An: I am really excited about all the feedback I have gotten from the last chapter! When I posted that chapter I already had this one wrote because originally it was all one but I split it up, but then my internet broke I had to wait. But thanks to all the freetime I had since there was no internet and I can't start working yet and school just started, I went ahead and wrote the next chapter also so you won't have as long to wait! I might not post it immediately because I'm still working on it and trying to come up with ideas so that I don't get hit with writers block again but it will be in the next week!
That being said, Thank you to everyone who reviewed or alerted last chapter and everyone who is still sticking with me even though it's taking me forever on this story. Special thanks to Smiles-Daily, because of her enthusiasm, I got more enthused and into the story and I look forward to possibly collaborating more with her in the future. And lastly thank you to Do'B who somehow always knows exactly what I need to hear to get my life back on track so I can start focusing on my stories again! As always please R&R because as you can see I LOVE feedback :)
Sincerely,
Cassandra
"Bu kızın saldıran bir nedeni var mı Victor?" I couldn't look at who it was because of the knife, but I recognized the voice when he said Victor, it was that Abe, guy from the store earlier, speaking some weird language. His voice sounded cold and harsh, part of me got scared thinking that maybe he was with Victor but I pushed it away, for some unexplainable reason I trusted him and knew he wouldn't hurt me. Ben quickly dropped the knife and let go. I hurriedly stood up and ran towards Abe. He had two guys with him that I didn't know but I didn't really care at the moment. When I got to him I stood behind him for protection and the other guys stood on each side of me.
"Well well, the almighty Abe to the rescue. You better hope he's around next time I see you Rosemarie," threatened Victor. I just stayed quiet and huddled closer to Abe, leaning into his back grabbing his arm, he was taller than me so I had to look peek out from behind him to see anything.
"I suggest you stay away from her. If I ever even hear that you mentioned Roses' name again you will pay," Abe said coldly. I watched Victor and his two henchmen walk towards the exit of the alleyway, when he was gone I let out a breath I didn't know I had been holding.
Abe turned around and faced me, his hands gently touched my biceps in a comforting gesture. About then my adrenaline started wearing off, and I could feel the emotions catching up to me but I tried to push them away, I didn't want to cry in front of this man I hardly knew no matter if I trusted him or not..
"Are you ok? Did he seriously injure you?" I just shook my head no not trusting my voice. "What happened? Why are you here by yourself?"
"I was at a karaoke club, when I found out some disturbing news, so I tried to walk home even though Dimitri and Viktoria thought I was just getting some air. I took a wrong turn some where and when I realized I was lost they grabbed me and dragged me down here…" At that point the emotions started slipping out and I could feel tears form in my eyes and start to slowly start trailing down my cheeks. I quickly wiped my eyes with the back of my hand.
"Don't cry," Abe said, "Your safe now."
All I could think about was how I wanted Dimitri, he would protect me and make me feel safe. I needed Dimitri.
"Where is he?" Abe asked looking at me, I guess I must have said that last part out loud. I shrugged.
"I'm not sure last I knew he was at the club but I'm not sure if he's still there." Abe guided me over to a bench sat down beside me. He left his arm around my shoulder, but it was comforting. For some reason I felt safe with him, unlike what I feel around Stan…At that thought I started crying harder. Abe wrapped both arms around me in a comforting hug and I buried my face in his shirt, embarrassed at my unusual show of emotion. As soon as I got my emotions back in check, or at least controlled enough where I wasn't crying so hard now, I pulled back out of the hug.
"I'm sorry about that, I don't usually cry in public."
"Don't apologize kizim. It's perfectly understandable for you to cry after what just happened. I'm actually surprised at how well you are handling things."
"That's the Hathaway in me. We don't show our emotions," I said the last part with a hint of bitterness on accident.
"No you sure don't" he mumbled, but I don't think I was supposed to hear it. I ignored his comment and voiced a question I had been thinking about since Victor left.
"Why were they so scared of you? How did they know my name? What language was that? What's kizim? And are you really a mobster?" he smiled and gave a half chuckle at all my questions.
"I have a pretty well known reputation and most people don't like to test me. It was Turkish, and I'm not really sure how he knew your name, but I will figure it out."
"You didn't answer my last two questions."
"No I guess I didn't, maybe another time," he said looking behind me. I turned to see Dimitri's car coming down the street. I turned towards Abe questioningly. "I had Pavel call him and tell him where we were." He said pointing to one of the guys with him.
"Thank you." I said standing up.
"Roza! What happened?" said Dimitri getting out of the car and slamming the door. As soon as I heard his voice I took off running and slammed into him. His arms immediately went around me, and he started murmuring in Russian. We stood like that for a minute or two before he pulled back to look at me. Whether he realized what he was doing or not, I'm not sure, but his hand went up to my face and his thumb lightly traced the bruised busted part of my lip, then went up and lightly traced a line on my cheek bone up to my eyebrow. I winced in pain and realized I must have hit that part when I fell and didn't realize it till now.
"Roza what happened? I thought you were just getting some air? Do you know how worried I was when we couldn't find you?"
"Can we go somewhere else and talk?" I said realizing that I was actually freezing. I shivered from the sudden chill and Dimitri pulled off his duster and wrapped it around me.
"Come on. Let's get you out of here." He said wrapping his arm around my shoulder leading me to the car. He opened the passenger door for me and waited for me to get in before shutting it and walking to the driver's side.
"Where's Tasha?" I asked curiously.
"When we realized you were gone I took her home then Vika and I went to the house to see if you were there. Not too long after we got there Pavel called me."
"Oh"
"What were you dong over here Roza?" he asked softly.
"I decided to walk home to clear my head and I was so deep in my thoughts I took a wrong turn but by the time I figured that out, it was too late." I said pulling my knees up and wrapping my arms around my stomach. "What did you tell everyone?"
"That you were lost and called me to come get you. I didn't want to worry them."
"Thank you."
"Don't be thanking me yet. Do you know how pissed I am at you right now? What if…" he stopped not able to finish the sentence. By then we were at the house. All the lights were off so it looked like everyone had gone to bed. We got out and Dimitri wrapped his arm around me as we headed towards the house we stopped at the porch steps and sat down. We sat there in silence both wrapped up in our own thoughts before I finally broke the silence.
"I'm sorry I scared you. I never meant to."
"Are you going to tell me what happened? All Pavel said was that he and Abe were with you and that I needed to come get you and that you were pretty shaken up."
"Well I told you how I got lost, When I realized I was lost I started looking around to see if there was anything familiar but I quit paying attention to what was happening behind me, next thing I knew I was grabbed from behind," I then went on to tell him about what all had happened and how I had gotten the bruises, then how Abe showed up. By the time I got to the end I had tears going down my face.
"I was so scared…All I could think about was that night with Jesse and how this time I wasn't going to be so lucky." I admitted, about then all the emotions I had held back broke through and I started quietly sobbing. Dimitri wrapped his arms around me and pulled me into his lap, I buried my head in the crook of his neck while he stroked my hair and murmured to me in Russian. Eventually my sobs started to subside but I stayed where I was, enjoying the comfort and security from his embrace.
"I'm sorry for that." I mumbled into his chest.
"Don't be sorry Roza, there's nothing to be sorry for. I should be the one saying sorry."
"Why?" I asked confused.
"I never should have let you go outside on your own. I knew I should have stayed with you." I sat up and looked Dimitri in the eyes.
"Dimitri Belikov, Don't you dare blame yourself in any of this! I made my own decisions. I'm the one that went out alone and stupidly decided to walk home. I pretty much asked for Victor and his henchmen to attack me…if I hadn't been so stupid…" I trailed looking down. He softly grabbed my chin and made me look at him again.
"You did not ask for them to attack you, and I never want you to blame yourself again. Yes going off on your own wasn't very smart but, it was not your fault that you were attacked." In that moment staring in each others eyes, I realized I was leaning forward and I really just wanted to kiss him but then I remembered Tasha. No matter how much I dislike her, I couldn't do that. I quickly pulled away and stood up brushing the last of the tears off of my cheeks.
"I should probably get to bed," I muttered.
"I probably should too," he said. I slowly started for the door but, he stopped me by saying my name. I turned and looked at him.
"I really am sorry for being such a jerk the other day, you didn't deserve that."
"It's old news, don't worry about it. I forgive you as long as you don't do it again." I told him with a small smile.
"I promise I won't."
We headed inside and went our separate ways. Luckily for me Vika was asleep already so I didn't have to face her million questions. I quickly changed into my batman pajama pants a tank top, and a hoodie, seeing as the cold chill came back the moment I left Dimitri's embrace, as best I as I could in the dark then curled up in my bed. I grabbed one of the spare pillows and hugged it to me as I let a few more tears out while my mind replayed the night over again. It went through everything from overhearing Tasha up until that last moment with Dimitri. My last thought before I let sleep over take me was "I really am falling for Dimitri and there's nothing I can do to stop it."
An: The first sentence of the story says "Is there a reason you are attacking this girl Victor?" If it's wrong, I'm sorry. I used google translate and it's not always right.
