The fugitive - Episode 3

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Sarah west, settled deep into the simmering waters of the hot tub , she inhale the steams that rose from the surface and smile , her life had been nothing but fantastic lately
A smile tickled her lips as she sank down into the tub, sighing and stretching her long, graceful legs before her , 
Again she closed her eyes and cocked her face up absorbing the warmth, then sighing with delight.
Her life had turn out exactly as she wanted  , 

she mused with a tingle of excitement, directing a silent message of thanks to her bestie, Chloe back in frosty New York City, Chloe had suggested its high time to start being on her own and not just remain some daddy's ranch girl..

" you are an asset on your own Sarah, why don't you just take up that first offer and enter that damn court , bet with me baby , you are gonna win "

And she has definitely done it , she took up some offer, her first offer ever since she graduated from college two years back ...a divorce case and had won the fight Cristal clear, so she has no doubt she could practice the profession now
she has never been pleased with life like she has now , for the first time in  twenty eight years of her life she was forced to thank her star for being the best.. she got herself an office and an apartment down in Georgia...just like that she would be moving from her fathers ranch to Georgia in two days time.
What a fast change .....and that had  definitely prompted to the family celebrating her victory last night
She smile to her thought and stretched her arm out along the edge of the tube on either side leaning back to contemplate on a new day plan ...

She listened to the muted hum of the hot tub motor and the soft bubbling of the churning water ,then her thought drifted to Tate,
Tate ,was a cow boy of her dad,, he once has a very huge crush on her but she had no wish to become involved with any man , and Tate understood and respected her wish

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. What the world needed was more men like him, she's gonna missed his advises and friendly approaches , she decided
with yet with another sigh, 

"Aunt Sarah" a scream drifted her out of her reverie..

"What in the world is wrong with Emily " she shuddered as the little girl rushed in panting as if she just ran a marathon ...

"Emily what wrong"

Emily was the child of her elder sister, Martha who got to move to holly wood when she got a promotion in her lieutenant career, leaving the child she had in high school with her dad...

" a criminal broke into our property, he is in the barn with granpa"

" a what!!! Emily"

No more than that she raced out  ,,a surge of heat went through me as I reach out for my robe.....

"A criminal or what did I just hear her say"

Hurriedly I slip my feet into a foot wear and raced out

Dane:

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I stood there shivering as I stare back at the expression on his face, was Sarah a cop, my God how could i have been so stupid to utter such stuff so carelessly, I watched as the little girl raced out of the barn

I broke out of prison i shouldn't have said the words like that ...
Feeling uneasy already ,I glanced around , cutting on every possible ways to escape but there was none,my Goodness I stare up at the old man who was definitely staring at me as if I was a mad man..

"Sire" I said softly

"you do not need to call anyone ,am gonna leave silently," I walk a little towards him as though sneaking out of a hole,

" damn" I jump with a thudding of my heart at the loud tone of his voice 

"Do not make any further move young man, you are a loosed criminal," he shouted 

"I'm not a criminal sire, I was accused wrongly , its a long story really" I said hurriedly as though something hot was being poured into my mouth

"Then you should have waited and served the punishment you were been given Other than breaking out of prison huh..." He raised his brows

If only he knew I wasn't even taken to court at all , I spent five years in prison living like a lost soul, I was abandoned no one was even looking into my case anymore, I was about opening my mouth to speak when I heard the steps of legs, all too soon a lady made a dash in, and instantly I felt so embarrassed, gosh I stink so bad   

She stare at me , the first signs of shock and horror lighting her face ,

staring into her eyes I realised for the first time  in many years I allowed myself to catch more than fleeting glimpse of a woman's beauty ,

"Who in the devil are you?" Her
fury exploded deafeningly,
its roar bearing a venom i could not really fathom.
Her wet hair shows she was just getting out of the shower
I can't believe I was jammed of words , she moved a little closer and raised a questioning brows ,, staring up at me with gray eyes fringed by thick black lashes, her skin was out of this world

Gosh I was forced to stare down at her lips that stood out like a cherry in the snow I was sure any man that have a taste of that was gonna loose his senses , she was divine, no stunning ..

"I demand an explanation" she snapped

"He said he broke out of prison Sarah, isn't he crazy"

" he did what " the horror look she casted back at me made me wanna disappear

"Hey criminal did you realise breaking out of prison is a great offense , its totally against the law " 

Wait what did she just say? 

"Am not a criminal " 

This time I raised my voice , heaven knows if she's not careful am gonna mount my frustration on her ...

" then how the hell would you explain someone that break out of prison ,, its an additional five years to your sentence.." She shouted back ..

" am calling the cops right away "

My gaze narrowed at her

"You wouldn't do that "

"Of course I'll"

"Sire " I ignored her and moved like a child who just wet his pant towards the man whom I viewed to be her dad cause of the resemblance ...

" sire you are gonna hear me out, right" I said quietly ,, the look on my face casted exhausted and the one he casted back says fear and disdain..

" I'm like a son to you sir" 

" I can never give birth to a criminal, you got it " he raised a finger 

"We're gonna call the cops and you have no choice than to surrender "

The sound of cops and the thought of going back to that hell hole made my intestine rumbled ...

I stare back at her ,, the look she casted me was filled with exasperation..
I blew a sigh up into my bangs ...

" what the hell am I waiting for"

she was moving out of the barn but I was fast to grab her wrist..

"Please ma'am " 

"Get your filthy dirty hands of me you criminal" she jerked her hand free off my clammy grasp 

"I was accused of murdering my father , " at the sound of that , she stopped and stared back at me

"His name is garret fossen  , I swear am innocent I didn't do it , although we weren't in good terms due to one or two reasons but I can never murder him , I was jailed without even taken to court , lawyers trying to bring up my case always end up dead , have spent five years"

I casted the both of them a glance at the same time ...

"I've spent five years of my life in prison, am helpless , I just don't wanna die in prison "

" wait have read a case about the story you just told, about one Dane garret murdering his father " she said

"Yes" I stared at her eagerly with an huge eye

" yes that's me , am Dane garret"

*****
"Wait in the sheriff office"

Deputy john said as he propelled me through the maze of gray metal desks and towards the door of Scot Peterson , I dusted on my shirt and glared back at him like a bull dog ,

Behind them and behind the incessant ringing of the phone, I could hear a commotion in the outer hall,guess some of the press had decide to stake out of the court house to lay in wait for sheriff scot,

"Go on in and wait for him and do not try anything funny" the young deputy said again 

"f*ck off " I spat out the words at him and gently turn on my heels , the pain I felt as I made my way in was blue and black all at once 

" how could they murder dad and dare to frame me of it"

I cleared the warm tears on my face and dug a cigarette out from my pocket , I flip it face down and lit up 

After what I've been through I damn well deserved a cigarette at the very least 

I poff out the smoke, all too soon strapless tears roll down my face ...giving up on one kneel I squeezed a tight hold on my shirt and cried silently 

" Dad,, huh dad"

Despite my cruel ways towards him , I can't believe i realise how much I love him after losing him , that d-ck head all he ever did was smile at my nags dammit , I hit my fist in the floor and paused at the crack of sound , I turn to meet with a glaring concern on Theresa's face ,,

Silently she moved and handed me a cup of coffee ,...
"Thanks my love" I stood and took a sip,I stare into her eyes at first I was thinking she wanted to ask me why did I kill dad but she moved and cleared the tears on my face instead 

"My love , I trusted you okay and I assure you , you are gonna get out of this mess, my dad is only doing his job , I hope you know that ,

" no" I stare down at my coffee and back at her 

"Its clear your father doesn't like me theresa, he wanted me to be jailed, at least i reported this case myself , if I l
Killed dad I would have fled at the instant"

" I know Dane, trust me we are gonna solve this mess " she patted my arm

Thirty minutes later

Sheriff Scott came in and sat behind his desk in a Kind of negligent grace , elbow braced in the arms of his chair , fingers steeped,
Brooding eyes staring at me ,

"Have a seat Dane and you Theresa excuse us"

She hurriedly gave me words of assurances, and left 

I stare back at sheriff scot as words hung between us , unspoken and adding to the emotional tension that thicken the air like humidity ..

I lean back on my seat not taking my eyes off him , I turn the cigarette in my hand and planted it between my lips 

"I'll rather you didn't smoke Dane" he said 

"And I'd rather you weren't a jerk sheriff" I took a deliberate pull on my cigarette and fired a steam of exhaust into the air flashing a razor sharp glance at him 

He yanked open a drawer and pull out a brown envelop , he tossed it across his desk in a general direction 

I eyed the envelop in ashtray

" tell me what happened out there Dane,its only you and I now ,, you can easily confess to me " he said softly welcoming the stirring of anger in me, 

I gave him an assessing look deciding I'd rather tell him as things went up this morning 

"I left two of my dad's chicks with him , and went for my morning jog, I came back only to see him dead in his car , "

I paused waiting for a sarcastic comment but none was forth coming so I pressed on 

"Then I dialed 911 immediately"

"Okay " he nodded 

" check inside the brown envelop , do you recognise the ladies in the pictures "

I took up my cigarette and pulled at it , I swear if I hadn't been smoking this I would gone out of my mind,, I needed it dammit ..the moment I saw the images on the pictures my cigarette dropped at the very instant, two dead ladies were laying flat on a bed, I gasped at a realisation 

" This were the ladies with my dad sheriff " 

He nodded

" they were found laying flat on your bed , what can you say about that"

"My what!!!Then someone did kill them and put them there, I haven't even been to my room up till now"

He shook his head and put the pictures back into the file 

"I didn't kill them sheriff,believe me I didn't  "

" I wish I could believe you Dane, but your finger prints are found everywhere"

"Dammit " I hit my fist on his desk..

"I need prove , I wanna see prove sheriff"

" if its prove you want Dane , then you are gonna get "

I watched him talk through his phone ..
Before I could blink an eyes two cops came in 

" take him " he ordered 

" you f-cking bastard" I shouted ...

"I didn't do it " I shouted more as the two cops grab hold of my arm

"I need my lawyer" I screamed more , 

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