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I remain silent for a moment as I peer down at her. “Are you with me, Madison?”
“Would I be here if I weren’t?”
“Answer me.”
“Yes, Sebastian, I’m with you.”
“Then I expect you to be in my bed every night. No excuses.”
A look floats across her eyes, but defiance gives way to mutual desire. It’s what she wants too.
“That night I crashed, I’d just met with the Vinicio family. They didn’t like our business expanding into their turf. I told them what they could do with their beef. They rode up on me and tried to run me off the road. They fired into my car, and I fired back.”
Her eyes light up and she’s smiling. “It was self-defense, you were only protecting yourself.”
“Damn right, I was. It seemed to work, so I put my gun away thinking that was the end of it. But they fired off one more round that blew out my tire which caused me to lose control of the car and that’s how I went over the embankment.”
Apparently satisfied, her hazel eyes are dazzling as she stares at me like I’m the most wonderful thing she’s ever laid eyes on.
“I blacked out and then the next thing I heard was the voice of an angel saying, ‘Sir, sir can you hear me?’”
She’s smiling radiantly. “You remembered.”
“How could I ever forget? You were so beautiful, so caring. I just had a gut feeling I could put my faith in you. Like something had passed between us the moment our eyes met. You know?”
“Yeah, I do,” she says sweetly, tilting her head to the side. “That’s why I helped you. I just wanted to make your troubles go away.”
Something inside me breaks at her words, like the swell of the ocean cresting high and breaking over the bow of a great ship. I gather her into my arms determined to never let her go. “Madison,” I say, but it comes out as a plaintiff wail.
Alarmed, she pulls back and looks up at me with eyes filled with concern. “What is it, Sebastian?” She tenderly touches my face. “What do you need?”
I smile sadly and kiss her fingers. “I just need you. That’s all.”
She slips her arms around my waist and rests her head against my chest. “You have me.”
“Always?”
She hugs me tighter. “Always.”
After the stroll on the beach, we returned to the house secure in our relationship and ready to make up for missing last night together. Madison immediately slips into a sexy white bikini and tells me she’ll be waiting for me in the hot tub on the deck overlooking the ocean. I quickly change into my swim trunks and only stop to grab some glasses and a bottle of Cristal from the kitchen. Just as I’m leaving my cell phone rings.
Nicolaus? Why’s my little brother calling? It must be important.
“Nicky, what’s up?”
“I need to get out of here,” he says without preamble and in his thick Russian accent. “I’m sick of these Americans on the campus and these classes are bullshit.”
“I’m doing fine and you?” I say sardonically.
“Sebastian, are you listening to me,” he asks exasperated. “I want to come stay with you awhile before I go nuts.”
“Calm down, it’s November so winter break will be here in a few weeks. Come stay with me then.” He’s a sophomore at my alma mater Cornell University following in my footsteps.
“No, I come for the fall break, you know for their…their, what do you call it?”
“Thanksgiving break.”
“Yes, it’s in three days. I will come then, yes?”
