Hope you liked the last chapter, I didn't want to take things any further than appropriate

4:09 am

Coreen smiled to herself as she sat up and looked around the room. It had been the best Christmas of her life. She didn't see Henry anywhere and decided to look for him. She grabbed his shirt off the floor and put it on as she went to his living room. She found him looking through the art book she had purchased for him. Studying them like they were bits and pieces of his personal history. He looked up at her and stared.

"I didn't mean to disturb you, I just woke up and you were gone." She smiled.

"Come here."

She walked over to him and sat down. He simply kissed her forehead and placed the book in her lap. "Look through it, they're magnificent. The colors, the textures, the feelings you get when you look at them." She gently picked up the book and looked at each painting, trying to study it like he had. She smiled to herself when she saw a picture of a naked woman holding a baby.

"That one is beautiful." She looked up at him and kissed him lightly, but jumped a little when she saw a mirror behind him and saw only herself. She looked back at him quickly, pretending she hadn't seen anything.

"It's ironic, isn't it?" He looked into her eyes.

"What is?"

"That vampires are blessed with eternal youth and beauty, but are cursed with no reflection to look upon them."

"I didn't mean to jump, it just scared me when I saw me kissing the air." She laughed.

"Turn around."

"What? Why?"

"Just do it." He switched sides with her on the couch as she looked at herself and only herself in the mirror. He placed his hands underneath her hair and picked it up lightly. Her hair began to float around her head, which she couldn't help but laugh at. He slowly let it fall back to her shoulders.

"Interesting trick. How many have you shown that to?"

"Just you. You're the only one who would appreciate it. Keep looking."

She stared back into the mirror and watched as the buttons of her shirt unclasped one by one.

12:47 pm

Coreen's apartment

"Damn it!" The water was freezing. Surprise! She had cleaned for almost four hours before she decided that it would probably be best to take a shower before the party. Or maybe it was that she needed something to do with herself. She hadn't been able to stop moving since she left Henry's. She couldn't stop thinking about last night. The way he had held her, kissed her, shown her a gentle side of him that she had never seen before. Or maybe the reason she couldn't stop thinking about last night is because in a way, she knew that it would only end up with her and a shattered heart. Not that it would be either of their faults, but Henry was a vampire, and she was going to get old someday. It was a situation that neither of them could win. "Oh Henry Fitzroy, please don't do this to me."

1:45

Vicki's office

"When did you receive this information? Do you know where he is now? When did he confess? Okay, thanks." Vicki looked over at Mike who was sitting across from her waiting for her to speak. "That was Petie. He said the cops got a call about twenty minutes ago from an airline that said Antonio's passport has expired. He tried to leave the country and was denied a boarding ticket. I guess he got pissed and threatened to kill the lady working behind the desk and security had to take him down. Security called the police and they took him in. Now, he confessed to the murders and another drug deal that is going down in California tonight."

Mike was surprised. "Why would he confess now?"

"The police threatened to send him back to Italy."

"You know we can't really send him back to Italy under those charges. There was no trial that found him guilty."

"I know that! But he doesn't." She grabbed her coat and headed out the door with Mike hot on her heels.

2:00 pm

Downtown

"What the hell do you mean he escaped Petie? That kind of shit happens in movies, this is the real world with real guns and real police officers." Vicki was screaming.

"Vicki, this isn't even your case. How did you get involved?"

"Don't ask me how I got involved! I am asking you how he got out!"

"We're not sure. He must've slipped out when he was going to the bathroom or something."

"Bathroom or something. Unbelievable. You must be so proud." Vicki sneered towards Mike and walked away.

"Vicki, they have police looking all over the city for him. He couldn't have gotten that far away." Mike looked down at her and she smiled up at him.

"If he makes it out of the country, you're dead!" She walked away from him and grabbed her phone. The other line rang a couple times and finally a chipper voice answered the phone.

"This is Coreen!"

"Hey, it's me. Mike and I aren't going to be able to make it to the party tonight."

"Oh no. What happened?"

"Antonio Boyle somehow escaped the police. So, we'll be there first thing tomorrow morning."

"I'm sorry about that Vicki, I know how bad you want this guy."

"Oh well, shit happens. Hey, make sure you lock your doors. He needs someplace to hide and anywhere is good enough."

"Will do, see you tomorrow."

"Bye."

"Hey Vicki, just got an anonymous call, a small store owner reported a man came in and stole a sweatshirt and some tennis shoes. Wanna go check it out?"

"Sure, at least we're doing something."

5:01 pm

Coreen's apartment

She turned off her phone and sat down in front of her vanity and began to put her hair up. Henry was still coming over and after a night like they shared, she had to look amazing. Who knows what could happen tonight.

"Don't move." Her entire body froze. She saw in the mirror a large man standing behind her with a gun pointed at her head. "My name is Antonio Boyle, and you're going to get me out of this Country tonight."

TBC…

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