“How about I go change and do a
little packing and meet you in town. I
suppose we really shouldn’t wake the
pastor up right now.”
I sighed and said, “I suppose not.
Okay.” She hopped out of the truck and
ran for the house. I watched her go
smiling.
The Lord sure did work in
mysterious ways. I started my truck and
eased out of concealment and started
down the road. It certainly had been a
day of extremes. Now however, I found
myself smiling from ear to ear.
That all changed though, as from
within I had a nagging feeling that something is about to happen
*****
Samantha’s p.o.v
Samantha flipped light switches on
and threw off her pajamas and quickly
donned a bra and a pair of boy shorts.
She snapped on a blouse and pulled on a
skirt. A skirt seemed more appropriate
for a wedding than the pants that she
usually wore.
Then in a mixture of smiles and
happy tears she slammed the majority of
her clothing into two suitcases. This
cabin was very nice, but she’d rather
live with Steph in his little shack any day
of the week.
It was all she could do to snap the
suitcases closed as she hadn’t taken the time to place her clothing appropriately
in order to make room for closure.
“There, it’s done!”
Seizing the handles she turned
toward the door and abruptly dropped
both suitcases. There was a man
standing in the doorway and it wasn’t
Stephen.
The big man grinned oafishly at her
and said, “I come to play with you.”
Meeting his gaze Samantha very
calmly said, “No, I don’t think so
buddy.”
He frowned at that and was about to
say something when a big fist came out
of nowhere and sent him crashing into the side of the doorway. The fist strikes
kept coming and the intruder had no
chance of mounting a comeback as the
savage hits resounded with bone
crushing force over and over. Within 30
seconds the man was a pile of smashed
up pulp on the floor.
*********
Breathing heavy I blinked away the
hazy blood wrath that had overcome me
and left off beating the man before I
killed him. I wiped at the sweat on my
face and took in the imagery of Samantha
calmly standing in her bedroom not
having moved an inch from her original
spot.
She smiled and said, “I’m ready to go Honey. Do you think big stud that you
are, you could bring my bags.”
She headed for the door and moved
past me and I glanced back towards her
bags.
“Don’t worry about him I’m calling
the police now.”
Numbly, I nodded and moved
forward to pick up her bags. The girl
had a plan and at the moment I was
content to follow it.
We gave our statements at the town
office and as the sun came up we were
married. It had been a sleepless night to
be sure, and yet I wasn’t tired right now.Samantha lay back in my arms, gazing at
me as if she was the cat that had eaten
the canary.