Danger, Desire, Pain

Standing Tall

Leo. Let's drive around and see if we can catch her she can't be that far

They ran out of the store and drove around the city but didn't see her. He had to realize she was gone, so he pulled up in front of the house and stopped.

Leo. Nico is going to have my head for this

Lisa. It wasn't your fault, nobody was expecting her to make a great escape

Leo. The point is, is that she did and she did on my watch

He angrily got out of the car followed by Lisa and entered the house. There he saw Nico and Lorenzo on the computer talking about something. He glimpsed over at them.

Nico. Back so soon?

Then he took another look and realized Amora wasn't with them.

Nico. Where is Amora?

Leo. I'm sorry boss

Nico. Sorry! Where is she?!

Leo. She escaped

Lisa saw Nico about to charge at him and decided to jump in to his defense.

Lisa. It wasn't his fault I told her she should go try on this dress and she found a door that lead to the street

Nico. I told you not to let her out of your sight!

He charged at him anyway throwing him up against the wall with his hand wrapped around his throat

Lorenzo. Nico

He put his hand on his back.

Nico. Where is she!?

Leo. I'm sorry

Lorenzo. Nico let him go
He let him go and threw everything off the table and on to the floor.

Lorenzo. Can you two go in the other room?

They excused themselves feeling really terrible and Lorenzo sat him down on the couch.

Lorenzo. Relax, I care about her too but we can't do anything when your acting like this okay?

He nodded.

Lorenzo. She can't be that far, and quite frankly she has no where to go

He nodded again.

Lorenzo. If you want I can send Leo to..

Nico. No, Leo is suspended for the night I don't wanna see him

Lorenzo. I can call Tony

Nico. No print me a map of Manhattan

Lorenzo. Sure thing
...

It was very dark and gloomy on the streets of Manhattan at night and finally she stopped at a phone booth. She put in a quarter and a voice came to life on the other end of the phone.

Amora. Cher

Cher. Hey Ms. study abroad, how are you?

Amora. I'm okay, I just missed you

Cher. Oh don't tell me your homesick

Amora. Yeah, I guess I am

Cher. What's wrong hon I hear something in your voice, do you want me to come get you?

She thought about it and thought of how she might have had the whole situation backwards. What if Nico sent her away because Arturo was in Manhattan, he knows she was with Nico, so what if he was trying to protect her and secure the location while she was away she had already been introduced to this lifestyle and she was not about to bring Cher into the mix.