Detective Martinez answered him. “Now, about you and your girlfriend. Are you staying here?”
“Yes, we booked the room for the weekend.”
“Okay, then I will leave two officers at the resort to watch out for Monica, and you be sure to call them as soon as you see her.”
“Thank you very much,” Rick said, and after exchanging phone numbers with the two officers, Rick returned to his room.
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Chapter 18
“It is always hard to forgive the person you love the most...” Monica’s Diary .
Allison was waiting for him in their room, uneasy and afraid of what Monica could do to him.
He told her everything that ever happened between him and Monica, underlining especially her unexpected reaction to the news. Rick told her then about the strange meeting he had had with Monica, and they laughed at how easily things could have turned a different way.
“She wanted to convince me that she is the only one for me. Monica insisted that I should leave you and go away with her. In her twisted mind, everything would be back to normal, if only I would accept the truth and admit that I love her,” Rick explained, still unable to conceive how an educated woman like Monica could believe in such delusions.
“I told her once again that between me and her there never would be anything else, but she seemed completely out of it. It was as if she did not hear what I was saying. Monica continued with her own agenda, describing all the things that we would do together, and all the success we would have.” Rick continued.
“After almost an hour of talking, she asked me to go with her right then, and I refused. I told her that I had called the police and that they were coming, and that she should turn herself in. But, it was like talking to a wall. All she heard was that I was not going with her, and that I had betrayed her.” Rick shook his head, reliving the events of the last hour.
“She started shouting and trashing everything around her, calling you names, and saying that she would get rid of you. Unfortunately, before the police arrived, she managed to escape through the veranda door. The resort’s security was supposed to keep her in until the police arrived, but the anger was giving her inhuman strength.”
“I am sorry, Rick...,” was all Allison could say.
Then Rick kissed her, slowly and deliberately, reminding Allison of all their previous kisses and giving her something more to hope for.
His eyes never closed, and Allison’s remained fixed on his long after the kiss was over. Rick gently swiped his hand through her hair, and tried to tug her up, closer to him. The shake of her head left him confused, but she already knew that what happened was not about her.
“It’s okay, I’m okay, and actually, we’re okay.” Walking away to remove his jacket.
Rick came close to her, glad that Allison managed to get herself under control. She was settled on the bed, watching some local news program with the sound down low. Rick came over and sat next to her, easily letting their thighs brush, their feet knock together. Rick had gotten gradually more physical every morning they woke up in the same bed. Every time she rolled over and found Rick there, blocking her way; every time she woke up and he was already awake, watching her, the whites of his eyes picked out by the morning haze; every time she slid under the covers at night and Rick got in on the other side like it was expected, like it was something they've always done, Allison was a little more in love with him.
She tried not to show that she noticed when Rick turned to look at her, breath ghosting across her face. She really tried. The last few weeks she had been fighting for Rick, the way she had never fought for anything else in her life. But, no matter how much she liked him, Allison still felt unsure in her feelings towards the man. There was something scary in
“Yes, we booked the room for the weekend.”
“Okay, then I will leave two officers at the resort to watch out for Monica, and you be sure to call them as soon as you see her.”
“Thank you very much,” Rick said, and after exchanging phone numbers with the two officers, Rick returned to his room.
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Chapter 18
“It is always hard to forgive the person you love the most...” Monica’s Diary .
Allison was waiting for him in their room, uneasy and afraid of what Monica could do to him.
He told her everything that ever happened between him and Monica, underlining especially her unexpected reaction to the news. Rick told her then about the strange meeting he had had with Monica, and they laughed at how easily things could have turned a different way.
“She wanted to convince me that she is the only one for me. Monica insisted that I should leave you and go away with her. In her twisted mind, everything would be back to normal, if only I would accept the truth and admit that I love her,” Rick explained, still unable to conceive how an educated woman like Monica could believe in such delusions.
“I told her once again that between me and her there never would be anything else, but she seemed completely out of it. It was as if she did not hear what I was saying. Monica continued with her own agenda, describing all the things that we would do together, and all the success we would have.” Rick continued.
“After almost an hour of talking, she asked me to go with her right then, and I refused. I told her that I had called the police and that they were coming, and that she should turn herself in. But, it was like talking to a wall. All she heard was that I was not going with her, and that I had betrayed her.” Rick shook his head, reliving the events of the last hour.
“She started shouting and trashing everything around her, calling you names, and saying that she would get rid of you. Unfortunately, before the police arrived, she managed to escape through the veranda door. The resort’s security was supposed to keep her in until the police arrived, but the anger was giving her inhuman strength.”
“I am sorry, Rick...,” was all Allison could say.
Then Rick kissed her, slowly and deliberately, reminding Allison of all their previous kisses and giving her something more to hope for.
His eyes never closed, and Allison’s remained fixed on his long after the kiss was over. Rick gently swiped his hand through her hair, and tried to tug her up, closer to him. The shake of her head left him confused, but she already knew that what happened was not about her.
“It’s okay, I’m okay, and actually, we’re okay.” Walking away to remove his jacket.
Rick came close to her, glad that Allison managed to get herself under control. She was settled on the bed, watching some local news program with the sound down low. Rick came over and sat next to her, easily letting their thighs brush, their feet knock together. Rick had gotten gradually more physical every morning they woke up in the same bed. Every time she rolled over and found Rick there, blocking her way; every time she woke up and he was already awake, watching her, the whites of his eyes picked out by the morning haze; every time she slid under the covers at night and Rick got in on the other side like it was expected, like it was something they've always done, Allison was a little more in love with him.
She tried not to show that she noticed when Rick turned to look at her, breath ghosting across her face. She really tried. The last few weeks she had been fighting for Rick, the way she had never fought for anything else in her life. But, no matter how much she liked him, Allison still felt unsure in her feelings towards the man. There was something scary in
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