- His
heart caught in his throat he just couldn’t be seeing what he
thought he was seeing, there was a woman
- being dumped under the peir
into the strong surf. They just dumped her and left, he
noted the car close by and
- luckily had a pen and began
to jot down the plate number but he only got the first three
digits, C N T, he ran over to
- where she lay her body being
beaten by the surf. Kneeling beside her he rolled her
over and saw the dainty
- necklace at her throat said
Christina, he checked for a pulse and thankfully found one then
he checked her breathing
- and was glad she was breathing.
Apparently her attacker had thought the waves would finish
her for her wrists and
- ankles were tied she would
have been helpless had he not been there, he scooped her up
and pulled her out of the
- frigid night water and laid
her in the dry cold sand that could be found under Dawson’s
peir and pulled his cellular
- phone out of his sweat jacket
pocket and dialed for help as he continued to monitor her. His
brown eyes searched
- the beach for a marker of
some kind to give to them so they could find them easier but
he couldn’t he would have to
- say under Dawson’s peir and
hope they found them because the peir ran from the hard stone
cliffs to the water with
- almost a quarter of a mile
between. Well they were litterally almost in the water
but the tide was rising, he felt it lap
- at his bare feet as he knelt
beside her, damn why hadn’t they picked up yet.
- “9
1 1 what is your emergency?” An annoying, nasaly voice
clipped into his ear apparently someone had
- forgotten their nice pill
for the day.
- “My
name is Jordan Knight I have found and unconscious woman under
Dawson’s pier, she is bound hand
- and foot and was dumped in
the water.” He said and she almost snorted it sounded
like.
- “I
will dispatch police and emergency crew don’t untie her unless
you have to.” She said dispatching the
- help.
- “Thank
you, the tide is coming in I have to move her further up the
beach.” He said and she ascented and
- he scooped Christina up again
and moved her several feet back as he heard some emergency vehicles
in the
- background.
- “I’ll
stay with you until help arrives.” She said and he nodded,
he did as he was told and took the pulse and
- repeated the results. “Is
she wearing anything?” She asked.
- “No,
and it is getting cold as hell out here. I don’t have
anything to cover her with.” He said as he saw a
- police car and an ambulence
begin their descent down the long drive to the beach parking
lot just to his right. “The
- paramedics are here.” He
said and she said goodbye and he hung up as medics rushed to
where he crouched over
- the woman as the police car
used its spotlight to shed some light on the subject, he had
to cover his face.
- “Where
did you find her?” One officer asked pulling him away
from where they worked on the woman as
- the other one documented her
condition for the report.
- “The
tide was lower I found her down there in the water.” He
said pointing about twenty feet into the water.
- “Alright,
did you see who dumped her?” He asked.
- “Barely,
it was too dark. The light in the parking lot was right
above the car so I got a partial plate number,
- it was a large blue or black
cadillac and it had the first letters as C N T.” He said
and the officer nodded they could
- narrow it down at the station.
- “Do
you know her?” He asked.
- “We
have been dating off and on for about a week now.” He
said, lying but he wanted to go to the hospital
- with her she was unforgettable.
- “Wanna
ride with her?” A paramedic asked coming over to him.
- “Please.”
He said, hell he would get his shoes later he jogged barefoot
in the cold sand after the medic and
- got into the ambulance.
-
- “No,
no please leave me alone.” She mumbled while she was unconscious
Jordan looked up at her as she
- laid in the bed in the room
she had been assigned and reached for her hand.
- “Shh,
it’s alright your’re alright.” He said softly as he held
her left hand it was warm, she was warm and dry
- they would be keeping her
until she woke up.
- “Leave
me alone! No, please what are you going to do with that. No!”
She screamed the last no and he
- stood up to comfort her.
- “Shh,
shh it’s alright.” He whispered as he did the only thing
he could think of he brushed a soft kiss across
- her lips and she quieted and
slept, the nurse rushed in. “She was dreaming.” He
said softly and she nodded.
- “You
may stay with her if you like, let me pull the chair out so
you can lay down and I’ll get you a pillow and
- blankets.” She said
and he nodded, grateful to all the staff. Then he touched
his lips, they were still tingling from
- their brief encounter with
the woman’s lips in the bed, the woman he knew only as Christina.
“Here you go.” The
- nurse said finally when she
came back in with a sheet and a blanket as well as a pillow
in her arms, he took them
- from her and made his own
bed as she checked on Christina. “She’s quite lovely.”
She said.
- “Thank
you.” He said and she left the room as he laid down and
got comfortable in the chair and slept
- fitfully.
- “Who
are you?” The hesitant voice said a few hours later from
the bed.
- “Mmm,
oh.” He sat up and shook his head. “Do you know
where you are?” He asked.
- “Hospital?”
She asked and he nodded.
- “Do
you know who you are?” He asked.
- “I’m
not really sure who I am.” She said, he let out oa breath
he couldn’t even help her home if that was a
- safe place for her because
she didn’t know who she was let alone where she lived, and who
was after her to kill her.
- “Your
name is Christina, I am your boyfriend Jordan!” He lied
about that last part, but atleast he could
- keep her safe if she believed
they were together he couldn’t let her be set out on the street
not knowing who she is
- or what she did or anything.
- “What
happened?” She asked.
- “I
believe it would be better if you tried to remember what happened
sweet heart.” He said, protecting her
- really she had just woken
up from the blow to her head.
- “Of
course, when can we go home?” She asked.
- “As
soon as the doctor checks you out in the morning and says you
can go, now lay down and go back to
- sleep.” He said getting
up and pulling the blankets over her, then leaning down and
brushing a kiss on her cheek she
- smiled and closed her eyes
and was sleeping again soon. He laid back down and tried
to sleep but failed in the end
- and got up and wandered the
halls for the pay phones he had seen earlier and the coffee
machine, plopping a quarter
- into the machine he got his
coffee and went to the pay phone and dialed his brother’s number.
- “At
one in the morning this had better be good.” Jonathan
said grouchily into the receiver of his phone.
- “I’m
in the hospital.” Jordan said softly.
- “What?
What happened?” Jonathan said he was awake now so
he sat up and slid his legs off the side of
- the bed. His wife Kris
moved on the other side of the bed and reached for him in her
sleep he reached back to
- carress her cheek and then
her bulging belly she was due any time now.
- “Nothing
to me, I need something to wear. Something of Kris’, I
found a woman being dumped by the
- ocean she doesn’t remember
anything and I figure I can take care of her until she does.
But someone tried to kill
- her and I don’t feel right
just walking away without trying to help her.” He said
and he heard Jonathan curse.
- “Damn
you, I will in the morning how big is she?” He asked.
- “About
the size Kris was before she got pregnant, could you do me a
favor?” Jordan said.
- “What?”
Jonathan asked.
- “She
looks to be about a ten, and a medium shirt could you go to
the store and get her a small wardrobe I
- can’t have her running around
naked at my house.” He said.
- “I’ll
bring a receipt after I drop the clothes at your place.” He
said.
- “Take
the tags off, and shove the clothes into a bag or scatter them
on my bed or shove them into my
- dresser the second from the
top is cleared.” He said.
- “Why
is it cleared?” Jonathan asked, Kris sat up behind him
she couldn’t sleep with him talking.
- “I
was going through my clothes, you know what I don’t need or
wear any more.” Jordan said.
- “Alright,
Kris is up anyway so I guess we can trip to meijer and help
the idiot.” He said.
- “I
love you too big brother.” He said and Jonathan laughed.
- “Love
you too baby brother.” He said and got a snort from his
brother, his baby brother as he said was
- almost thirty-two and needed
to settle down soon.
- “Bye.”
Jordan said and Jonathan laughted.
- “Bye.”
Jonathan said and he hung up.
- “Jordan?”
She asked.
- “Yeah,
feel like shopping?” He asked, if any one would know what
a woman would like his wife would.
- “I
guess, since I woke up feeling so energized.” She said
and he laughed at her cynicism.
- “Get
dressed.” He said.
- “Who
are we shopping for?” She asked.
- “You
know I didn’t ask her name. Jordan evidentely found a
woman who had been dumped in the ocean
- and she doesn’t remember anything
and someone had definately tried to kill her. So superman
decided it was his
- job to help her.” He
said.
- “I
don’t blame him.” She said and Jonathan almost choked
on his moutain dew as he guzzled it to wake up.
- “What size?” She asked.
- “Before
you got pregnant.” He said and she nodded as she heaved
herself up out of the bed and finally
- made a move to dress.
- “So
what all does he want?” She asked.
- “He
wants it to appear as if she has been living with him for a
little while so a whole wardrobe so that means
- you get to have fun.” He
said and she smiled as she hurriedly pulled on a top and the
stretch pants and slid her feet
- into the slip on shoes because
her belly was so large she couldn’t tie her shoes and was ready
in no time she loved
- to shop.
-
- “Where
the hell is she?” Suzi asked rubbing her arms in the chill
of air out on the veranda of her large ocean
- front home.
- “I
don’t know, she should have been here by now I agree but there
is nothing to worry over.” Lance said
- softly coming up behind his
wife and hugging her to him.
- “I
am just so worried that Marvin did something to her, she was
leaving him you know.” She said and he
- nodded how could he console
his wife when her best friend was out there somewhere and could
end up being in the
- morning news as a homicide.
Marvin was in the mob and reportedly didn’t take
kindly to rejection.
- “Shh,
we’ll call her apartment tomorrow.” He said and she nodded,
it was almost two in the morning
- anyway like they could do
anything now.
- “I
just hope she is alright.” She said and he nodded, he
was just as worried about their friend as his wife.
- He placed his hand at the
small of her back and guided her back into the house then stepped
away long enough to
- shut and lock the large double
doors that led to the veranda off the living room and then guided
her to bed.
- “Come
here.” He said after they entered their bedroom, and pulling
her to him he kissed her tenderly.
- “I
just don’t feel right knowing she’s out there somewhere and
might show up.” She said resisting her
- husband’s charms as best she
could knowing that she was fighting a losing battle when his
tounge flicked the
- underside of her jaw just
below her ear.
- “She’ll
be fine.” He said his hands between them working at the
buttons on her blouse as she held to his
- shoulders for balance. “Besides,
I know you want me.” He said smiling at her, his eyes
twinkling with delight as the
- shirt fell away and he tossed
it across the room to leave her in her bra under his gaze. He
let her fingers slide under
- the hem of his shirt as she
lifted it over his head and then sighed when she stopped long
enough to flick her tounge on
- a nipple, his sweat pants
rode low on his hips as she splayed her hands over his chest
then smoothed them around to
- his back to pull him to her.
He danced with her to the tune in his head as his hands
slid to the back of her skirt and
- pulled the zipper down and
in one flick of his hands sent the skirt and slip cascading
down her legs. His hands
- roamed over her back then
slid up to the clasp of the bra and deftly flicked it open with
a snap of his fingers then his
- fingers skimmed over her shoulder
blades to hook under the straps at the top of her shoulders
and remove the bra
- from her body. He edged
her backwards slowly, one kiss at a time one step at a time
and soon had her laying on
- the bed, she scooted up to
the pillows and he smiled as he reached up and unclipped the
garter belt and began to
- pull her stockings off. They
fluttered across the room as he tossed them aside and began
to take her undies off, he
- kissed her hip and that little
butterfly tattoo that was there just below the panty line, he
smiled when he remember the
- day that he had talked her
into it and had actually took her to get it. Discarding
the panties he let his mouth roam
- over her body placing tiny,
soft, butterfly soft kisses everywhere she was moaning for him
and reaching to scratch his
- back with her nails, he shivered
at the excitement.
- He
removed his pants and crawled up the bed at her as she squealed
when his fingers found the heat of her
- pleasure, she was always
excitable and he never tired of that. She had boundless
energy, they were summering in
- the cape, always have since
they have been together and since Christina was always one to
move around and finally
- settled here on the beach
they bought a home over looking the ocean so Suzi and her could
spend more time
- together. He laved
at her breasts with his tounge as he sank himself into her........
-
- “Well
you are free to go home as soon as you are dressed.” The
doctor said softly after checking her out
- again for the second time
that morning. The cut across her forehead looked nasty
as well did the goose egg under it
- that was littered with bruises,
she had definately been lucky Jordan had been walking on the
beach last night or she
- would have been this morning’s
front page. Jonathan knocked lightly on the door with
a knapsack on his shoulder
- and after walking into the
room quickly set it on the foot of the bed and left he would
have plenty of time to talk with
- his little brother later but
for not humor would prevail.
- “My
clothes?” She asked and he nodded, thankfully Jonathan
had brought him some shoes he would feel
- really weird having to walk
down to the car without them.
- “Let
me pull the curtain around and I’ll step out and talk to Jonathan
while you dress, call when you are
- done.” He said and she
nodded with a smile, she had a caring boyfriend and she was
glad about that.
- “Pretty.”
Jonathan said as Jordan met up with him at the coffee
machine.
- “I
know, unforgettable is more like it.” He said, Jonathan
nodded.
- “Kris
would like to meet her if you all wanted to swing by.” He
said.
- “No,
no I want her to rest as soon as possible. If only her
memory would come back soon, I don’t like
- lying to her about our situation.”
Jordan said, accepting the coffee his brother offered.
- “Yeah,
well you made your bed. Now lay in it.” Jonathan
said, he was obviously displeased with his
- brother but at the same time
understood the maiden in distress I need to help syndrome. For
the right woman he
- would have done the same thing,
had it been Kris before they had met there would have been no
stopping him.
- “Yeah,
yeah. I know once she finds out she is going to be pissed
as hell.” Jordan said.
- “Something
you wont be able to help if you keep up this charade.” Jonathan
said.
- “I
know, I plan on laying low not pushing a relationship and trying
to jog that memory of hers.” Jordan said.
- “What
if she wants more than what you are planning?” Jonathan
asked.
- “No,
we shouldn’t until your memory returns.” Jordan
said softly.
- “A
man with restraint is rare, my baby brother having restraint
is unheard of.” Jonathan said sarcastically.
- “Shut
up.” Jordan said as he heard that faint I’m ready from
several doors down, and he walked back into
- the hospital room where she
sat in the jeans and t-shirt as well as the sandals Jonathan
had brought. Kris must have
- helped him shop. “Ready?”
He asked and she nodded, Jonathan had agreed to give them
a ride to his place
- considerring his car was at
the beach.
- “Yes,
do we live together?” She asked, it was the first
she had spoken of that and it caught him off gaurd.
- “You
just moved into my house, litterally just got your clothes put
away.” He said and she nodded, his eyes
- were intense and he held his
emotions in check it looked like.
- “I
have a lot to remember do you have any pictures of us?” She
asked.
- “Unfortunately
not.” He said, already thinking of a reason for that.
- “Why?”
She asked.
- “My
dog, knocked the shoe box of pictures into the fire place. Tried
to save them but it was too late we
- were in the kitchen at the
time and didn’t know it until he yelped when a spark caught
him.” He said.
- “Is
he alright?” She asked sucking up the excuse.
- “Yeah,
knows now not to stand too close to the fire place.” He
said and she nodded.
- “I
need sleep, but I need our bed.” She said and he nodded
as they waited for the nurse to bring in a
- wheelchair to take her down
to the car.
- “I
understand that, I didn’t sleep well either.” He said
as the nurse came in and helped her from the bed to
- the wheelchair and he followed
closely.
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