Meant To Be

Chapter 26

After about 20 minutes, our lunch arrived. As we ate, Jussie and I made plans to get away safely for a little while. As I started stacking our dishes, he searched online for plane tickets. We had decided to go away to New York for a little while. I was trying to look stable on the outside, but on the inside I was panicking like crazy. I had lied to get where I was, so what if I had to keep lying to make things work out? Jussie had no idea that I was half his age, or how I managed to scheme my way to him. I didn't want to hurt him, but I didn't want to leave him either. I had to decide where to go from here. "It's booked! We leave tonight." Jussie's voice took me out of my deep thoughts. "That's great!" I said. I thought about all the things that I had bought recently . "I need to go pack my things in my suite." "That's right! Me too." Jussie said, looking around the messy room. "How about you go and pack and I'll do the same, and we can meet back up here?" "Sounds good." I said. "Alright, I'll see you soon." Jussie grabbed my face and kissed me, his warm soft lips touching mine before we pulled away. I was still feeling really guilty about this entire thing. What did he really think of me? He couldn't just think that I had came just to see him like it was simple and everyday activity for me. I had to tell him. But how? When? He wouldn't want me if he knew that I was running off without permission. I was riding the elevator to the penthouse, self loathing until I reached the right floor. As the doors opened, there was someone dressed in a black bodysuit, black gloves, black shoes, and a black cloth covering their face standing in front of me pointing a gun at my face. No one else was in sight. There was a short silence between us before he ran down the hall. For a second I sat there flustered, but quickly I ran to my room and locked myself in. I couldn't believe that I was in the presence of the suspected killer. I was even more in trouble than I had thought.