Star Struck(63)

He entered in the code at the gate outside of Hailey’s yard and parked behind Trevon’s vehicle. Before he could ring the doorbell, Hailey threw the door open and rushed into his arms. “Calm down baby, I’m here,” Garrett said.

“I think Tre,” she cut herself off when Trevon spoke out.

“Man, I was beginning to think something happened to you,” Trevon said.

“My phone died so I couldn’t call.” Garrett noticed Hailey was shaking a little. He said, “Tre, thanks for staying, but I got it from here.”

“No problem. We’ve had our differences, but I won’t let anything happen to our Hailey. You take good care of her now,” he said, as he leaned down and kissed Hailey on the cheek.

Hailey jumped back. Once he was gone, Garrett blurted, “Okay what happened here?”

With her arms folded around her, Hailey responded, “I think Trevon was the one I saw on the camera.”

“Hailey, I’ve told you, you’re probably seeing things. Come on, let’s go look at the footage.”

She moved away from him. “I don’t need to. I say it was Trevon and I don’t know why you don’t believe me. Look at him. He’s a little too calm.”

“The threats started long before Trevon found out you and I were interested in one another,” Garrett reminded her.

“Maybe he’s gotten over the fact that I’ve moved on with you, but something just isn’t right. He was upset before. Now he acts like we’re all just the best of buds. I don’t trust him.”

Garrett rubbed his forehead. “If it’ll make you feel any better, I’ll check into it. But I know Tre. I know you’re wrong about him.”

“Then who is it? You can’t show that it’s Shareeka. You don’t believe that’s it Tre. Then whoever it is must still be out there.”

Garrett stood and held Hailey in his arms. A few minutes later, he went to her upstairs room and reviewed the footage. The person did appear to be wearing the same thing as Trevon. Unfortunately, it was hard to tell if the culprit was male or female. Garrett was at a crossroads. He had known Trevon for years and this was so out of character. Things between the two friends hadn’t been solid recently so you never know what a person will do when put under pressure. Trevon had been under a lot of pressure lately. Maybe Hailey and Shareeka were right. Maybe Trevon was behind this. For now, he would try to comfort Hailey and not feed into her vivid imagination.

“I’m going to investigate further. If Trevon is behind this, he will have to deal with me first and the authorities later,” Garrett said.

“This has been a long night,” Hailey said, as she laid across the bed waiting for him to join her.

Garrett removed his shoes and clothes and laid next to her. He rolled Hailey on top of him. He used his right hand and moved her hair from her forehead. “Stop worrying. I’m going to make sure whoever it is, is caught.”

Without waiting for her to respond, he placed his hand on the back of her neck and brought her mouth on top of his. Their tongues entwined. Garrett gently removed her clothes and took his time making love to her body with his tongue, not allowing her to touch him. Hearing her moan his name in pleasure turned him on. After he pleasured her, he held her tight and as their heart beats synced, they fell asleep. They slept in each other’s arms the entire night.

Garrett hadn’t slept that sound in a long time. He felt Hailey shaking him. “Brenda’s on the phone,” Hailey said, gently waking him up.

Garrett grabbed Hailey’s phone. “Brenda, good to hear from you.”

Brenda said, “My father’s doing better. They are letting him go home, but he’ll need rehabilitation.”

“I’m glad he’s doing better.”

“I’m thinking about extending my stay to help him out.”

Garrett said, “Like I mentioned earlier, take as much time as you need. We got it covered here.”

“Are you sure, because I love my job and I…” Brenda said.

Garrett interrupted her and said, “I’m positive. Making sure your dad gets back on his feet is your top priority. In fact, make it your only priority.”

Garrett reassured Brenda that her job was secure and hung up the phone.

Hailey got on her knees and got behind him. She rubbed his shoulders and said, “You’re a great boss. That was nice of you.”

“Did you call her or did she call you?” Garrett asked.

“She called to check on me. She had been seeing news reports and just wanted to see how I was doing. I thought that was sweet of her.”

“Brenda’s one of the best. She really hated the fact that she had to leave.”