Higher Love

Chapter Fifthteen

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I can't win, I can't reign

I will never win this game

without you, without you

I am lost, I am vain,

I will never be the same

without you, without you

I won't run, I won't fl

I will never make it by

without you, without you

I can't rest, I can't fight

All I need is you and I

without you, without you.

*David Guetta - Without you*

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Bradley's POV

"So, now we are alone."

"Yeah!" She stands in the hallway, a little lost.

"Come on, let's grab a coffee." I take her by her hand and lead her to the kitchen.

Everything we need is in here. Both of us search for the stuff we need for coffee. The fridge is filled with everything we need for now.

With our coffee we sit down in the living room on the couch.

"So..."

"So?" She echoes me.

"What do we do now?"

"I guess we can't do much, we are trapped here and it's terrifying. What do we do when this guy is coming here for you?" she asks me and I can see the fear in her eyes.

But I still tell her: "That's the plan."

"I'm sorry, what did you just say?" She looks at me like I'm crazy. Well, maybe it is crazy.

"The plan is that this guy is coming here, so Scott and the Agents can finally arrest him. Scott filled me in with this plan when we went upstairs."

"You can't be serious. That's a joke, right?"

"No I'm not joking. I know it's dangerous but everything else would be more dangerous."

She gets up from the couch and starts pacing through the room: "You... you brought us here in this situation? Are you crazy?"

"Emy, I didn't know about it until we arrived here. It would be more dangerous if you were alone at home without any protection."

She sits down again, her elbows leaning on her knees, speaking through her hands: "I'm speechless, I...I don't know what to say. It's..."

"If there would be another solution, I would take it, if that means you would be out of danger. But here in this safe house, you are with me, with a bunch of agents across the street."

Her head is now in her hands, driving through her hair.

"I need to get out of here." She runs to the kitchen and out of the backdoor.

"Emily!" I shout after her.

I follow her into the garden, her back is turned to me. I go over and hug her around her waist from behind : "I'm sorry, I guess that's the reason why Scott filled me up here and not at home."

I feel she tries not to sob I lean my chin on her shoulder, when I go on speaking: "I trust him with my life and he knows what he is doing."

" I don't doubt that, it's just..."