> I lashed out at the vase of flowers beside my bed sending it crashing to
the
> floor and smashing, spilling water over the rug. For a moment I stood in
> fascinated horror...look what I did! But it felt good, gave the feeling
some
> form, noise, destruction. Thoughts went round and round in my mind,
spinning
> helplessly out of control...I needed quiet...peace...I remembered still
how
> to feel that. I swallowed, don't go there Rachel, don't think
that...you've
> come too far now to turn back...but for peace?
>
>
> NM:
> Patrick flinched and looked at her before going to the desk and reading
the
> notes she had written and then frowned with both confusion and slow
> understanding.
>
> Someone was after her -- why didn't someone tell him last night that
Rachel
> was in danger??
>
> He disappeared and was instantly in front of Julia, so close in fact it
made
> her stop and start.
>
> "What -- ?" Julia started, looking away from Derek and blinking in
surprise
> at Patrick's almost dark expression "What's wrong?"
>
> "Why didn't someone tell me Rachel was being stalked?"
>
> "Stal.. what?" Julia asked, only to look at Derek confused "Patrick says
> Rachel's being... stalked?"
>
> This was the first she'd heard of it and Patrick relaxed a bit at that
> knowledge. If she hadn't known, she couldn't have told him. Which meant
> she wasn't keeping things from him. Now both Kat AND Rachel was in
danger.
>
> He explained what had happened and Julia looked back at him and started
> toward the door, explaining to Derek as she went "Rachel's upset, knocked
a
> vase over...."
>
> So much for rest, she thought as she passed up the sitting room and headed
> straight for the stairs to the second floor.
>
"Yes, I know," Derek said. "We've been working on trying to figure out who
it might be and I believe Nick and Alex are involved in, though neither has
has spoken to me about it." He watched as Julia headed upstairs. "Not to
long," he warned and he had every intention of checkingon her once he
figured out what the hell Megan was up to.
Derek
