Chapter 19

Viper

I watched Nixon take a very upset Sabine off to the steam room. I wanted to go with them but I needed answers. “ Some want to explain to me why the fuck Sabine looked like she was on the verge of a panic attack.” I yelled. My voice was bouncing around the arena. Casper slumps in the closest chair. Rocket turns her head but not before I see her wipe tears from her eyes. “ I’m going to check on her.” Rocket says with a raspy voice. It looks like she is going to break down any second now. She turns and sprints alongside the rink to the other hallway.

Ice deflates against the rink wall and takes his ear piece out. “ Casper, we can't let this happen again,” he said. Casper shakes his head “ We won’t brother. You heard her. We will bring in anyone we can. Round the clock guards. We will put a blowup mattress on the floor of her room if we have to.” Casper said. He looked ready to kill. “ What the fuck is going on? Why did my wife look like she was going to collapse?” I yelled again. I wanted answers now dammit.

Casper just shakes his head and looks down. Ice speaks up “ When Sabine was fifteen she was the top female skater in her division. On the road to the Olympics.” Ice stops and takes a deep breath. “ Sabine had fans. That part is normal. But this one guy wasn’t. It began innocently. He would send cards congratulating Sabine. Then the gifts came. Still nothing to worry about. But it changed the more obsessed he got. The letters got. They got.” Ice stopped.

Casper picked up the story. “ They more detailed. Saying the things he was going to do to her once they got together. Very detailed. He sent pictures as well. Some of her on the ice. Some at the mall. He was stalking her. One picture was of him wearing a costume he stole. Saying it was his way to be close to Sabine. A few nudes. We went to Bradford. He did a background check on the guy. The guy was stupid enough to guve his full name and address. The guy was twenty five. And send those kinds of pictures to a child. We all freaked out.”

I feel like I’m going to be sick. If someone went after one of my nieces like that I would go for blood. “ Bradford helped us get a restraining order. We figured that would be the end of it.” Ice said. He ran his hand down his face. “ But it only pissed the guy off. His letters turned threatening. He told how he was going to kill her.How he would cut her piece by piece. How he would kill her slowly and painfully. And mail her body to her parents little bits at a time. How if he couldn't have Sabine then no one could.” Ice said.

“ I put a prospect with Sabine wherever she went just in case. And had extra security at each competition. But he still got to her.” Casper said. “ Nixon, their dad and Sabine were coming back from a competition. I had a prospect following. But it wasn’t enough. The bastard drove his car head on into Sabine. She was sitting in the backseat leaning against the window. She does that when she is tired. It sent them off the road and pinned the car to a tree.”

Casper balls up his fist like he is ready to punch someone. Not that I blame him. I can see in his eyes that he is reliving it. “ But that wasn’t enough for the fucker. He pulled back and rammed Sabine’s side again. He hit her so hard it the door bent in. The prospect called the cops when he saw the car.” Casper said. He didn’t say anything for a minute. I let him collect himself. I could see he was having a hard time with this. Ice was wiping his eyes. Even though they weren’t there it has affected them.

“ What happened to the guy?” I asked. Ice laughs “ He knocked himself out. Wasn’t wearing a seatbelt and hit his head on the steering wheel. Or at least that was what the prospect said.” Ice winked. I get the feeling the guy had help hitting his head. “ Nixon and his dad got out no problem. Just some scratches and bruises. Sabine wasn’t so lucky. The first hit knocked her out. The second hit sent a large piece of metal from the door went into her side and stopped at her spine.” Ice said.

“ We got there just after the cops.Nixon held her hand until the fire department showed up with the jaws of life while Rocket tried to keep the bleeding under control. They had to cut the door but had to be careful to not move the metal. It took forty five of the longest minutes of my life to get Sabine out. The paramedics and Rocket never gave up on Sabine.” Casper said.

“ I have never seen Rocket cry and vomit so much since I have known her. She was so upset.” Ice said. Casper nods. I can’t imagine Rocket like that. She is badass and doesn’t look like anything could take her down. “ Sabine was in surgery for eight hours and lost a lot of blood. Luckily I had the same blood type and so did Monster so we donated. The doctors told us Sabine may never walk again.” Casper shook his head and laughed. “ That went over about as well as a lead balloon with Sabine. She fought her way back and as you can see walking isn’t a problem. But the accident lost her the Olympic spot. That fucker tried to take everything from Sabine because he was obsessed with a teenage girl.” Casper said.

“ But Sabine wasn’t going to let that happen. She said she wasn’t going to let him win. She was no victim. She was a survivor. She even testified in court against him. He is serving life with no chance of parol for attempted murder and aggrivated stalking. And sending pornography to a minor.” Ice said. This is the first time since this story began I have seen him smile. He is proud of Sabine for fighting back. Hell, I’m proud of her.

“ But as you heard. We won’t let this happen again. I will kill an asshole this time.” Casper said. “ Take as many of my men as you need. Hire more from other clubs. I’ll pay for it.” I said. Rocket came back just as Casper was going to answer. I could see she had been crying. This is hitting her hard too. “ How is she?” I asked. “ She is resting with Nixon. Cried herself out. She kept saying ‘ it is not me this time.’ She doesn’t want to believe it could be her again. Sabine asked if you would check in to Nixon’s ex’s. I told her I would pass along the message and she called down.” Rocket said.

“ We will. We will check all the angles. Ice, get a prospect to go through Sabine’s fan mail for anything. Bring us anything suspicious.” Casper said. Ice gets his phone out. I look at Casper “ Let me get a few of my most trusted prospects to help. The more eyes the better. How much fan mail are we talking about?” I said. “ At least eight mailbags full as of now.” Casper said. I call Goof telling him to grab three prospects and come to the rink. I tell him Ice will be incharge of them since they have been through this before. While we wait on them Casper, Ice and I work on a plan to keep Sabine safe. I may hate Ice for wanting my girl but if it will keep her safe I will work with my worst enemy.