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never thought he’d be in the house napping.  He walked up next to where Brooke sat on the sofa and let her pet him for a minute.  Suddenly he growled and ran down the hall.  Digger barked from Brooke’s room and Chase said, “Stay here.  I’m going outside to see what all the commotion’s about,” Chase said, as he pulled a gun from behind his back.
    Brooke shuddered.  She didn’t know Chase owned a gun, but admitted to herself that she felt safer knowing he did.
    She heard Chase yell at someone and a few minutes went by before Chase pushed someone inside and said, “I caught this guy peeping in your bedroom windows.  I think the sheriff will have some questions for this one,” Chase spoke as he retrieved his cell phone and made the call to the sheriff’s office.  He didn’t notice how white Brooke’s face became as he pushed the subject down in the kitchen chair.
    Oh no, Brooke thought, He’s found me, but how did he get here?  How long has he been here?  Was he the man that attacked me?   She glanced at his hands but he wore gloves.  She saw the look of hate he held on his face and it terrified her.  She wanted to scream, but knew nothing would be heard.

Chapter 14
     
    Brooke knew the sheriff was tired of coming out to her home.  He looked at her as if he blamed her for all the bad that happened in his town.  She wished she could speak because she had some words that would shock him.
    “So, who do we have here?” the sheriff asked.
    If Brooke could talk, she would have answered that question.  It was David. She wrote his name on her tablet for Chase when he asked her if she knew this man.  She saw the look on Chase’s face after he read what she wrote.  But she felt no compassion for David.  He deserved whatever Chase dished out to him.
    She knew David got the message when Chase glared at him.  David kept his mouth shut.  But now that the sheriff was here, David had no choice but to answer the sheriff’s questions.
    “I haven’t done anything wrong.  You have no right to keep me here.  I just wanted to make sure that this is where Brooke lived,” David said hatefully.
    Chase stood up and towered over David and said, “Why do you care where she lives.  You mean nothing to her. In fact, you are not even supposed to be in this state.  Isn’t that true?”
    David squirmed in the chair he sat in.  He wasn’t such a bully now, Brooke thought to herself.  She wrote in her tablet again and Chase came over to see what she had to say.  As he leaned down to read, he kissed the top of Brooke’s head, which made David jump out of his chair.
    “Sit down, and stay down,” the sheriff said as he pushed David back into the chair.
    “Take those gloves off,” Chase ordered.
    “I don’t have to listen to you,” David said belligerently.
    The sheriff laughed as he told David, “You do have to listen to me.  Take the gloves off, now.”
    Reluctantly, David removed one glove at a time.  He had some scratches on his hands, but they looked nothing like fingernail scratches.  So it looked like he wasn’t the one who tried to strangle Brooke.
    “Well, you just got lucky.  I can’t charge you with attempted murder, but I can charge you with trespassing and being a peeping tom.  And if that’s not bad enough, I’m sure when the DA in Utah gets my call, he will provoke your bond and you’ll be locked away until your trial.  Stand up,” the sheriff demanded, as he handcuffed David’s hands behind his back.
    “See what you’ve done?  You’ve ruined my life, you Bitch.  I f you would’ve kept your mouth shut, none of this would be happening to me,” David spat out, just before Chase grabbed him by the throat and said, “She hasn’t done anything to you.  You did it to yourself.  She wasn’t even the person who turned you in. You’re lucky I don’t break your neck right here and now,” Chase said as he released his hold on David.
    Brooke was surprised Chase cont rolled