Just to be Left Alone by Ginny Lynn

car talking. Parker heard the
whole story. When we got to the gas station she got it back out. He said they
were coming over after they made sure we weren’t being followed. Conrad got
your address from us and had Blake check your place. No one was there, so Blake
headed home.”
    Soon
after Conrad and Parker came in, Felicia apologized to me.
    “It’s
okay Felicia. Raven told me what was going on.”
    Parker
and Chastity sat across from me.
    Chastity
said, “I’m ticked that you didn’t want to tell anyone what had happened until
you were gone. How were we supposed to grab him for threatening you if you didn’t
tell us? You let him do this to you and he just walked away again.”
    All
I could do was whisper, “I didn’t want anything else to happen.”
    I
felt a weight next to me and was immediately wrapped in big arms. I inhaled and
somehow knew it was Conrad. I thought about Jason knowing he was there. I
jerked. He tightened his arms around me and said, “Calm down, just relax. I’m
not going to hurt you.”
    “I
can’t. He told me to stay away from you. You didn’t see him or hear how he said
it. He said it would be a bad thing if we got any more serious about one
another and for me to keep away from you. If he saw you come here after me
there’s no telling what he’ll do next.”
    “Listen.
Jason can go fly a kite or go to the next looney bin, whichever suits him best.
If his intentions are to threaten, hurt, or frighten you again, I’ll do what I
have to do. We’re going to come up with a plan to keep you protected. I told
you that I have seen this kind of behavior before. I can’t stand by and let it
happen to you,” Conrad said.
    I
nodded.
    “First
of all, we need to get a restraining order against Jason,” Raven suggested.
    “That’s
sure to piss him off and I don’t particularly care,” Chastity offered.
    “We
need to be prepared for his anger. Go to the police tomorrow. Conrad can verify
what he’s seen. I’m sure we could get statements from the waiter tonight and
the one Jason yelled at,” Raven said.
    Conrad
agreed.
    Raven
went on, “We can keep in touch with each other over the next few days, while
the paperwork gets handled.”
    “That
could take a week or so depending on when they file the papers and serve them. At
least, that’s what I’ve been told. We should give this situation two weeks to
make sure,” Felicia said.
    “I’ll
go to the police station by my place,” I said before gulping down cold soda on
my tight throat.
    “I’m
going to the station with you since I was there for two of the incidences.
They’ll want statements from me as well,” Conrad offered.
    “I
don’t need a chaperone all the time, but going to the station with me isn’t a
bad idea.”
    “I
guess that’s settled,” Chastity said as she leaned into Parker.
    I
looked at the girls and thought that we’d all been through enough tonight. I
just wanted the whole episode to be over.
    “Okay
guys, party’s over. It’s really late and we’ve had a real blast. So why don’t
we all get some sleep?”
    “You’re
staying here tonight, right?” Raven asked.
    “Yeah,
you can’t go home in case Jason comes by. There’s no trusting the jerk now,”
Felicia said.
    “She’s
got a point, Samantha. You should either stay here tonight or have someone stay
with you at your place. You don’t need to be alone,” Parker said.
    “I’ll
have to be alone sometime, somewhere. I refuse to be a prisoner because of him
and you have to understand that. I’ll be careful. I’ll stay here tonight since
I’m already here with my bag. Tomorrow, I will stop at the police station on
the way home. I will also check in on a regular basis to make you guys feel
better.”
    I
had just put my foot down with them.
    “Fine.
I’ll pick you up at ten o’clock for brunch then we’ll drive to the police
station before taking you home, okay?” Conrad asked.
    I
looked at him and nodded, at least he’d let me sleep