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Chapter 4

Adele finally reaches her destination and walks towards the centre of the park where a bandstand stood. Alexandra park was quiet for this time of day and it was unusual for the park to be empty but at the same time being alone in the dark was kind of creepy for Adele as it would be for anyone.

A man was watching her from a distance. He looked perhaps early 30s and Clean shaven.

He stepped out from the shadows. "Hello Adele."
She let out a gasp of shock. She was half expecting him to be here but also half expecting all this to be a nightmare.
She frowns at him after quickly composing herself. "That's Mrs Carling to you!."
He splutters and laughs at the same time. "Oh come on let's drop the formalities shall we? .. After all we know each other better than that."

She sighs "What's that supposed to mean?."
He shrugged "Nothing and everything.. You still mean a lot to me Adele."

She stares at him "History changes nothing."

He stepped forward and brushed her hair out of her eyes. "Actually History changes everything."
She stepped back flinching from being touched. "What do you want Sam?." She said his name like a horrible aftertaste in her mouth that she just couldn't get rid of.

He looks at her with sincerity "You know exactly why I'm here and you know exactly what I want."

She looks at him with an attempted kind of confidence and control. "Well your not getting it.. You didn't get the message before and your certainly not getting the message now."

He looks at her angrily "You know.. I could grab what I wanted anytime and anyplace..Whenever I wanted."

She steps toward him in an attempt to challenge him. "Is that a threat?."

He grins evilly "That's a promise.. Take a look over there." He points in the distance about 10 meters away.

She looks in the direction he is pointing and sees two hard men. One bold man who puts his hands together to crack his muscles with a little bit of weight put on whilst the other was skinny but confident with jet black hair.

She looks back at him. "You still need your babysitter's then Sam ....Or do you prefer cronies these days?".

He grabs her throat "I wouldn't mock me if I were you.. You know me and the damage I can inflict on you plus those guys over there are heavily armed so I'd choose your words very carefully if I were you."
He added for good measure "Do you understand?."
Adele nodded and starts makes choking noises trying to speak and points to her throat.  Sam decided that she'd had enough and removes his hand from his throat allowing her to breathe again.
He brushes her down making sure she was alright. "I think we should talk now don't you?."