�No, I mean it, it�s better that way. I gotta get up tomorrow early.� I said while I gave Desire a hug. �It was, no, it is a great Party. See ya� Although it was a rainy night I decided to walk home. I love the way the rain drops fall on my skin. Especially on a hot summer night.
Since 3 weeks there was a heat wave in London.
Almost everyday the temperature was about 40 degrees Celsius so the rain this night came as a relief. I never went through the park alone, especially not at night, so don�t ask me why I did so that night. Well, while I was walking on my way I heard three mysterious voices talking with an Italian accent not far away from me.
�No Alicia, just go on. Don�t get yourself into trouble� I told myself. Well, because I�m so curious I couldn�t resist walking over to a hedge and listening to the conversation.
�You know Anthonio, you made me really feel�lets say�unhappy. What do you think I shall do with you right now?� A man with a black trench coat said.
�Please Mr Ubbriacco...I know where the money is. I�I can give it to you�It is in Fairbanks Street�you can come with me or I give it to you later.� The man lying on the grass racked with pain.
�Hey Salvatore, why do you keep him hanging on like that, he is like an open book, he will tell the police everything and...�
�Shut up Marco� the fat man with the trenchcoat cried. �OK, Anthonio go and bring my money. You got two hours to bring the money to Upper East Side 256.�
�Thank you so much, Salvatore Ubbriacco. I promise I won�t�.� Bang. Anthonio�s body fell to the floor in front of the feet of the Salvatore Ubbriacco. He gave another shoot right into the head of Tony when I fell on my back .
�Shht, Marco, did you hear that? Over there..� The fat man whispered and pointed to the hedge I was hiding. While Marco and Salvatore (the fat man) were coming closer to me I decided to take off my shoes (high heels are not very practical!) and run. In the meantime I lost my wallet. Marco tried to shoot but because I was running through the forest he couldn�t manage to hit me.
�Marco, let her run, I know where this girl lives.� Salvatore said while holding my wallet in his hand. On my way out of the forest in the park I feel into the river. After crawling out of the river I was trying to stop some cars at the highway during the rest of the night. But instead of that I was picked up by the police.
Sitting in the police office I tried to figure out why I didn�t listen to myself and why I just couldn�t turn back time when a voice asked me,
�Are you Ms. Moore?� I came back to my senses really quick and answered,
�Yes, I am Alicia Moore.� I was looking into two brown soft sparkling eyes of a very good looking guy.
�Hi, I�m Inspector Willis and that�s Inspector Bourne. We work on your occasion. Now tell us please what happened exactly after you saw these three man in the park.� And I told them the whole story again and again, but they still kept asking me stupid questions. I got really pissed.
�And why are you wet?�
�She was pushed into the river� Willis answered.
�I wasn�t pushed into the river, I fell into the river for God�s sake!� Don�t these guys understand me?
�Ok listen Sweetheart, I don�t really believe you. We sent two units to the park and they didn�t find Tony nor anybody else out there ok. But we found YOU screaming at some cars while you were wearing a short wet skirt and a top without wearing any shoes. Now tell me what I should think of the given facts� Bourne said. Now that was too much. I screamed at them in a loud, very loud voice.
�Are you guys mentally retarded? There are killers in this fucking city and you guys are just sitting here and acting like this is none of your business. For God�s sake do something. These guys know where I live and maybe you didn�t notice but they got guns and I am fucking scared of them.�
�Ok, just calm down. We�re gonna give you police protection.� Willis said in a soft voice.
�Ok thank you.� I said while looking into Willis� eyes. God this is the most attractive police man I�ve ever seen. Man, can�t I give it a rest. I�m in danger and all I can think of is this man and how cute he is.
The next hours I didn�t really recognise because I fell asleep.
When I woke up, I was lying in a bed I�ve never been before, in a room I�ve never been before. I looked around myself and noticed it was a very nice room. Through the white curtains the sun shone on my face and on my stuff lying on the floor. Just in the moment the door opened and Inspector Willis came in.
�Good Morning Ms Moore, fancy some breakfast?�
�Yes please. But wait...where am I?�
�You�re in my apartment. I thought you didn�t wanna go to your flat so you�re gonna live here for a few days till we catch these Mafiosi. It�s safer for you that way. You�re ok with this?�
�Yes, thank you. Oh, call me Alicia please.�
�OK, I�m Matt by the way. Inspector Willis is too formal. You want some toast or cornflakes?�
�Toast will do...Matt, is it possible that I can pick up some clothes from my flat so that I don�t have to wear this stuff the whole time?� I asked while pointing at my skirt and top on the floor.
�Yes, but you can�t come with me. It�s too dangerous. You can stay at a friend of mine who lives next to your home. I�m gonna pick up some clothes for you.�
�Ok,�
After the breakfast Matt drove with me to Charles Simpson, who was working as a bouncer in the Club �After Dark�. He was very masculine and very nice. While Matt was going to pick up my stuff , me and Charlie had a very nice chat.
�How did you meet Matt? I mean, are you guys friends like till kindergarten or what?�
�No, I met him in police school. We were both in the same unit and we shared a room together. He was always there when I needed him.� And while we were talking about the way Charlie became a bouncer the door opened and Matt came in with a huge bag under his arm.
�Hi guys, how is it goin�? Got lots of clothes in here. You wanna go now?� I didn�t recognise that it was six in the afternoon already.
�Yes,�Charlie, it was nice meeting you .�
�No, it was nice meeting YOU!� Charlie said in a charming voice. I smiled and turned around to get my jacket.
On the way back home Matt and I didn�t speak a word with each other. In the apartment Matt asked me to eat some Chinese food. Because I was almost starving we ordered 5 different menus.
While we were eating we had a very nice chat and we got to know each other very well. We were talking about our childhood, family, dreams, even our most embarrassing moments in life and, of course, about love. Matt said that he was a single cos he had to work a lot in the last time, so he didn�t have the time to get to know a nice girl. It was almost the same with me.
�Do you know how hard it is to find a qualified man in London?�
�I can imagine its very hard�
About midnight I went to bed and Matt picked up the rubbish and put it in the dustbin.
The next morning, well it was more early afternoon, I woke up in a good mood. I took a shower while I listened to some CDs I found in Matt�s cupboard. While �Our time is running out� by Muse was playing, I had some breakfast and read the newspapers and I was shocked.
The Headline said:
Man got killed in the park
Yesterday morning an old woman found the body of a 30 year old man in the park near Gateway Ring. The throat of the man was cut and he got shot in his forehead.
The police is still clueless who killed the man and why�
Oh my God, it�s the man I saw the day before yesterday. I gotta call Matt. While I was dialling the number, I was thinking about why they brought the body of Tony to the park near Gateway ring and didn�t leave it where he got killed.
�Matt, hi, its me. Listen, I think the guy you found was Tony, but it all happened in Lincoln Park and not in the park near Gateway Ring�you know, I think there must be some� yeah... ok, when are you gonna be here? Oh, well, but I wanna go and help you too�.yes, but� ok�yes, bye.� He said they already knew it and they wanted to search in both parks for a trace or a sign. I can�t just sit here while the murderer is out there and probably searching for me. Maybe I could join the police in the park so I can help them�? Better don�t think about it, just do it.
I left a note for Matt that I�m in the Lincoln Park and that I wait there for him. I grabbed my bag and left the apartment.
When I arrived in the park I saw about 20 police men and 5 dogs and even some normal people just looking if something exciting happens. I joined these �normal people� and watched there for about half an hour when I felt something hard pushing against my back. I tried to turn around but I couldn�t . Then I heard a dark voice talking with an Italian accent.
�Got ya. Now don�t make any sudden moves and pretend everything�s ok� I did as I was told and we slowly went away from the crowd.
When I couldn�t see the crowd anymore, I suddenly heard Matt�s voice calling my name.
He saw my scared facial expression and run towards me but the guy behind me (I guess it was Marco) kept holding a gun against my back and moved faster. But before we reached the forest Matt took his gun and shot twice in Marco�s knee, so that I could break free and run away. Matt took my hand and asked me if I was ok. When I told him I was, he went into the forest searching for Marco, but he�s gone. When he came back I apologised for my behaviour, �Matt I�m so sorry. I brought myself into trouble and yourself as well... I am sorry, but...�
�It�s ok Alicia, It was dumb, but at least I know now how the guy looks like and it makes it a lot easier to find him and..� Wom. When I saw that Matt was lying on the floor, I felt a massive pain on my head and suddenly everything was black.
When I woke up, with a huge headache by the way, I was lying in a corner in a dark room with chains around my wrists. Next to me, I saw in a dim light Matt. He was still unconscious.
While I was trying to get rid off these chains Salvatore Ubbriacco entered the room, followed by Marco.
�Hello Lady,�you know who I am, don�t you?�
�Yes, you�re the guy who killed Anthonio in the park.�
�Well right now you showed me that you know a little too much about me! I can�t stand it if I got a problem with beautiful women who try to destroy my plans. And you are a problem. Without you my plan had worked out and I would be in a plane home to Rome with lots of money. But because of you ...well� my plan didn�t really work out. I�m gonna punish you, but�you don�t wanna know how, believe me, it�s better that way.�
�You bastard� I whispered. I don�t know how much time I was spending with getting rid of my chains, but shortly after Salvatore left, Matt woke up.
�Holy shit, what happened? Oh my God, Alicia, are you ok? Did they hurt you ?� He asked looking worried.
�No, I�m alright and you?�
�Well, I am as well as can be expected under the circumstances�
�Listen Matt, they wanna kill us. I don�t know how but we have to escape. Got any idea?� Matt was looking around and said,
�Let me see,�I think we are in an old army building, maybe in the cellar, �I know that all corridors are ending outside. Maybe we can go through the passage way over there and then just walk on- But it�s a risk.�
�Ok, lets try it, before they come back� I stood up and helped Matt with walking because he had a huge scratch on his forehead. Just when we reached the last corner a sentry came along and tried to shoot us. But we were too fast and could escape just in time.
Back home, I helped Matt with the chains and I cleaned his wound on his forehead.
�Thank God, your wound doesn�t have to get stitched up. You are a lucky man. Matt, I�m really sorry for the things I did today. I almost killed you and I will never ever think about what could��
�Shht, Alicia, believe me,. .. I�m ok, and it was my job to protect you , and this little �operation�, well I don�t regret it. I don�t regret anything I did in the last two days.� He looked deep into my eyes and smiled a little while I was still holding a towel against his forehead.
I just couldn�t resist anymore, I leant forward and kissed him. It felt like electricity running through my veins when I touched his soft lips. We both met each other two days ago, but it felt like we knew each other since we were born. He picked me up and while we were kissing he lead me to his bedroom. He slowly took of my shirt while I took of his shirt and his jeans, until we were both naked and lying in his bed. He kissed almost every part of my body and so did I.. When he got into me I had the feeling that I wished it could be endlessly. I wished it was eternity. I got rid of all the ballast of the last two days. The fear and unsuspectingness.
It was so romantic.
After that I was lying in Matts strong arms and was looking at his beautiful chest which was moving up and down and shiny cos of the sweat. I was just lying there and didn�t care about anything in the world. Then I fell asleep.
The Next day:
�Good morning, angel. You gotta wake up now.� Matt said and kissed softly my naked back.
�No, I don�t want to.�
�But I gotta go to the office now and you gotta make a report. Look, the sun is shining!�
� OK, just one moment�
Well, what do I have to say now�hmm� Salvatore and Marco and his whole fellowship went to prison. We found out that they killed about 15 human beings in Cambridge and Leeds. They are staying in prison for ever and ever. Matt and I moved together and he proposed me two months later. And we lived happily ever after.