I nodded and she took her leave. I heard the sound of the male technician voice come over the speakers and told me to remain still, it should only take a few seconds and we will be done. I took a deep breath and closed my eyes as I saw Dennis’s sexy blue eyes staring at me from afar. I wanted to reach out to him but he just drifted farther and farther away from me. Then the male’s voice came over the speakers again startling me. The time I spent lying here felt like an eternity but I know it really was only a minute or two. I would take that with me, the fact that I was thinking about Dennis and he was probably thinking of me too.
I was escorted back to my room and waited for the results. The nurse said that if everything was okay that I would be able to go home. So I took it upon myself and started to get dressed in my own clothes. I knew the test would come back fine but the only question was will I ever be able to see Dennis again? I stood by the window and looked out towards the dark night’s sky feeling as my soul was just as dark and lonely now. The doctor came in about ten minutes later. He cleared his throat before he spoke to get my attention.
“Well Miss Moore, it seems that your brain activity is just fine. No swelling of the brain and no tissue damage,” Doctor Matthews stated. “So in my best opinion you may be discharged and if you have any headaches or dizzy spells I recommend that you re-admit yourself.”
“Thank you Doctor Matthews.” He nodded back to me and took his leave. Then the CIA agent that was guarding me came into my room.
“Miss Moore, are you ready? My name is Agent Payne and I was instructed by Director Agent Winters to escort you back to headquarters, just as a precaution that you’re not being followed,” the man in the black suit said. I nodded as he led the way down the hallway while speaking into the sleeve of his suit jacket, mumbling ‘I have the girl and we’re on the move to the awaiting car.’ As we reached the ground floor and headed toward the black SUV, I didn’t even realize there were three other people in the car until I got inside the backseat. For that one moment, I let sorrow overtake me. I couldn’t even cry anymore, I was all cried out over him. The only thing that reminded me of what happened between us was the burning pain I felt in my chest where my heart was.
How could Dennis be so sure that I was going to be okay without him? I would never. And then I remembered his words, ‘you will be just fine. Trust me.’ I felt as though I was missing something vitally important. What did he mean? Then thought about every CIA and FBI movie that I’ve ever saw. What did they do to the victims who were too traumatized? And then it hit me. Fuck me, they were going to erase my memory. I covered my mouth to stop myself from screaming. Not at what they would do to me, but what that would mean. I won’t miss Dennis because I wouldn’t remember ever meeting him. I won’t feel the pain because I wouldn’t remember ever falling in love with him.
Dennis Evers won’t even be a distant dream or fantasy, and he knew it. You deserve a happy, normal, and stress free life, I would also forget about the power that I now possess. To me it would just be an ordinary plain ring that my grandfather gave to me, nothing more than that. Somehow I thought about Rick, I never needed him more than I did at this very moment. He was not only my first love but he was also a good friend and I could tell him everything and anything that bothered me. I looked around the car and saw nothing, everyone was completely gone… What the hell?
“Hey you,” a voice came through out of nowhere and then I saw him, it was Rick. He was sitting across from me smiling at me. Am I going crazy? “No you are not, I’m really here,” he said as I looked at him in shock.
“Rick? Is that really you?” I asked not truly believing. “But how?”
“Right now that doesn’t matter sweetheart, I don’t know how much time we have together. I saw that you really needed my help, so I had to come,” he said.
“What I’m I supposed to do Rick?” I sobbed.
“You already know you love him and you want to be with him don’t you?” He asked and I nodded. “Then go be with him. What’s stopping you?”
“But…”
“But nothing. Of all the times I’ve known you, you’ve lived up to what other people always expected from you, you’ve always put everyone above yourself and your own happiness. You can be selfish for once. You deserve it,” he said chuckling and I smiled.
“But how am I supposed to get out of here? They won’t let me go.”
“You have powers don’t you? Use them and fight for what you love,” he said. “Oh and you were right, I do like him,” he added with a smile. I laughed as fresh tears started to come down my face.
“Thank you Rick,” I said wiping them away.
“I love you, I always did. I’m just happy you found someone that can care for your broken heart that I broke,” he said with a smile.
“I love you too Rick but I love Dennis more than anything. He completes me more and I thank you for that.” Then Rick disappeared.
I was grateful that I got to see him one last time, he was my guardian angel sent from up above. The exact same way I remembered him before he died. He would forever live in my heart from now on. I was one hundred percent sure that I dreamt the conversation I had with Rick up because I suddenly woke up. I didn’t even realize that I had fallen asleep. I looked around the car and everyone was here. We were nearing the city, I wasn’t sure where exactly headquarters was but I couldn’t just sit here like nothing is going to happen. I had to get out and go back home, back to Dennis, which was my home. I thought for a moment of all the options I had and they didn’t seem very promising to me.
“Miss Moore? Are you okay?” The woman agent sitting next to me asked. Then she gave me an idea that could work, I had to try it something, anything.
“Um actually I have to pee,” I said.
“We are almost at our destination.”
“I really need to go, now. Plus I have my monthly friend,” I said. There that will have to work. Another woman will truly understand when a woman has there period.
“Fine. We’ll stop at the next gas station,” she said uneasily.
A few minutes later the car pulled up at a gas station and I smiled to myself. The woman agent offered to come with me but I insisted that she didn’t need too. It would be harder for me to make my escape with her in restroom with me. She reluctantly agreed, obviously thinking that I wouldn’t try anything stupid. I entered the convenient store of the gas station and headed towards the bathroom, I knew that they would be watching me though the front windows and that I didn’t have time; soon they will come looking for me.
The bathroom was bigger than I thought it would be, with two windows in the back. I tried to climb out as fast as I could, taking off my heels as I jumped out then breaking off in a quick sprint. I was slightly glad that the night’s sky hid me from prying eyes. It would look a little ghostly if people noticed a mysterious blur flash past them. I wasn’t sure how fast I was going because I used the energy from my ring to propel me forward. I also didn’t know how long it would take them to figure out that I wasn’t in the gas station restroom and come look for me but I couldn’t look back or slow down. I just ran and kept running without stopping. My feet were starting to hurt from the friction of the ground against my naked feet. I healed them as I ran. I breathed a little easy when I saw the estate from afar. The guards at the gate were more than shocked to see me, with bear feet and my hair windblown as they let me pass. I ran up the driveway, into the house and entered the living room. Carmella was cleaning up in the kitchen when she turned around and saw me and dropped a plate onto the floor.
“Angelina?”
“Yes Carmella, it’s me” I said when she walked up to me and hugged me.
“I knew you would find your way back to us,” she said reverently.
“Where else would I be? I belong here.”
“Yes you do,” she said letting me go.
“Where is he?” I asked looking around for Dennis.
“He’s out back by the pool,” she said smiling
.
I immediately ran outside and found him sitting by the pool with the backyard spotlights shining on him, like he was my light to live. He sat in the exact same spot where I loved to sit and just think, how ironic. I slowly walked up to him. He seemed oblivious to everything around him, like he was living in his own little world isolated from everyone.
“Can I join you?” I asked softly as I startled him and he looked up at me as he had seen a ghost.
“Sure,” he replied quietly. “You lost?”
“No,” I said smiling and then sitting down next to him. “I came to retrieve what is mine.” He smiled too, then turned his attention back at the pool water. “I couldn’t do it you know,” I said staring at the pool water too. “But I would have despite the pain it would have put on me, I would have done it because it’s what he wanted.”
“What changed your mind then?” He asked obviously trying to humor me.
“Well, when I realized that my memory was going to get erased,” I stated and he froze but I continued. “That was a deal breaker right there for me, I would rather have lived my life with the knowledge that he loved me too, that he existed, that every moment we shared together was real and beautiful. Just the thought of him would have gotten me through anything, but losing all of that would have been unbearable,” I said shaking my head. I could feel his blue gaze on me but I continued to stare at the water. “I cannot be expected to live without him, everything that’s happened to me in my life is suddenly leading me up to this moment…to him,” I laughed at my own confession. “I don’t care how this came about and what let us to this. I can’t even deny that this is fate.” I involuntary touched my ring. “But I’m going to grab it and never let go, even if it kills me. I love him that much, and you wouldn’t blame me because he’s absolutely amazing,” I said smiling to myself. I looked over and met his intense gaze as his blue eyes never failed to hypnotize me. He flashed me a gorgeous smile too. “What about you? Why are you here sitting alone?” I asked as he turned his head back towards the water.
“I had to let her go,” he looked down. “It was probably the hardest thing I ever had to do, but I had to do it… for her. I loved her more than I thought I could love anything or anybody, she suddenly appeared and everything made sense, everything had a meaning. But there was no way a beautiful angel like her belonged in my dark twisted life. I knew she wouldn’t be able to remember me; somehow that made me feel a little better, anything that would ease her pain and help her move on. I too thought of getting my own memory erased but how could I when being with her was the best time I had of my entire life? I wanted to perfectly recall her beautiful eyes, her gorgeous smile and her delightful laugh at my lame jokes,” he smiled to himself. “I’m that smitten over her, and you wouldn’t blame me because she’s absolutely amazing,” he said and I laughed at how he threw my own words back at me. “So what do we do now?” He asked shifting his gaze back to me. I leaned to him and grabbed his face in my hands.
“We need each other Dennis, we can’t be apart from each other and it’s not fair to either one of us.” I paused for a moment. “I say we fight. We fight for our love, for us to be together. I want to fight by your side. The only question is will you let me?”
He nodded and affectionately cupped my face in his hands and kissed me with an urgent passion. I knew I would die if I couldn’t have this or should I say him for the rest of my life.
“I’ve been fighting my whole life, not really knowing what for, but now I do,” he breathed into my mouth. My heart felt as though it would burst. I would never have to let him go, ever. He finally released me and my head was spinning from such intensity. “How did you manage to get away from them? I know they didn’t just let you walk away from all this?” He asked while gently caressing my cheek.
“They didn’t. I used the old jump out the bathroom window trick and made a run for it,” I said giggling. I couldn’t believe they actually fell for it too; I complied and made no intention of escaping, well to them at least.
“Ah, a classic getaway,” he said smiling. His expression turned to concern then he sighed. “Colin won’t be happy about this. I don’t think any of them will be with that stunt. This is a standard procedure and we’re practically breaking a very serious law,” he said.
“Does the CIA always erase the memory of their clients after the mission is completed?” I asked, hoping this wouldn’t jeopardize Dennis’s position in the agency.
“Yes, security reasons for the agency and its agents, that’s how we can keep our identities a secret from the public,” he said as his eyes narrowed at the thought.
“Do you think they will come after me?” I asked suddenly catching why he was so worried.
“They will eventually, once they put two and two together. We can’t stay here, this is the first place that they will check,” he eyes burnt into mine as he saw the fear in my eyes. If they found me here they would forcibly take me away from Dennis and that would kill me. “Don’t worry beautiful, I won’t let them take you away from me… no one will, I promise.”
“So we fight,” I added.
“Exactly that.”
“What are we going to do then?” I asked.
“For the moment, we run. Just until we figure out what to do next,” he said pausing for a second then he smiled. “How about I take you on a real secret vacation? No kidnapping involved,” he said with some humor to his voice. My eyes widened at the thought, and of course he had to throw in the kidnapping thing, he’s trying to be funny now.
“What? Where?”
“Isle Angie? If I remember correctly I did promise to take you there,” he said excitedly. I couldn’t help but get excited too. Somehow the thought of running away to a far away island with Dennis was exhilarating to me.
“Let’s do it then,” I said smiling feeling like a little kid. “When are we leaving?”
“Right now,” he said with a smile. He lifted me off the ground and cradled me like a baby back to the estate.
There was a time when I thought my life was going to be boring, colorless and dreary. Now, my life with Dennis at my side would be an adventure that will last a lifetime. Once we entered back inside the estate he put me down and we were met by Carmella, Amber and Jared. Dennis gave me strict orders to go to my room and pack up clothes to take with us on our getaway, a getaway from the CIA that was eventually going to find us if we stayed here. I rushed upstairs with Amber on my tail. She helped me pack two huge suitcases because we didn’t know how long Dennis and I were to stay in hiding. As I closed the one suitcase as I glanced at Amber who was packing my lingerie in the other. I raised an eyebrow at her as she packed some of my sexy lingerie, ones that even Dennis hasn’t seen yet.
“What?” She asked stifling a laugh. “You have to keep him entertained, right?” She said and I shook my head and blushed at the thought.
I don’t know why I get embarrassed about my sex life with him, I’m pretty sure everyone around here knows what happens when Dennis and I are alone. There’s just too much sexual tension in the air between us. As we finished packing and headed downstairs with the suitcases, I got to the living room and found Dennis on his cell phone talking in a language I didn’t quite understand but I did notice his change of clothes. I never really noticed him wearing casual clothes like what he was wearing now, a white T-shirt with black ASOS chino shorts that hung off his waist in an oh so sexy manner. My heart did a black flip at the sight of him. I’m so pathetic, but the thought of having him all to myself was doing a number on me. He ended the call and sauntered up to me.
“You look beautiful as ever,” he said leaning down to kiss me on the cheek. “Are you ready?”
“Yes.”
We walked outside with Carmella and Amber following behind us, as Jared put my luggage into the car’s trunk. I then noticed that he didn’t have any, which seemed kinda odd.
“Don’t you have bags?” I asked him as me smiled back at me.
“No, I alr
eady have clothes on the island,” he said as I raised my eyebrows in surprise but then again I shouldn’t be surprised. This man has more money than sense, so why would he need to bring luggage wherever he goes. He opened the back door for me to get in and he climbed in with me as Jared took the driver’s seat.
“Remember if Colin comes here…” Dennis said while looking at Carmella.
“I don’t know your whereabouts,” she finished for him and he smiled.
“Take lots of pictures,” Amber called out to us I smiled at her.
“I’ll do my best,” I yelled back and waved at everyone as Jared sped down the driveway. We left the estate and headed towards JFK airport. We didn’t say much during the car ride. We both knew what was going to happen if we didn’t leave. He pulled me closer to his side and kissed the side of my head as he made another phone call. He spent the whole ride on the phone while gently massaging my shoulder.
“Hey, I thought you said no phones?” I asked as he hung up.
“Well mine cannot be traced. I made sure of that. Plus I needed to handle some things with work so that it won’t interfere with our vacation,” he said as Jared parked the car in front of the JFK drop-off.
“I’ll make sure your luggage gets on the Jet sir,” Jared said as we got out of the car.
“Thank you,” Dennis said as we waved goodbye to him.
We walked through the main entrance of the airport and went straight towards the terminal gates. I then realized that people were starting to stare at us. I was just about to ask Dennis why when he suddenly frowned and pulled out a pair sunglasses and put them. I glanced at him questioningly as to why are you wearing sunglasses indoors.
“You might want to put yours on too,” he said. I was confused by what he was saying, it was night and we were indoors, so why did we need sunglasses? I did what I was told anyway. I pulled out a pair from my purse as he pointed to a bunch of people that looked like paparazzi, then suddenly came charging toward us. “Ignore them and just keep walking,” he said in a stern voice while grabbing my hand tightly.
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