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He watched from a distance, a safe distance

knowing that if she saw him he would be found

out. She was his link to Josh but it was her beauty

he wished to possess. Josh Cross had double-

crossed him and then made it seem as if he died

in an accident. He knew that her husband wasn’t

dead, that the accident had been faked.

“ When do you want me to bring her in?”

“ In a few days.” Came the answer over the phone.

“ She’s never done anything why her?”

“ Because having her will bring him to us.”

“ Are you sure that he’s still alive?”

“ Absolutely. He is the one leaving her gifts. Plus I

have my sources.”

“ Yes sir I know. But how long do you think it will

be before they find out that one of their own is a

traitor?”

“ Not before it’s to late. I will have Selina Cross

before Josh knows what has happened.”

“ Yes sir. Her sister and family are staying with her

tonight. But I’ve heard that they are returning to

their home tomorrow.”

“ Good. I know Selina well enough to know that

she will not be joining them. When she’s finally

alone, bring her to me.”

“ Yes Mr. Sands, was there anything else you

wanted sir?” He asked into the phone.

“ No, just be sure she’s not harmed.”

“ Yes sir.” The man said before hanging up his

cell phone. He turned his attention to the house, it

could be seen clearly as the sun began to set. He

knew that the following evening he’d be able to

take Selina from the home.

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Selina moaned as she felt someone crawl into her

bed. Her eyes snapped open and she looked

around, looking into the deep green eyes of her

nephew.

“ Hey Max why are you up?”

“ Sorry Aunty if I woke you. I had a nightmare.”

“ It’s ok kiddo come on and get under the covers.”

Selina said moving the sheets back. Max climbed

into the bed and lay down on the pillow closest to

Selina. Selina pulled the covers back up and felt

Max move closer.


The sun came streaming threw the window and

into her eyes, Selina rolled over and covered her

eyes.

“ Morning already.” Selina groaned rolling back

over to look at the clock.

“ Ok why did I set the alarm?” Selina asked slowly

climbing from the bed. Looking towards the bed

she saw the little head of her nephew snuggled

under the plush blanket. Shaking her head and

smiling Selina walked into her bathroom and

closed the door. Turning around she started the

water for the shower and began to strip of the

clothing she wore and slipped into the steaming

hot shower. She closed her eyes as she let the

water run over her tired body. She swore she could

feel Josh’s hands moving over her naked body, she

could feel his soft lips kissing her neck as his hands

moved slowly over her breasts. Selina’s eyes

snapped open when she heard a knock at the

bathroom door.

“ Damn it.” Selina whispered knowing she had

been daydreaming again.

“ Aunty?”

“ Yes Max?”

“ Are you ok?”

“ Sure sweetie I will be right out.”

“ Ok.” Max said, she could hear him hurrying out of

the room. Selina finished showering and hurried

to dry off and get dressed before Audra came in to

find out why she was taking so long. Finally

emerging from the bathroom with a towel wrapped

around her still wet hair Selina looked up to see

Audra standing the in the doorway.

“ Trying to scare me?” Selina asked.

“ No, Max came and told me that you had been in

the bathroom talking to yourself for nearly an hour.”

“ I was not, I had the radio on.”

“ Well still you’ve been in there for nearly an hour.

You should be all pruney by now.” Audra said

laughing.

“ Sorry I tend to find that my time in the shower is

my time to think.”

“ Don’t think so long.” Audra said turning and

heading back out of the room. Selina smiled and

finished her hair and then headed down to the

dining room to eat with her family.

“ Nice of you to join us.” Audra said looking at the

steaming plate of eggs, ham, and hashbrowns.

“ Yeah, Yeah.” Selina said sitting down.


The meal was a quiet one and one that Selina for

the most part thought would never end.

“ We have to go home today.” Audra said looking

at her sister.

“ I thought as much. Don’t be such a stranger.” She

said looking towards the kids.

“ Mom came in while you where in the shower and

with the help of two movers they removed

everything from the room.”

“ Thanks.” Selina said.

“ Anytime, you know you could have asked sooner.

We would have gotten all of that stuff out of the

room.”

“I know I just needed my time. But I’ve decided to

move on and live.”

'“ That’s a good thing sis.” Audra said hugging her sister tightly.