our whole apartment was empty. The couch's, TV, table, chairs, everything.

"We've been robbed." I say walking farther into the living room. Everything but a box in the middle of the room. I turn back to him and he smiles.

"This is your surprise." He says and I look at him confused.  "All our stuff is in our house..."

"Our house?" I ask and he nods. I run up and hug him. We kiss until he pulls me back, making me whine.

"Go open the box." He says and I let go and run over to it. I open it and there is a happy birthday card. I kneel down and read it. 'Happy birthday baby girl. I love you so much and I am so happy that you are mine in life. I hope we can spend the rest of our lives together. I also want you to know that everything in this card is true but is also just a distraction, turn around.' I get up confused and turn around to look at him.

"What...?" I look at him and he is on one knee. My hands go to my mouth as he opens a box with a ring. I walk closer to him until I am in front of him, my heart racing.

"Will you marry me?" He asks and I nod, tears filling my eyes. He stands up and puts the ring on my finger then hugs me. "I love you so much."

"I love you too baby." I say then he pulls away.

"Okay, as much as I wan to stay hugging you, we aren't suppose to be in here. We no longer own this apartment so, lets go to our new house." He says grabbing my hand and pulling me to the door. I can't believe that just happened. The whole way down to the car I gawk at the big diamond on my finger. How did he afford a house after buying this? I am pulled out of my thoughts when he stops in front of me, stiff.

"What happened?" I ask looking at him as he stares at the car. I look over and my mouth hangs open. The windshield is smashed in along with all the other windows. The sides are dented and the paint is all chipped. "Who the hell..." He walks to the windshield, or where it should be, and takes a note off the front. He reads it then hands it to me, his whole body stiff.

'Happy birthday baby. Did you miss me? ~Devon'. I open my mouth and look at Jacob.

"I thought he died..." I say looking down trying to remember. it was one the news They found his body on the side of the highway...he was dead. Jacob looks around trying to find something

"That's what I wanted you to think hun." A voice says behind me, making me jump. Jacob pushes me behind him as Devon walks towards us.

"How...?" I ask quietly.

"Oh, I had a few of my guys fake my death. It was no big deal. Everyone thought I was dead, as I wanted them to. I have been in hiding, trying to find you for the past ten years." he says looking me in the eye. We moved to Washington to get away from him and everything. "I asked Steven nicely where you went but, he refused to tell me. You should have heard him screaming for me to leave you alone." He laughs. He killed Steven.... that's why he hasn't answered me in the past month. I thought he just found new friends.

"What do you want Devon?" I asked.

"I came back for you baby." He says then raise the gun.

"Devon!" I yell standing in front of Jacob. "Put the gun down."

"I am doing this for us." He says and I look at him confused.

"Nobody has to die." I say and he laughs. He puts the gun down and I try to walk closet to him but he raises it again.

"Move out of the way or I will shoot through you." He says and I stop. Jacob grabs my arm and pulls me closer to him. Jacob grabs something out of his waist bad that he always carried around.

"Devon, please put the gun down. We can talk about this." I say and he puts the gun down, laughing hard. Jacob takes the time to aim his gun and shoot shim in the chest. A scream escapes my throat before I can hold it back.

"We have to go." Jacob says pulling me toward the exit of the parking garage. I let him pull me away and we run down the road as police cars pull up at the front of the building. He stops when we are far enough away and hugs me. "Its okay. Its done for good this time."

"I can't do this anymore..." I say crying.

"It will get better." He says then I nod and we walk down the road. He's dead now. No more of this. Its over. I tell myself as we walk to our new house.