The Hitman's Last Job

by Selena Black

  “Fuck! Harder! Harder!”

  And Carl was happy to oblige. He pushed her down onto all fours on the ground and thrust into her deep and hard. She screamed louder than before and for a moment he was worried that he was hurting her. But as he slowed down she got angry and started to push herself onto him more. She turned her head to look at him.

  “What’s wrong? Why are you slowing down?”

  “I don’t…” he spoke gruffly. “I don’t wanna hurt you,”

  “Don’t worry, you won’t” and she placed her hands around her bottom and pulled up her cheeks to make more room for him inside her.

  Their mood was frantic and hungry as they couldn’t get enough of each other’s bodies. Carl had never made love in such an animalistic way. He had never felt anything so visceral and wild and he loved it rough. He grabbed at her hair and yanked her head back. It only made her wetter and scream louder as she felt the pain against her scalp. She leaned back to grab one of his hands and pulled it forward so it was around her neck.

  “Are you sure?” he whispered.

  “Yes!” and he choked her as he drove himself into her.

  She climaxed with a loud scream and a quiver and he loved the feeling of her contracting onto him. For the second time in only minutes he climaxed again. Exhausted, he held her body close to him and gasped. She loved the feeling of his hot breath on the back of her neck and she leaned back into him more.

  “You’re the best,” she gasped.

  He kissed her back softly and ran a hand down her spine to feel the sweat run between her shoulder blades. For a long while they held each other. Kissing in between labored breaths they eventually regained their strength and looked into each other’s eyes.

  “I could never get enough of you,” Carl kissed her forehead as they lay side by side.

  There was a distant look in Anna’s eyes as she sighed.

  “What’s the matter?” he asked as he swept the hair back from her face and kissed her cheek.

  “This is… an impossible situation,” was all she said before she closed her eyes as if shutting herself away from the moment.

  Carl had been so caught up in enjoying Anna that he had temporarily forgotten where they were. He looked around them at the chaotic apartment. They had broken into a stranger’s home and were essentially fugitives.

  “Yeah… it’s crazy. But I don’t know what to do anymore?”

  “I guess all we can do is take it day by day knowing we have each other,”

  Carl nodded in agreement although he was very much unsatisfied. He had to come up with a solution and quickly. Scenarios of escape ran through his mind but they all seemed outlandish and unattainable. Anna didn’t have a passport so they couldn’t get the next flight out of the country and he couldn’t return home because Angelo’s men would no doubt be there waiting. But this meant he couldn’t reach his savings. All he had in the world was this beautiful girl, a briefcase containing $50’000, his trusted back pack and the open road, just as long as he could survive long enough to enjoy it. But the more he thought about it the more it didn’t seem at all bad. He looked down to Anna and saw a tear escape the clutched of her closed eyelids.

  “Hey,” he whispered. “We’re gonna be ok,”

  “How can you know that?”

  “I just know sweetheart. I’m gonna get us to safety,”

  But she didn’t seem convinced and rolled over to face the other way.

  “Look… all we need is a car. If we can get to Mexico then we’re clear. In a way… At least we’ll have more of a chance to disappear,”

  “Mexico?” Anna rolled back round outraged. “And what are we supposed to do when we’re there,”

  “I have money and somewhere I know we can stay. We can do it but you gotta believe me. We definitely can’t stay here,”

  Anna thought deeply for a moment and knew he was right. It was their best bet. Carl was imagining the cogs of her mind whirring as he looked at the concentration on her face.

  “If we leave tonight we can make it over the border within a day or two,” he tried to convince her.

  She thought it over again and nodded in quiet resignation. “Whatever you decide I’ll support you,”

  And they kissed in agreement. Anna pressed herself up closer to Carl to feel his support and warmth. He was now the only person in her world and her life depended on the next couple days and whether he could save her or not. She felt his heart beating quickly against her chest and knew that he was just as terrified as she was. They were two young lovers in an impossible world but at least they had each other.

  “Hey,” she whispered. “Promise you won’t leave,”

  “I promise,” he lifted up her chin to meet her lips to his.

  They kissed softly, feeling each other’s bodies writhe together. Soon enough Anna felt that she needed him again. She needed that feeling of being wanted and of the protection his muscular body gave her. More than anything she wanted to feel as though she was possessed by him. Carl felt her yield beneath his touch and rolled on top of her.

  Anna loved the feeling on her fingertips of his stomach muscles as they rippled beneath her hands. He was so strong and she looked up to him with awe in her eyes.

  “Take me,” she whispered into his neck.

  And he pushed himself into her gently. She moaned immediately as she felt him linger for a moment. He didn’t want to be rough this time. He wanted to take his time and show her that he could be loving and caring. He pushed only the tip inside her and moved it slowly in and out. He felt her wetness spill out over him and the warmth of it excited him more but he held back from going all the way. Instead he gently held his penis in his hand and ran the tip around her wet petals before pushing himself in slightly and doing it again. He saw that her clitoris was swollen and for a few seconds he bounced himself off it. It made Anna grit her teeth and moan loudly as she flung her head back.

  “Oh yeah….. Can you do it again?”

  And he did just to watch the ecstasy on her face.

  “Can you do it harder?” she asked even though she hurt slightly from coming twice already.

  He pushed his head up and down over her clitoris and listened to her scream louder as she began to shake again. Within seconds she climaxed and squirted a torrent onto his testicles.

  “Oh God it won’t stop!” she was shaking uncontrollably while gasping for air.

  Carl meanwhile couldn’t control himself as he watched and he stroked his penis gently until he too climaxed. He ejaculated onto her and Anna groaned as she felt it land on her burning hot clitoris. Exhausted, Carl fell on top of her still groaning and the couple wrapped themselves around each other.

  “OH! I’ve never cum so many times in my life!” Carl grunted as he thought over the last 24 hours.

  “Me neither,” Anna sighed.

  CHAPTER 10

  Jorge was standing in the basement looking down at the specimen of a man that he found so pathetic. Don Angelo was beside him with a look of contempt in his eyes.

  “So this is old man Reiner?” he pointed his cigarette into the corner.

  “Yuh…. Says he ain’t seen Carl in years,”

  “Is that so?” Angelo didn’t believe it either.

  “Please. You gotta know I’m tellin’ the truth,” Reiner was desperate for them to listen.

  “Be quiet!” Jorge lost his temper and kicked the old man in the side. “I’m thinking!”

  Silence was brought to the basement momentarily as Jorge figured out a plan.

  “You have Carl’s number?”

  “Of course,” rasped the Don as he pulled his smart phone from his suit jacket.

  “I have an idea,” grinned Jorge. “May I?” and he reached out for Angelo’s phone.

  The Don handed it over with a sceptical look.

  Jorge opened the camera and pointed it at the man on the floor.

  “Hey, say cheese!” he mocked.

  The old man could do nothing but cower,
so said nothing.

  “Hey! I said say cheese!” and Jorge kicked him the face.

  Blood began to seep from his nose and cover his shirt. Reiner Senior seemed distraught at the attack and began to howl in pain. Meanwhile the other two men were oblivious, and laughed as they looked down at him. Jorge took a photo and examined it.

  “Yep… Looks just as good as I expected,” and he handed the phone back to the Don.

  “Good idea kid,” Angelo playfully punched his little assassin in the arm. “Now all we have to do is send this to Carl and he’ll be hurryin’ into our arms in no time,”

  Angelo pressed the send button and breathed a sigh of satisfaction. Now all they had to do was wait.

  ~

  Carl and Anna were still entwined on the couch.

  “You know with you in my arms it’s easy to forget that we’re in this God forsaken hellhole,” he looked around at the abandoned apartment. “It’s a shame. Would have been nice once,”

  “Hmmm…. Yeah,” Anna agreed sleepily. “I wonder who lived here,”

  “Some poor bastard,”

  Carl looked up to the ceiling and started to feel sleepy too. The couple were enjoying each other’s company so much and Anna wished they could lie here forever. But they knew they had to run.

  “Would it be cool if we could just move in here and be you know… normal. And no one would ever find us,”

  “That would be kinda nice,” Carl thought about what life could be if they were a regular couple.

  He looked out the window and saw it was getting dark.

  “We better make a move soon,” he stroked the top of Anna’s head and gave her a kiss.

  “Yeah…” she seemed sad at the idea of having to run again.

  Carl could tell she was desperate for a normal life and he wasn’t sure he could ever give her that. But what choice did she have? He at least vowed to try and make her happy. He got up from the couch and strode over the window. Lighting a cigarette he poked his head out on the fire escape and looked down. This truly was a gruesome neighbourhood, but in this moment they were part of the degenerate demographic and were fitting in nicely.

  The air was frigid as it drifted across his face. It blew his smoke into the distance and Carl watched it fly away out of sight. He pulled himself away from his thoughts and turned to Anna who was sitting on the edge of the couch dressing herself.

  “I’ll be two minutes,” she smiled at him.

  To look at her, you could never have imagined the things she had been through; the pain, the violence and the loss. She was a real diamond in the rough.

  “Hey Carl….” She seemed to be hesitating. “What are we doing?”

  “We need a car,” he blew smoke out the window and looked down to the street. “And there’s a couple down there that look like they might not be missed,”

  “Really?” Anna came over to join him.

  “Like that old Hyundai over there,” he pointed down the way.

  “Hmmm…. Think you can hotwire it?”

  “I know I can,”

  “Well… what are we waiting for?”

  As they climbed out the window and onto the fire escape steps the wind caught them and Anna stumbled for a moment with her fiery hair drifting up to the sky like flames. They moved quickly and before long they were at the old, battered Hyundai.

  “You really don’t think someone owns this do you?”

  “Fuck, I hope not,” he laughed. “The state of it!”

  And he pulled out a multi tool from his back pack and got to work. Soon they were inside the vehicle and were protected from the cold wind.

  “Nearly there!” Carl’s lips were pursed with concentration as pulled out wires from inside the dashboard.

  With a few adept movements and some muttering under Carl’s breath he soon got the car started. The engine roared sadly into action and soon they were away and back out on the open road. The highway stretched before them in streams of light.

  “So Mexico…. Are you sure?” she asked

  “I think so,” he wasn’t sure at all.

  “Have you been before?”

  “A few times?” he didn’t elaborate and quickly changed the subject. “So have you been outta Chicago before…. You know until recently?”

  “Nope. Not ever,” she admitted sadly.

  “That’s a shame. But you can go anywhere you like now…” Carl trailed off as he realized the ridiculousness of his statement. She’d never be able to live normally.

  There was an eerie silence in the car and all that could be heard above the sound of the engine was the heating as it pumped hot, dusty air into the vehicle. Anna was looking straight ahead at the future and couldn’t believe the things that had happened over the last few days. She nibbled on a fingernail and shivered into her coat, feeling the constant need to keep glancing at Carl as though he’d disappear if she looked away too long.

  “Hey. What’s up?” he sensed her unease.

  “Just thinking…”

  “About what?”

  “About a million things,” she looked back to the road and all the cars they were passing. She wondered where the people were going. Were they in as much trouble as her?

  “I hear ya kid. I got countless things runnin’ through my mind too. We’ll be ok though. Just don’t look back. It’s not where we’re headed,” and he reached a hand out and squeezed her thigh.

  She smiled weakly at him with her thumb still in her mouth.

  “But you gotta stop this,” Carl pulled her hand down. “Try not to be so nervous,”

  “I can’t help it!”

  He couldn’t imagine how terrified she must have been. He’d make things alright for her soon though. They just had to get over the border.

  The hours passed by quickly and soon they were the only car on the road. Anna was scared they they’d break down and not be able to get help or worse… they’d be found by the Mob and have no method of escape. But she calmed herself down eventually and dismissed her thoughts as childish.

  As she looked into the darkness of the highway it seemed as though everything came to a head, or rather, she was suddenly conscious of her situation and the reality of everything hit her. For the first time she was acutely aware that her father was dead. She surmised that this was because the shock of the situation was eventually wearing off and leaving her raw with emotion. She looked to Carl, her saviour and her father’s murderer. She had given herself to him freely but did she even know who he was.

  He sensed her anxiety straight away and looked to her:

  “What?”

  “I don’t know very much about you at all Carl Reiner…. If that’s even your name,”

  “Where did this come from, eh?” he seemed amused at her befuddlement yet also offended. “What’s up? You can ask me anything you know,”

  “Fine,” she thought for a second. “You said I reminded you of an old girlfriend, who was she?”

  Carl shuffled in his seat anxiously and felt a twinge in his back.

  “She was… she wasn’t really anything,” he lied.

  She looked at him in disbelief.

  Jesus, this girl can already see right through me… He thought to himself.

  “Listen. I wasn’t gonna say anything but actually…. Your situation was so much like my old childhood neighbour. But she wasn’t so lucky. Her father killed her,”

  “Oh……” Anna didn’t know what to say about that. “That’s terrible,”

  “It was awful. It’s stayed with me forever. I always dreamed of saving her, you know, but I was too late. But at least I wasn’t with you,” he looked to her tenderly.

  Anna felt tremendously special all of a sudden. “Thank you,” was all that came out. No words were good enough to describe what he’d done for her.

  “Anything else you’d like to know?” there was a hint of annoyance in his voice because he didn’t understand why she cared about his past.

  “Your family, you never talk about
them,”

  “I don’t have a family,”

  “Not even a mother or father anywhere? Or a random cousin?”

  “I’ve got no one but you kid. Like you said earlier we’re just orphans in an evil world,” his words came out sounding venomous.

  The silence resumed to the car and Carl lit a cigarette with his eyes still on the road.

  “Actually I’ve not been entirely truthful,” he exhaled smoke over the windscreen.

  Anna looked to him suspiciously.

  “I have a father….and a mother”

  “Oh? Was your father as bad as mine? Is that why you never mentioned him before?”

  “Not quite. In fact my Dad was pretty much perfect growing up. We were the best of pals. And he was prouder than anything the day I signed up for the navy,”

  “So what happened?”