I can't believe this had just happened? It didn't happen did it? I didn't just put my only friend in the world in that cold, and damp jail cell did I? But I hadn't been given a choice, all of the evidence now pointed to Mary. I raced from the room and fell to my knees in a closet just outside the office. I heard myself scream into my knees, I was tired, stressed and not at all sure how I was making I threw the day right now. I hadn't slept in days. In fact I was so tired now that I had no idea when I last slept at all, when I had last slid into my bed. But then how could sleep be possible when my brain was working overtime on the problem that my heart was not presenting me? What was I to do when I had newly discovered that I was in love with a man for the first time since Neal had broken my heart long ago after he had pinned those stolen watches on me which was almost ten years ago. And now my heart has reawaken itself and I am not at all sure if this was a good thing yet but it took two people to start a relationship didn't it? Well there was a chance that the man would never love me back, it could possibly be unrequited right?

Just then the door flew open and somebody was speaking to me and I knew that voice all to well, cause it was the one that had been keeping me awake at night. "Funny place to find you deary? You can't help your friend while hiding in a closet Deary!" I gave an inward groan and turned to look at him and was hit dead center with a jolt that struck me dead in the chest as I looked at his handsome face, he was just so electrifying to me. I thought to things first I was definitely in love with him and two, I was nuts because I was feeling the way I did about him and then I did the stupidest thing in the world. I marched up to Gold, wrapped my long arms around his neck and pressed my lips to his, and kissed him. And then about five minutes into kissing him I lost my nerve, I ended the kiss, gave him a short strange look and tried to flee from him, but just as I reached the door, a hand caught hold of the back of my shirt and he whispered "you'll have to be quicker then that Deary!" And he kissed me and then said "Everything comes with a price Deary, so talk, why did you kiss me?"

I groaned as he kissed me and when he broke it to ask me that question I felt myself quaking a bit afraid of what I was about to hear, I gave a short breath and then looked down at the floor cowardly, and whispered "Because I'm in love with you!"

As soon as the words left my mouth, his lips were on them kissing me now harder then before, he held me in one hand, distantly I heard the lock click, and felt his hands upon my body, touching me. He touched me in a way that no man had ever been able to touch me before. Yes I was with Neal for a while but that had been nothing compared to the way that Gold was touching me now.