back to spend some time with you after I finished that Jackson affair. I didn’t think it would be under these circumstances. Captain Johnson told me—no, he ordered me—to take a few days off. I do believe he is worried about me.”
Mesa smiles a crooked half smile, and his face suddenly lights up for a second.
“Dan, why don’t you follow me home, and I will prepare a meal for you? It has been a long time since I cooked for a man.”
“Okay,” Dan says, “but I must warn you, there is a price on my head for five hundred thousand dollars. I met one of the assassins a few minutes ago. They were changing a tire across from the restaurant. I warned them that, the next time I see them, I will shoot first and ask questions later. Just in case they don’t hear well or understand English, maybe I should park my truck in your garage until I leave Sierra Vista.”
“Dan Mesa, how is it that you manage to stay in so much trouble?” Janie asks. “Well, I love you, and I will take you any way I can get you, so follow me.”
Janie lives in an exclusive section of Sierra Vista in the foothills in an old refurbished ranch house with stables and horses. It seems that her past profession paid high dividends. Dan Mesa, a friend from years back, has never mentioned her past profession. He just likes her as a friend, and there are unspoken feelings that he dare not go into. He parks his truck in back of the house in the barn under the Breezeway. They walk inside. Janie turns around and smiles at him.
“Dan, do you mind if I change into something more comfortable than this gown? Follow me upstairs, sir.”
Dan smiles to himself, remembering how she looks in a nightgown. He knows that, for a few minutes, he can just be Daniel Mesa, a man with a beautiful woman who loves him and demands nothing.
I guess I am a fortunate man who has some very good friends. Janie has always been there for me, but I have been there for her as well. Why can’t we settle down together? Mesa is contemplating these things when Janie walks in wearing a lavender gown that takes his breath away. He stands there with his hat in his hand, smiling like a kid in a candy store.
“Daniel Mesa, you look as if you are seeing me for the first time. What is wrong? Don’t you like me?” She smiles, knowing that she looks absolutely gorgeous.
“Janie, I just want to say . . . well, what I meant to say is . . .”
Suddenly, he finds himself in her arms, and her lips meet his. The whole world seems to be right for once in his life. A sea of warmth and contentment envelops them, and no one else matters for a while. Afterward, Mesa falls asleep and sleeps fretfully. He awakens to find that Janie is standing there watching him. He smiles.
“Janie, why can’t we fall in love get married and just enjoy being with each other? I have been in love with you since we first met, and that has been more years than either of us wants to remember.”
“Dan, I love you as well and always have. The problem is that I have been around the track a few times. There have been several men in my life, and you know that. Can you take me as I am and love me regardless of what I have been?”
“Janie, all I want is for you to be happy and for me to be happy. It doesn’t matter what you once were or did. What matters is what you are now and plan to be in the future. I love you, and that is all that matters.”
She smiles at him and walks toward the window to look out.
“Dan, you have issues and things you must deal with. Sonia’s death is one you have to deal with. While you slept, I watched you. I heard you call her name, and I saw you crying. It tore at my heart to see you in such pain. I cannot and will not put you through pain again. I hurt you once, and I will never hurt you again. The only way I can ensure that I don’t hurt you is by not getting too involved in a relationship with you. I do love you more than you can imagine. When all this is over and you’ve
Mesa smiles a crooked half smile, and his face suddenly lights up for a second.
“Dan, why don’t you follow me home, and I will prepare a meal for you? It has been a long time since I cooked for a man.”
“Okay,” Dan says, “but I must warn you, there is a price on my head for five hundred thousand dollars. I met one of the assassins a few minutes ago. They were changing a tire across from the restaurant. I warned them that, the next time I see them, I will shoot first and ask questions later. Just in case they don’t hear well or understand English, maybe I should park my truck in your garage until I leave Sierra Vista.”
“Dan Mesa, how is it that you manage to stay in so much trouble?” Janie asks. “Well, I love you, and I will take you any way I can get you, so follow me.”
Janie lives in an exclusive section of Sierra Vista in the foothills in an old refurbished ranch house with stables and horses. It seems that her past profession paid high dividends. Dan Mesa, a friend from years back, has never mentioned her past profession. He just likes her as a friend, and there are unspoken feelings that he dare not go into. He parks his truck in back of the house in the barn under the Breezeway. They walk inside. Janie turns around and smiles at him.
“Dan, do you mind if I change into something more comfortable than this gown? Follow me upstairs, sir.”
Dan smiles to himself, remembering how she looks in a nightgown. He knows that, for a few minutes, he can just be Daniel Mesa, a man with a beautiful woman who loves him and demands nothing.
I guess I am a fortunate man who has some very good friends. Janie has always been there for me, but I have been there for her as well. Why can’t we settle down together? Mesa is contemplating these things when Janie walks in wearing a lavender gown that takes his breath away. He stands there with his hat in his hand, smiling like a kid in a candy store.
“Daniel Mesa, you look as if you are seeing me for the first time. What is wrong? Don’t you like me?” She smiles, knowing that she looks absolutely gorgeous.
“Janie, I just want to say . . . well, what I meant to say is . . .”
Suddenly, he finds himself in her arms, and her lips meet his. The whole world seems to be right for once in his life. A sea of warmth and contentment envelops them, and no one else matters for a while. Afterward, Mesa falls asleep and sleeps fretfully. He awakens to find that Janie is standing there watching him. He smiles.
“Janie, why can’t we fall in love get married and just enjoy being with each other? I have been in love with you since we first met, and that has been more years than either of us wants to remember.”
“Dan, I love you as well and always have. The problem is that I have been around the track a few times. There have been several men in my life, and you know that. Can you take me as I am and love me regardless of what I have been?”
“Janie, all I want is for you to be happy and for me to be happy. It doesn’t matter what you once were or did. What matters is what you are now and plan to be in the future. I love you, and that is all that matters.”
She smiles at him and walks toward the window to look out.
“Dan, you have issues and things you must deal with. Sonia’s death is one you have to deal with. While you slept, I watched you. I heard you call her name, and I saw you crying. It tore at my heart to see you in such pain. I cannot and will not put you through pain again. I hurt you once, and I will never hurt you again. The only way I can ensure that I don’t hurt you is by not getting too involved in a relationship with you. I do love you more than you can imagine. When all this is over and you’ve
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