Outlawed Love

Chapter 14

"Happy birthday sweetie, go open your gifts." I said as I leaned back into Shawn's arms, "I cant believe she is 4 years old Shawn, she's got your hair and your eyes. I think she will have your smarts too!" Today was Gracies birthday, we got her everything a four year old could possibly want, a Barbie doll house with twenty dolls, a brand new pair of light up shoes, some more Peppa Pig toys and teddies. "Omg! Thanks mummy and daddy I love them." Shawn released his tight grip from around my body. "Gracie, will you go and get some of the frozen fruit from the garage freezer, I am going to make some milkshakes!" She nodded and ran to the garage excitedly. I heard her little squeal of joy, "Mummy, Daddy. You got me a bike!" She ran over to me and gave me a hug. "Thank you!" she looked up at me then ran over to Shawn. "Thank you daddy! I love it!"

Shawn made some milkshakes and brought them into the lounge. He put them on top of the coasters. *Ring ring* my phone went off, I looked at the screen to see that Caleb was calling me. "Sorry, I'll be back in a minute." I walked out into the kitchen and picked up the call. "Caleb, How is my football star!" He didn't seem as happy as he normally is, "I guess you haven't heard, have you Layla?" A million thoughts ran through my mind. "Darcy escaped last night, Dad... Liam tried to, but he failed and has been sent back to his cell." I knew that I was no longer safe, Darcy was out, what was stopping her from coming to get revenge on me. "Layla, I've got to go as I need to do some football training, I'll call you back later." The call hung up just as I said bye. "Is everything ok Layla?" I looked over to Shawn with tears in my eyes, "Hey, what's wrong." I embraced his hug and told him in a whispered voice "It's Darcy, she escaped." I didn't want to cry, I didn't want to say it too loud. I knew that with Darcy on the loose, there might be a follow up from Liam. They could even go for Gracie. There was a feeling of fear, and then there was fear. This was utter fear, that started in my stomach and raised up to my head leaving me feeling like I was drowning in air. When they got put in jail I thought it was over, obviously not.

I called into work and said that I wasn't coming in today. They wasn't impressed. I knew that they wouldn't understand if I told them I'm taking the day off because my crazy murderer is on the loose after escaping from jail. I guess I would just have to pretend she wasn't around, she wouldn't know where I lived anymore, she wouldn't know where to find me and she definitely wouldn't risk roaming around our town. That was like begging to be killed.

I didn't really care what happened to me, it was more if Shawn or Gracie got hurt, or even Caleb, Mum, Bailey. I couldn't risk loosing my family, my friends, my life. They meant every living day to me, if anything happened to them. I think I'd literally go insane. I knew that if Darcy was going to come back I would get a threat first. Like to leave Shawn or something. I was honestly so clueless. I didn't know where to turn, what to do or what to even think! I thought I was already going insane. I sat there on the kitchen stool looking outside into the garden, Gracie was trying to catch butterflies with Dillon and Bailey. "Mummy, look!" She came to the window with a bright blue butterfly with white spirals on its wings. "Uncle Bailey and Uncle Dillon helped me rescue it from the bush. It has something attached to its leg?" I went outside and reached out for the butterfly to see a message written on a yellow-ish piece of paper that was tied around its leg. I opened it carefully so I wouldn't rip it and read it to myself. *Watch your back! I'm back like I never left* My eyes didn't leave the paper. I was scared. "Mummy? What does it say?" I didn't ant her knowing about Darcy or Liam. So I made it up... "It says, Please take care of me as my Mummy can't anymore." She giggled as she took back the butterfly "I'm going to name you Bluebell" She looked down at the butterfly like it was her child. I heard the door and I thought that it was Darcy. I grabbed a knife off the side and went to the door with it. "GO AWAY!" I ran around the corner of the wall "Wow! Baby are you ok." I explained to him what happened and he seemed shocked. "Omg, I wish I was here when it happened. We should call the police." I knew what he said was right but deep down my gut was telling me that if I did this, it only made me situation worse.