It Takes Two

Chapter 4

Happy reading.

Rae

I sat in my study alone as I listened to some soft R&B. Oh, and a glass of wine by my side. I decided to take a moment for myself after learning some new information from Donovan. He had a tendency to add more stress on our already stressful situation.

I had to aid him in saving his best friends. I must say, Mr. Vinci works quick. He must've picked them up while they were driving. Slammed into their car, or cut them off with multiple trucks. There are a lot of ways that could've went down. They had no clue what the hell was going on.

Even so, if Mr. Vinci tried to get info off them, it would be incredibly useless. Donovan didn't plan this attack. It just happened.

Since he's been staying with me, everyday I ask myself if I want to get deeper and deeper in the situation. This is really bad. Never been involved in anything like this before. Usually, when I get a new problem, I grip it by the reigns.

But this...this is different. This is big. With my lack of communication with the commission, I'm sure they've already came up with the worst conclusion. They were probably right with their thinking anyway. If they were still guessing, that can buy us some time.

Even though this isn't the ideal obligation to willingly take on, Donovan has always shown me his utmost respect. He's never made any comments or given me unnecessary suggestions. Every pushback that's been against me has been from everyone else. He takes me for who I am and the work I do. That's why I continue to help him.

I could tell he felt I was shaming him. Or I didn't take him seriously because of the activities he decides to involve himself with. I'll admit, my defenses were up, but that's only because I really didn't know him. I could be snappy with him every now and again, but that's quickly changing.

I've always been on my own for my work. I bounce and feed off others ideas in meetings, but I really have no close advisors. This was an adjustment having a partner to complete this operation. I'm not used to it and that is hindering our progress.

There's no way I'd be able to do this alone. Nor would I want to. I'm just going to have to get over that.

It'll be quite interesting to see how this plays out. Donovan and I will be closer than ever.

That is if we make it on the other side. Which I'm going to do everything in my power to ensure that happens. I can't ignore all the possible outcomes of this entire situation.

Death is definitely one of them.

I decided not to ponder on the topic anymore because I would have plenty of time for that.

Come to think of it, I hadn't seen Donovan all day. It's not like he can go anywhere, so what was he up to? I put my wine back in the cooler and then starting making my way out of the office. I shut the door and made my way through the quiet halls.

I went to living room to see he wasn't there. Then my gaze turned towards the window to him sitting on the back porch, looking at nothing in the night. He was probably bored out of his mind because he isn't a homebody at all. I looked at the time and it was about 11 pm. I really should head to bed, but something tells me I should go out there and talk to him.

So, why not?

I approached the sliding door leading towards the outside. He didn't notice me, even as I shut the door back. He must've been thinking hard about something.

"You alright there?" I finally asked. He snapped out of his trance and turned to me. He flashed a smile.

"Yeah, I'm good. You?"