Alive and Kicking

You're Getting Married

I know, there is a huge time jump, but between everything that has happened from SAGs to now, I had no inspiration to continue writing the story as it was. Hopefully, you will still love it. Sorry for any mistakes, I wanted to get this one like... yesterday. :)

You're like a student who's on vacation
Just waitin' for school to start
I don't know what's in it for you,
But it ain't in your heart...

LILY

The threatening letters started arriving about a month ago, all with the same handwriting and some atrocious perfume sprayed all over, it was females.

At first, she didn't want to acknowledge them, in her career, there has been plenty of desperate souls trying to grab her attention in any way possible, even if it meant they would get a restraining order. But as time went on these particular threats got more intense to the point where one letter even contained stag's blood.

For a while, Lily kept it to herself though she could notice how David would catch a glimpse of her uneasiness, but still comment nothing on it.

One day she decided it would be the smart thing to do, tell him all about the woman threatening her. After all, this woman was targeting her because she was dating David.

"And you're telling me that NOW?!" she heard him yell, thank God the girls weren't at the loft. "What the hell Lily, you should've waited this long" he was livid.

The last thing he wanted for her or her girls was to be put in danger over something so simple as a relationship. Whoever was sending this was a real psycho and he suspected things would only get weirder.

"I am sorry, I didn't want you to worry" she knew hiding something this big was usually a dealbreaker when it comes to relationships, but she just couldn't ever allow herself to feel weak.

"We have to go to the police, we have to do something" he lowered his voice seeing how it was affecting her, but kept his posture steady, like a father scolding a child.

She was trying to avoid police. In all her years she never met one cop that actually helped her, instead, they would make some stupid, sexist comment and leave her to fix the problem herself.

"You know how I am with them..." the defiant look in her eyes told him there was no chance she would accept Law Enforcement as an option, so he had to get creative.

"What about a private eye? I know a guy that helped me once, he would do it again for sure."

She shrugged and finally managed to relax just a little "I think that could work."

DAVID

Married, he couldn't even fathom that he would ever be married to anyone, least of all someone he knew for barely a year.

True, the marriage was more of a stunt, but it was out there and David was an honorable man. He couldn't just pretend like this was what he truly wanted, but it was needed to ensure the safety of Lily and her girls.

It turned out that the letters were sent by a woman Lily's husband was dating. He was a possessive guy and the thought of her spending more and more time with David made his blood boil. What was a casual flaw, became a psychiatric diagnosis and he started plotting his mastermind plot.

He got his girlfriend who was crazy in love with him to write the letters as a "scary joke everyone enjoys", convincing her he would send them out for Halloween. Then, he made sure to add all the details he knew would scare Lily.

He wrote about how he was going to take away their children because she was alone and unfit to raise two girls while barely having any money now that COVID-19 took a toll on all artists. He threatened to expose her relationship as fake, how he would find her when she's alone, and do unspeakable things.