The Uninvited Stalker

I looked at Kyle with narrowed eyes and said, “If you don’t get this bitch out of here right now, I am going to throw her off the cliff. I will not allow her to ruin our wedding.” I turned and walked away. I went back outside and sat at the same table we had dinner before. Lisa and Karen came out a few minutes later and sat beside me. “ Thomas and Mark went to talk to Heather while Kyle was on his phone talking to someone. I can’t believe she would show up here out of the blue. Do you think she found out about your wedding and is here to cause trouble?” asked Karen. I kept looking out in the distance at the ocean, not saying anything. This bitch Heather is seriously asking for a proper beatdown. Does she really think that I would sit back and allow her to destroy our wedding?

“ Why else would she be here? I don’t know how she found out about the wedding and the location. We’re not in the same circle, so how could she know all the details about this weekend?” asked Lisa. I don’t care how she found out, but coming here so brazenly to start trouble will be the end of her. Heather seriously needed to be committed. We still have those restraining orders against her, but she thinks they only apply in New York. There is no reasoning with crazy delusional people like her. We will need to do something drastic to get her to accept the facts in front of her. “ Maybe we could get some human traffickers to take her for free. That way, we would never see her again.” Joked Lisa “ I think they would pay us to take her crazy ass back,” I said, and they started laughing at me.

A few minutes later, the guys returned and shook their heads beside us. “ I have never seen someone so crazy in my life. She refused to leave the hotel, so the manager called the police to remove them. She was kicking and screaming at the officers, saying they were infringing on her freedom. Can you believe that shit?” asked Mark. “I called Dad and let him know what was going on. He called our lawyer back home to inform him that Heather had violated the restraining orders again by following us here. The lawyer will inform her father that we will be pressing charges immediately.” Kyle explained. He was looking at me with remorse on his face. I know he is blaming himself for this, but I am not mad at him; it’s not his fault the bitch is crazy.

I leaned on his chest to let him know I wasn’t mad at him. I wrapped my hands around his waist and kept my head on his chest, listening to his heartbeat. We all sat there in silence, looking out into the nothingness of the night. Around nine o’clock, one of the hotel staff came out to tell us they needed to start setting up for the wedding the next day. Our wedding is at noon tomorrow, so they needed a lot of time to set up everything to my specifications. We all got up and headed upstairs to our rooms. Kyle’s mom said Kyle and I could not share a room tonight so that the girls would stay with me, and the guys would do their own thing. “I cannot believe that; just seeing that crazy attention-seeking whore upset me this much,” I said to the girls. “ At this point, I don’t know how many more ways we can tell her that Kyle dislikes or wants her. Even after we’re married, I don’t think she will stop stalking us. We’re in Greece, for fuck sake, and she followed us.”

I could see that the girls felt sorry for what I was going through, but they were at a loss for words. “ I think she needs to be committed somewhere she could get some real psycho-therapy and some mind-numbing medications. That might be the only way to get her to stop stalking you guys,” said Lisa. She does have a point, though; Heather needs her freedom taken away so she can understand that this situation is serious. Locking her up might get her to snap back to reality. Since it is the weekend, I hope the police keep her locked up until we leave the island. After the wedding tomorrow, Kyle and I will go on our honeymoon around midnight to fly to Bali. I don’t want to see or hear her name before we leave.

The girls and I watched movies for the rest of the night and gorge ourselves on popcorn and ice cream. We were on our second movie when my phone buzzed. I looked at the screen, and there was a text from Kyle telling me goodnight and that he couldn’t wait to be my husband. That put a massive smile on my face. A wave of happiness and excitement rushed over my body after I read what he had written. That summer two years ago, I was only supposed to stay in the city for a week. A chance meeting changed my entire life in so many unbelievable ways. We have created many beautiful memories together and with our friends. Looking back at that summer we met, I wouldn’t change anything, not even meeting crazy-ass Heather.

In some sad ways, she and Justin have made Kyle and I bond stronger. Dealing with the challenges those two caused us is proof that we can deal with any situation that comes our way. It showed us that we will always be there to support and love each other no matter what. We won’t let anyone interfere with our love and happiness. I don’t remember when we decided to call it a night after I responded to Kyle’s text. The following day, I was awoken by my phone ringing like crazy. After a few rings, I reached for my phone, declined the call, and rolled back over in bed. Then, it started running again, and I got frustrated. I grabbed the phone and yelled, “What?” My eyes were still closed because I wanted to go back to sleep. The girls were still asleep next to me, dead to the world.