Love is Crazy...

Chapter 8: Deception

As soon as I got to my apartment, I hopped in the shower. I let the water run until it was scalding hot. I had to get rid of his scent. I had to forget how he felt..inside me. After half an hour or more I got out the shower and dried off. I stared in the mirror at the person looking back at me. Her big brown eyes didn't have the spark that they usually did.
CHEER UP! LEAVING DEAN WAS A GREAT DECISION STUPID!

I got dressed really fast. My attire consisted of a simple black wrap around dress and red pumps. Red lipstick & my Ruby hearts necklace was the only glamourous accessories I was adding.

The knock at my door let me know it was time.
OK Sasha.. forget what happened this morning. It's all about you and Antonio tonight.

I walked to open the door & smiled at the man standing before me.

"Hola hermosa," he grinned at me. I blushed uncontrollably.

"You ready to go Casanova? " I asked walking past him and shutting my door.

***

It took us about 30 minutes to get to the La Casa, which was an outside restaurant. He the ordered House Steak and I had the Steak Salad which looked so freaking delicious. And once I got my plate o found out that it was freaking delicious. The conversation was good as always. He kept me laughing and blushing. I even made him blush a few times. The night was going perfect.

That salad was so good I didn't even notice that the atmosphere changed.

"How you didn't tell me your ex was Dean Mercetti? "

I almost choked on a piece of steak. I looked up at him. His face was stern. His eyes held a gaze that I never saw before. I swallowed my food and looked at him.

"Well I didn't think it mattered who my ex was," I told him. I frowned a little at him. "Why does it matter?"

He kept looking at me. He then reached into his jacket pocket and pulled out a piece of paper. I sat back in my chair as he handed the paper to me. I opened it up and read the contents slowly. Antonio just looked at me with that serious look on his face.

"When did you get this?" I asked folding the paper back up.

"This afternoon. The other two I got sometime last week."

I looked up at me in surprise. "There's more?!"

He nodded his head and took the note back from me.

"Ya know if I knew you came with death threats, I would have though twice," he laughed. I didn't find it funny.

"If you wanna end this, I understand completely." I grabbed his hand and looked deep in his eyes, "I don't want anything happening to you because of me."

He smiled.

"That's cute but nothing is going to keep me away from you. Nothing."

The look he was giving me now was the look I was used to. So full of love. I smiled.

"Now let's get outta here," Antonio said as he got up.

He placed some hundreds on the table and he helped me out my seat. We were walking to his car when I heard it. The sound of screeching tires and gunshots. People started screaming before I could figure out what was going on. I felt Antonio grab me and push me to the concrete. The gunshots kept sounding off which seemed like forever. Soon it was quiet. I could feel Antonio on me. He was breathing heavy. He looked at me.

"Are you OK?!" He got off me and stood up.

"What happened? " I asked looking around.

"Drive by..probably gangs" he looked at me and held his hand out to help me up. I grabbed his hand and as he pulled me up, a sharp pain went through my side.

"Ow.." I grimaced. Antonio kneeled down next to me.

"You OK?"

I reached for my side. My dress was soaked with warm blood. Great! I've been shot! Antonio saw the blood and looked at me with fear in his eyes. He yelled for Someone to call the ambulance. I just laid back down. The pain was hitting me now. I looked at Antonio's car and it was Pretty messed up. Damn. I looked back up at the sky. It was such a beautiful night. I could hear footsteps as I closed my eyes to dream.

*****

Dean sat in his office staring out the window. His phone rang and he picked it up.

"It's done" said the voice on the other end.

Dean hung up without saying a word. He just smiled to himself. He knew she'll be back soon enough.