by Alice Cooper
“Thanks for the coffee, I appreciate it. I just don’t know what to do Sally. In the matter of a couple of days my world has been turned upside down.” Lalena cried she couldn’t stop the tears from streaming down her face when she thought about it all.
“Oh honey, what happened?” Sally asked.
“Jake left me last night, but I don’t blame him. I did something really bad yesterday, and I wouldn’t forgive him if our places were switched either.” Lalena explained.
“I’m sure if he really loves you he’ll be back.” Sally patted Lalena’s back.
“No he won’t I kissed another person. If I really loved him I wouldn’t have done that. But the truth is I don’t know if I want Jake back. He’s not the one I love. It’s hard to realize that you love someone else, and you know that they hate you.” Lalena cried, her shoulders shuddered with the force of her tears and sobbing.
“Shh, it’s going to be okay.” Sally whispered and held Lalena.
“What’s wrong?” Lalena heard Rico’s voice from the office door.
She buried her head deeper into Sally’s chest, not wanting to even look Rico’s way.
“Jake left her.” Sally told him.
Lalena shook from the sobs that escaped her body as Sally told Rico the news.
“What?” Rico asked. “Sally can you give us a moment alone please?” Rico requested from Sally.
“Sure.” She answered him. Turning to Lalena she asked, “Are you going to be okay?”
Lalena shook her head, “Yes, I’ll be okay. Thanks again Sally.” She said.
She made sure to not look at Rico; she tried to hide her face from him. He came over as Sally left the office. “Lalena, look at me.” He ordered.
“No, I don’t want you to see me like this.” She said.
He grabbed her chin and turned her face to look at her. He made an audible noise that sounded like a shared grief. “What happened?” He asked her.
Lalena shook her head again. “I told him about our kiss and he left.” She said bluntly.
“Why would you tell him?” Rico questioned.
“Because he should know that I don’t care about him and that our relationship isn’t going to progress.” She admitted.
“I see.” Rico said quietly.
She burst out in tears and he hugged her tightly. “Shh. Come on don’t cry. You’ll be okay.” He ran his hand up and down her back trying to comfort her.
“No it’s not okay, I won’t be okay. You hate me too. I could see it in your eyes yesterday.” Lalena stated.
He kissed the top of her head. “I don’t hate you; it’s far from hatred that I feel for you.” He whispered.
She looked at him a question on her face. Rico took his fingers and wiped the tears from her cheeks. He lowered his mouth to hers and kissed her gently this time. It was nothing like the last kiss where he had forced his mouth on hers and pressed hard. His lips were tender and caring.
Lalena kissed him back; she had no reason not to. She had realized during the night that she loved Rico. She sighed as the kiss deepened.
He pulled back from her and kissed the top of her head and hugged her tightly to him again.
“What do you want from me?” She whispered.
“I don’t know what I want honestly.” Rico stated. “I want your touch, your kisses, just you, and nothing more.” He added.
She listened to his words and knew that she shouldn’t let herself get involved with him. He didn’t want love from her, but she wanted it from him so badly. She could feel her body soaking up his essence as they hugged. However, she knew it was too late; she was his, even if she didn’t want it that way.
“I’m yours.” She looked at him and said.
“All mine, no more Jake? Did he really leave?” Rico asked.
“Yes he did last night. There is no more Jake, only you.” She admitted.
“Okay, but you shouldn’t be at work today, not like this.” Rico said.
“I don’t want to be all alone at home. It will just make this so much worse.” She said.
“I didn’t say you’d be alone. I’m taking you back to my place.” Rico stated.
She let him lead her out of the office. He said a few quick words to Sally and they were gone. Rico helped her into the car and he went around getting in on the other side.
Rico drove with one hand on her leg trying to comfort her as much as he could. She put her hand down on his and held it.
“Come on.” He said as he went to open her door and help her out. “Let’s go inside, I’ll have the maid make you some tea or something.” He stated as they walked into his house. “We can sit outside by the pool if you want.”
She looked up at him. “Can you just please hug me?” She asked.
“Of course, I can do that.” He wrapped her in his arms once more.
Lalena smelled his scent as his arms surrounded her. He lifted her up and carried her over to a couch that was near the window. The sunlight shined in on them, as he held her closely.
“You know I’m not upset about Jake as much as I am about myself, right?” She asked Rico.
“Why are you upset at yourself?” He asked.
“Because I knew before Jake and I had talked about moving in together that I had feelings for you. I should have just been honest with him and myself at that point. I’ve wanted to kiss you since that first day you whispered into my ear at the cancer event.” She admitted.
Chapter 2
Rico stared at her. “I’ve wanted to kiss you since that day too.” He admitted to her.
He kissed her again, again it was a light kiss, but it quickly became deeper. She moaned as their tongues tangled together. He wanted her badly, but felt like he was taking advantage of her mood.
“I can’t make love to you right now, but I want too.” He pulled away from her. “I wouldn’t feel right doing that.” He added.
“Please I’ve wanted this for so long.” She asked quietly.
He looked down at her eyes and could see the pleading in them. He wanted her badly, but part of him was worried. He thought that if he made love to her he would never be able to stop loving her.
She was the first person he had ever thought he would be willing to be with forever. He had never felt this way before and it was frightening to him. She ran her hand down to his leg and over his crotch area; he wasn’t able to resist her touch. He picked her up and carried her up the flight of stairs and into his bedroom.
“Are you sure about this? I’m not sure you are thinking fully about what we are about to do.” Rico asked.
“Yes, I’m sure I’ve wanted this since the first time you said you wanted to see my red bra.” Lalena stated.
Rico undressed her slowly, taking in her body as he took each layer off of her. “Oh my, you are beautiful, more than I could have imagined.” He complimented her as he looked at her naked body in front of him.
He took his clothes off and walked over to her and lowered her softly onto the bed. Rico traced his fingers over every inch of her body, enjoying the feel of her skin. He kissed her on the side of the stomach.
Lalena looked at him and smiled. “Please.” She asked once more.
The love making was slow and sweet. Lalena closed her eyes after as they were lying tangled up in the sheets on the bed. Her body was throbbing with pleasure. If only he would love me, she thought with a sigh.
He pulled her close to him and kissed her on the top of the head. She placed her head on his chest and soon he could hear her shallow breathing, she had fallen asleep on him.
Rico smelled her hair as she slept and smiled. I don’t know what her spell is on me, but I only want her, he thought. It was a thought that he had a feeling would happen if he made love to her. But as he lay here beside her he didn’t care, she was worth it.
The love making had been amazing, it had felt like they had a special connection between them. Rico let his eyes close and he was soon fast asleep too.
Chapter 3
Jake had been sitting out front of the mayor’s office, he was getting ready to go up and see Lalena, and he missed her. He was getting ready to get out when he saw the mayor and Lalena walk out of the office. He watched as they went up to the mayor’s car, and he let her in the door.
He followed them to see where they went and wasn’t surprised when he saw it was the mayor’s house. Jake could feel his blood begin to boil. “What a fucking slut. We aren’t even broke up for a full day and here she is going to his house.” He hit the steering wheel of his jeep.
“We should make them pay for it.” He could hear his Uncle Ray’s words once more.
Before this moment he would have never hurt Lalena, but now his mind snapped. “She didn’t care about me, she couldn’t have.” Jake fumed as he drove to his uncle’s house.
He walked into the house. “Uncle Ray, let’s see those ideas you have again.” Jake said to his uncle.
His uncle pulled out the plans once more and looked at Jake. “What happened?” He asked.
“I went to see her and they were coming out of the office. I followed them and they went to his place.” Jake stated.
“You know I don’t have any love for the mayor, but how do you know they were doing anything? He questioned.
“I just know.” Jake said.
“Alright, so here are the various ideas. The one’s I think are best are these.” He said pulling out a few of the plans. He showed them to Jake who studied the ideas and let his hatred full his anger more with every second.
“Tell me Uncle Ray, how did you resist the urge to do it that first time?” Jake asked.
“It was hard honestly. But as I was talking to the mayor I realized that he really hadn’t known anything about my plans to reconcile with her. I couldn’t kill this man because of a mistake that my own wife did. I would much rather kill her and be done with it.” Ray explained.
“So why are you so willing to help me with this? It sounds like your forgave him for it.” Jake questioned.
“Because I did something bad because of him and I blame him now.” Ray said.
“What did you do?” Jake asked.
“You always asked me where your Aunt Shelly went, I told you she moved to Florida, but that isn’t true. I’ve been lucky to get away with it so far. She didn’t have any family; our side just figured that she stopped talking to them once the divorce was final. But she isn’t living in Florida.” Ray stated.
“Okay so where did she go?” Jake queried.
“Jake, this goes no further than between us, okay.” Ray sat forward and said.
“Sure of course, I told you before what we talk about stays between us.” Jake stated.
“I cut her up and fed her to the pigs out back.” Ray stated.
Jake sat up straight and looked at his uncle. “No way, come on you’ve always liked to pull jokes on me. Tell me where did she go?” Jake asked again.
“I’m serious. The pigs have eaten her all up now.” Ray said again.
“You’re being serious. You killed her and fed her to the pigs? How could you kill her?” Jake asked.
“What do you think you’re talking about doing to them right now? Did you think we were just going to rough them up a bit and it would be fine?” Ray questioned. His face showing the fact that he was shocked that Jake hadn’t realized that the idea was to kill them.
“I don’t know killing someone seems pretty bad. I know you said something about a bomb last night, but I wasn’t really paying enough attention. I thought you were just talking, not that serious.” Jake commented.
“I’m deadly serious. If he would have never gone out with Shelly she would still be here.” Ray said.
“But you were already in the middle of your divorce when that happened right?” Jake asked.
“Yeah we were, but if he wouldn’t have come around, I could have talked her into coming back.” Ray stated. “I know she still loved me, but he changed her mind about me.” Ray added.
It was at that point that Jake realized his Uncle was just a bit crazy. “Let me think about it more, I’ll look over the plans and let you know, is that okay?” Jake asked.
“Yeah sure of course, don’t take forever though, he should pay soon.” Ray stated.
“Sure, I forgot I had to work at 1 today though, so I have to get ready. I’ll try and decide while I’m at work which one is best though.” Jake said.
“Let me know, you know you’re like a son to me and I hate to see you hurting.” Ray commented.
“Thanks I appreciate it Uncle Ray.” Jake stated and went to the other room to get ready. He had been angry enough to agree with just about anything at first when he got home. But when he had found out that his Uncle had fed his Aunt to the pigs it had made him really think. Am I really thinking about killing someone over Lalena? Or even better yet, he’s talking about killing both of them, how could I do that?
Jake knew that the anger would vanish and the pain of losing her would end as well. But killing someone that was permanent he didn't want any part of that.
Chapter 4
Lalena woke up and wondered if she had been dreaming, but as she looked to the man beside her she saw Rico lying beside her. She couldn’t believe it, her body was still humming from the pleasure he had made her feel. I wish I didn’t love him though, I just have a feeling that my heart will be broken, she thought.
She kissed him on his bare chest and ran her hand through the hair on it. It felt so good to touch him like this; she looked at his body and smiled. It was everything she had pictured in her fantasies. His rock hard abs and perfectly toned body were appealing to her. He really kept his body in good shape, she wondered how he did it, and she had never seen him exercise yet. Perhaps he does it at night when he’s home, I bet he has a home gym here, she thought.
He pulled her closer as he woke up. “Hmm, I had almost thought this had been a dream.” He told her.
“Me too, when I woke up I could have sworn it was all made up.” She laughed.
Rico kissed her. “I’m glad it wasn’t.” He said.
“I am too.” She answered.
“Are you hungry?” He asked.
“Actually yes I’m famished.” She admitted.
“Let’s get dressed and go grab a pizza, or something we can order in if you want even.” Rico offered.
“I think it would be nice to order in, if you don’t mind.” Lalena answered.
“Sure I don’t mind, I kind of like it this way, that way I don’t have to share your attention with anyone else.” He said.
She laughed. “I’m far from the one who would draw everyone’s attention!” She laughed.
“It’s nice to see you laughing again.” Rico stated.
He leaned over and kissed her again. “Let’s get dressed before I change my mind about getting food.” He said to her.
“Hmm, don’t tempt me; I might not want food as much as you.” She said.
Rico growled at her and laughed. “I had a feeling you would be a wild cat in bed.” He rolled over on top of her and their meal break was delayed for a little bit.
They rolled apart, sweat pouring from their bodies. “You may well be the death of me.” Rico laughed.
Lalena curled up close to him. “I don’t know about that one, you seem to be in really good shape.” She complimented him.
“Thanks, I have a home gym that I work out in a few times a week. You’re welcome to use it if you want.” He said. “Now get dressed, I need food for energy.” He stated.
She laughed and got up to dress. The whole time she looked at his body, and smiled. “How did this happen?” She asked him.
“I don’t know, but I’m really glad it did.” Rico said. “What do you want to eat?” He asked.
“How about some Italian, I could go for some really good lasagna.” Lalena said.
He thought for a second and then said. “Yeah I know a good place, but I don’t think they deliver. Do you mind going out?” He asked.
“For lasagna, I’m willing to go out!” She laughed.
They went to get into the car and went off to eat supper. He opened the door for her and kissed her before she got into the car. Neither of them saw the car sitting on the other side of the road watching them.
When they got to the restaurant he grabbed he hand and led her in. He pulled her chair out and pushed it in after she sat down. “Wow you are really charming when you want to be!” She laughed.
Rico laughed at her. “Be careful or I’ll make sure our picture will be all over the papers tomorrow.”
“How would you do that?” She asked.
“All I would have to do is kiss you.” He whispered into her ear. “As soon as we left I could guarantee there would be reporters out here.” He laughed.
“You wouldn’t dare.” Lalena turned pale. “Never mind I can tell you would by the look in your eyes.” She laughed.
“That’s what I thought.” He chuckled as he sat down. “So you want lasagna or something else now that we are here?” He asked.
“I’ll have that, I love it.” She stated.
He ordered their food and some wine. “I’d like to make a toast.” He said raising the glass up. She joined him and he said. “I’d like to toast my luck in meeting you at that event.” He swallowed his drink.
Lalena drank a little bit of her wine and put it back on the table. “I think I’ll be the designated driver.” She said as he filled up his glass one more time.
“I won’t drink much.” Rico said.
“Go ahead I can drive. I don’t mind at all.” She stated. Lalena wanted to keep a clear mind; her head was already swimming with the events of the afternoon. The alcohol would make her feel too loopy and detached.
“We’ll see how I am when we leave.” He commented.
“That’s fine; you do realize I’m a cop after all.” She stated.
“I know, and one sexy cop too.” He smiled across the table at her.
“Rico how do I know you aren’t going to leave me tomorrow morning and toss me on that list?” Lalena asked a few minutes after the meal was delivered.