63. Drake breaks it off with Stella, but he has no choice now...
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Drake turned around, he couldn't find Olivia. He met the sheriff on the trail.
" We will bring in the dogs to track her. I assume she is no longer armed?" He asked.
" I think the gun in the house was all she had." He said.
He walked back to the stables. He fed the horses and gave them water. The neighbor, Jim Akins arrived then to help out.
Drake nodded and gave him instructions. He offered to pay him for his help.
" Mr. Palmer, no thanks... it's what neighbors do. When my daughter ran away. The misses and I had to go find her.
TJ took over at my place, he was there and here working all hours for weeks. I owe him big time."
Drake frowned, he did not know any of this. "He's a very good man." he smiled.
Drake went back to the house, the police were just finishing up.
" Kira the neighbor Jim is here. Will you be okay? I am going to the hospital now." He put his hand on her. " You were so brave."
She smiled," I tackled that girl. She won't forget me!" She was grinning.
" Well, I will be back in a few hours." He told her.
Drake jumped into his SUV, he backed out.
He didn't see the muddy foot prints in the car. He did know that his drugged crazed ex girlfriend was in the back seat.
She popped up as he drove the long road to town.
" Olivia!" He yelled as he swerved off the road. He stopped the car.
She had a rifle, she aimed it at his head.
" I'm smarter than I look, I hid in that house by the barn, that man...TJ? He had this gun in there. I love that!" She laughed as she pointed it at his head.
" Now pick up your phone, we have a heart to break!" She giggled.
Drake called Stella. "It's me Drake the rake, well, you were right, I never changed.
I screw em and leave them. Look I am breaking it off with you.
You need to know I slept with Kira the whole time, and as far as living with me, I will never give you a key to my new place, never.
Don't say anything to me and try to talk me into loving you, because I can't talk now anyway.
I'm leaving on a long vacation. Do not try to find me you b***h, I..hate...your...ugly...crippled face." He said it very slowly so she would know that he meant the total opposite, it was their thing.
Stella knew something wasn't right. He was acting strained.
She said," I hate..I hate...you too."
He hung up.
She was frowning and biting her nail.
She called Kira.
" Where is Drake?" She asked.
" He's going to get you at the hospital, he left about 20 minutes ago. The police are still looking for Olivia, Drake couldn't find her."
" Can I speak to any of the police that are there Kira?"
She said." They are all looking for Olivia, the dogs are coming out."
Stella said," Lock the doors. I think Olivia has Drake, please tell him, if he calls that he needs to call me back. Thanks." She didn't want to worry Kira.
Stella kissed TJ goodbye. " I'll be back as soon as I can, Kira is at the summer house. She has a bunch of police officers there, so she should be...ok...TJ... I think Olivia has Drake. I'm going out to look for him."
He shook his head. " She's crazy."
" I know that's why...why I need to do this." She frowned.
He handed her a pair of sharp scissors at his bedside, the nurse left there.
"It's better than nothing. Don't do anything rash, please just call the cops if you find them." He begged her.
She nodded. "I hope I find them."
Drake was driving to the new beach house. He hoped Olivia would believe that he was taking her to get back together with her.
He told her he was.
Stella drove down the only road to the summer house. She saw some skid marks on the side of the road that looked fresh. She was pretty sure that it was Drake's SUV.
She turned the car around.
" Where are you Drake?"
She sat there a moment.
" I will never give you a key to my new place".....
She already had the key. She knew he wasn't leaving on vacation, because he was going to Florida to see his aunt before she died.
Stella looked up the address he had given her. She drove like a bat out of hell. She raced to get there in time.
Once on the 101 she raced down the freeway. She actually spotted his SUV, she thought.
She pulled up behind it. She saw the small sticker that he had put on there when he had gotten the car, it was a San Francisco 49s sticker.
She stayed behind him.
He turned his blinker on to the left, then the right.
He was signaling her, he saw her.
She pulled back, but kept an eye on him.
She tried to call the hiway patrol, but her phone died.
She had no choice but to follow him to that house.
She suddenly swerved around him. She would beat him there.
Stella drove like Ash on the race track. She sped up in the turns and floored it through the straight away.
She parked her car on the street facing the opposite house.
She ran, she actually ran. Her leg was on fire, but the adrenaline pushed her through.
Stella unlocked the door with her new key. It was a huge house. It was very lovely. She ran to find a phone. She saw it but it wasn't connected to the phone line yet. It was useless.
Stella saw them coming to the door. Olivia had a rifle held to Drake's head.
Stella hid in the pantry. She popped out and placed a can of soup on the empty counter, then ducked back inside, signaling to Drake where she was, she hoped.
Drake looked around. He didn't see her, but he had seen her car. He knew she was here.
He looked in the kitchen and saw a lone can of soup on the counter. He knew where Stella was.
Olivia was starting to scratch herself. She was twitching from the drugs.
" I need, I need some booze, maybe some oxy, what do you have?" She looked around.
He pointed to the bathroom.
" My house keeper might have left something in the bathroom, have a look. I'll grabbed the booze.
Meet me in the bedroom, last door down at the end." He smiled.
She still gripped the gun tightly.
Drake opened the pantry.
Stella handed him some vodka.
He stared at her. "Go, get help when we move to the bedroom." He said frantically now.
" My phone, it's dead." She said.
" She will kill you." She mouthed.
" Go, don't try anything. She's crazy." He touched her face and handed her his phone.
" I love you." He turned and pulled out some ice and cola from the fridge.
" Where are you lover?" He called to Olivia.
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