Prologue.
I watched this movie a few weeks ago and thought it would be a good
idea to make a story out of it. It is going to be changed to fit John and
Marlena but the story will be very similar to the movie. Hope you like
the story. Feed back is welcomed and let me know if I should
continue.
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In the United States a person is kidnapped everyday. Most of the time
it is people with money that is taken. And most of the time the people
are not returned. In a small town called Salem it is no different. Even
the wealthy Evans were not immune to this problem. Frank Evans was
a wealthy business man who moved to Salem to four years ago to get
away from big city crime only to be targeted there. Just two weeks ago
his 18 year old daughter Samantha was kidnapped on the way from
school. This time they were lucky because when they gave the
ransom Sam was returned unharmed. Frank knew right then and there
he wouldn’t take that chance again. He would hire bodyguards for
Sam and his 24 year old daughter Marlena. Marlena no longer lived at
home since she had graduated from college and had became a
psychiatrist. He knew she wouldn’t take to the idea that good but he
would appeal to her mother side. Not only did he have to protect his
two year old granddaughter Belle. Her father had run out on Marlena
when she found out that she was pregnant. He told Marlena that
Roman would not be good for her but she wouldn’t listen. He got on
the phone and called his friend that was in the protection service.
“Hey Vic. I need three of your best bodyguards for my family. Just tell
them to come to my home at around 2:30 so I can talk to them. After
then I’ll introduce them to my family. Thanks man.”
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Marlena arrived to the family meeting late. She knew her father
wouldn’t mind since she had him wrapped around her finger. She
walked through the front door and was met by a handsome, tall, man
with blue eyes. At any other time she wouldn’t have minded but today
she had had a bad day. “Who the hell are you and what are you doing
in my father’s house?”
“I was about to ask you who the hell you are but let me guess you are
Marlena. You are late.”
“Yes I am Marlena. I asked you a question who are you?”
“My name is John Black and I’m your bodyguard.”
“You are my what?”
“Your bodyguard. Your father hired me.”
“We will see about that.” She stormed off to her father’s study. “Daddy
I need to talk to you.”
“What is it angel?”
“What is this about a bodyguard? I wasn’t informed of anything.”
“Marlena before you get mad let me explain. You know the hell this
whole family went through when Sam was taken. I just want to make
sure that doesn’t happen again and hired bodyguards to make sure it
doesn’t.”
“I don’t need a babysitter. I’m 24 years old. I’m old enough to take
care of myself.”
“I’m sure you are but baby think about Belle. She is only two. A prime
target for the kidnappers. I’m thinking about her safety as well as
yours.”
He saw her head drop and he knew she knew she was beaten. “So
John out there is mine and Belle’s bodyguard.”
“Yes. He is the best in his profession.”
“Well I will accept him but only for Belle. Thank you daddy for looking
out for us. I love you.”
“I love you to baby.”
He gave her kiss on the check and she left. She got to the door and
looked at John giving him the evil eye. She opened the door and went
out to her car. She pulled out her keys and was about to open the
drivers door when John stopped her.
“What the hell are you doing?”
“I drive.”
“This is my car.”
“I don’t care. You are under my protection and when I’m on the job I
drive.”
“Ok.” She threw her keys right at his face hoping to catch him off
guard and hit him but he caught them. She stormed to the other side
and got in. Before he cranked the car she thought it would be a good
time to get some things straight with John. “Let’s get a few things
straight Black. The only reason I’m going along with this is for my
daughter. If it wasn’t for her you wouldn’t be here. Secondly you stay
out of my way I’ll stay out of yours. Are we clear?”
“Let me tell you a few things. I’m going to do my job whether you like it
or not. I wasn’t hired by you I was hired by your father. I take my job
very seriously that’s all I’m here for. Do you understand me princess?”
“Princess.”
“Yeah. That’s what you are acting like. I can call you that or the other
thing you are acting like.”
“Are you calling me a bitch?”
“I didn’t call you that. I said you were acting like one.”
“Do you know how much I already dislike you?”
“Well I’m not paid to make you like me or to be your friend. I’m paid to
keep you safe. That’s all.” They drove the rest of the way in silence.
Chapter 1:
They arrived at Marlena’s house about ten minutes later. Marlena got
out of her car and John followed behind her. He had never seen a
woman that looked so beautiful but he was here to protect her. There
was no way he could get romantically involved with her. When that
happens it can blur the vision and people get hurt. He had been there
once and wasn’t going there again. There was something different
about this woman though. She acted like a total bitch and normally
that turned him off but she was more beautiful. Her eyes seemed to be
on fire. He had never seen a woman seem so mad but her expression
changed when she came face to face with a little girl. He knew that
she had a daughter and knew that this must be her. She looked just
like her. Her hair was golden blonde, fair skin, and was so beautiful.
The only difference was Marlena had hazel eyes and her daughter
had bright blue eyes. He noticed she pulled back from her mother and
looked at him. “Who dis mommy?”
“This is Mr. Black. He will be staying with us to make sure what
happened to Aunt Sam won’t happen to us.”
“You not let the bad man hurt us Mr. Black?”
“Please call me John and no little one I won’t let the bad person hurt
you.”
“Well now that we have met each other why don’t I show you to your
room John.”
He watched as a lady came in the room and got Belle. She was
obviously the little girl’s nanny. Marlena lead John down the hall way
and stopped at a room. “This will be your room John. It is one of the
guest room’s. I’m afraid I didn’t have time to change the appearance
but I had no idea you were coming.”
“Why have you changed your attitude towards me?”
“I agree with my father. Belle needs someone close that can take care
of her. That isn’t going to be her father so I guess it will have to be
you.”
“But that doesn’t explain why you suddenly are being nice to me.”
“John do you have any kids?”
“Yeah I have a son. He lives with my parents.”
“Well as a parent you understand that you will do anything to keep
them safe and if getting along with you will keep my daughter safe I
will do it.”
“I understand.”
“If you don’t mind me asking, why doesn’t your son live with you?”
“Because I’m basically homeless. My job doesn’t really allow me to
settle down. Plus I’m not able to really take care of him. I work all the
time and don’t have the time to be a real good daddy to him. My job
isn’t the safest in the world. What kind of life would he live with me?”
“I think all children would do better with their parents than some
substitute. Children develop the idea that they can be replaced.”
“What makes you an expert? That’s right you are a therapist.”
“I’m a psychiatrist. There is a difference.”
“One thinks they can stick their nose in peoples business. The other
has a degree to do.”
“That’s not fair. I only wanted to help.”
“I didn’t ask you for help. I thought we had an understanding in the
car. Your words were you stay out of my way I’ll stay out of yours. I
don’t need your help Princess. All I need to do is keep you safe. That’s
all.”
“Just forget I even tried. I hope you have a good nights sleep. Good
night Mr. Black.”
She walked out the door and slammed it behind her. He reached in his
backpack and pulled out his trusty bottle of Jack Daniels. He got his
shot glass and filled it up. He continued drinking until his vision was
blurred. He then pulled out the only comfort he had and that was his
Bible. He read a little and then went to put his stuff away. When he
opened the closet door he found a box on the ground. He opened it
and found pictures of Marlena and her daughter when she was much
smaller. He couldn’t believe how she glowed. He felt something inside
his heart and knew that it was possible he was attracted to her. He
knew he couldn’t fall in love with her. He had to think of her as only a
person he needed to protect. She was his job. He put her picture back
in the box and then went to drink a few more drinks. He hid his bottle
back in his bag. He had to keep his drinking problem secrete. He laid
on the bed and went to sleep.
Chapter 2:
John went downstairs and found Marlena and Belle sitting at the table.
Marlena had this beautiful smile on her face but when she looked up
and say John the smile faded. “Good morning Mr. Black. I’ll ring the
cook and ask her to bring you some breakfast.”
“Please worry yourself about me I’ll be fine.”
“If that’s what you say. I need you to be ready in 30 minutes to take
me to work and Belle to the daycare.”
“Who do I stay with?”
“I’m sorry to bust your bubble but there is no way I’m going to allow
you to stay with me because I have patients and they strive on the
idea that they have confidentiality. The nursery Belle stays at has
there own security staff. My daddy made sure it is the safest daycare
in Salem.”
“I know he did.”
“I’m going to run upstairs and get Belle ready and we can go.”
“Alright that’s fine by me. I’ll be in the kitchen.” Marlena goes upstairs
while John went in the kitchen and grabbed an apple. He went back
into the living room and waited on the girls to come back down the
stairs. He watched as Belle came barging down. She handed him her
lunch bag to hold. The next moment it was Marlena. He had never
seen a woman look so beautiful in a work outfit. He watched the way
she carried herself and knew that she had have been a beauty queen
because she carried herself with that kind of confidence. He was
expecting Belle to run to her arms but he looked down and saw the
little girl holding her arms up for him to pick her up. He watched
Marlena’s reaction to this and then picked her up. The three of them
walking out the door together would have made any passer by think
they were a family but they weren’t. Marlena and John were silent the
entire ride. The only noise came from Belle who was playing with a
few dolls. They arrived at the daycare. John looked at Marlena.
“Should I take her in or should you?”
“I’ll take her in but you should come along. That way you can see how
things are ran.” Marlena got out of the car and reached in the back
getting Belle out of her car seat. They walked in the door and were
greeted by a tall big built man who smiled as soon as Belle walked in.
Belle climbed out of her mother’s arms and ran on back. Marlena
smiled at the man. “John this is Mickey. He is head of security here.
Mickey this is John Black. He is Belle’s and my new bodyguard.” He
smiled at John. “I’ll be picking Belle up after I get off work.” She signed
the clipboard laying there. “See you this afternoon.”
John followed her to the car. “That huge baboon is the head of
security at a daycare.”
“That huge baboon as you call him is one of the best security officers
in Salem and he is also Belle’s godfather. He has been a family friend
for years. I’m surprised daddy didn’t get him to be Belle’s and my
bodyguard.”
“Maybe he is really happy being a security guard at the day care. I
saw his face light up when Belle came in.”
“Maybe your right. Let’s go over a few rules that the day care has.
When you drop Belle off you have to sign in. The person who signs in
must pick her up unless the parent calls and says other wise.”
“Is there any other rules?”
“Not from the daycare but from me. If Belle thinks I’m coming after her
and I send you she will ask you what the word is.”
“What is the word?”
“Dorthey.”
“Dorthey?”
“Yeah like from the Wizard of Oz. We both love that movie.”
“Thanks for the tips. Listen I’m sorry.”
“You don’t need to apologize about talking bad about Mickey.”
“I wasn’t saying sorry for that. It’s about last night. I hate people trying
to tell me how to take care of my son.”
“I understand. I’m just glad you didn’t tell me to practice what I
preached. When I tell people about how I feel about kids raised by
their parents they throw in my face about Belle not having a father in
her life.”
“From what I was told it isn’t your fault. Belle’s father hasn’t been in life
because he chose not to be.”
“Thanks for saying that. Well I’m here at work.” She goes to get out of
the car and he follows behind her. “What are you doing?”
“I can’t let you be alone.”
“Alright you can follow me to my door.” They arrive at her office and
Marlena unlocks the door. “I got here safe and sound. Now you are
able to leave.”
“I’m not going to be able to do that. You aren’t under any kind of
security here.”
“I’m not going to be able to allow you to stand outside my door while
my patients come in and out. My patients need the security of knowing
I hold their need to not let anyone know they are my patients. I can’t
let you stand outside my door.”
“I’m not saying let me stand outside my door. I had an idea. What if I
pretend that I’m a security guard patrolling the floor? No one would
know any different. I just need to keep you safe.”
“I understand. I think that idea is very good. I agree.” She turns to walk
into her office and he walks down the hall. She turns around. “John
wait one second.”
“What is it?”
“I go to lunch around 12:30. I was going to order Chinese and eat it in
my office. Would you like to join me?”
“Yeah I would like that. I’ll see you at 12:30.”
“I’ll see you then.” He watched as she went into her office. He turned
and walked down the hall with a smile on his face.
Chapter 3:
John arrived at Marlena’s around 12:35. He was surprised to find her
sitting at her desk typing something on her computer. What surprised
him the most is the fact she was wearing glasses. Normally that was a
turn off but with her it wasn’t. He cleared his throat to let her know he
was in the room. “Hey John. Go ahead and take a seat on my couch.
The food should be here in just a few minutes.”
“What are you doing?”
“My sectary just up and quit on me. Now I have to type my notes
about my patients myself. That way I can put them in their files. The
glory work of being a doctor.” She went back to typing and then
started hitting the keys hard. “Damn it.”
“What’s wrong?”
“This stupid computer. It freezes up all the time and takes forever. I
swear I’m so computer illiterate. I hate computers.”
“Do you mind if I take a look? I promise not to invade your patients’
privacy.”
“If you can do anything with it be my guest.” She moved out of the
seat and let John sit down. She was amazed at the things he was
doing. In no time he had it up and working. “How did you do that?”
“It was nothing. You had a small virus that was slowly attacking. I just
deleted the file he was attached to and that should solve your
problem.”
“Did they teach you that in bodyguard school?”
“No. I went to college for computers.”
“Why did you become a bodyguard?”
“Because helping people is something I love. I started off by becoming
a cop. And moved to other things. After a while decided being a
bodyguard was what I wanted to do.”
“What happened to change your mind from what ever you did to
becoming a bodyguard?”
“I don’t want to talk about that. What about you? What made you want
to be a shrink?”
“When I was seven my mom died. I went through a hard time. No one
seemed to be able to help me and when I reached 13 I gave even
more trouble. I would runaway all the time and do things normal
teenagers shouldn’t. My dad had enough and sent me to get help. The
main person who helped me the most was a psychiatrist at one of the
hospitals. She was great, like a second mother. You know she actually
became my mom. Three years after I came out her and my dad got
married but then she was killed. Instead of causing trouble again I
though it would pay homage to her and become a psychiatrist.”
“How did your moms die?”
“My real mom developed cancer after my sister was born. My step
mom was killed by the kidnappers.”
“I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to bring that up.”
“It’s ok. I have gotten over it years ago.”
“Ok. Well is there anything else you want to ask me?”
“Not ask you just something I wanted to tell you. You know how you
said that you didn’t think you would be a good father because you
don’t have a good home for him. I want you to know that you do have
a home.”
“I do?”
“Yes you have my home. I want you to know that if you want your son
to stay with you he can stay at my house.”
“Are you sure you want that? It will be one more little kid in the house.”
“One more child is just fine. I want you to be able to raise your son
and I think that it is a good idea that your son lives with you.”
“Thank You. Do you mind if I use the phone to call my parents?”
“Of course not. Do you want me to give you some privacy?”
“No you can stay right here.” He picked up the phone and called
home. The first person to answer was his mom. “Mom hi. How are
things going? Everything is good I’m glad to here that. I’m calling you
because I want Brady to come stay with me. Yes I understand. I
know.” He noticed Marlena waving her hands trying to get his
attention. “One second mom.” He put his hand over the receiver of the
phone. “What is it?”
“What is she saying?”
“She doesn’t want Brady to stay with me because I’m a single father
with a bad job.”
“Let me talk to her.” He hands her the phone. “Hello Mrs. Black. I just
wanted to tell you how much John wants his son with him. Who am I?
My name is Dr. Marlena Evans. No no your son is just fine. I’m a little
upset he hasn’t told you about me. Your son and I are involved in a
relationship. What kind of relationship? I am his girlfriend. I know he is
just a little afraid you won’t accept me. I want you to know that I can’t
wait to meet his little boy. He tells me all the time how great he is. You
can bring him to 1307 Westfield Dr. We will be there waiting.” She
hung up the phone and turned to John. “She is bringing him.”
“How could you tell her that you are my girlfriend?”
“It worked. She is bringing your son to you.”
“And she is coming with him. You do realize that means we will have
to pretend to be together.”
“I know that. Come on it will only be for a little while and then your son
will stay with us. Everything will be ok.”
“If you say so. The food arrived while you were on the phone.”
“Ok well let’s eat.”
“Why do I get the feeling something is going to happen? I guess we
will just have to wait until it happens.”
Chapter 4:
It was early in the morning when John woke up. Today was the day
that his mother would bring Brady to the house. Today was the day he
had to pretend he was dating Marlena. Marlena had the day off so
they could tie up some things that would make his mom suspicious of
their relationship. She is setting up photo sessions to make it seem as
though they had been together. After the photo session they were
sitting at the Java Café in Salem Place. “I think there are some
questions we need to get out of the way. We both know nothing about
each other.”
“Your right. We don’t even know the little things about each other.”
“Well is there anything you want to know?”
“I guess I should know everything. What is your favorite color?”
“Pink and you?”
“Not pink. I like black.”
“That should be obvious. Everything you own seems to be black. Ok
what is your favorite food?”
“I like hamburgers and hotdogs.” He watched as she snarled her nose
- “What’s wrong with that?”
“The hotdogs aren’t something I like.”
“Let me guess you are more like the champagne and caveriar girl. You
probably eat lobsters all the time.”
“Just because I’m rich doesn’t mean that is all I eat. I actually like
Mexican foods. I love the spicy stuff.”
“I’m surprised. Well do you have a favorite flower?”
“I actually love lilacs.”
“This is something that I have wondered about. You are young. How
did you get through med school so fast?”
“I took the accelerated program. I was extremely smart and also took
classes in the summer. That is how I’m so young and already a
doctor.”
“That’s interesting. Listen it’s about time for my mom to arrive at your
house. Why don’t we get going?”
“Alright. Let’s go pick up Belle at daycare and drop her by my father’s.
You do think his bodyguard will keep her safe.”
“Of course. Your dad won’t let anything happen to her. Thanks for
helping me.”
“You don’t have to thank me. Seeing you with your son will be thanks
enough.” They both walked to the car. When they arrived at Belle’s
daycare Marlena ran in and got her. They drove all the way to
Marlena’s father’s asking each other questions. After they dropped
Belle off, they came back home and put out a few pictures of them
together. To make it even more believable they both put a couple in
their wallets. Marlena ran upstairs and changed into something more
casual. She was back downstairs in no time. They waited to hear the
doorbell. John went and answered it. Brady ran right into his father’s
arms and Marlena saw his mother standing right in the doorway.
“Mom please come in. There is someone I’d like you to meet.” He
walked his mom over to Marlena. “Mom I’d like you to meet my
girlfriend Marlena. Sweetheart this is my mom.”
Marlena was quite surprised to hear the term of endearment slip off
his tongue easily. “Hi. It’s so great to meet you.”
“And this little guy is Brady.”
Marlena watched as Brady’s little eyes light up at the sight of her. She
couldn’t help but fall in love with him. It was right then she realized he
looked just like his father. It was at that moment she looked up at John
and noticed his eyes filled with happiness. She felt something stir
inside of her but didn’t know exactly what it was. She looked back at
Brady and smiled. “Hey little guy your daddy has been talking none
stopped about you. I’m so glad you are here.”
John was quite surprised at what happened next. Brady tried to wiggle
out of his arms and went right into Marlena’s. John’s mother was
surprised to. Brady wasn’t the type to go into strange people’s arms.
She became a little jealous. “If the two of you don’t mind my flight
doesn’t leave until 8:00 tonight. I was hoping that my son could treat
his mother to dinner.”
“Of course mom umm there is a real nice restaurant that I could take
you. If you don’t mind Marlena joining us. We have reservations for
tonight.”
“Of course not. Do you mind if I freshen up?”
“No go ahead. The restroom is upstairs three doors on the right.” He
watched as his mother disappeared upstairs. “What are we going to
do Marlena?”
“If you can distract your mother. I’ll go upstairs and change.”
“That won’t work. I have the perfect idea. You go upstairs and pick out
what you want to wear. I’ll run it to the car. I’ll tell my mother that I
picked you up this morning and your car isn’t here. We will go
somewhere and let you change. I’ll bring you back here change myself
and we will be ready to go.”
“I think that will work. While I’m upstairs I’ll call a friend of mine and
make the reservations. She will get us in.” She went upstairs trying
hard not to be noticed by John’s mom. She picked out a simple black
dress and some high heeled shoes. She grabbed her makeup bag
and then went downstairs. She saw John and he motioned her down.
He took her bags and went outside. Just as John went outside his
mom came down the stairs.
“Where is John going?”
“He just went outside to put something in the car.”
He walked back in the house. “Mom I’m glad you’re here. Listen, I
have to run Marlena home so she can get dressed. We’ll be right
back.”
“Alright John I’ll stay here and watch Brady.”
“Thanks mom. You ready to go sweetheart.”
“Of course I am honey.” John walks Marlena outside. Just like always
he opened the door for her. They drove to an apartment building.
“Where are we?”
“My apartment. It was the closest place I could think of.”
“It’s fine.” They went upstairs. Marlena was amazed at the way it
looked. It was extremely masculine. “Where can I go change?”
“There is a guest bath upstairs. It’s the door at the end of the hall.”
“Thanks.” She went upstairs and changed. While she was getting
ready he went in his room and grabbed his tux. He went downstairs
and waited on Marlena. Within no time she was walking downstairs.
She was wearing a simple black strapless dress. It went all the way
down to the ground and had a slit up the side. It clung to every curve
that John noticed was in the right place. “Do you think your mom will
believe I think this is a date?”
“I think you are beautiful.”
“Thank you. Well let’s go.” John walked with her back to the car. On
the way home she called Maggie. “Mags this is Marlena. Listen please
tell me you have a table that can seat three people. You do. You are a
god sent. Make the reservations in John Black’s name. We will be
right over. Thanks.” She hung up her cell. “Everything is set. No let’s
go get your mom.”
They both returned home. John ran upstairs and changed. He came
downstairs trying to fix his tie. “God I hate these things.”
“Here let me.” Marlena walked up and started fixing it. John looked at
her and felt the electricity spark.
He took this as the perfect moment to lean down and give her a sweet
kiss on the lips. “Thanks for the help baby. Well are you both ready to
go?”
“Yeah.”
John walked his mom to the car and opened the door for her. Marlena
waited for him to open hers and all she could think about was the kiss.
She wasn’t sure but she was feeling some strong feelings for John
and it scared her a little.
Chapter 5:
They arrived at Maggie’s and were seated at their reserved table.
John noticed many of the men in the room looking at Marlena and felt
a twinge of jealousy raise inside of him. He pulled his mother’s seat
out for her and then did the same to Marlena. He sat right beside
Marlena and held her hand. When the waiter arrived they all ordered
their foods. John’s mother looked around the room. “Well I’m quite
surprised that you picked this place John. You seem to have really
changed your life.”
“I didn’t change my life mom.” Marlena looked at John shocked when
he made that comment. “Marlena changed my life. I have no idea
what my life would have been like if I hadn’t met her.”
Marlena couldn’t believe what he had just said. She felt this pain on
the inside because this was all just an act. She wanted him to say that
to her for real. She just closed her eyes and imagined that all of this
was real. “John you know that isn’t true. You wanted to change; I had
nothing to do with it.”
“I want you to know that I have never felt the way I feel for you with
anyone else.” She searched his eyes and saw that he was telling the
truth. She didn’t know if it was even possible he could feel something
for her. “Would you like to dance baby?”
“Yeah.”
He took her hand and led her out to the dance floor. He wrapped his
arms around her waist while she wrapped hers around his neck. They
both swayed to the music. Marlena loved being in his arms. She just
rested her head on his chest and listened to his heart beat. The next
thing she knew she felt his lips kiss the top of her head. She pulled
back and looked into his eyes. She was trying to read if he could really
be attracted to her or was all this just an act for his mother. Just as
she was about to question him he leaned down kissed her. This time it
was a little more passionate than the last time. He felt her give in and
took it as the chance to slip his tongue into her mouth. When he pulled
she looked into his eyes. At that moment she realized she was in love.
She just didn’t think her felt the same way. She looked away from him
for a minute and he thought it was because she regretted the kiss. “I’m
sorry.”
“What are you sorry about?”
“The kiss. I went too far.”
“It’s alright. Look our food has arrived. Why don’t we got sit down and
eat? You need to spend some time with your mom before she goes.”
John led Marlena to their table. They both sat and ate in silence.
John’s mother looked at her watch. “My my look at the time. Time sure
does fly by quick. John would you please drive me to the airport.”
“Sure mom.” John led his mother to the car and Marlena followed.
They drove together to the airport and stayed until John’s mother got
on her plane. John and Marlena started driving back home in total
silence. When they arrived home Marlena went upstairs to change into
her PJs. John remained downstairs and just looked at the picture of
him and Marlena that was sitting on the stand. He went upstairs and
changed. He went to pour himself a drink but stopped himself. He
looked beside his bed at the picture of Marlena that was sitting there.
He reached in the drawer and pulled out his Bible. He started reading
and then a huge thirst hit him. Forgetting completely about the bottle
of Jack in his bag, he went downstairs. When he opened the door to
the kitchen he was surprised to find Marlena standing there with a tee
shirt on. “What are you doing up?”
“I’m an adult. I should be allowed to stay up as long as I wish.”
“Marlena I wasn’t being smart. I was just wondering if something was
wrong.”
“Is something wrong? Yes there is. I had never in my life felt as used
as I did tonight.”
“What are you talking about Marlena? This was your idea not mine. If
you are talking about the kiss I said I was sorry. What more do you
want?”
“I want to know the truth. Were you really sorry?”
“What gives you the impression I wasn’t?”
“The look in your eyes or were you just putting on an act.”
“My eyes. I’m confused.”
“The way you looked at me made me feel like you really liked me and I
want to know was that an act?”
“What does it matter to you?”
“Because I like you to!”
“You what?”
“I said I’m attracted to you. I didn’t realize it until the other day and
tonight something inside of me just changed. I wanted tonight to be
more but I know it was just an act. So if you don’t mind I’m going
upstairs.”
“Marlena wait.” He watched her stop dead in her tracks. “I didn’t regret
the kiss. The fact is I loved it. I loved being able to kiss you. And the
fact is I want to kiss you again.” He grabbed her and pulled her close
to him. She normally hated to be manhandled like this but John doing
it turned her on even more. She allowed him to kiss her hard. She
opened her mouth wider so he could push his tongue inside her
mouth. She felt him grab her around the waist and picked her up off
the floor. He carried her all the way up the stairs and into his bedroom.
He put her on the bed and continued to kiss her hard. He moved his
hands down to the bottom of her shirt. As he was trying to remove it
they heard a scream rip through the house. John pulled back from her
and grabbed his gun. He staked out of the bedroom followed by
Marlena. They stopped at the room that Brady was sleeping in. John
opened the door slowly and found the little boy sitting up scared out
his mind. Marlena was the first on at his bedside and he jumped in her
arms. John signed to Marlena he was going to go back to his room
and put the gun up.
John was standing in his room when Marlena returned. “It was just a
nightmare. The moment he felt someone in there with him he went
right back to sleep. I think he will be just fine.” She walked over to him
and tried to put her arms around him. He pulled back and walked
away from her. “John what is wrong?”
“I can’t do this.”
“John everything is ok. Brady is sound asleep and I don’t think he will
be back up. We are totally alone.” She noticed he didn’t look
convinced. “John you told me you are attracted to me and I’m
attracted to you. Why can’t you do it? Don’t you love me?”
“It is because I love that I can’t do this.”
“John that doesn’t make any sense. I want you and I know you want
- Why can’t we do this?”
“Feelings like this can get people hurt and I don’t want you hurt.
Please don’t make me explain. Just leave please.” John had to turn
away from her because he knew she had tears in her eyes. He heard
her run out of his room and slam her room door closed. He knew she
had no idea how hard it was for him to turn her away. He picked up
her picture and looked at her. “Marlena you will understand. I have to
keep you safe because if I can’t I could never live with myself.”
John didn’t know Marlena was in her room thinking about him. “John
you ought to know me by now. I’m stubborn enough to not stop until I
get what I want and what I want is you.”
Chapter 6:
It had been over one week since Marlena and John had admitted their
feelings to each other. Marlena had laid low on pushing John since he
wanted it that way. She wanted to make sure he had no idea how
much she wanted him. She woke up to a note laying on her pillow. It
was from the children’s nanny.
Dear Dr. Evans,
I wanted to leave you this note so you wouldn’t worry. Mickey came by
for a date and Belle wanted to go with him. I ran the idea by Mr. Black
and he thought it would be ok if we took both Belle and Brady with us.
I hope you do not mind. Enjoy your day free. I’ll bring the kids home
with me. See you later.
Laura.
The fact that the kids were going to be gone most of the day sent
Marlena to thinking. That meaned her and John were going to be
alone most of the day. This would be the perfect chance to set her
plane into motion. She went into her bathroom and changed into her
skimpiest bathing suit. The top was completely covered her breast and
tied in the back. Her bottoms were boy cut that hugged her hips and
was high cut on the sides. It showed every curve perfectly. She went
to John’s room and knocked on his door. When John answered and
saw her he thought his eyes were going to bug right out of his face.
“John Black would you please stop staring at me. I thought since
Laura took the kids you wouldn’t mind hanging out with me by the
pool?”
“Sure. I would love to. Give me one minute ok. You can go ahead and
go on out.”
“I’m glad you give me permission to go to my own pool. I’ll see you out
there.”
Marlena walked out of his room with a big smile on her face. She went
out to the pool and jumped in. She swam around for a few minutes
and then heard John come out side. When he walked out the door she
walked up the stairs to get out. She went and laid down on the chair
that was right beside him. “Marlena what do you think you are doing?”
“What do you think I’m doing?”
“I think you are trying to put the moves on me. I want you to know it
isn’t going to work.”
“Looks like to me it is.” She smiled and looked down at the bulge in his
pants. “Come on John it is obvious that you want me. Why don’t you
give into what you want?”
“Because it can get you hurt.”
“John you aren’t hurting me. I love you and you love me. Why don’t
you give into that love?”
“Because I don’t want someone else hurting you. Marlena when I fall
in love with someone they always get hurt and I don’t want that to
happen to you.”
“What do you mean John?”
“Have you ever wondered what happened to Brady’s mom?”
“I thought if you wanted me to know you would tell me.”
“I was hired to protect her and I feel in love with her. We were starting
a perfect family. I was planning on asking her to marry me when we
got a call telling us if we ever wanted to see her again we had better
get 4 million dollars together. Her father got the money but it was too
late. She was returned to us in a body bag. Brady was just a baby. He
never knew her.”
“I’m sorry about Brady’s mom but I want you to know just because it
happened once doesn’t mean it will again. John what happen wasn’t
your fault. You did everything you could but sometimes bad things
happen but that isn’t a reason to shut people out of your life. I love you
John and I want to help you. All you need to do is let me in. Will you
do that?”
“Marlena I know what you are saying is true but…”
“No buts John. Let me in. How many people get a second chance to
find love again? We both have that chance. The first guy I was ever
with was Belle’s father and he turned out to be a real jerk and you lost
your first love. Maybe we are what we both need.”
She leaned in and kissed him. He kept on thinking about how wrong
this could turn out but when he felt her tongue try to push into his
mouth he thought what the hell. He knew she was right about his
feelings for her and he knew she felt the same. Never in his life had he
ever thought he would have a woman as beautiful as her in his life and
he certainly wasn’t going to let her get away. He allowed her to push
her tongue into his mouth. He wrapped his tongue around hers and
loved the feel of her in his arms. He pulled back and looked at her in
the eyes. She smiled up at him. “Does this mean you’re willing to give
us a chance?”
“A part of me still thinks this is wrong.” He saw her get a disappointed
look on her face. “But I think that if this is wrong I don’t want to be
right.”
He pulled her into another kiss. He picked her right up off her feet.
“John where are you taking me?”
“To either my room or yours. Take your pick.”
“I think I’ll go with yours that way we can pick up were we left off the
other night.”
Chapter 7:
John was carrying Marlena into the house when the phone began to
ring. He put Marlena down so she could answer the phone. “Hello Dr.
Evans.” She felt John’s arms wrap around her waist and he began to
nibble on her earlobe. “Yes that is just fine. Tell them to have fun.”
She hung up the phone and turned around. “That was Laura. She
asked if it was ok that Brady and Belle stayed over with her and
Mickey tonight. I’m sorry I didn’t ask you if it was ok but I know that
they are great people and Belle always stays with them so I thought it
would be ok. If it isn’t I’ll call her back.”
“Marlena it is ok. I know they are safe with Mickey. Plus with them
being gone it give me a little more with you princess.”
“See there is an upside.” She wrapped her arms around his neck. He
picked her up and carried upstairs into his bedroom. When he placed
her on the floor he started kissing her. John loved being with her. She
pushed her tongue inside his mouth and wrapped her tongue around
his. He ran his hands down her body and felt every curve she had. He
ran his hands up to his breast and cupped them. His tongue traveled
down her neck and ran his tongue up and down it. He could hear her
moaning his name and felt her hands run through his short hair. He
knew her pulse was racing because he could feel it when he kissed
the side of her neck. He ran his hands up her back and untied the
bottom tie of her bathing suit. He pulled back for one minute to pull her
top off of her body. He couldn’t believe how beautiful she was. He had
seen her in several tight pieces of clothes but nothing could compare
to seeing her in close to nothing.
“Marlena are you sure you want to do this?” She could see the look of
concern and desire in his eyes. She hoped that he could see it in hers.
She decided that instead of telling him how much she wanted him she
would show him. She loosened the tie on his shorts and pulled them
down. He watched her drop down to her knees in front of him. She
took his manhood in her hands and worked him up and down. He
looked down at her and watched as she licked her lips and he waited
with anticipation at the feeling of that tongue running up and down
him. He didn’t have to wait that long. He felt her gently lick the
underside of his shaft and then ran her tongue around the tip. She
then put her mouth over him and in no time she had him completely in
her mouth. He had his hands tangled in her hair moving her into the
action he liked. She knew he couldn’t take much more so she pulled
back. John watched as she pushed her bottoms off her. He had been
with a lot of women but never had one looked like her. He couldn’t
wait to make her his. He had been thinking of taking it slow with her
but after what she had done to him she couldn’t wait. He picked her up
and she wrapped her legs around waist. He pushed her up against the
wall. He attacked her mouth and then moved down her body to her
breast. He took one in his mouth and sucked on it hungrily. This
turned Marlena on even more. John felt her hips grind into him telling
him all he wanted to know. She wanted him inside just as much as he
wanted to he wanted to be in her. He moved his hand in between her
legs and touched his intended target. He felt how wet she was. He
moved his finger inside of her. He felt her nails digging into his back.
She moved her hands down his arms and pushed them away. She
grabbed a hold of him telling him what she wanted.
“John I want you to fuck me right now. I need to feel you inside of me.”
She felt him push just the tip inside of her to allow her to get used to
him. He was taking it slow and Marlena didn’t want that. No matter
how it hurt she knew the feeling would pass and she wanted all of him
in her. She increased her trusts and felt him move inside of her more.
She had her back arched completely arched off the wall and his hands
moved down to the arch. He bent his head and latched a hold of her
breast. He could taste the sweat that covered her body. He loved
being the one to bring her to this point and he decided right then and
there to be the only one to ever do it again. He felt her body tense up
and knew she was about ready to cum. He increased his pace. He felt
her tighten up and heard her moaning much louder. In that moment he
felt her release. He gave her a chance to relax again and then he
started moving inside of her again. He felt himself come close and
increased his speed. Marlena could also tell so she moved against
him much more erotically to bring him there quicker. In no time they
both were climaxing together. He moved her off the wall and onto the
bed.
He kissed her gently. “I love you Marlena.”
“I love you to.” She laid on his chest and allowed the steady beating of
his heart put her to sleep.
Chapter 8:
Marlena woke up the next morning to an empty bed. She was sure it
hadn’t been a dream. She knew it couldn’t because she was still
undressed. She put on her robe and walked to the mirror to brush her
hair. She noticed her lips were chapped and then noticed that there
was a red mark on her collar bone. She knew that it had to be a hickey
from John. She was humming to herself when John entered the room.
He cleared his throat. “Hey what are you doing up and out of bed?”
“I was about to ask you the same thing?”
“I was up making you breakfast. So why don’t you climb back into bed
so I can feed you.” John watched her walk back to the bed and
watched as she dropped her robe off her body. “I can’t believe a man
like me is allowed to look at woman that looks like you.”
“Last night you did more than look at my body. The way I remember it
the things you did to my body was ungodly.”
John looked at her and smiled. “Well since we had such an active
night I think we both could stand to eat.”
“Did you have cook make this?”
“No I didn’t have cook make this. I know how to cook.”
“So you got up to show me what skills you have.”
“Yes I did.”
“So what did you make me?”
“Let’s see.” He uncovered the food. There were pancakes covered
with whipped cream and slices of strawberries. On a little plate beside
it was what Marlena knew was turkey bacon and a wine glass filled
with apple juice. It was all her favorite foods and knew John’s only
clue was what the freg was stocked with. “I hope you like it.”
He picked up the fork and cut her a piece of pancake. He watched her
open her mouth. He placed the fork inside her mouth and she ate it.
“Mum… This is great. What kind of pancakes are they?”
“I cut up a few strawberries in it. I hope you don’t mind.”
“Mind. I love it. But…” She picked up the other fork. “I hate to eat
alone.” She cut him a piece and put it in his mouth. She watched him
push all the whipped cream and slices of strawberries to the side.
“What are you doing?”
“I like to save the best for last.” They continued to eat and tease each
other with their foods. John watched her stretch and the blanket fell
down her body. He felt his throat tighten. “You know Marlena you
sitting in bed totally naked is really distracting me.”
“Well if it is that bad I’ll get up and get dressed.”
She went to get out of bed when he stopped her and laid her back on
the bed. “I didn’t say it was bad. I just said it was distracting. I’m not
ready to let you out of bed. And I know I’m not ready to let you get
dressed. I’m still eating.” He held the plate with the whipped cream
and strawberries up. She watched him purposely drop the plate right
on her chest. “Opps… I made a mess.”
“John Black you did that on purpose. Now I’m going to have to get in
the shower and clean up.”
He stops her once again. “Hey I’m a big boy I can clean up my own
messes.” He ran his finger down between her breast and sucked the
whipped cream off his finger. He repeated the action again and before
he could put his finger in his mouth she took it and put it in her own
mouth. She sucked secedutively and heard John moan out loud. He
looked up at her and looked at the lust written all over her face. He
placed kisses all over her neck then ran his tongue between the valley
of her breast. She arched her neck back and moaned loudly. He ran
his tongue over each of her breast and after she was all clean he
latched a hold of one and sucked on it. He felt her rake her nails down
his back. He knew that was a sign she was ready for him to make love
to her. Last night he was in a hurry. He had wanted her so bad but he
wanted to make this morning different. He wanted the chance to
worship her body. He ran his lips back up her neck then to her lips. He
kissed her passionately. He slipped his tongue into her mouth and
kissed her thoroughly. He pulled back long enough to say tell her how
he felt. “I love you Marlena. I want to make love to you.” He started
kissing her again. He moved his mouth down her neck and she moved
her head so she could capture his lips again. He started kissing her
back down her neck.
“I love you to John.” He moved his lips down her neck down between
her breast and down her stomach. He felt her back arch off the bed so
he ran his hands down to it to hold her up. He gently kissed each of
her legs then stopped just in front of his target. She could feel his
breath on her and it sent siever up her spin. She ran her hands to the
back of his head and pushed him down. He kissed her and then ran
his tongue up and down her clit. He heard her moans get louder and
felt herself grind in his face. He moved back and placed a finger inside
of her. After letting her get used to that he put two fingers inside of
her. He watched her face as he moved his fingers in and out. He
watched her move her head back and forth and listening to her
scream his name out turned him on more than he could ever imagine.
He felt her coming close so he removed his fingers only to replace it
with his mouth again. He not only want to feel her release, he wanted
to taste her. He ran his tongue in and out her and drove her to her
climax. He pulled himself up her body and kissed her. She pushed her
tongue in his mouth and loved the taste of herself on him. He felt
himself harden more with the thought of her tongue doing to his
manhood what she was doing to his mouth but he had to put that out
of his mind. As much as she wanted to feel her mouth on him he
wanted to please her. When he felt her hands on his chest to try to
push him on his back and he had to stop her. He pushed her arms
back onto the bed and looked her in the eyes.
“I don’t think so.” He leans down and starts kissing her. He runs his
hands down the curves of her body. She runs her hands down his
back to his boxers. She slips her fingers around the waist band of his
boxers pulling them down. She takes his manhood in her hands and
stokes him a couple of times. He pushed her hands out of the way and
pushed him inside of her. He heard her scream out in pleasure. She
rocked her hips against him pushing him farther inside of her. She ran
her lips down his neck and nipped at his shoulder. She wrapped her
legs around his waist and dug her nails into his back. John continued
to thrust inside of her harder and faster. They both felt themselves
come closer and closer to climaxing. Marlena kissed him up to his ear.
She arched her back more.
“Yes John. Harder baby harder. Yes. God I’m about to cum. Faster
John faster.” John moved faster and harder inside of her. He found
her hand and held it trying to feel closer to her. In no time they both
climaxed together and John fell beside her panting heavily. He pulled
her onto his chest and stoked and kissed her sweat socked hair. “I
have never felt this close to anyone in my intire life. I love you so
much.”
“I love you to princess.” He looked over at the clock and laughed. “You
know baby that was amazing and we still have twenty minutes before
the kids get here.”
“What on Earth are we going to do in the mean time?”
“I can think of something.” He pulled her face to his and kissed her. He
pushed her back onto the bed and moved on top of her and they
made love again.
Chapter 9:
The next morning was a little rainy. Marlena woke up and smiled at
John sleeping peacefully beside her. She loved waking up beside him.
She climbed out of the bed trying not to wake him. She had to get out
of bed and jump in the shower to get ready for work. She was relaxing
in the shower when she felt two strong arms wrap around her. “I
thought I was going to be able to get ready before you woke up.”
“Well you weren’t. I woke up and you weren’t in bed and then I heard
the shower running and I decided to join you.”
“As much as I would love you just to make love to me I don’t have the
time. I got a call last night telling me I have a new patient first thing
this morning and I don’t want him to think I’m a flake.”
“If he thinks you are a flake you tell him to come talk to me. I’ll point
him in the right direction.”
“I’m so lucky to have you.” She turns around and kisses him.
“You know if you don’t want me to make love to you right here and
now you had better stop. Here hand me the soap. I’ll help you get
soaped up.” She hands him the soap and he ran it all over her body.
After they were done John got dressed so he could get Brady
dressed. Everyone was waiting downstairs on Marlena. The moment
she walked down the stairs John’s face lighted up. “You look
beautiful.” He walked over to her and gave her a kiss. He heard
laughing behind him and turned to see Brady giggling. “What is up
sport? Why are you laughing at me?”
“It looks like you are trying to suck her face off.”
That made Marlena laugh out loud. She buried her head in his
shoulder. “Well sport I’m not ok. Let’s get you and Belle to the daycare
while Marlena and I go to work.” Both Belle and Brady ran to the door
ready to go. John held Marlena’s hand while he walked her to the car.
Marlena put Belle in her car seat while John got Brady strapped in his
seat belt. They were driving down a busy rode and John noticed a car
following very closely. Thinking it was just because the road was busy
he ignored it but after many turns he noticed the car was still behind
him. Marlena noticed him trying to drive and write at the same time.
She pulled out her planer and looked behind her and got the license
plate number the only part that was hard to make out was the very last
letter. She was trying to see but then the car turned early. They drove
the rest of the way in silence and then they dropped the kids off. When
they arrived at the hospital John walked Marlena to her door. He was
going to make his normal routine but he was having a hard time letting
her go. He was kissing her in the hallway when they heard someone
clear their throat behind them. John turned to see a young man
standing there with a white coat on. He could tell he was older than
Marlena and he was defiantly a doctor.
“Excuse me. Why don’t the two of you take that somewhere else?
Doctor Evans I’m a little surprised to see you acting this way on your
job.”
“I’m sorry Doctor Weisly. It will never happen again.”
“See that it doesn’t. By the way who are you?”
“I’m a security officer on this floor.”
“That’s a lie and I know it.”
“How do you know it?”
“First of all you aren’t acting like any professional security officer I
know. Second reason is I know I didn’t hire you.”
Marlena saw that John was about to say something and she stopped
him. “Dr. Weisly I want you to met John Black. John this is Dr. Craig
Weisly. He is the chief of staff here at University hospital.”
“Well it is nice to meet you. Now get out.”
“I can’t do that.”
“Why on earth not? It seems like to me you have no business here.
You were pretending to be a security officer here so you could get
closer to your girlfriend. I don’t take kindly to being lied to. You can
leave on your own or I’ll have the real security officers make you
leave.”
“I might not work for you but I do work for someone here. I’m
Marlena’s personal bodyguard. I can’t leave her here alone.”
“Well Mr. Black I want you to know that we have the best security staff
here. While Marlena is working I can’t not allow you to stick around.”
Marlena noticed John was about to protest and she thought she
should defuse the situation. “I’ll talk to him Dr. Weisly. Thank you for
stopping by.” She watched him walk away. “John…”
“I can’t believe you allowed him to bully you like that. What happened
to the stubborn Marlena I know and love?”
“John he is my boss. If I try to buck up to him I can risk loosing my
position here at the hospital.”
“I know but I can’t leave you here alone. I don’t trust this wonderful
hospital security. I need to make sure you are ok.”
“I’ll be fine trust me. Just do it today. I’ll talk to Craig and find a
compromise that will make everyone happy.”
“Marlena it’s just that…” Marlena stood on her toes and kissed him.
“I’m not…” She kissed him again. “Sure about this.”
“Please baby. If you give into me right now I’ll reward you tonight.”
“Ok. It goes against my better judgment but ok. I’ll find something to
do close by while you are working. I have my cell with me. If you get in
any trouble call me.”
“I promise I will.”
“Ok. I’ll see you when you get off.” He gave her a quick kiss.
“Hey why don’t you come by during my lunch hour and we can go out
to eat today.”
“I like that idea. I’ll see you around 12:00.”
“Make it 12:30.”
“Ok. Don’t forget talk to Weisly.”
“I won’t. I’ll see you later.” She stood on her tip toes and kissed him.
He walked away and she went in her office. She was getting ready for
her new patient when there was a knock on the door. She went and
answered it and found a man there she didn’t know. “Hello can I help
you?”
“Are you Dr. Evans?”
“Yes I am and you are?”
“I’m your new patient, Tony Dimeria.”
Chapter 10:
Marlena was sitting in her office with Tony. “So Mr. Dimeria.”
“Please call me Tony.”
“Ok Tony. You never described your problem to me.”
“I have been depressed since the death of the woman I love. Every
time I try and think I’m actually making progress something else
happens to bring me down.”
“That is a common thing that happens when you lose someone you
love. How long were the two of you together?”
“We were never together. I had known her all my life and fell in love
with her. When she was killed she was involved with another man.
Even had a baby with him.”
“Well that could explain the reason it is so hard for you to let go of her.
Normally when someone loses someone they can move on because
of the memories they have to hold onto but you can’t because there
aren’t any memories.”
“You know I live with the what ifs. The only thing I know for sure is if
she was with me instead of me she would still be alive.”
“There is no way to know that for sure.”
“I know she would have been. You see Dr. Evans the woman I loved
was killed by kidnappers. The man she was with wasn’t rich enough to
get the money to save her. I would have been able to get the money in
no time. Since the person who took he didn’t get the money on time
they killed her.”
“I understand but I’m sure the person who was involved with her must
be extremely sorry about what happened.”
“Yeah I thought the same thing but I ran into him today. He didn’t talk
to me and I didn’t go out of my way to say hey either but I saw him. He
had his arms wrapped around another woman.”
“Maybe they are just friends.”
“Friends don’t kiss other friends the way they were. I thought he was
going to swallow her tongue.”
“How many years has it been since the lady’s death?”
“Three.”
“You know people move on.”
“I just never pictured this guy doing that.”
“I understand.” The timer went off. “Oh I’m sorry but your time is up.
Try to do something relaxing before your next visit and avoid this guy.
It seems like to me you have gotten more upset since seeing him.”
“Yeah I’ll do that. Will our next session be the same time next week?”
“Yes if that is good for you. Just tell my secretary to pencil you in. I’ll
see you next week.”
“I’m sure you will.” He walked out of her office. “If not before.”
Chapter 11:
It was around 12 when John heard his cell phone go off. “Hello Black
here.”
“Hey John it’s Marlena.”
“What’s wrong? Are you in trouble?”
“Will you calm down Black? Has anyone told you that you jump to
conclusion to quickly?”
“Well if there is nothing wrong princess why are you calling me?”
“I just wanted to hear your voice but if you don’t want to talk to me you
don’t have to.”
“You know I love to hear from me. So what’s up?”
“I thought you wouldn’t mind coming after me a little early for lunch. I
have a little surprise for you.”
“A surprise what is it?”
“I’m not telling you. You will have to wait to see.”
“Well I’ll be right there. I love you.”
“Love you to.” She hung up the phone and waited on John to get
there. In about five minutes he opened the door. “Did no one teach
you to knock?”
“I’m excited. I want my surprise. I was kind of hoping I would walk in
and find you naked.”
“Is all you think about is sex?”
“Yeah kind of. So what is it?”
“What would you say to the idea that we spend the rest of the day with
me?”
“I thought you had patients for the rest of the day.”
“I did but they called and canceled their appointments. So the rest of
the day I’m all yours.”
“Well what are we going to do? Do you still want to go out to get
something to eat?”
“Yeah we can stop by Johnny’s Angels and pick up a burger and fries.
We can take it home and enjoy it in private.”
“I like the sound of that. By the way have you talked to Dr. Weisly?”
“He has been with patients all day. I’ll talk to him first thing in the
morning.”
“I guess I will have to settle for that. Ready to go.”
“You bet I am.” She grabbed her coat and pocketbook and walked out
the door, locking it behind her. They had stopped by Johnny’s Angels
and picked up something to eat. They were headed home but Marlena
noticed John missed his road. “What are you doing John? You missed
the road.”
“I know. I did it on purpose. I want to take you for a romantic picnic in
the country. What do you say about that?”
“I think I love the idea.”
They drove on into the countryside. They reached lookout point and
John helped her out of the car and got the blanket out the backseat.
He took her to the small clearing off to the side. Marlena was quite
surprised at John’s romantic side. They dined on hamburgers and
fries. After they were done John got her on her feet and asked her to
dance with him. He took her in his arms and slowly sang to her.
TEXT“So many times I thought I held it in my hands but just like grains
of sand love slipped through my fingers. So Many nights I asked the
Lord above please make me lucky enough to find a love that lingers.
Something keeps on telling me you could be my answered pray. You
must be heaven sent I swear cause…
Something happens when you look at me I forget to speak.
Something happens when you kiss my mouth my knees get so weak.
Could it be true this is what God has meant for me?
Cause baby I can’t believe that something like you could happen to
me.
Yeah Yeah something like you…
Girl in your eyes I feel your fire burn. All your secrets I will learn even if
it takes forever. With you by my side I can do anything. I don’t care
what tomorrow brings as long as we’re together. My heart is telling me
that you could be my meant to be. I know it more each time we touch
cause…
Something happens when you look at me I forget to speak.
Something happens when you kiss my mouth my knees get so weak.
Could it be true this is what God meant for me?
Cause baby I can’t believe something like you could happen to me.
Something magical.
Something spiritual.
Something stronger than the two of us alone yeah.
Something physical.
Something undeniable.
Nothing like anything that I’ve ever known.
Cause something happens when you look at me I forget to speak.
Something happens when you kiss my mouth my knees get so weak.
Could it be true this is what God has meant for me?
Cause baby I can’t believe something like you, something like you.
That something like you could happen to me.”
“Do you know John Black you are a horrible singer?”
“Yeah. I know.”
“Even thought you are awful I loved it. You know it takes a lot of
courage to admit you know a NSYNC song let alone sing it.”
“Well just goes to prove I love you. Everything that song says is true. I
can’t believe you actually happened to me.”
“Well I did and you have me for the rest of your life.” She stood on her
tip toes and took his mouth in hers. She wanted to posses every inch
of his mouth so she pushed her tongue deep inside of his. She
wrapped it around his and sucked it up and down to allow him to know
what she was about to do to him. She pulled back and then kissed him
along his jaw up to his ear. She ran her tongue in and out of his ear.
She lightly blew in it. “I’m going to drive you crazy Black.”
“You already are Princess.”
She kissed him from his ear down his neck to the little V above his
shirt. She went to unbutton his shirt when she noticed it was a snap
button shirt. “Oh look snap buttons. This makes it so much easier.”
She ran her hands down his chest and then traveled back up to the
top. She grabbed each side and jerked as hard as she could leaving
his entire chest exposed. She lightly scraped her nails down his chest
and licked her lips as she stared at him. She placed light kisses on his
chest as she worked on his belt. She tugged on his belt and it cleared
every loop in one motion. She pulled back and worked on his pants.
She could hear his breaths coming in short ragged pace. When she
push both his pants and boxers off at the same time she stood on her
tip toes and placed a peak on his lips lightly catching his bottom lips
and tugging on it. She dropped to her knees and took his manhood in
her hand working him up and down. She looked up and saw his neck
arched back in pleasure. She licked her lips getting them good and
wet so they could move up and down him easier. She placed a small
kiss on the head and then took him completely in her mouth. She
worked her mouth up and down him and then pulled back to twirl her
tongue around the tip. She continued working him until she thought he
couldn’t take it anymore. She pulled back and looked him in the eyes.
He watched her lay back onto the blanket. He dropped to his knees
and straddled her hips. He unbuttoned her business shirt and pulled
her up so he could remove it from her body. He looked and saw her
bra had a clasp in the front. He unclasped it and pushed the straps
over her shoulders letting it fall to the blanket. He grabbed a handful of
her hair and pulled it back to expose her neck. He kissed her neck
passionately and then traveled down to her chest. He took one of her
breast in his mouth while he massaged the other. He alternated
between both of them until he had her begging for him. He reached
behind her and pushed her zipper down. He ran his hand down to the
hem of the skirt and pushed it up around her waist. He felt her through
her silk panties and felt how wet she was. He pulled the panties down
her legs and smiled at her wickly. Making her wonder what he was
going to do. He ran one finger down her center and then inserted two
fingers deep inside of her. While he continued working his fingers
inside of her he latched a hold of one of her breast. He felt her
thrusting against his fingers and that turned him on even more. He
pulled them out of her but she continued bucking at what where his
fingers were. He took her hips and steadied her. He removed one
hand and took himself with it. He made his erection harder and then
placed himself in her. He felt her arch off the blanket and heard her
breath catch. He started rocking slowly in her allowing her to get used
to him. “Oh God John. Yes. It feels so good.” Once she was used to
his size she wrapped her legs tightly around him and placed her
hands on his shoulders. She pulled herself up until she was sitting on
his lap. She started bouncing up and down grinding herself into onto
him to allow him to go farther in her. While she was doing this he
attacked her neck. He pulled back and watched her for just a second
while she moved against him. He loved the way she looked. She had
her eyes tightly closed concentrating on what she was doing. Her
mouth would be opened wide moaning and the next second it would
be closed with her biting on her lower lip. And the way her body was
moving against him. There was no way to describe it. All he could do
was try to hold on to her hips which were hard since her body was
covered with sweat.
He knew he wouldn’t last much longer so he helped her. The harder
he would thrust in her the closer he got. “OH Marlena I’m about to cum
baby”
She dug her nails harder in his back. “Don’t stop baby I’m about to
cum to.”
He felt her coming close to and knew they were about to cum
together. He moved his hands up to the side of her face. “Marlena
open your eyes. I want to see into your soul as we cum together.” He
watched as her eyes shot opened. The look in them was priceless.
They were blazing with lust. They both continued moving against each
other and after no time they both cumed together. They both sat there
just holding each other to allow their bodies to calm down. Once John
was able to talk he kissed her forehead. “That was absolutely amazing
Princess.”
“Why do you continue to call me that?”
“Because you are one and it has kind of stuck. If you don’t like it I’ll
stop.”
‘No I like it. I love you.”
“I love you to baby.”
He lightly kissed her on the lips. He was holding the side of her face
when she noticed his watch. “Look at the time. We had better get back
so we will pick up the kids on time.”
They both got up and dressed. John was completely dressed when he
noticed Marlena was working on her skirt’s zipper while her top was
still unbuttoned. “Here let me give you a hand.” He buttoned up her
shirt and lightly kissed her after he was done. He collected the trash
and folded the blanket. He walked her back to the car and then they
drove off back to town. Unknown to them they had been watched the
entire time.
Chapter 12:
John sat back and watched Marlena, Belle, and Brady play in the pool.
He couldn’t believe how perfect his life was now. He had his little boy
with him all the time and a woman who loved him. He watched as
Marlena walked out of the pool. At that moment it seemed as though
everything was in slow motion. He noticed her skimpy bathing suit
clung to every curve and the water dripping off her body drove him
crazy. He felt himself about to explode from the desire to touch her.
Her body seemed to take a mind of its own as she was walking by
him. He could have sworn that her hips took a bit more of a
provocative swing as she walked by him to lay on the lounger beside
him. The thoughts that were running through his mind could have
been enough to send him to hell right then and there. He wanted to
just ravage her body then and there but had to hold back since the
kids were out there. “You know you are driving me crazy Mar.”
“That’s the plan Black.” She felt a hand start to grope her breast. “Hey
now you had better stop unless you want to answer a mountain of
questions from your kids.”
Her slip of the tongue didn’t go unnoticed by John. She had called
Belle his child. He moved his hand back and looked at her in the pool.
He wanted her to be his daughter and with Marlena saying that he
knew she wanted her to be to. Laura caught his eye as she walked out
into the pool area.
“Ok Belle, Brady time for you two to get a bath for the sleep over at
the daycare.” They watched as they went with Laura. John was a little
nervous at first about letting them go but felt that ease when he was
promised Mickey would be there. In about five minutes they came
back out to the pool area. Belle ran right to her mother’s arms and
Brady went into John’s. They exchanged their good byes with both
parents telling the kids to have fun. To both John and Marlena’s
surprise Brady went to Marlena and Belle went to John giving them
both a kiss bye too. When the kids went back inside Marlena turned
on her side to face John.
“I think that they will have a great time tonight.”
“I know that we will since we have the house all to ourselves tonight.”
He moved over and captured her lips with his. He pushed her back
onto the lounger and moved on top of her. When he pulled back she
looked up at him with lust in her eyes.
“Maybe we should take this inside to the bedroom.”
“Why? There is no one here except us.”
He started kissing her some more. Marlena was against it at first
because the fact was some of the servants were still there but the
moment John started kissing her down her neck it removed any
thoughts of refusing him. His hands were traveling up her back to the
ties on her bathing suit when they heard the maid calling Marlena’s
name. “Excuse me Dr. Evans there is a telephone call for you.”
“I’ll be right in Celeste. I told you that you shouldn’t start something
you can’t finish.”
“I plan on finishing Princess. You know if you just ignored the call we
wouldn’t have to stop at all.”
“It could be important John. I’ll be right back.” She got off the lounger
and went inside to the phone. “Hello this is Dr. Evans.”
“Hey one of your patients is having a huge problem. He told me to call
you and tell you to meet him at the mental health clinic on Washington
St.”
“Ok I’ll be right there. Who is this?” She heard the phone go dead.
“That’s strange.”
“What’s strange?”
“The call was from someone telling me I needed to report to the
mental health clinic on Washington St. but when I asked who it was
they hung up.”
“I don’t like the sound of that.”
“I have to go. One of my patients could be in trouble.”
“Ok. You run on upstairs and get dressed and so will I.”
“Thanks baby.” She gave him a small peck on the lips and went
upstairs. In no time she was back downstairs and out to the car where
John was waiting. She looked in the back seat and laughed. “John
what is Duchess doing in the car?”
“She wanted to come along. I thought while you were in the meeting I
could take her for a walk and wait on you.”
“Well then let’s go. The quicker I can get this done the sooner we can
get home and continue where we left off.”
They drove to Washington St. and Marlena went into the building.
John got Duchess’s leash and walked her around while he waited on
Marlena. After some time had passed and Marlena still wasn’t done he
went to the car and got Duchess’s ball. He took her off the leash and
they played ball. He watched the people walk by him and even the
cars that drove by. One car he noticed in particular. He took Duchess
and put her in the car. The car pulled over to where he was and he
noticed it was a cop car. The officers came out of their car with their
guns drawn. John put his hands up to the side. “I haven’t done
anything.”
“Get down on the ground.”
“Ok. Ok.” He went to get down and pulled his gun out. He ducked
behind his car when the officers fired. He heard the people screaming
around him and he fired one single shot that took out one of the
officers. Then he heard a scream that sounded so familiar. He turned
and saw Marlena standing in the door way. “Marlena get out of here
now. Run!!”
Marlena ran as fast as she could but turned around when she heard
two shots go off at the same time. She saw the officer fall and then
saw John going down to. “No!!! John!!!” She ran back to him. “John
honey it’s ok.”
John saw out the corner of his eyes a car pulling up. He saw it was the
car that had been following them the past few days. “Marlena go.”
“I’m not leaving you.”
“I can’t protect you right now. I need you to run now.”
“No John. I’m not going any where.”
John saw the men come up behind her and one grabbed her around
the waist pulling her away. He saw her fighting to get away and heard
her screaming his name. He tried to pull himself to his gun but the
person that was with the man that grabbed Marlena kicked it out of his
way and then shot him again. He watched them get back in the car
and drive off with Marlena. Feeling that he had let her down he closed
his eyes and wished for death.
Chapter 13:
John woke up in a place he didn’t recognize. He saw Victor standing
by his bed. “Vic where am I?”
“You’re in the hospital John. Do you remember anything about what
happened?”
“I remember sitting and waiting on Marlena to get done and then…”
He had a rapid flashback of Marlena being kidnapped. “She was
taken. Where is she man?”
“John they got the call. They need to get together 10 million to get her
back. If not they are going to kill her.”
He tried to get out of bed and walk to the door. “I have to find her.”
“John you need to stay here. You are hurt and are still in danger from
your gun shot wounds.”
“I don’t care about myself. I need to find her before it happens again.”
He sits up in bed and pulls out the IV that is in his arm. He climbs out
of bed and tries to walk to the door when he collapses. The doctor and
Victor pick him up and puts him back in bed. John wakes back up and
clearly sees there are people outside his room. “Who are they?”
“There is a press release going on out there. John the cops are
wanting to arrest you for killing two officers and they even believe you
are involved with Marlena being missing.”
“I would never hurt her Vic. I love her.”
“I know that John but the cops still think you had something to do with
- I personally believe they are saying that because they want to save
their own asses.”
“I know the cops had to be helping. It almost as if they were buying the
men time. I wish I could hear what is being said out there.”
“I’m sure we will be able to read all about it in the papers tomorrow.”
He noticed the doctor giving John and injection in his IV. “What are
you doing?”
“I’m giving him a sedative to help him rest.”
“I can’t rest. I need to go find Marlena.”
“You need to leave that to the cops.”
“Vic I’m not sure how but I think the cops were in on it. They aren’t
going to help us find her.” John could feel the sedative kicking in. He
was trying to fight off falling to sleep but he gave in. Victor walked out
of his room with the doctor. He heard the press conference still going
- One of the reporters raised his hand. “Commander Brady what
exactly has John Black been charged with?”
“We are charging him with the death of two officers and we are looking
into the idea that he was involved in the kidnapping of Dr. Evans.”
Another reporter asked. “Commander Brady. It has been reported that
you have a person interest in this case since you and Dr. Evans were
once involved and share a child. Is this true?”
“Yes it is. I’ll do anything I can to find the mother of my daughter and
bring who ever is involved with her kidnapping to justice, including
John Black.”
Another reporter raised her hand. “Commander Brady I was
wondering if you would please comment on the fact that the officers
that were killed were off duty but yet they used the state car, were in a
uniform, and had no reason to go after Mr. Black.”
“I can’t say why this was done but I have reason to believe my officers
had a real good reason. Those two men will go down as heroes in my
book. That is the end of this meeting. If there are anymore questions
you can contact me at my office.”
As Roman left the hospital a person walked up to one of the reporters.
“Excuse me. Are you Jennifer Horton of the Salem Spectator?”
“Yes I am. And you are?”
“Detective Abe Carver. I have a little information on the Evans case
you would like to know.”
“What is it?”
“The officers that were killed was a part of a secrete organization
know as the brotherhood. They are cops that work along with
criminals for a little extra money and turn a blind eye to the activity
they do. Going down as heroes my ass.”
“Thanks for the information. Can I come back to you for some more
information?”
“Anytime you want anything just give me a call. Here is my card.”
“Thanks.” She watched as he walked away. She noticed that Victor
and his doctor standing by the door. “Excuse me; are you a friend of
John’s?”
“Yes I am. Why do you ask?”
“I was wondering how he is.”
“Doing ok. Upset at the fact Marlena is missing.”
“Is the things that have been said true. Was him and Ms. Evans
lovers?”
“I’m not commenting on that. You will have to ask John.”
“I plan to. Nice talking to you.”
“Hey you can put this quote in from me. John Black didn’t have
anything to do with her kidnapping.”
“I sure will.”
Victor walked away and Victor looked and noticed the two security
officers standing near John’s door. “I wonder what they are doing
here.”
“They are watching your friend.”
“I don’t think John is safe here. If the officers are involved being here
in the hospital is a perfect opportunity to get rid of him. Listen just take
care of him. I have some things to do and I’ll be right back.” Victor left
the hospital.
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Across town at the Evan’s house Frank got a call. “Hello.”
“Have you got my money Mr. Evans?”
“Yes I have it. What do you want me to do?”
“Put all the money in two bags divided up evenly. Put both into the
trunk of a black car. When that is ready wait until 9:00. Put on a white
shirt and drive to the circle in the center of town. Take off your shirt
and hang it out the window. Drive around the circle three times just
like that and then pull off to the side in front of Salem Place. Go into
the mall and wait. At around 11:00 there will be a phone call on the
pay phone near the Java Café. Answer it and await my instructions.”
“Is my daughter ok?”
“She is fine for now. Just do as I say and she will be returned to you
unharmed. Disobey one of my instructions and I’ll kill her.”
Frank listened as the phone went dead. He looked at the officers that
were taping the conversation. He saw Roman shake his head no,
meaning they didn’t have a signal. Frank’s lawyer, Don, put his hand
on Frank’s shoulder. “We will get her back Frank. All we have to do is
do everything he wants. Everything we planed will work.”
“You make sure it does.” He looked at the picture of Marlena sitting on
the table in the living room. “We can’t let anyone hurt her.”
Chapter 14:
Victor got John transported to a private hospital that he had set up in a
building behind his house. He had put out a lot of money to get it set
up but he believed it was the least he could do for his friend. He
couldn’t allow him to stay in the hospital because he knew it wouldn’t
be good for him to stay. He looked in the room and checked on him.
He waved John’s doctor over to where he was standing. He hired the
best doctor in Salem and one of his good friends, Bill Horton, to take
care of John. “Bill how is he doing?”
“He is doing much better but I have to keep him sedated to make sure
he doesn’t try to do what he did in the hospital. He has been calling
out Marlena’s name. Keeping him like this is the only way to make
sure he will heal properly.”
“I’m very glad that you are helping him. I’m not sure he is able to
handle the things that are happening now. I’m going to head up to the
main house so I can hear any news on Marlena. Keep me posted on
his improvements.”
“I sure will.”
Victor walked over to John’s bed. He leaned close to John’s ear. “John
you need to hold on buddy and get better for Marlena. If you don’t
when she finds out she will come here and kick your ass and I’m not
so sure I won’t stop her.” He walked to the door and went up to his
office awaiting the call by his informant at the police station.
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It was 10:55 and Frank was sitting by the phone waiting. He had done
everything he was asked and just needed to find out where to take the
money. He continued to look at the picture he had of Marlena and
Belle that he carried in his wallet when he heard the phone ring.
“Hello.”
“I’m glad you made your dead line. I would have hated to have to kill
your beautiful daughter. You have the money.”
“Yeah. It’s still in the trunk of the car in the bags you asked for.”
“Good, now listen to my orders. I want you to take it to the back alley
behind the pawn shop. There will be an abandoned blue Chevy. I want
you to look in the car. In the switch there will be a set of keys. On that
set will be the key to the trunk. Open the trunk and put the money
inside. Close it and leave the keys in the slot. I want you to then walk
away. Keep your eyes straight ahead and don’t look back. No matter
what you hear you are to never look back. If you do all that I ask; your
daughter will be returned to you unharmed.”
“Do I have a time limit to get all this done?”
“Have it done by 12:30. And Frank make sure you are alone. If there is
one sign of police with you, I will kill your daughter.”
The kidnapper hung up the phone. Frank looked down at his watch
and saw that it was 11:45. It would take about 30 minutes to get to the
alley he was told to drop off the bag. He traveled down the alley alone.
He found the car and did everything he was told to. He turned around
and left. He got half way down the alley when he heard a man call out
“Hey.”. He stopped then remembered what he was told and didn’t turn
around. Then he heard multiple gun shots ring out. He ran out of the
alley and never looked back to see what happened.
Chapter 15:
Frank was sitting by the phone waiting on the call on where to get
Marlena at. He knew the longer he went without hearing from the
kidnappers the outcome isn’t good. Around 7 the phone rang and
Frank answered it. “Hello.”
“Frank what happened to our agreement?”
“I don’t know what you are taking about. I did everything you asked.”
“I don’t think you did Frank. You see when on of my boys went to get
the money, he was shot and killed.”
“I’m sorry about your son but it wasn’t my fault.”
“You don’t seem to understand me Frank but you will. It will be a
trade; your child for mine. She is such a pretty young thing. Oh and by
the way don’t even think about going to get the money. It’s here being
counted as we speak. Let’s just say you had better hope it’s all here. If
it isn’t I just might have to take my anger out on your beautiful
daughter. Good bye for now.”
Frank slammed down the phone. “That SOB isn’t going to give back
my daughter. Tell me that was enough to find out where he is.”
“I’m sorry Mr. Evans we needed a little more time.”
“Roman Brady if I didn’t know any better it would seem to me that you
aren’t trying to help Marlena.”
“Frank I’m going to pretend you didn’t say that. I know you are upset
about Marlena being missing but you need to remember I want to find
her just as much as everyone else. She is the mother of my daughter.”
“Don’t pretend to give a damn about Belle. You haven’t seen her since
she was born. Even now when her father should taking care of her I
have to leave her with her nanny and godfather.”
“If it wasn’t for that bodyguard you hired to protect her we wouldn’t be
worrying about her right now.”
Sam walked in the room. “Don’t talk about John like that. He cared
about her and he would never hurt her, unlike you. You should be out
looking for her.”
Roman was about to make a come back when the phone rang.
Roman singled for them to start taping the conversation. Frank picked
up the phone. “Hello.”
“Frank, Frank, Frank. Can you ever do anything right? All you had to
do to keep your daughter safe was to give me the money I wanted but
- I guess your daughter isn’t that important to you.”
“All of the money was there when I dropped it off.”
“Well then someone must have gotten some of it.”
“That isn’t my fault. All the money was there before.”
“If it hadn’t been for your friends that killed my son I would have all the
money.”
“You can’t hurt my daughter.”
The look on Sam’s face looked like someone had knocked the wind
out of her. She grabbed the phone out of Frank’s hand. “Please don’t
hurt my sister.”
“Who is this?”
“Marlena’s little sister Samantha. I’m begging you not to hurt. I
promised I will do everything I can to get you the money you need.
Just please don’t hurt her. She has a daughter that needs her.”
“I wish I had talked to you before Miss. Evans but it is too late. Your
father didn’t do as I asked and he knew what would happen. Good
bye.”
He hung up the phone and she slammed down the phone. She went
around and tore down some of the things that the police hung up
around the room. “All of your damn work and she is gone. You were
supposed to help her. It was your screw up that got her killed. I want
all of you out of my house. Get out now.” She fell onto the floor crying
and holding her sister’s picture.
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Across town Victor called his police informant. “Is this Allen? This is
Victor. Is there any news on the Marlena Evans kidnapping?”
“I’m sorry sir. We are no longer treating this case as a kidnapping.”
“Then what is the case?”
“It has been moved up to a homicide. The person who took her just
called the family. I wish it was better news but he told them she is
dead.”
“How did it happen?”
“By what I was told Frank did everything he was asked. When he
dropped off the money the kidnapper’s son was supposed to pick it
- He tried but one of the officers filled him full of holes. That pissed
the kidnapper off but what made him really mad was when all his
money wasn’t there. I wish I could have given you better news.”
“I wish you could have to. Listen thanks for helping. I’ll call if I need to
know anything else.” He hung up the phone. “Damn it. How am I going
to tell John the woman he loves is dead?”
Chapter 16:
Victor waited a few days to tell John what had happened to Marlena.
He had gotten the consent of his doctor to tell him. He had no idea
how he was going to take it but he knew he had to tell him before he
learned from someone else. He walked in John’s room and saw him
sitting up in his bed looking much better.
“Hey buddy where have you been here lately? I thought you had
abandoned me.”
“John I don’t know how to tell you what happened.”
“What did happen? Is it something about Marlena?”
“Yeah buddy. There is no easy way to say this.”
“Just tell me Vic. What is wrong?”
“She was killed.”
Victor watched as it looked like the wind had been knocked out of
John. “Why? I thought of anyone getting the money it would be Frank.”
“He got the money but some of it was missing when the kidnapper
went to get it.”
“So he killed Marlena for that reason.”
“Yeah buddy. I’m going to leave you alone with your thoughts. Call me
if you need me.”
John didn’t know what to think. He had just lost the woman he loved.
He jumped out of the bed and found his clothes. He fought off the
dizziness just to put them on but he needed to go. He needed to be
close to her. He jumped into one of Victor’s cars that just happened to
have the keys in it. He drove as fast as he could to Marlena’s house.
He ran upstairs to her bedroom and just laid in the bed holding her
pillow. He could still smell her perfume on it. He couldn’t help but
remember the last night he spent with her in this room. The way her
body smelled, the way her legs were wrapped around him, the feel of
her lips on his skin, and the way she moaned his name as they moved
together. He couldn’t believe she was gone. He couldn’t handle being
without her. He reached in the night stand that was on the side of the
bed he had been sleeping on. He pulled out his favorite gun and one
single bullet. He reached over and picked up the picture of him and
her that was sitting on her stand. He couldn’t believe how much both
of them looked in love and that picture was just a set up. He knew he
shouldn’t have every fell in love with her. He told her it would only end
up bad to be involved with him but she wouldn’t listen. He gave into
his feelings and now she was dead. The only place that was left for
him was to be with her. He put the bullet in the gun and held it up to
his head. He closed his eyes and pulled the trigger, nothing
happened. He couldn’t understand it. It was impossible. He knew the
gun should have fired. Right now he should be with her. He took the
bullet out and put it back in and tried again, nothing happened. He
took the bullet out and put a different one in and fired a shot at the
wall, it worked. He checked the bullet out and saw it was perfect.
There should have been no reason it hadn’t ended his life. He looked
on Marlena’s stand and saw her rosary. It was at that moment he
realized maybe it wasn’t up to him to end his life. He had something
else to do. He looked at the picture of Marlena and turned on the TV.
The news was on and it was reporting on Marlena’s death and how
the police was looking for the person who did it. It was at that moment
he realized the reason he was still alive was to find the persons
responsible for Marlena’s death and to make them pay with their lives.
He would kill them one by one until everyone has paid for taking her
life.
Chapter 17:
John arrived back at Victor’s around 3. He needed his help. John
walked into his home office. “John where have you been? The doctor
didn’t allow you to leave.”
“I went to Marlena’s house. I just needed to be near her to put a few
things in order.”
“What have you came up with?”
“The people that killed her needs to pay and I’m the person that is
going to do that.”
“John you can’t take the law into your hands again. What are you
going to do John become an assassin again?”
“What do you think? Vic they killed the woman I love, what else am I
supposed to do? You have a family now, if someone hurt your wife
wouldn’t you do anything to make the people pay?”
“You know I would but because of my family you know I can’t get
involved.”
“I don’t want anything like that. I need this.” He hands him a note that
had several things listed on it.
“John are you serious. You want to start a war.”
“I didn’t start it. They did the moment they killed Marlena. Just get me
what I need and I will never say who got it for me. You will be in the
clear.”
“You know I will do anything for you.”
“Thanks Vic.” He starts to walk away. “Vic have you ever heard of a
gun not firing?”
“Yeah plenty of times. Sometimes there are several guns that are
dysfunctional.”
“I’m not taking about like that. I’m saying a gun that is perfectly fine not
shooting two bullets at a person but when you fire it at a wall it works
just fine.”
“Well you know it is believed that some bullets have names on them.
Maybe that bullet just didn’t have that persons name on it.”
“Maybe you are right. Listen thanks for all your help. I’m going to go
get some fresh air in the park. I’ll be back later.”
John walked to the park. He sat on the bench near a bunch of flowers.
All he could think about was the fact that Marlena would love a bunch
of flowers. Then it hit him again that she was gone. He would never be
able to bring her flowers again. They missed so much of the things
normal things couples did. He was lost in his own thoughts when a
woman walked up to him. “Excuse me are you John Black?”
“Yes I am can I help you?”
“I’m Jennifer Horton with the Salem Spectator. I was wondering if I
could talk to you about Marlena Evans.”
“Are you serious? I have nothing to say to you.”
“I want you to know I’m on your side. I know you had nothing to do
with her disappearance.”
“Thanks.”
“I’m willing to help you any way you need.”
“There maybe some way you can help me.”
“How?”
“I’m not sure right now. How about this, if you help me I’ll give you the
first exclusive interview.”
“That sounds like a plan to me. How can I get in contact with you?”
“You won’t. I’ll get in contact with you. Now if you don’t mind please
leave me alone.”
“Here is my card. Call me anytime.”
He took her card and put it in his pocket. She walked away and he
wondered how he would be able to use her to get exactly what he
wanted.
Chapter 18:
John was going through some of Marlena things when he came
across one of her planners. He looked through it and found something
that peaked his curiosity. It was the description of the car he saw take
Marlena. Not only was it the description but also the tag number.
“Thank you Princess.” He picked up the phone and dialed a number.
“Hello Jennifer Horton.”
“Jen it’s John. You remember the favor that I told you that you would
have to do, well I have one that you can do right now. Can you run a
check on a car and tag number.”
“Yeah that no problem. Just tell me what it is.”
“The car is a white 89 Chrysler, not sure the brand. The plate number
was JBD 21.”
“What is the last number?”
“I don’t know. Is it possible to still run the check?”
“I can still do it. May take me a while but I can do it. Do you want me
to call you?”
“How long will it take?”
“About an hour.”
“I call you then.” He hung up the phone. Every time he was in this
room everything made him think about Marlena. He wasn’t able to
sleep in this bed last night because he could still smell her on the
sheets. He had taken a shower thousands of time because he could
still fill her sweat on his body and still taste of her skin on his lips. It
was driving him crazy to be without her. She was his whole life. He
couldn’t help but remember he felt that way about Brady’s mom and
he lost her the same way. He had warned himself not to fall in love
with her but he had anyway. He looked at the picture of him and her
that was sitting at the bedside. It was impossible for him not to have
fallen in love with her. She was so beautiful, smart, sexy, and was one
of the few people who could make him smile. She was gone now. He
vowed right then and there to never fall in love again. He heard the
doorbell ring downstairs. He went to answer it and found Mickey there.
“Mickey.”
“John how are things going?”
“Not good. Trying to stay busy.”
“Is there on any word on who took her?”
“Nope but I’m not going to stop until find them and kill every single
one.”
“John listen I’m just as upset about her death as you but…”
“Just as upset as me. Mickey she was the woman I loved and now she
is gone. You don’t know how that feels.”
“You’re right I don’t.”
“I want to thank you for taking care of the kids.”
“John Belle is my God daughter. I would never allow her father to take
care of her. I know that’s not what Marlena would have wanted.”
“I’m talking about Brady.”
“Marlena loved that little boy. She thought of him as her son. Marlena
was like a sister and you were her family. That makes you mine.”
“Thanks again.”
“I’ll get back to you later.”
Mickey left. John looked at his watch and saw that it had been over an
hour since he called Jennifer. He picked back up the phone and called
back.
“Hello Jennifer Horton.”
“Are you done?”
“I sure am. The car belongs to Curtis Reed. He is a criminal with a
long list but doesn’t seem to have anything done to him.”
“Where can I find him?’
“He lives at Apartment 12 on Alley Rd. Not a very good neighborhood
her in Salem.”
“Thanks. I’ll call when I need my next favor.” He hung up the phone
before she could respond. “So Curtis Reed. You are going down.”
Chapter 19:
(Fore warning these next few chapters will be graphic. That is the way
the movie went so to stay true to it I have to include it. Plus everything
that happens as far as action happened in the movie because I just
can’t think of anything better than what happened.)
John went driving down Alley Rd. and found the car he was looking
for. He had flashbacks of seeing the man grab Marlena. He could see
her pounding on the window for help. They wouldn’t let him help her.
He had failed her. He was deep in thought when his cell phone rang.
“Black here.”
“John where are you?”
“I’m looking for somebody. Why Vic?”
“I was trying to find out how you are doing.”
“I’m ok. Vic can I ask you a question?”
“Sure what is it?”
“Do you think God will ever be able to forgive for what we have done?”
“What are you asking me that for? My life is pretty good.”
“It just seems like this is my punishment for what I did. Listen Vic I
have to go.” He hung up the phone when he saw Curtis get in his car
and drive off. He followed behind him while he drove up a hill that over
looked Salem. Curtis got out of his car and knocked on John’s
window.
“Hey man what are you doing following me? Why don’t you get out
and face me?”
John got out of the car. He allowed Curtis to hit him once. He looked
him in the eyes, pulled his fist back, and hit him right across the face.
One hit and he was out. When Curtis woke up he was in his own car.
He tried to move his hands but he couldn’t. He looked and saw his
hands were taped to the steering wheel. “Man what is happening?”
“Good morning sunshine. If I had known you would sleep so long I
wouldn’t have hit you so hard. What is going on is that you will give
me the information I want to know.”
“I’m not going to tell you anything.”
“I would if I was you. You see your hands aren’t completely taped up. I
have left your fingers open. When I ask you a question if you don’t
answer me or give me an answer that I feel is not truthful I’ll cut off
one finger until you do.”
“Go ahead. You’ll never get the answers you are looking for because
I’ll bleed to death.”
“I have thought about that and here is my answer.” He held up the car
cigarette lighter. “So why don’t we talk. A few weeks ago you took a
blond lady and shot her bodyguard, right?”
“Yeah sure did. She was a pretty young thing to. I could have thought
of a few things I would have liked to have done to her.”
“I wouldn’t talk about her if I was you. I was the body guard that you
shot. So let’s get to the next question. Who do you work for?”
“I don’t have to tell you shit. Do you know who I am? I’m part of the
brotherhood. I’m a professional.”
“Really huh. I warned you.” He picked up the right pinky finger and cut
it off. Then he took the lighter and put it on the numb. “So once again
who are you working for?”
“I don’t know who he is.” John goes to get another finger and Curtis
screamed out. “I swear I have no idea. I just go get the people and
take them to the guardians.”
“Who are the guardians?”
“They are the ones who call me up, tell me who to get, and I take the
person to them. That’s all I do.”
“Who is the guardian?”
“I don’t know.” John cuts off another finger. “I swear man I don’t know
his name. He works at a The Blue Note. He is a bouncer but he mostly
works the door.”
“How will I know who he is?”
“He has a scare under his left eye.”
“You said before you are a member of the brotherhood what is that?”
“It’s a group of cops that gets together to protect the criminals like
me.”
“Who is the leader of that?”
“Like I’m going to tell you.”
“Say goodbye to another finger.” He cuts off yet another finger. “Who
killed her blonde?”
“I guess the leader. The guardian could tell you more about that.”
“I plan on asking him. I’m done with my questioning. Is there anything
you need?”
“A cigarette.” John put the cigarette in him mouth and lit it.
“The next time I see you will be in hell.” He pulled out his gun and shot
the man in the head. He put the car in drive and got out. He got
behind the car and pushed on it, sending it over the edge. He watched
as the car busted into flames and went back to his car and drove
away.
Chapter 20:
John was in bed dreaming of Marlena. It was sort of a flashback of
what happened but then he was transported back into the bedroom.
She was standing in the middle of the room in a white night gown and
there was candles everywhere. She looked so beautiful and he walked
up to her. “Marlena how are you here? They called and said you are
dead.”
“Sometimes things aren’t what they seem baby.”
“What are you saying?”
“That’s all I can say. John I want you to know that none of this is your
fault. You did everything you could to keep me safe.”
“I should have done more. I shouldn’t have allowed them to take you. I
was supposed to protect you and I didn’t. I let you down.”
“No you didn’t let me down. John you showed me the most important
thing in the world. That it was ok to love again. Not only did you do
that but you gave me love John. I have never in my life had anyone
love me the way you did.”
“I’ll never love anyone the way I do you. I’ll never give up the feelings I
have right now Marlena.”
“I will always love you to John. I’m sorry but I have to go.”
“No Princess don’t leave me Marlena. You are right here in my arms
and I don’t want to have to let you go.”
“I’ll always be with you John. I love you.”
She slowly walked backwards away from John and disappeared. John
woke up right away screaming for Marlena. He looked beside his bed
and found her picture on the nightstand. “Baby if it could only be like
that. I might have lost you but I’m going to make sure the person who
took you away from me will pay. You will always live in my heart
Marlena.” He kissed his fingers and then pressed them to her picture.
He got on the phone and found out that The Blue Note opened at 10.
It was currently 7 so he had to figure out what he was going to do to
find out who was behind Marlena being taken.
Chapter 21:
John arrived at The Blue Note at 10:33. He watched the front door
when he walked in and didn’t see the man he was looking for. He went
inside and looked all around. Then he noticed a man standing off to
the side by himself. He got a closer look and noticed the scare under
his eye. He confronted the man. “Hey are you one of the bouncers
here that usually works the front door?”
“Yeah and the name is Bart. What do you want?”
“I need to talk to you privately.”
“Well I don’t want to talk to you.”
“I think you do.” John pulled out a gun from him pocket. “Now do you
want to talk to me or do you want me to fill you full of holes?”
“I’ll talk.”
“Ok. Why don’t you show me somewhere we can talk privately?”
Bart walked through the crowd with John pointing the gun into his
back. They walked up the stairs and then over a catwalk. Bart led him
into a private office that over looked the club. “So what do you want?”
“I need to ask you a few questions. A few days ago you took a
woman.”
“I don’t know what you are talking about.”
“Let me see if I can help your memory.” He clicked the gun and put it
against Bart’s head. “Now do you remember?”
“There have been so many girls I don’t know which one you are
talking about.”
John pulled out his wallet and took out the picture of Marlena. “This
one. Do you remember her?”
“Of course I do. I called up my partner Curtis to help out. She was an
easy target with her being a doctor and all. I had someone call and
say one of her patients needed her. All we had to do was get by the
body guard.”
“Are you a member of this brotherhood thing I have been told about?”
“Nope. I’m a guardian. Curtis is a member. He set up the guards to
come out and help.”
“Has he ever told you who is in charge of the whole brotherhood
group?”
“Yeah Commander Roman Brady. Good to know people in high
places.”
A man busted down the door with a gun in hand. John turned around,
shot and killed him with one shot. He turned back to Bart. “I have one
more thing to ask you were you the one who killed her?”
“I don’t do the killing. I just guard them until someone else picks them
up.”
“You feel no remorse over what happened.”
“I didn’t know the girl.”
“Well let me tell you a little about her. She was an amazing person.
She cared about people. She was a mother of a beautiful little girl. Not
only that but she was the woman I loved. You took her away from me I
want to here an apology.”
“Sorry man.”
“Don’t tell me tell her.”
John held the picture up to him. “Sorry.”
“Sorry don’t believe you mean it.” He shot him in the leg. Bart fell to
the floor. John put the gun to his head and put the picture back in front
of him. “Say it like you mean it.”
Bart was scared. He had already seen him kill one man. He got tears
in his eyes and repeated I’m sorry over and over again. John pulled
back. “I believe you are really sorry but you know sorry doesn’t cut it
for me. You are one of the people who took her away from me.” He
shot him once again. At the time he shot him a woman was walking in.
She started screaming. “Hey you come in here now.” The woman
walked in. “Do you know anything about this man taking young
women?” John could easily see the woman was scared of him. “Listen
I promise not to kill you if you tell me everything I want to know, ok.”
She nodded yes. “What do you know?”
“He was paid to hold her.”
“Who paid?”
“We don’t know. An ATM card was given to us and a number to use to
get the money out.”
“Where is the card?”
“Right here.” She handed him the card. He took out some hand cuffs
and cuffed her wrist. “I know what you want. You want the girl don’t
you?”
“She is here.”
“Follow me I’ll take you to her.” John followed the woman and heard a
girl crying. He opened the door and found a young girl. He was
disappointed that it wasn’t Marlena but he needed to get this girl back
home. He motioned for the girl and woman to follow him. He walked
out into the club and fired off many shots trying to get everyone out of
the club. When everyone was gone he dropped a silver box. He
walked across the road with the girl and woman and pulled out a
receiver and pushed the button. The club exploded and as it burned
John used the payphone to make a call.
“Jennifer Horton.”
“Jennifer it’s John I need you to find out if there is a girl named Alicia
Wilson on the kidnapped list.
“That name just came in.”
“I have her right outside The Blue Note. Along with her is a woman
that needs to be taken to the police for assisting in the kidnappings.”
“Are you going to still be there?”
“Nope. I also need you to look into who is behind an ATM number.
Can you find out who set up the account?”
“All I need is the number on the card.”
“It is a Bank of Salem card. Number is 8490 1600 2964 0763. Find me
who this card belongs to. I’ll call you back later.” He hung up the
phone. He turned to the young girl. “Alicia someone will be right here
to get you and take you home.” The girl nodded her head as a sign
that she understood. He walked away and got in his car. He looked at
the picture in his hand. “Marlena I wish I could have brought you home
like that but I will get justice for your death.”
Chapter 22:
John was standing by the pool thinking about how things had
happened. He had finally met a woman who made him happier than
humanly possible. He reached in his pocket and pulled out a little
black box. Inside it contained an engagement ring that he had bought
the day before Marlena had disappeared. He was planning to ask her
the next night over a romantic diner. He could still remember every
word that he had planed to ask her.
“Marlena I know right now I know I’m making a fool of myself but I
don’t care. I have never in my life felt the way I do right now. I love you
Marlena. Ever since the day I met you something inside me clicked
and being around you felt right. I felt complete. A part of me died
inside when I lost Brady’s mom. I hardened my heart hoping never to
feel again. I know it is corny but I heard a song that made me think
about this feeling. It is by Kenny Chesney. Part of it goes TEXT“Inside
I built a wall, so high around my heart I thought I’d never fall. One
touch you brought it down. The bricks of my defensives scattered on
the ground. And I swore to me I wasn’t going to love again. The last
time was the last time I’d let someone in. But you had me from hello
and I felt love start to grow the moment that I looked into your eyes
you won me. It was over from the start, you completely stole my heart
and now you won’t let go. I never even had a chance you know. You
had me from hello.”TEXT So since I have just made a total fool of
myself by attempting to sing, I might as well go all the way. So before I
lose all my nerve; Marlena Evans will you marry me?” He was beating
himself up over what had happened. When he fell in love with her, he
had totally let his guard down. So much so that he let her get taken.
He had vowed revenge and he swore he was going to get it. He pulled
out his cell phone and called someone to help him. “Vic I need you to
do mw a favor. Every time I talk to the people that have something to
do with what happened to Marlena, they say they are a member of the
“Brotherhood”. I know the cops are involved and I want to know who
the leader is. Just call me when you know.”
He hung up the phone when he noticed Laura come out with Brady
and Belle. His son ran toward him. “Daddy, daddy. I have missed you
so much.”
“I have missed you to sport. Have you been good for Aunt Laura and
Uncle Mickey?”
“Yes sir.”
“That’s good.” He looked over at Belle and smiled. “Hey angel girl
come over here and give me a hug.” She ran into his arms. He slowly
stroked her hair. “I have missed you to Belle so much.”
“I have missed you to John. Is mommy home yet?”
“No sweetheart she isn’t.”
“They told me mommy is dead and isn’t coming home anymore.”
“No she isn’t.”
“Did the bad man take her?”
“He did. I know I promised you to get the bad man away but I
couldn’t.”
“You tried. I miss mommy.”
“I know you do. I miss her to. Do you know how you see her?” Belle
nodded her head no. “All you have to do is look in the mirror. You look
so much like your mommy. You both are so beautiful. I might not be
able to bring your mommy back but I promise that I will tell you about
her all the time so you will never forget her.” He gave her another hug
and pulled Brady into it. He heard his cell phone ringing. “Laura thanks
for bringing them. I have to get this or I would walk y’all to the door.”
“That’s fine. I know the way out.”
John answered the phone. “Wait one sec Vic.” He moved the phone
from his ear. “Bye Brady and Belle. I’ll see both of you later.” He
watched them wave by and got back on the phone. “Sorry Victor.”
“I can understand. You wanted to say goodbye to the kids. Did having
them there help any?”
“They are great kids. Seeing Belle again though made me more sure
that I want to nail the people that took her mother away. So do you
have any information for me?”
“I sure do. You will never believe who is the head cop of the
brotherhood.”
“I’m sure I won’t so why don’t you go ahead and tell me.”
“Roman Brady.”
“That Son of a Bitch. How could he do this to the mother of his
daughter?”
“John we can be sure he had anything to do with what happened to
Marlena.”
“His hands are in it somehow and he is going to pay for what he has
done.” He hung up the phone. “I am coming after you Roman. And
when I do, I will show you no mercy.”
Chapter 23:
John was packing up everything he needed. He had run off a copy of
the route that Roman was making that day. It helped to have friends in
high enough places. He had only one mission, to kill the people that
were involved in Marlena’s death. Roman may not have been involved
first hand but he still had Marlena’s blood on them. He had allowed the
people that hurt her go scot-free. He was the leader of the cops that
stopped John from protecting her. For all he knew Roman may have
even ordered them to do it. He looked down at the picture of Marlena
and Belle. Some people may feel it is a horrible act to take away this
little girl’s father, especially when he loved her like his own daughter.
But those people wouldn’t understand. They didn’t know what it was
like to have to listen to that little girl ask would her mother come back.
It wasn’t fair to leave this little girl without a mother. A mother who was
everything to her. Belle missed her mother very much. She wouldn’t
miss her father. Her father was never there for her. John could
honestly remember Roman seeing her once since John started
working for Marlena. He slowly traced the outline of her face. “Oh
princess, how did it all come to this?” He gently kissed her index finger
and placed it over her face. He laid the picture back on the dresser,
picked up his stuff and headed out.
After an hour of driving, John was standing outside what looked like
an old run down building. He found a window that would give him the
perfect view of the street below. He climbed the stairs and knocked on
the door, hoping it would be empty, but much to his surprise was
answered by an elderly woman. He showed the woman his small side
arm to gain access to the room. He set up his high powered gun. “Sir
why are you doing this?”
“I promise I’m not going to hurt you. There is just something I need to
- I have to get revenge against someone.”
“You know son justice is between man and God.”
“I know, I’m just here to set up the meeting.” He sat there and waited
on the police to drive by. He took his stance when he heard the sound
of cop cars. He aimed his gun at the first cop car and fired. This
caused the driver of Romans car to stop. The driver went to check on
the other driver John came up behind him and shot him. John went to
Roman’s car and got in the drivers seats.
“What the hell is going on? Do you have any idea who I am?”
“I sure do. You are Commander Roman Brady. And Roman, you and I
are going for a ride.”
“I’m not going any where with you.”
“You can either come with me the easy way or the hard way. It doesn’t
matter to me.”
“The only way I will ever come with you is for you to knock me out.”
“Your choice.” He turned around and knocked Roman out in one
punch. “Damn that felt good.” He turned back around and drove off.
The next thing Roman knew he was standing under a bridge, standing
over the hood of his car. “What the hell is going on?”
“You and I need to talk Roman. I was wondering if it made you feel
like a big man to have a bunch of crooks working with you.”
“I have no idea what you are talking about.”
“I’m talking about the brotherhood Roman. Do you think that people
wouldn’t begin to find out? People in this town never seem to go to jail,
no matter what they do.”
“People in this town aren’t smart enough to figure that out and I know
you John Black haven’t lived here long enough to know what is going
- So how did you figure it out?”
“Well your little buddies made one mistake. They were involved in the
woman I love death. Come on Roman did you really expect me to just
lay down and take the blame for her death.”
“No I sure didn’t. I expected you to lay down and die.”
“Well that didn’t happen. I need to know though Roman, how. How
could you have let them do this?”
“I had no idea who was involved.”
“Of course you did Roman. You are the leader, the men report to you.
I know how this whole operation works. You get the call there is going
to be something going down. Then you send the police to make sure
everything goes ok.”
“I didn’t know it was Marlena.”
“But you knew when it happened. You knew that you sent those cops
to help in a kidnapping. You knew that it was Marlena when they took
her. Now instead of getting her back you just let them keep her. Now
she is dead. Your little girl is without a mother. Are you honestly that
cold hearted not to care?” He threw the picture of Marlena and Belle
on the trunk of the car. “I want you to look at that picture. You look at
your little girl and tell me how to explain to her that her mommy is
gone and her father helped it happen.”
“I didn’t mean for this to happen.”
“Tell me who did it?”
“I have no idea.”
“You expect me to believe that Roman. Tell me.”
“I don’t know.”
John pulled a little capsule out of his pocket. “Do you see this Roman?
You see this little thing is what drug smugglers use to bring drugs into
the US. They hide these in a very hard to see place. A place no one
ever thinks to look and you have one there right now.” He saw the
scared look on his face. “And I want you to know that there are not
drugs in it. No there is a small self made bomb that will be triggered
when I push this button. Now it won’t go off right away. I have three
minutes to stop it. Now you tell me what I want to hear and you will be
fine. Lie to me and you won’t. I want to know who?”
“I don’t know a name. All I know is someone requested some help and
I gave it to them.”
“Roman do you really expected me to believe you never asked a
name?”
“He wouldn’t give it to me and even it he did I wouldn’t give it to you.”
“I’m sorry wrong answer.” He pushed the button and allowed Roman
to see what he did. “So Commander Brady you have three minutes to
tell me what I want to know. Where did it go wrong?”
“I don’t know. When I found out that it was Marlena I was doing
everything in my power to find her and thought it was actually going to
work.”
“Who took the money?”
“I don’t know, I swear. My officers had strict orders not to make a
move until all the money was picked up. I had no idea that they would
kill the man.
“That is the reason Marlena is dead. So are you still sure you don’t
know who ordered the kidnapping?”
“I swear I didn’t get a name. I told you what you wanted to know are
you going to turn the bomb off.”
“Roman I wish I really could but the fact remains that you were
involved in her death. She wouldn’t be missing to begin with if you
hadn’t helped them. So what I want you to do is just continue to look
at this picture. Tell that little girl you are sorry her mommy is dead. I
have to go. You have thirty more seconds.” He walked away from
Roman. He heard him saying he was sorry. Then he heard the loud
explosion behind him. He walked away, not caring a little bit about
what happened.
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Victor walked into the Spectator office. He asked someone to get him
Jennifer Horton. He was surprised to only have to wait a few minutes
on her to arrive. “Hello Mrs. Horton. I’m John Black’s friend Victor. I’m
here to see if you need any help on anything.”
“I don’t. Could I ask you a few questions though?”
“Sure.”
“How did you meet John?”
“We worked together years ago.”
“Why is he fighting these people?”
“He isn’t fighting them. He has declared all out war on each and every
person involved in Marlena’s death. John used to kill people for a
living, he was an assassin. Now he is killing each and every one of
these people for revenge. They killed the woman he loved.”
“Why doesn’t he leave it to someone else?”
“He doesn’t trust anyone else. Marlena was his responsibility and in
his mind he let her down. John doesn’t take missing up a job really
well.”
“What makes this job so special?”
“Because of who it was. Marlena was more than just a job. He loved
her. She showed him that it was ok to feel again. Now she is gone and
he will not rest until each and every person pays. John has always
been like a man on fire but right now that fire is raging out of control
and I really pity the person who ordered her kidnapping because the
fact is when John knows who he is, that is when he is going to
explode.”
The Jarlena Journal 