| CHAPTER 8
~PCPD~ �Roman?� Hope says as she knocks on his door before pushing it opened. �You still here?� �Hey Hope.� He says looking up from his desk. �Yeah I�m still here, but I think the more important question should be, what are you still doing here at this hour?� �I had some paperwork to finish up with and I guess I let the time get away from me.� �How�s my little brother doing?� �He�s doing a lot better.� She says with a smile. �I have that paperwork on the Smith case I was working on. Would you like it, or would you like me to ���� Roman looks up at her and takes the papers. �Well it�s nice to know the streets will be safe from a monster like him tonight.� �Yeah, but how many other drug dealers will be in his place by morning?� Hope smirked as she put her coat on. �If you give me a few minutes I�ll walk you out to your car.� She walks over and gives him a kiss on the cheek. �Thanks but I�m already running a few hours behind and really need to get going.� She looks at her watch. �I�m surprised Bo hasn�t called yet and asked where I�m at.� �He loves you Hope. He just worries about you.� �I know he does.� She replied smiling. �I just wish some day�s he wouldn�t hover so much.� �You do realize how hard this has to be on him? I mean you working and him sitting home waiting for some doctor to give him the okay to go back to work.� �I know it is Roman. But don�t you worry word has it he should be getting a bill of good health any day now.� �It will be nice to have him back at work, where he belongs.� Hope laughs. �I�d argue that point with you but I miss working with him as well. Good night Roman.� �Good night Hope.� ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Hope is almost at her car when she pulls her keys out of her purse. She looks up and notices the street light above her car is out. She never seemed to might the dark until lately. She gets a shiver as she goes to place the key in the key hole, causing her to drop them. �Oh great!� She yells looking up at the barely lit moon. �This is so not my night.� She gets down on her hands and knees and searches for her keys. Her hands comb the ground until she finally finds them. She curses at herself before she picks them up and stands. �What the?� She quietly asks herself as she gets an eerie feeling in her soul. �Anybody there?� She asked turning around and glancing across the parking lot. �Get a hold of yourself Hope.� She says as she puts the key in the lock and opens her car door. �Don�t let your imagination get the best of you.� She puts the key into the ignition, puts her seatbelt on and adjusts her rearview mirror. She can�t seem to move as she stops a figure standing behind her car. There�s no way she can possible make out who the person is. She can�t even tell if they�re male or female. Slowly she locks her car doors and reaches into her glove box. Her eyes never leave the figure in the rear view mirror until she realizes she can�t reach her gun. Quickly her eyes go to her glove box. With gun in hand she looks back up and the figures gone. Her eyes again search the parking lot, her body is otherwise froze. She sits back in her now running car for a few moments and debates with herself about getting out and looking around. Normal she wouldn�t even have hesitated to do such a thing but tonight wasn�t an ordinary night. There was something in the air that kept her glued to her seat. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* �Hey there Fancy Face.� Bo said coming down the stairs as she came walking in the front door. �We really need to stop meeting like this.� He joked as he pulled her into a hug. �What�s the matter?� He asked immediately as he felt her body shaking. �Nothing.� She said blowing him off. �It�s just really cold out there tonight.� Bo didn�t buy it for a second but he didn�t want to push the issue so he let it drop. �What do you say we go over to the couch and I�ll go in the kitchen and make you some hot chocolate?� �Sounds good.� She said as she kissed him on the lips and took off her coat. He waited for her to get comfortable on the couch and then threw the shall over her legs. �I won�t be long.� As he walked away her eyes were drawn to the front window. It was extremely windy out and the rain had just started to fall. Hope still had this feeling who ever was in the parking lot tonight was still out there, watching her and waiting. But just what was he waiting for she kept asking herself over and over again in her head. Until the sound was broke by Bo�s voice. �Thanks.� She said with a half smile. �I can�t believe how nasty and cold it�s gotten out there.� �Yeah well it�s kinda cold in here too.� Bo mumbled under his breath. �What�d you say?� Bo joined her on the couch and placed his arm around her shoulder. �I said it�s not cold in here.� He pulled her close and kissed the top of her head. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~**~*~*~* ~Hotel Room~ �Where the heck have you been?� Billie asked extremely upset. �You better not tell me you were at Hope�s.� �Don�t worry.� The man said taking off his gloves. �I wasn�t anywhere near the Brady�s.� �You better not have been, because if either Bo or Hope find out the two of us are working together ��� we�ll never get that kid out of the house.� �Billie, you really need to lighten up. Besides it�s not like you want the kid anyway.� �No.� Billie said mad as all hell. �But I do want Bo back and this is taking way to long. You should have gotten a hold of that brat already. He didn�t say a word as he made his way into the bathroom. �Oh my god.� She laughed. �You�re having fun tormenting Hope aren�t you.� �Don�t be ridiculous.� He laughed back. �I just haven�t had an opportunity to get close enough to Ciara yet��� He walked out of the bathroom while towel drying his hair. �But don�t worry I�ll have her in my arms and out of the country before the weeks out.� |