Red Fear

Chapter Fourteen

Just three months after Haden and Evan got married, things were not going good for Haden, her nightmares came back, her urges to hurt herself came back and with a fight, she even started to doubt her marriage with Evan more and more. Evan continued to come and see her, but there were days when she didn't want to see him. One afternoon when Evan came by he decided to talk with Dr. Howard before talking with Haden, just to see what was going on with her.

"Dr. Howard, may I come in and talk to you about Haden?" Evan asked, from Dr. Howard's door.

Keith nodded and asked, "What's on your mind?"

Evan sat down, "I was hoping you could tell me what's going on with Haden. The past few days, when I've came to see her, she doesn't seem interested in seeing me or doesn't talk to me sometimes, I wanted to know if you could tell me what the problem is?"

Keith cleared his throat, "Evan, it has nothing to do with you, she is afraid that you don't want her anymore."

"Why would she say or think that?" Evan asked.

"Some girl came in a month ago and started filling her head with lies about you." Keith Howard explained.

Evan thought for a moment and then said, "Was the girl's name Jessie?"

Keith looked at the visitor papers and said, "Yes, that's her."

Everything clicked in Evan's head, Jessie was putting lies into Haden's head and turning them against each other so Jessie could have her. Evan asked, "Is she here today?"

"Yes she is." Keith said.

Evan quickly got out of the room and headed to find Haden, he needed to explain what was going on to her, he found her in her room with Jessie, he barged in, "Jessie I need to talk to you, right now."

Haden stood up, "What's going on?"

Evan walked towards her, "Jessie's trying to tear us apart, don't you see that. Haden you know how much I love you, you have two more months to go and then we are home free, you;ll get to come home and be with me, I know that's what you want."

Haden looked at Jessie, than at Evan and said, "I held you with sweaty palms and shaky hands, I am so afraid of breaking you. I tend to ruin everything and everyone I love, only because I'm convinced I don't deserve it, and god, I don't deserve you because I have put you through so much pain and I think you;d be better off without me in your life."

Evan whipped away her tears and said, "Don't say that, you do deserve me and I deserve you. You are the girl that has changed my life since I met you, you taught me how to love, you've shown me love and you have taught me to have a back bone and get away from me parents, you've shown me that there is a whole different person inside of myself and you were the only one who brought that out of me, today I caught myself smiling for no reason, but then I realized, I was thinking of you and about all of the things were going to get to do when you get out. Haden I don't want anyone else, I only want you in my life and I mean it from the bottom of my heart."

Haden looked at her husband, with tears streaming down her face and asked, "You really mean that?"

Evan wrapped his arms around his wife and said, "With every fiber of my being."

They shared an embrace when Jessie said, "So does that mean I don't get anything."

Haden looked at her, "Leave."

Jessie was shocked, "What?"

"Leave Jessie. You tried to break us up and now I want nothing to do with you. Get out of my face and stay away from me." Haden said. Jessie left without another word and didn't come back to see Haden ever again.