The Sweet Encounter (Completed)

Chapter Thirty-Four: Perfect

Brie had been planning the nursery for the past month. She was constantly on her feet decorating and then also occupying herself with work from the shop. Soon she realized it wasn't the greatest idea since it caused her to have swollen feet. Trey was always on her for not focusing on her pregnancy, and he tried to delegate any work he could towards Lacy.

Trey couldn't accept Brie's stubbornness anymore, so he hired a designer to finish their son's nursery room. That night when he tried to surprise Brie, she cried. But they were tears for not being able to finish the nursery herself. She was an emotional wreck at first, but she calmed herself and was finally happy at the sweet gesture from Trey.

All the craziness surrounding them had Trey lose track of the importance of Allison. He hired a private investigator to follow Allison's track, and not wanting to think it was true, Allison was still in town. She hid herself away from Trey and Brie, but there was no doubt that Allison's presence still lingered in town.

Trey didn't know how to deliver the news to Brie. He didn't want to keep something like this away from her considering she had just welcomed him back. He decided he would come home early, prepare her favorite meal and have a heart to heart talk with her. He took out his phone and sent a text to her.

Trey: Hello, love. I'd like to prepare dinner tonight.

Brie: Well, how can I ever say no?

Trey: I'll be heading home early to prep. See you in a few.

Brie: See you. Love you.

Trey turned on his intercom, "Stace, will you cancel all my afternoon appointments? I need to head out early."

"Is everything alright, Boss? Do you need me to do anything?"

"No. Once you're done with your work, take an early leave too, Stace."

"Why thank you, Boss!" She cheerfully expressed on the intercom.

With that closing remark, Trey grabbed his keys and headed out the door to prepare for tonight.

Brie looked at her watch and was anticipating tonight. She only had a few items to complete before closing the shop. She had to finish her last business plan for the new shop to open in DC. With doctor's orders to not travel for her last couple weeks, and Trey being adamant about her remaining in town; Brie had no choice but to utilize all her time to perfect everything. It didn't help either that Lacy kept barging in asking if she could assist. What seemed like a few minutes turned into a full hour, but Brie was able to close up her document. She packaged it nicely, and then placed it in the envelope to be delivered tomorrow.

She looked at her watch again and realized how late it was. She also noticed that Trey didn't try to call her even though she was running behind on time. She called him, but there was no answer. She would try later once she was in the car. Brie stepped out of her shop and left Lacy to close it with the remainder of the staff. "Good night, Lacy! Trey's got something up his sleeve, so I need to be there."

Lacy waved her hands to shoo Brie out of the shop, "Go then! Leave!"

Thankfully, she parked in the garage today since the rain was coming down hard. She ran and sat in her car and buckled her belt, but the sudden arms around her throat caused her to freeze. The only thing Brie noticed was the long blonde locks in front of her eyes, and the blade under her throat.

"Hello, Brie. Do you miss me?"

The all too familiar voice caused the hair on the back of her neck to rise. "Allison. What do you want?" Brie's heart was palpitating. Her breathing became sharper as the edge of the knife would dig closer to her skin.