She sat still for a few minutes more thinking about what to do next while she watched him chew his food like there was nothing wrong here at all. Like it was just another normal day. Yeah, there hadn't been a normal day for her since she met that ******* of an ex-husband of hers. Charlie wanted her dead, she knew that. It didn't surprise her either. He beat her every day for the 8 years they were married and threatened her weekly with death.

She was only 17 when her father signed the paper for her to marry him even though she was under-age. Her father of all people! He just wanted her out of his hair and out of his house so that he could concentrate on his new life with his new wife and new child. She was merely a reminder of what her mother had done to him so he wanted her out of there. She couldn't really blame him for that, but he saw what Charlie was and he still sent her away with him.

Shaking her head with the memory she brought herself back to the present. She decided to play along with Joe here for the time being and pretend like nothing was amiss. Grabbing another paper plate from the bag, she snagged an egg roll and said point blank, "I think its time to stop dicking around here don't you?" then she bit into the egg roll and waited for his response.

 

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He stopped mid-chew when she spoke and his smile slowly faded. He nodded his head and swallowed, then put down his fork and looked her directly in the eyes and said, "Yes, I do. Sit down Anne, or should I say Emily?"

At the sound of her real name spoken aloud for the first time in 5 years her head snapped back as though she'd been punched. Her look of confidence left her face and was replaced by fear for just a fraction of a second, but he saw it and was satisfied that his gut reaction was right and felt encouraged to finally lay all of his cards out on the table.

"I was hired by your ex-husband to find you and bring you back to Monterey."

Immediately she took a step back but he grabbed her wrist to stop her. Her eyes darted toward the chair she was sitting in then back at him. There was no confidence left now, only the fear that Charlie had put there. He guided her into one of the chairs at the small table and took both of her hands in his.

"I have no intention of taking you back to that bastard so calm down. I know you have a gun in here somewhere, but just hear me out before you decide to use it. Charles Lotte came to me 9 months ago with a bundle of cash and an unbelievable story. He told me he needed a new PI since the others hadn't been able to find you for 4 years and he knew I had connections. He was an arrogant bastard and something didn't quite fit, but I took the job, mostly because I don't like being lied to and I wanted to figure out what the real story was there. It took me three months to find you but when I did, I wanted to make sure I was doing the right thing before I took you back and collected the rest of my cash. After spending some time following you and watching you, I realized he was full of **** and I needed to figure out what to do next. So that's when I decided I needed to try to help you instead of turning you over to Charlie. Any questions?"

She looked at him with a curious look and said,"Yeah, what unbelievable story did he tell you?"

To be continued

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Posted by Something Indecent 2008-06-24 22:54:20 .... This doesn't seem to be as high tensioned as the previous two. But then again you are giving us some back story so maybe I shouldn't bitch. I still don't trust that guy. Interested in this story dirty Charlie told.....this makes me want to eat chinese food. God I love eggrolls. + Report this comment

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