Chapter One:

Airport Memories

*NICK*

As the car pulled up to the airport that was going to take me to Savannah, Georgia where a couple of my associates were waiting for me at the river boat casino, I thought about what I was leaving behind.

Here in New York I had married who I thought was the love of my life five years ago, but I guess it wasn't meant to last seeing as how we divorced only a couple years after that.

Scowling at my own thoughts, I knew it was more like I didn't allow it to last. I couldn't blame Robin for leaving. After we had got married, we were happy for a few months, but then gambling just seemed to call my name louder than ever before. It wasn't that I wanted to gamble, but I felt I had to, it was all I knew.

Sighing I stepped out of the limo that had taken me here and grabbed my bags and started towards the private plane, paid exclusively by my boss, the CEO of several casinos throughout the world.

Robin never understood my need to gamble, to take a dare and have a thrill. She was always too scared I would lose and we would no longer have the luxuries we have grown accustomed to.

As I waited for the security man to get done checking my personal items and I couldn't help but think back to the time Robin and I had met at the airport.

Flashback

The rain was pouring down and Nick glared at the sky, as though doing so would make the rain stop or slow down. Quickly, he rushed from the taxi that had brought him to the main lobby doors where he quickly opened them and took off inside. He always hated the rain.

A young woman with jet black hair of Italian descent practically knocked him down when he stopped to catch his breath. Tripping, she fell to her knees.

"Why the hell did you just stop right here you…" her words cut off when she noticed Nick for the first time. His black hair was greased back and his eyes were a deep green color. His face was ruggedly handsome and his tuxedo told her immediately he had money.

"Sorry about that I didn't see you there", she said quickly, "are you alright?"

Nick was at a loss for words. He had never seen such a beauty before. Her eyes were a dark brown with mascara and eye liner making them pop like never before. Her hair was beautiful with the waves that cascaded down her shoulders and back and her smile…her smile was breathtaking.

"I-I'm Nicholas", he said after finally regaining speech.

She smiled softly, "I'm Robin, nice to meet you Nicholas."

Nick smiled back.

Flashback ends

I grimaced at the memory. I should have known then that a pretty face didn't always mean pretty personality. She ended up being a witch, that woman. Always nagging and crying, I swear after our first six months of being married, I could have dropped her then and there, but I… he shook his head, he didn't have time to think about this now. He had a job to get to in the middle of nowhere.

"God, what could possibly happen that's exciting in Georgia of all places", I mumbled aloud.

Little did I know Georgia would be the place where everything I thought I knew, would change for good.