Authors: Hailey Hogan
It took a moment for Eva to realize where she was. The last thing she remembered was watching a movie with Garth in the living room. Now she was in a bed, but not the one she had slept in the night before. This was much bigger. Garth’s arm was across her waist. He was cute when he snored. She watched him for a few minutes before getting up to go to the rest room.
The water cascading down her body soothed her. She wasn’t aware she had an audience until she heard
Garth’s voice. “You’re absolutely beautiful.”
“Coming from you that means a lot,”
Eva said, as she reached her arms out towards him. “Join me.”
“Are you sure?” he asked.
“Positive.”
Within seconds
Garth had removed his boxers and was lathering Eva’s body with soap. She “oohed and awed” as she felt the gentleness of his hands over her body. “Tell me, you’ll give me a chance,” Garth said, as he planted kisses on her soapy neck.
“Ask me in a minute.”
His lips traced their way down to her breasts. “Minutes up.”
“Yesss,”
Eva said, as his tongue flickered around her navel.
“You won’t regret it,”
Garth said, right before dipping his tongue into Eva’s secret garden.
Eva
’s moans got louder and louder. Her legs trembled as Garth cupped her buttocks with both hands to keep her from falling in the tub.
Garth
, after making sure Eva had been satisfied, stood and their bodies united. With each thrust, Garth felt himself becoming more and more in love with Eva. It didn’t take them long to reach an earth shattering climax.
Garth
held Eva as they slid down in the tub together. “I guess I’ll be wearing my hair in a ponytail today,” Eva joked, as the water from the shower head fell upon them.
“I love you
Eva.”
“But…”
Eva began to say.
Garth
placed his finger over her lips. “Shhh. Don’t worry about saying it back. When I hear those words from you, I want you to be absolutely sure. As sure as I am about my feelings for you.” He replaced his fingers with his lips and they kissed and made love for a second time.
Eva
and Garth spent the rest of the day in the bed exploring each other’s body; each time their bodies united was better than the time before. Eva was sleeping sound until she felt Garth nudge her. “The alarm just went off.”
“It’s morning already,”
Eva asked, still in a daze.
Garth
whispered, “No, the house alarm.” He handed her his cordless phone. “Call 9-1-1. Hurry and get to the bathroom. Don’t come out until I tell you.”
Eva
didn’t know if she was having a bad dream or not. She did as she was told.
Eva
hid in the bathroom as Garth went downstairs to investigate. She did as he told her and called the police. “Someone’s broken in.” Eva realized she didn’t know Garth’s physical address.
The 9-1-1 operator reassured her they had it on file, “We will have someone there as soon as possible.”
“Hurry, please,” Eva pled.
“You can stay on the line until help arrives ma’am.”
Eva kept the phone off the hook, as she waited. She didn’t like feeling helpless. Her heart felt like it was about to beat out of her chest. Waiting to see what was going on felt like an eternity. Eva jumped when she saw the doorknob turn.
“Baby, it’s me,”
Garth said.
Relieved, she rushed to the door and unlocked it. She ran into his arms. “Is everything okay?” she asked.
“Yes and no,” Garth responded, as he led her back into the bedroom.
“Someone threw something through the patio door that’s why the alarm went off. Whoever it was had gone by the time I got down to investigate.”
“The police are on their way,” Eva said.
By now, they could hear the sirens. “This should keep the neighbors talking. Put some clothes on and meet me downstairs,” he said, as he went to meet the police.
“The cops are here,” Eva informed the 9-1-1- operator before disconnecting the call. She threw the phone on the bed and headed downstairs. She saw Garth talking to two uniformed officers. One was writing on a pad while the other asked questions.
“This is my girlfriend,”
Garth said. Eva went and sat by him.
“Where were you when the alarm went off?” one of the officers asked.
Eva read the name on his badge.
“I was sleeping.”
Officer Jenkins stared at her. “You look familiar.”
Eva
admitted to being the talk show host. They would have found out anyway if they would have asked to see her identification. “I would appreciate it if you wouldn’t leak this to the media,” Eva commented.
“I know this is against protocol, but can I have your autograph for my wife,” Officer Jenkins asked. “She’s a huge fan of yours.”
“Sure.” Eva was used to having people ask for her autograph under strange situations. She could tell from Garth’s facial expression he wasn’t too happy about the request. She would have a talk with him later. Being a celebrity had its ups and downs. Besides, she wanted the police on her side. She didn’t want to have an attitude and have her business all in the media.
“You don’t have to worry about us. We’ll keep your identity under wraps. Mr. Morgan we’ll check with your neighbors and see if they saw anyone suspicious. Ms.
Ward thanks,” he said, tilting his hat.
The cops left but neither
Eva nor Garth were sleepy. They laid in each other’s arms but neither slept. When the sunlight crept through the curtains, they both decided to get up and get their day started.
“
Eva, there’s something I didn’t share with the cops.” Garth pulled a piece of paper from his pocket and handed it to her.
She read it. Her mouth dropped open. “How did they know I was here?”
“That’s a good question. Few people knew of your whereabouts. I need to make some phone calls.”
“Why do I have a feeling there’s something you’re not telling me?”
Eva asked.
“Did you read the fine print at the bottom of the paper?”
Garth asked.
Eva
reviewed the paper more closely. Her eyes squinted as she read the caption at the bottom. “GT Securities?”
“
Trevor probably did this to scare you because of catching you here yesterday. That’s another reason why I didn’t tell the cops about this.”
“He has lost his doggone mind. Wait until I get my hands on him.”
“Oh I got this. Believe that. I need to get you settled in at your office and then I’ll be confronting Trevor in person.”
Eva
couldn’t believe Trevor would stoop to doing something so low knowing how scared she was. While Garth was making his phone calls, she sent a few text messages cussing Trevor out. He claimed to not know what she was talking about. It’s not like he would admit it anyway. She felt confident that Garth would get to the bottom of the situation. For once she was going to trust someone else to handle her problems.
By the time
Garth was dressed, he found Eva in the living room waiting on him. “I know it’s going to rain now. Eva Ward beat me getting dressed.”
For the first time since the rock incident,
Eva smiled.
Garth didn’t smile when he entered the conference room. Trevor, and all of his employees that knew anything about Eva’s case avoided eye contact. Caroline tried to give him a cup of coffee but he passed. “There appears to be a breach somewhere in the building,” Garth said, looking around the room. He continued to say, “One of our clients was camped out at my place for safety reasons and guess what? I get this. He held up a copy of the note. “Written on our notepad paper.”
People started mumbling to one another.
Trevor said, “I know you don’t think anyone of us had anything to do with it. She has a fan. The fan could have gotten the paper from anywhere. From the studio.”
Garth
hadn’t thought of that. Brenda had been working with Eva there and could have left the notepad there. He made a mental note to get in touch with Brenda after this impromptu meeting. In fact, he decided not to wait. “Caroline, call Brenda on her cell phone.”
Brenda answered after a few rings. After checking on her father,
Garth apologized for calling under the circumstances. Brenda said, “I didn’t use any of our stationery at the studio. I never take a client’s file with me. I try to record everything in my brain.”
“Thanks. Keep us updated on your dad.”
He turned and looked at Trevor. “That throws that theory out the window. Anybody else have any more great ideas?”
Silence.
Garth didn’t want to believe any one of his employees would do something like that but he had to make sure. Eva’s life may depend on it. They invaded not only her privacy but his by trespassing and destroying his property.
“I apologize if I offended anyone but we can not have people working for GT that can’t be trusted. I would appreciate it if you all would go over any visitors and identify any that may be of questionable character. That’s all.”
He stood and looked out the window as people filed out the room. Trevor approached him from behind. “You know you’re wrong for calling us all in here for this. Eva got your nose wide open.”
“Look
Trevor, I’m this close,” he held out his hands. “from punching you the hell out, so I would suggest that you get out of my face.”
“I’m the one who should have a beef with you.”
“You know what. Screw it. If you want to fight, come on.” Garth unloosened his tie and rolled up his sleeves.
Caroline walked back into the conference room. “Everything okay in here?” She looked at
Garth and then back at Trevor.
Trevor
backed back from Garth and was the first to speak. “Everything’s fine. We’re just having a discussion about this weekend’s event.”
“I wanted to remind you I was supposed to leave early today but under the circumstances, if you need me to stay, I can,” Caroline said.
“No need to,” Garth said.
“You sure?” she asked.
Trevor said, “One of the other ladies will have you covered. Don’t worry about things here.”
Garth
faced Trevor. “Caroline is the only thing that saved you.”
“Look man. I was pissed to see
Eva at your place but why would I do something like that and then leave evidence?”
Garth
thought about it. Trevor did have a point. Trevor was a lot of things but stupid he was not. The only other person he could think of that probably felt she had a reason to harass Eva was Cheryl. He started to mention it to Trevor but thought second of it.
“Somebody is behind it and it’s about time we found out who.”
“Eva’s your problem now remember,” Trevor said, sarcastically.
“As long as she’s a client of GT Securities, she’s yours too. Now if you ever cared an ounce about her, you would be doing everything you could to help find out who is behind all of this. Unless, of course you know more than you’re telling me.”
Trevor stared Garth in the eyes. “You tripping man. Get a grip,” Trevor said, before walking out of the conference room.
Garth
pulled out his cell phone and called Cheryl. “Meet me at your place pronto,” he stated. , Cheryl didn’t question him. She seemed excited that he called. Garth needed access to see if he could find any evidence linking Cheryl to what had been happening to Eva.
“Caroline, I’ll be out of the office for awhile. If you need me, call me on my cell.”
Caroline looked like she wanted to say something. Garth didn’t have time for small talk. When he got to Cheryl’s, she appeared at the door in a red satin robe slightly opened. “You’re just in time. I was just about to hop in the shower,” she said, as she made sure he could view her naked body underneath the robe.
Perfect.
Garth thought to himself. “Don’t let me stop you,” he said in a husky voice.
“It’s more fun with two.”
“Don’t worry. I’ll be here when you get out,” he attempted to assure her.
Cheryl
let the robe fall completely open revealing her naked body. “You sure you don’t want to join me?”
“I’ll be waiting for you when you get out,” he lied.
As soon as he was sure she was in the shower, he started going through her things to see if he could find any evidence proving she was behind the threats to Eva. He came across some of their office stationery. He slipped it in his pocket. He fumbled through her drawer and saw a small box filled with clippings and pictures of Eva. For someone who couldn’t stand Eva, she sure kept up with her career.
By now, the water had stopped running. He made his exit from her house before she returned. He was pulling out the driveway, when he saw
Cheryl open the door. He pretended not to see her. A few minutes later, she was calling his number. She shouted, “Why did you leave?”
“Something came up at the office. Besides, I had second thoughts. It’s over this time for real.”
“Screw you Garth.”
“You’ve already done that,” he responded before disconnecting the call.
Cheryl called back several times. Each time he allowed her calls to go to voice mail. He wouldn’t even bother to listen to them. He planned on deleting them as soon as he got the chance. He dialed Trevor’s number. “We need to talk. There’s some things you need to know.”
“If it’s about
Eva, I don’t want to talk about it okay.”
“Just be at the office. I’ll be there in about thirty minutes.”
When Garth got to the office, he informed Caroline he didn’t want to be disturbed. “Trevor is the only person I care to see.”
“Yes sir,” she responded.
While waiting on Trevor, Garth placed the evidence he retrieved from Cheryl’s place on his desk. Trevor walked in the office and saw the items. “Where did you get all of this?” he asked.
“That’s what I called you in here for. Have a seat because what I’m about to tell you is serious.”
He watched Trevor as he picked through the items. “So whose been doing this?”
Garth
responded, “Guess.”
“Who?”
Trevor asked, confused.
Garth
sat down behind his desk and responded, “Cheryl.”