Russian Roulette
Chapter Seven
The pelting water of the shower hit Lisa with it's heated intenstiy.
She shut her eyes and thought back of last night.
Making love to Clyde was dangerous but something beautiful.
He was a gentle lover, taking her to new highs she never felt before.
It was her second time of having sex, the first was a distant memory she wanted buried never to be thought of again.
She put her hands on her shoulders, sliding them down her arms imaging him with her doing the same movement.
His breath tickling her neck, muttered whispers of her name, his body against hers demanding always demanding more.
Before the image got too erotic, she opened her eyes and turned off the taps.
Stepping out of the shower, Lisa wrapped her towel around her wet body and went to look at the mirror.
Her reflection staring back at her was chilling, the heavy frown on her face sent shivers down her spine.
"Don't do it, girl. You are risking your job for someone who is dangerous." Said the warning voice.
"I know I'm risking everything but I can't stop myself, I'm falling for him." She said, with a sigh.
"Remember last time? How he broke your heart and you nearly lost your job all because of him? It's happening all over again, Lisa. Stop this madness now, you can walk away and forget all about Clyde. Let him rot, he will betray you."
Lisa threw her towel over the mirror in anger, her heart pounding against her chest.
"He will never betray me, it won't happen again last time. You are wrong."
With that, she walked out of the bathroom and broke down in tears.
Lisa headed to the prison listening to the dark sounds of Rihanna's album Rated R.
Russian Roulette was coming up, the song that now suddenly reminded her of Clyde.
Danger and intense passion, the gunshot at the end always sent chilling shivers down her spine.
She had seen the video a few weeks ago, not thinking anything about it but now it was different.
What if she was Rihanna, asked to play a very dangerous game by her love intrest who was Clyde, would she do it?
Shaking away the terrifying images flashing across her mind, she entered the prison with a nod and smile at the guards.
Then she saw a sight that made her freeze in her steps, her eyes widened in total horror.
There shaking Nick's hand was her ex boyfriend Frankie who looked so different in his suit.
His eyes turned to hers, a flick of familer light appeared, then he let a smug smile appear across his face.
Nick looked at Lisa, then to Frankie, realising that these two knew each other.
Both of them headed to her direction, she had no choice but to stay put and turned off her music before her song began.
"Ah Lisa, it's been too long since we last met isn't it?" He said, in that intoxiating voice she once adored now was disgusted at it.
"Yes, it has." She said, with a weak smile.
"Oh, so you know each other then?" Nick asked, his eyes searching Lisa's.
"Correct. We were together back in Britain, I was her first boyfriend but our love affair died out, didn't it?" Frankie replied, showing his perfect white teeth.
It was a lie: Frankie cheated on her and put her job in serious danger as he was the boss who hired her all those years ago.
Luckily she didn't lose her job, in fact she quit and kept it a secret from everyone she loved.
It was something she didn't want to do so that's why she chose a new life in America, away from the bitter memories of London she couldn't even share to anyone.
Now seeing him return from her dark past was truely a shock, all she wanted to is run away and hide under her bed but Clyde was waiting for her.
That's all what mattered, seeing his face would melt away all the stress and be in his arms once more.
"Lisa?"
Nick's voice snapped her out of her deep thoughts.
"Sorry about that, what were we talking about?" She asked.
Her eyes flitted to Frankie's, anger was boiling in his face which she got a kick out of.
"We were talking about you two being together then it fizzed out, is that right?" Nick replied.
"Oh yes, it was a shame the relationship ended. But I wanted different things like coming here while he wanted to stay in London." She said.
She could feel his intense gaze on her, burning with pure hatred that she didn't dare look at.
"Anyway, I got to go. My client is waiting for me. Good seeing you again, Frankie." Lisa said, offering her hand.
Instead of shaking it, he lifted it to his lips and kissed it.
A familer tingle went down her spine, something that made her disgusted at herself.
She let go of his grip, nodded her head to Nick and walked away trying her hardest not to cry.
Her eyes fell on the toliets so she dashed in there and locked the door behind her.
Sliding down to the floor with her legs against her chest, she let the tears fall down her face.
It was the second time she had cried today, then again she didn't blame herself for feeling this way.
Seeing Frankie again rose all the emotions she thought were dead and buried, why was he here?
Then her thoughts returned to last night, being in Clyde's strong arms after making love.
Forbidden shivers ran up and down her spine, if only she could be in them right now with his reassuring voice calming her down.
But she had to get a grip, he was her client and if anyone knew about their passion she not only lose her job but him.
Wiping away the tears, Lisa slowly got up to head towards the sink where a large mirror stood before her.
She washed her face, then cleaned it with toilet paper and left the toilet soon afterwards.
Turning her head to where she spoke to Frankie and Nick, she discovered they werren't there anymore.
She shrugged it, took a steady breath and headed to the cells with her head held up high.
A empty room Lisa was standing in.
Clyde wasn't in his cell, how very strange.
So she headed to the interview room only to find that was empty too.
Something was going on, her heart was pounding furiously against her chest so badly that it was hard to gather her breaths.
She went to the head guard who was laughing and chatting with the others, then suddenly stopped when she stood before him.
"Do you know where Mr Shelton is?" She asked.
"Er, he's in the court room." He replied, folding his arms.
Lisa frowned at that.
"Why is he there?"
"Because Mr Rice took him there along with someone else. Right cocky bastard he was."
Her stomach flipped, it couldn't possiably be Frankie there too?!
She ran down the halls, her pounding footfalls echoing the walls.
Arriving at the place, the sound of male voices could be heard.
Lisa pushed the doors open to find her heart had suddenly stopped beating altogether.
Frankie was sitting with Clyde, his eyes staring at her with a evil tint in them.
Nick looked at her in shock, like his secret had been discovered by the wrong person.
Clyde slowly turned to let his beautiful eyes look at her, a hard frown was across his handsome face.
Lisa entered the room, the doors shutting behind her as she headed towards them.
"What the hell is going on here?!" She asked, furiously.
Nick's mouth opened and shut constanly.
Clyde turned away, muttering something she couldn't hear.
It was Frankie that stood and explained everything.
"Hello Lisa, I'm going to be Mr Shelton's defence lawyer. You will be going against him. Nick said that it would be the best thing after your fainting spell on your first day, isn't that great?"
Horror was written all over her face, she was going to faint again but this time anger fulled her strengh.
"How could you, Nick?!" She said, staring coldly at him.
"I'm... sorry, I was going to tell you sooner but..." He stuttered.
She shook her head, tears were prickling against her eyes once again.
Lisa turned to Clyde, she had to hear what he wanted to say.
"Can I speak to my client please?" She asked.
"Er, he's my client now. You may only say Mr Shelton." Frankie butted in.
She gritted her teeth, feeling her fingers turn to fists.
"Fine, may I speak to Mr Shelton in private?" She asked again in a bitter voice.
He looked at Nick who just shrugged his shoulders, then he turned back to her.
"Ten minutes, then that's it." Frankie replied, coldly.
She watched them leave, then once the door was shut she wrapped her arms across Clyde's neck.
But he threw her off him in such a violent force that she fell on her bottom with a hard bump.
"You don't touch me!" He said, with a growl.
Lisa crawled to her knees to get up from the floor, the pain stinging constantly.
"I know all about you and him, he told me in my cell. How you are still together, laughing behind my back and not believing my cause to bring down this system. You betrayed me, Lisa. In fact, you disgust me. I feel nothing for you, what happened last night was fake. Just some warped dream you only think was real, throughout it I only thought of my wife and child. They will weep now, I'm not welcome with them now because I laid with you, whore!" He screamed.
Lisa sobbed even louder, her heart was truely breaking.
He stood up, towering over her with a disturbing stare burning back at her.
"You know what? You don't even look like my wife, never have done. Just some slut from a smog filled city trying to stop me from my plans. They never stopped, Lisa. All that time together was a lie, why don't you return back to where you come from and get a better job? I want a different lawyer to be against me, not you."
"Clyde please! Please don't say those things! Frankie was making it up! I'm not even with him, you got to believe me!" Lisa cried, rising her hands.
"I don't believe you, Lisa. I rather believe in myself than anyone. Get away from me, everytime I look at you makes me sick." He demanded, turning away from her.
Her body shook, tears were pouring down her face, her lips trembled.
But it was her heart that had the most damage, it was shattered never to be healed again.
"Okay, I'll go." She sniffed, nodding her head.
Lisa made her way to the doors slowly, waiting for him to wrap her in his arms begging for forgiveness.
It wasn't going to happen.
Reaching the handle, she stopped and turned to look at him.
"I will never stop thinking about you, Clyde. I always believed in you in the short time we had, if there was a way we could bring it down together and break free from this place, I would be there all the way. Your family won't ever hate you for what you did, in face they would always love you no matter what. I'm sorry that I flung myself on you, it was a foolish and stupid thing to do. But I won't ever regret it. Never."
He looked at her, the tenison was easing but not enough to calm him down.
"Goodbye Clyde Shelton, may whatever path you take is the right one."
She turned away to slightly open the door until she felt a presence behind her all the sudden.
Lisa slowly moved her body to see him staring at her, those eyes capturing her soul and caressing it with his own.
He cupped her face, then bent down and gently kissed her on the lips.
She wanted more but he pulled away before he went overboard.
"Goodbye Lisa Richards, for good. You may find me in the papers one day." He said, heading back to his seat.
She opened the door and shut it behind her, was it going to be the last time she would ever see Clyde again?
Taking a heavy breath, Lisa walked down the coridoors to embrace the morning air that was awaiting her.
But what she didn't know was Frankie and Nick heard everything that was just said.
One was laughing while the other was boiling with hot anger.
Clyde was going to pay seriously this time, he will get the death sentence for all what had done especially this forbidden affair.
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