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them,” he echoed as he looked right into my eyes. I knew that I wasn’t wrong about him. When I told the interrogator that Vincent had changed, I was right. He had changed. He was not the murderous psycho she had made him out to be.
“You could have gotten seriously hurt,” he said as he held the side of my face.
“I wasn’t going to leave you to die here,” I said again.
I know I had promised once that I wouldn’t put myself in harm’s way for his sake, but this was different. I would have left if I knew that he could handle himself, but I was a hundred percent sure that if I had left him there, I would have been called by the cops or something to identify his body or, even worse, have body parts sent to me one at a time.
I looked at him and shook my head.
“I wasn’t going to leave you,” I said again. “You mean… you mean the world to me Vincent, and the thought that I might lose you…” My voice trailed off as a tear rolled down my cheek. “I cannot lose you,” I finally said. He looked at me and brushed the tear off.
“It’s okay. I’m here now,” he said in a soft voice. I nodded as another tear rolled down the other cheek.
“Are you okay?” He asked as he looked at me. I nodded, and he held my face in his hands before he pressed his lips into my sweaty forehead.
“Vincent…” I started, but he pressed a finger to my lips.
“Baby, you cannot trust these people.” I nodded. “The things they were saying…the lies…” I nodded again. There was no way I could believe the things the woman had said especially after Vincent spared them.
“But, Winnie, some of what that woman said was true.”
I felt my heart skip a beat when he said that. I immediately thought of the family the interrogator had mentioned. The three beautiful kids and the wife. I was clouded with the million thoughts and possibilities that were running through my mind. What if what the interrogator said was true? Had he killed his family?
“The butler, Lou… I did kill him,” he said.
I looked at him and felt the disappointment growing. I couldn’t help but wonder, was he everything I thought he wasn’t? Had I fallen for the wrong guy? The dangerous guy?
“I did it because he was one of them,” he said pointing to one of the bodies on the floor. I frowned and shook my head.
“I don’t understand,” I said in a soft voice.
“Remember when you said that Lou Jameson was being a little too thorough with everything? Well, as it turned out, he was doing all that to avert suspicion. He was always snooping around and listening in on my private meetings,” he said. My mind flashed back to that day I found Lou Jameson outside Vincent’s room with his ear pressed to the door. I looked at him and gasped in shock.
“I didn’t tell you because… you had grown so close to him and I knew that this information would disappoint you. I didn’t want you to be hurt like that,” he said again.
I felt a little silly for having trusted the butler so much. How could I not have seen it? He was sucking up to me so that he could throw me off his scent. I shook my head and sighed. How could I have been so naïve? I was probably the reason why we were there in the first place. Maybe if I had smoked him out earlier, he wouldn’t have gained access to have enough information that would result in our abduction… or whatever the hell this ordeal had been. I had a tear rolling down my cheek again.
“Hey, everything is okay. It’s all over now,” Vincent said as he looked into my eyes.
“I’m sorry. I should have seen it,” I said in a soft voice. He shook his head.
“Don’t be.” He draped an arm around my shoulders.
“What about your family? I didn’t even know you were once married, Vincent.” He looked into my eyes and forced out a tired smile.
“I promise I will tell you about that, but not right now.” I
“You could have gotten seriously hurt,” he said as he held the side of my face.
“I wasn’t going to leave you to die here,” I said again.
I know I had promised once that I wouldn’t put myself in harm’s way for his sake, but this was different. I would have left if I knew that he could handle himself, but I was a hundred percent sure that if I had left him there, I would have been called by the cops or something to identify his body or, even worse, have body parts sent to me one at a time.
I looked at him and shook my head.
“I wasn’t going to leave you,” I said again. “You mean… you mean the world to me Vincent, and the thought that I might lose you…” My voice trailed off as a tear rolled down my cheek. “I cannot lose you,” I finally said. He looked at me and brushed the tear off.
“It’s okay. I’m here now,” he said in a soft voice. I nodded as another tear rolled down the other cheek.
“Are you okay?” He asked as he looked at me. I nodded, and he held my face in his hands before he pressed his lips into my sweaty forehead.
“Vincent…” I started, but he pressed a finger to my lips.
“Baby, you cannot trust these people.” I nodded. “The things they were saying…the lies…” I nodded again. There was no way I could believe the things the woman had said especially after Vincent spared them.
“But, Winnie, some of what that woman said was true.”
I felt my heart skip a beat when he said that. I immediately thought of the family the interrogator had mentioned. The three beautiful kids and the wife. I was clouded with the million thoughts and possibilities that were running through my mind. What if what the interrogator said was true? Had he killed his family?
“The butler, Lou… I did kill him,” he said.
I looked at him and felt the disappointment growing. I couldn’t help but wonder, was he everything I thought he wasn’t? Had I fallen for the wrong guy? The dangerous guy?
“I did it because he was one of them,” he said pointing to one of the bodies on the floor. I frowned and shook my head.
“I don’t understand,” I said in a soft voice.
“Remember when you said that Lou Jameson was being a little too thorough with everything? Well, as it turned out, he was doing all that to avert suspicion. He was always snooping around and listening in on my private meetings,” he said. My mind flashed back to that day I found Lou Jameson outside Vincent’s room with his ear pressed to the door. I looked at him and gasped in shock.
“I didn’t tell you because… you had grown so close to him and I knew that this information would disappoint you. I didn’t want you to be hurt like that,” he said again.
I felt a little silly for having trusted the butler so much. How could I not have seen it? He was sucking up to me so that he could throw me off his scent. I shook my head and sighed. How could I have been so naïve? I was probably the reason why we were there in the first place. Maybe if I had smoked him out earlier, he wouldn’t have gained access to have enough information that would result in our abduction… or whatever the hell this ordeal had been. I had a tear rolling down my cheek again.
“Hey, everything is okay. It’s all over now,” Vincent said as he looked into my eyes.
“I’m sorry. I should have seen it,” I said in a soft voice. He shook his head.
“Don’t be.” He draped an arm around my shoulders.
“What about your family? I didn’t even know you were once married, Vincent.” He looked into my eyes and forced out a tired smile.
“I promise I will tell you about that, but not right now.” I
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