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about you. Hold on and I will get Olivia for you,” he said
    “Thank you,” Amber replied. She heaved a sigh
of relief when she heard the name. It was the guy Olivia had been
seeing. They had been dating for about a year and Olivia was head
over heels for this guy. He must just be a little protective of her
and that was the reason for the strange note in his voice just
then.
    “AMBER!!!” yelled Olivia. “I am so glad to
hear from you. How are you?”
    “I’m good,” Amber said. “How are you,
Olivia.”
    “I’m good. I was just getting ready to go to
dinner.”
    “Oh, don’t let me keep you,” Amber said. “I
can call back another time.”
    “Don’t be silly. Dinner can wait. It isn’t
every day I get to talk to you. I miss you, Amber.”
    “I miss you, too,” Amber replied.
    “What’s wrong, Honey. I can tell something is
not right. Please tell me that creep hasn’t shown up again.”
    “No, no. I’m just sad and lonely, but I will
be fine.”
    Olivia sighed. “You haven’t made any friends
have you?”
    “No,” Amber answered. “I’m afraid to Livvy.
As soon as I do that creep will hurt someone. I can’t be
responsible for that. But I am so lonely.”
    “I know, honey. Hey. I have some vacation
time saved up. Why don’t we go somewhere, just the two of us like
we used to do?”
    “That sounds wonderful, Liv, but I can’t take
the chance. That guy almost killed you, remember. I love you too
much to put you in that kind of danger. As soon as I think this
creep is gone, we will take that vacation together,” Amber
said.
    “Okay, Amber. But please be careful. Talk
with you next week?”
    “Absolutely.”
    As Amber hung up the phone she felt the tears
start to slide down her cheeks. She missed her hometown, she missed
her best friend, and most of all she missed her parents. She did
not even have the comfort of visiting their graves like she used to
do before she left Alma.
    Amber drank the rest of her wine and went on
to bed. She was feeling depressed and she decided to lie down and
have a good cry. She would feel better when she woke up the next
day.
     
    When Amber passed the nine month mark in
Middleburg, she began to wonder if the person who was stalking her
had given up or if she was actually free of him. She slowly began
to get comfortable again and started to accept when the other
ladies invited her to lunch.
    One morning, Whitney, a pretty nurse with
raven black hair and dark brown eyes, came hobbling down the hall
on crutches. Amber’s heart sunk. Please, God, no. Please tell me he
hasn’t found me again, she silently prayed.
    “Girl, what happened to you,” Natasha asked
Whitney.
    Whitney’s face turned a bright red as she
told the story of how she twisted her ankle the night before. “My
boyfriend and I were acting goofy and he was chasing me around the
house. I ran down the stairs and slipped on a rug and fell down
hard.”
    The other nurses laughed and cracked jokes
while Whitney took it all in good natured fun. Amber breathed a
sigh of relief, but it was a quick reminder of the stalker in her
life.
    “Can you imagine explaining to Dr. Wright how
I injured myself,” Whitney asked. The girls laughed again and
started to get back to work. Amber patted Whitney on the shoulder
and went to do her rounds. She was so thankful it was a simple
accident all in fun that had injured Whitney and not a crazed
maniac chasing her down again.
    The more Amber relaxed the more she allowed
herself to go out with the other nurses she worked with. Some of
them were married, some were single, and a couple of them had kids.
Most of them had known each other since they were children so they
were a pretty tight-knit group. But they always made her feel
comfortable around them and genuinely seemed to want to be her
friend. Amber’s personality refused to let her continue to hold
them at bay and she slowly became friends with each of them. She
enjoyed going to lunch with Whitney and learned the