Ch 2

Lucky decided to dive right into why Johnny had him come all the way up here. The last they met, Johnny had thanked Lucky for arresting him by punching his face.

"What's going on, John?"

"Straight to the point" Sam interjected

Lucky just smiled and continued, "Things must be worse than I thought"

"Why would you assume that?" Johnny jumped to the defensive

"Since the last time I was here you have doubled if not tripled your security"

Johnny knew his brother was right. Things had gotten worse in the two months that he had been gone. The only good thing that came out of the situation was Sam.

"Where were you John? I searched for you like a crazy person"

"I was in New York. I had some business to take care of"

"Right business" Lucky knew what exactly that meant

"I was dealing with the Rivera's. Then I met Sam"



"Sam? What did you get her into?"

"Hey" Sam interjected

"Sam its ok" Johnny continued "We starting spending all of our time together and the Rivera family got hold of that information. They tried to take Sam and hold her hostage, but I was with her when they tried to pick her up. I ended up shooting Mark Rivera's son. Mark Rivera is the head of the organization. Now he is after me and Sam"

Lucky, overwhelmed by this sudden information, stumbled onto the couch. Sam could see that she needed to make herself scarce.

"Well I think I will leave you to alone to talk" Sam gave Johnny a kiss goodnight "And Lucky, it was great meeting you"

Sam respectfully left the room

"Ok, John…You never wanted to share your "business" with me before, so why are you now?"

"I think I am falling for Sam. I don't want anything to happen to her"

"Well we have had this conversation before, Johnny; I don't know how you expect any girl in your life to be 100 safe. All I can say is…get her a full time body guard, if you are that worried"

"Lucky, she hates the idea of a stranger following her around. She has this whole thing with taking care of herself, but this time it isn't enough. I finally convinced her to let me protect her, with a full time bodyguard"

"That's good…but again why am I here?"

"She doesn't want some mindless drone following her around. And I need someone who knows what they are doing…Lucky, I need you to be Sam's bodyguard"

"Are you kidding me? You want me to babysit your girlfriend?"

"Lucky this isn't a babysitting job. This is serious; we were attacked 10 times in two months. Sam barely made it 5 out of those 10 times. All I need is time to get everything settled down with the Rivera family, and then we won't need the extra security"

Lucky sat in silence mulling over his options.

"I will pay you…good"

"Damn it Johnny, you know that this isn't about the money. If I do this, my future as a detective will be put into jeopardy. How will it look if I am on the bankroll of the Zacharra's?"

"Are you going to help me or not?"

Lucky again needed to think over what was at stake. He knew it would be more than looking after a girl; this job would put his life at risk. Then for a moment Lucky's mind drifted to Sam. How in the hell was she alright with Johnny's life. What did she see in Johnny that was worth dying for?

"Lucky!!" Johnny snapped Lucky back into reality

"When do you want me to start?"



tbc……….