Moving towards the living area I saw Ben sitting on the sofa drinking some wine. Slipping his phone towards him I gave him a small smile. I realized that Paul's body was nowhere to be seen, and I knew Ben did his work already.
"Thank you, Ben," I said with a smile.
"That's my job, Rea." He said with a straight face. Ben doesn't smile at me but I know that he was not being rude, he just doesn't smile.
"Well … now is the time to say goodbye. Goodbye Ben, thank you for everything that you have done for me. I don't know if we will meet again or not, but I just want to say. Thank you." I said genuinely. He knew it too that I appreciated him, he was with me or keeping an eye on me for my safety, away from his own home. I know that's his job, but still.
"No problem Rea, that's my job." He said with a nod.
"Now that I am free, you are free too," I said with a grin to which he just nodded. Again.
I sighed and gave him a goodbye hug before packing my bag and heading towards my car. Keeping my bag on the seat I took mine. Waving at Ben, I speed down the road.
It is going to be a hell of a road trip, almost two days. But I love road trips a lot. It made me feel free and alive.
Here I come California!
Amazing smooth road, speed around 100km/hr. The wind made my soft brown straight hair dance with them. A small smile played on my lips at the thought of my freedom.
As I was busy with my thoughts, my phone started buzzing. I looked at the screen and instantly my smile turned into a big grin as I saw my husband's name flashing on the screen.
Picking up the call I kept my phone on the seat before putting it on speaker.
"Hello, Jason!" I said with a smile on my face.
"Hey, crazy head," he said making me chuckle.
"Where are you? Did you hit the road yet?" he continued.
"Yes, I am on my way, Jason. I just left New York." I said with my eyes on the road.
"Okay, it's a long way baby. I told you to take flight or something, but when do you listen to me." He said making me giggle at the truth. I never listen to anyone I do everything that I think is right.
"How do you feel about everything by the way. Are you okay Andrea?" he said with a soft voice. I knew he was asking about the fact that I killed Paul. I sighed and answered his question.
"Don't worry Jason I am okay. And as a matter of fact, it's not the first time I have killed someone. I have had my fair share of sins in my life." I said the last part in almost whisper but I know he heard me as I heard him exhale his breath slowly.
Yes, I have killed a few people in my life, to keep myself protected. And the most haunting one, Michael. My first kill, I can never forget the way I saw him die. It's difficult to forget, difficult to forget how his blood was unstoppable from the cut on his neck., difficult to forget how he struggled to take a breath, difficult to forget how his skin changed color and turned pale, difficult to forget the eyes when the soul left his body, difficult to forget how the light went out in his eyes and turned into a cold stare.
The voice of crying babies started to come from the phone. As I heard Jason say "Oh shit"
"What happened Jason? Everything okay there?" I said chuckling as I knew nothing was okay.
"Yeah, … no baby nothing is good. Both Rose and Sebastian are fighting over some toy the whole day. And I am having loads of meetings going on, I miss your cooking too. I haven't slept well in so many days. I have tiered, Andrea. I am so tired I need you here. Please come fast, I can't handle these monsters on my own." He said with a helpless and pleading voice and I laughed in response before replying.
"Hey, don't be like this. They are your babies too, take care of them. And I miss you too. I am already on my way I will see you all in two days." I said sweetly.
"Yeah, I know … hey don't do that. That's bad princess, don't do it." I heard him as he scold our daughter as I laughed when I heard her cries.
"Oh god! No! don't cry princess please don't cry. Dad very sorry baby, please don't cry." He said cooing to Rose as I laughed only harder. Oh, my poor Jason was having a hard time with everything. He was tired and wanted a little rest. I will plan something when I get back there.
"Okay Jason, handle everything calmly. I love you, will call you later." I said as I understood he needed to do so many things.
"Love you too crazy head, drive safe baby." He said and the line went dead.
I was smiling ear to ear. I was going to meet my babies in two days after almost two months of my stay in New York. Rose and Sebastian were twins and were only 2 years old. They can be a handful sometimes. Poor Jason, he was tired.
Sometimes I think about what would have happened if Jason wouldn't have found me in Texas. I don't even want to imagine.