in the chair if he was too tired to enjoy a full movie. She chuckled at the almost child-like ability he had at shutting himself down, and kind of envied it.
Laying there in the dark, her mind kept running over and over how she was going to finally get what she wanted from him. By the time her eyes closed, she thought she had her plan all laid out.
Katie woke the next morning and blinked a few times before she realized she was in the bed alone. Stretching her hands over her head, she smiled to herself, remembering the night before. She’d never thought something like that was possible, let alone that it would feel so… so… awesome!
Looking around the room, she wondered where he was. Quickly getting up, she went to clean up in the bathroom. As she reached for the door handle, she heard him talking on the other side of the door. She leaned her head against the door, silently wishing for a glass to hold up against the wood so she could hear better.
“No, I told you, I didn’t speak to anyone. It’s like they were waiting for us. – Yeah, I know. – Okay, are you sure? – You know she’s not going to like – yeah – okay.”
She quickly jumped back in the bed when she heard him walking towards the door. Shutting her eyes quickly, she tried to slow her breathing.
The door opened and she wished she’d had the forethought to turn her head away from the bathroom.
“You’re not fooling me, you know.”
She sat up and smiled at him. “I don’t know what you mean.” Getting up quickly, she tried to walk around him to get into the bathroom.
He blocked her easily with his arm. “Katie, we have to maintain phone silence until we get to Rome to meet your dad and brother.”
She looked at him and noticed that he had shaved that morning. She wanted to run her hands over the smooth surface, but instead she asked, “Why?”
“Just a hunch,” he said and when she continued to stare at him, he took a deep breath, “Okay, I think they knew we were heading to the airport. They were waiting there, not at the bus station, not the train station. The airport. Doesn’t that seem a little odd?”
She thought about it, and now that he mentioned it, it was weird. “Well, maybe there were others waiting at the other places.”
“No, I don’t think so. I think someone told them where we were headed and how we were traveling to get there. I think they will be watching all the routes to Rome.”
“Well, then,” tossing up her hands she started pacing the floor, “what are we going to do? Not go?”
“No, we’re just going to have to take less traveled routes.”
“What did you have in mind?”
He walked to her and placed a light kiss on her forehead.
“We’d better be going.”
“Jason, I hate it when you leave me in the dark. I’m not going anywhere until I know exactly what it is you have planned.” She crossed her arms and glared at him.
Four hours later they were sitting on a bus driving south and Katie felt defeated. How did he have such power over her? She glared at him as he sat in the seat across from hers.
“I hate you, you know.”
“That’s nice,” he said, not looking up from the newspaper he was pretending to read. She knew he wasn’t really reading it because it was all in Greek.
“You can’t even read that.” She pushed it down until he was looking at her. “You promised me some answers. Since we’re stuck on this bus for over an hour, now is the perfect time for you to give me some.”
He leaned closer to her and she could smell his musky scent and wanted to lean into him, but held back and kept her arms crossed. She hoped that she had a determined look on her face, fooling him into giving her those answers.
“Fine,” he leaned back. “I was hired to track you down by your family. I’ve been following you since September. There, are you happy?” He lifted the paper
Laying there in the dark, her mind kept running over and over how she was going to finally get what she wanted from him. By the time her eyes closed, she thought she had her plan all laid out.
Katie woke the next morning and blinked a few times before she realized she was in the bed alone. Stretching her hands over her head, she smiled to herself, remembering the night before. She’d never thought something like that was possible, let alone that it would feel so… so… awesome!
Looking around the room, she wondered where he was. Quickly getting up, she went to clean up in the bathroom. As she reached for the door handle, she heard him talking on the other side of the door. She leaned her head against the door, silently wishing for a glass to hold up against the wood so she could hear better.
“No, I told you, I didn’t speak to anyone. It’s like they were waiting for us. – Yeah, I know. – Okay, are you sure? – You know she’s not going to like – yeah – okay.”
She quickly jumped back in the bed when she heard him walking towards the door. Shutting her eyes quickly, she tried to slow her breathing.
The door opened and she wished she’d had the forethought to turn her head away from the bathroom.
“You’re not fooling me, you know.”
She sat up and smiled at him. “I don’t know what you mean.” Getting up quickly, she tried to walk around him to get into the bathroom.
He blocked her easily with his arm. “Katie, we have to maintain phone silence until we get to Rome to meet your dad and brother.”
She looked at him and noticed that he had shaved that morning. She wanted to run her hands over the smooth surface, but instead she asked, “Why?”
“Just a hunch,” he said and when she continued to stare at him, he took a deep breath, “Okay, I think they knew we were heading to the airport. They were waiting there, not at the bus station, not the train station. The airport. Doesn’t that seem a little odd?”
She thought about it, and now that he mentioned it, it was weird. “Well, maybe there were others waiting at the other places.”
“No, I don’t think so. I think someone told them where we were headed and how we were traveling to get there. I think they will be watching all the routes to Rome.”
“Well, then,” tossing up her hands she started pacing the floor, “what are we going to do? Not go?”
“No, we’re just going to have to take less traveled routes.”
“What did you have in mind?”
He walked to her and placed a light kiss on her forehead.
“We’d better be going.”
“Jason, I hate it when you leave me in the dark. I’m not going anywhere until I know exactly what it is you have planned.” She crossed her arms and glared at him.
Four hours later they were sitting on a bus driving south and Katie felt defeated. How did he have such power over her? She glared at him as he sat in the seat across from hers.
“I hate you, you know.”
“That’s nice,” he said, not looking up from the newspaper he was pretending to read. She knew he wasn’t really reading it because it was all in Greek.
“You can’t even read that.” She pushed it down until he was looking at her. “You promised me some answers. Since we’re stuck on this bus for over an hour, now is the perfect time for you to give me some.”
He leaned closer to her and she could smell his musky scent and wanted to lean into him, but held back and kept her arms crossed. She hoped that she had a determined look on her face, fooling him into giving her those answers.
“Fine,” he leaned back. “I was hired to track you down by your family. I’ve been following you since September. There, are you happy?” He lifted the paper
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