My stalker

Chapter 3

" it was a while back, I was around 17 when I saw this man standing outside my house. It was late and I was sneaking in. I went to a party because my best friend, Ali wanted me to. When I came home there was a man standing outside my window waiting for me. I immediately called my dad and he yelled at him to go away. After that I got punished and I was grounded because I snuck out. So I, For the following days, went to school then came straight home, for a while everything was fine until one day I went to sleep with my window cracked open to let cold air in. I woke up and he was on top of me. He held my wrists and continued to rape me. I started to scream and luckily my dad and mom came running in and my dad pulled him off me and my mom called the cops. I was outside when He got put into the back of the cop car. He said, " You and me will be together, and your parents won't be a problem. You just wait. You'll see!"

At this point she was crying but she wanted to stay strong. She continued, " I didn't know he was out of jail for a long time until he killed my parents. I came home and as I walked up to the front door, I smelled smoke. I thought it was just mom cooking again, so I open the door and saw that the whole living room was on fire. My three other siblings were in there so I ran in to get them only to have my dad say, "No! Go! I will get them!", And one by one they all came out, and as soon as Jax came out, the roof enclosed and my parents were trapped in there. They were murdered. They were looking for Josh, for a long time. But they never found him. I never saw him again. Until today."

Liz was looking down at her feet, and Tate put his hand on her back. He said, "It'll be alright. He won't hurt you. I am here. You are not staying at your house. You and me are going to walk over to your house and you are going to get some clothes. Then we will walk back to my house. You are going to stay with me. Ok?"
Liz shook her head yes and then he grabbed her hand and they stood up. The walked to her house and grabbed some clothes. As the walked back he stopped so she did as well. He said, "You will be alright, I promise." As he gave her a hug. He grabbed her hand and started to walk again. As they entered the house he said, "Here follow me. I have a guest bedroom." He said showing her the way. He then said, "My room is right down the hall. Please come get me if you need anything." She nodded and went to lay down.

As she laid down she started to fall asleep. A few hours went by only for her to wake up from a nightmare about Josh. She ran into Tate's room. As she entered she thought, "wow, you are acting like your five. Just go back to sleep." So she turned around to walk away, but then she heard Tate say, "Are you ok?" She shook her head no and said, "But I will be alright. It happens all the time." Only for Tate to say, "Come here." She obeyed and went to his bedside. He picked her up and sat her next to him. She seemed confused but went along with it.

Tate said, "Tomorrow I am taking you to the police to tell them what happened. But I will be with you the whole time. Until then you need to get some rest." She nodded. And curled her body into his and went to sleep.

Liz's POV:

He was really warm, and smelled like mint. He held me tightly. I wanted to cry but I couldn't. I needed to be strong. And now I couldn't go home, the police won't want me to leave the city, let alone the state! Tomorrow I will have to tell Jax. I drifted off into my sleep and for the first time in a long time I didn't wake up to nightmares or night terrors. I woke up and Tate was still holding me. I felt protected, like nothing could hurt me. I felt safe for the first time in years. Not even dead bolts made me feel as safe as Tate's strong arms did.