Chapter 2

The next morning Lulu woke to the sunlight streaming through the loft windows. She could feel Dante's eyes on her before she turned over to meet them.

"Morning Beautiful" whispered Dante before he kissed her softly. "How did you sleep?"

"Better than I have in six weeks" Lulu murmured back. She kissed him and before long the kisses deepened as she opened her mouth to allow his tongue entry. Things were starting to get out of control and she forced herself to pull away breathlessly "We should stop. How long did Dr. Webber say you should wait before resuming physical activities?" Dante gave an exasperated sigh and admitted "He said to wait at least one more week before any strenuous exercise, which includes sex"

"We should probably get out of this bed then before anything goes too far" as she noticed the tent forming under the covers "maybe you want to take a cold shower before breakfast". Dante groaned and got out of bed to make his way to the bathroom. As he was headed there his phone rang and he went to grab it off of the coffee table.

"Falconeri" he answered gruffly.

"Dante, it is me pal" Ronnie answered on the other end of the line "I got some info on your shooting that you need to hear asap. When can you get down here?"

"Now isn't really a good time Ronnie" Dante said glancing at Lulu who was watching him curiously. "Can't you just tell me over the phone?"

"No can do buddy. I need to show you this evidence in person, now get your ass down here" and with that, Ronnie hung up.

Dante put down his phone and steeled himself for the argument he knew he was about to have. He didn't want to make Lulu upset by going back to work so soon but he had to solve this case if they were ever going to move forward. He was sure once it was solved and the person who shot him was behind bars that she would feel less anxious about his job.

"What did Ronnie want so early?" Lulu asked as she sat up in bed.

"He has some information about my case, I need to go down to the station" Dante confessed.

"Dante, you can't be serious! You just got out of the hospital yesterday and you already want to go work on your case with Ronnie? It was bad enough that you were investigating at what was supposed to be a goodbye party for Kristina. You need to stay home to heal and rest. Let the other cops solve this one, just this once" Lulu pleaded.

"Baby it is no big deal. I'm just going down there to go over some evidence. I promise it is nothing strenuous. No field work. " Dante explained

Lulu was starting to get upset at the thought of Dante even setting foot into the PCPD so soon. She thought she would have more time before she had to worry about him at work but she should have known better. Of course Dante was going to dive right back into trying to solve any and every case.

"Dante, I'm asking you to please just let this go and let the other cops handle it."

"You know I can't do that. I have to find out who did this to me and why" Dante stated firmly. With that, he went to go shower and get ready while Lulu sat in the bed stunned at how their nice morning had turned so sour, so quickly.

Twenty minutes later, Dante came out all dressed and ready to go. Lulu couldn't bring herself to meet his gaze when he came over to kiss her goodbye. "I'll be home as soon as I can. We can have a nice dinner tonight and talk" he tried to reason with her. She just sat there stone faced without answering so he kissed her on the top of the head, grabbed his keys and left. Lulu felt the first of her tears fall down her cheek.