Pillow Talk

Bad Company - C

Bad Company C –

The moment Eddie's apartment door closed, Jamie let out a sigh of relief and pulled her into his arms. "Oh my God..." He inhaled her scent, she still smelled cheap, like smoke and bad liquor from her time in the brothel. "Oh my God..."

Eddie could feel how cool Jamie's hands were on her back as he slid them up under the blouse to feel her warmth, and reassure himself she was still alive and well in his arms. "I almost lost you...when we lost the wire I went crazy. I begged Danny to go after you...but he didn't, they wanted to let it play out. I'm so sorry..." Jamie buried his face in Eddie's golden mane. "I am so sorry. If he had hurt you..."

"Jamie, he didn't hurt me, okay?" Eddie soothed. "He didn't hurt me. I was smart enough to delay him because I knew you were coming for me. I knew that if I just put it off a little longer, that you'd get there and everything would be all right."

Jamie was glad she had so much faith in him, he hadn't had that much in himself or in Danny. When they rushed the brothel, Jamie had kept calling out Eddie's name only to hear nothing but silence. She was dead, he knew she was dead.

Eddie stepped out of Jamie's arms, "You saved my life, Jamie. You did what you promised to do."

"I almost lost you tonight," Jamie sighed, unable to really shake that fear.

"We almost lost each other," Eddie echoed. "Tatiana was going to shoot you, she was cold and callous, and she'd have killed you outright."

"At that point I didn't care," Jamie confessed. "I thought that you had been made and were lying dead somewhere...I didn't want to find you like that I..."

"I'm not dead, I was fine honey. I was fine, because I believed in you. You didn't believe in me, that I could handle myself." Eddie would be lying if she said that didn't upset her even a little.

"I knew you could handle yourself with one perp or two but I didn't know how many there were, it was dangerous..." Jamie started to pace. "I don't want to argue. I let my heart get ahead of my brain tonight, Eddie, I know that. I can never do that again! I can't let my heart interfere again and I won't. I promise you."

Eddie nodded, "I know that. If she had tried to shoot you, Jamie. I am not sure if I'd react like a cop or a girlfriend, not in that moment. I am in love with you, I'm certain of it. All of that happened at work, but right now we are home, alone together. I'm going to shower, then we can just be. Sound good?"

Jamie admitted she had the right idea and poured himself a glass of whiskey while he waited for Eddie. She seemed to take forever in the shower, so long he knew the water had to have gone cold. Jamie knocked on the door, "Hey, Eddie, you okay in there?"

"Yeah, I'm just rinsing my hair, I'll be right out." The water turned off a minute later and she stepped out in her robe. She changed her clothes then joined Jamie on the sofa for a drink, the events of the night sinking in. Jamie slid his arms around her shoulders and let her snuggle to him. "We saved a lot of lives tonight," Eddie sighed. "But I still feel like we didn't do a thing."

"It's the mob, Eddie. We can bring down pieces of them but..." Jamie kissed her hair. He felt her tears wet his shirt. Jamie knew this was not about the mob, it wasn't about almost being raped, this was about Eddie's mother and how much she missed her.

"Let it out baby," Jamie whispered and kissed her head. "I know you miss her, I know..."

Eddie surrendered to the pain of her mother's memory, how her dream had been shattered by heart disease and these girls, their dreams shattered by evil pigs. Eddie had been scared to death in that room and then again when she saw Tatiana in front of Jamie. Now though, she felt so protected and loved enclosed in Jamie's embrace. She felt Jamie's lips brush the top of her head and pulled away to meet his eyes.