Finally Free?

It had been quiet since the day at the bakery.

Lana was cautiously optimistic that her estranged husband had finally realized she had someone in her life willing to fight for her. She wasn’t so easy to attack and abuse now. At least, that’s what she hoped was happening. She’d taken it upon herself to start stalking him, reversing the tables a little.

She checked the court dockets daily, called his office to see if he was in using payphones to avoid her number being traced. It seemed like Danny had gone back to his life without missing a beat. She’d even gotten brave enough to call his cell phone on one occasion. When he answered, she used a fake accent and pretended to have dialed the wrong number. He was back in California and that was the best news she had ever heard.

Danny hadn’t pressed the issue of having Xyrus charged for assault, which initially alarmed Lana at she assumed it would be more of an embarrassment.

Danny prided himself on being a big tough guy and to have got