Chapter 10
Drew flipped open her phone and called Emma. When she answered, Drew told her, "The weather's changed. Winds are blowing in your direction." Without waiting on a response – knowing there wouldn't be one – she hung up the phone.
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Gibbs looked at her when she put her phone away without saying anything. "He's killed again."
He nodded and stared at her. Unnerved now, she started to ramble before she could stop herself. "He might have been watching us already. Not with any hi-tech equipment but our comings and goings."
"I'm sure we've convinced him our marriage is real." He said and he turned back to the newspaper.
Emma looked out the blinds in the dining room and felt her skin crawl. She stood up and crossed to him, taking the paper out of his hands and pulling him to his feet. "Let's go to bed, Jethro."
She hoped he'd take her hint and follow her lead. He did more than that. He lifted her in his arms and kissed her as he carried her down the hall towards the master bedroom. When he sat her down inside the doorway, his hand reached out and turned the light off. Emma kissed him again to quell her nerves and he wrapped his arm around her, holding her back but not pushing her away.
"We need to keep alert, Emma," he told her.
She nodded, her lips brushing his as she looked up to him. "You're right. I know you're right."
Trying to back away, she was pulled up against his chest and his lips moved over hers once more.
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He saw the desperation in her eyes as she tried to pull away, felt the tension in her body. Knowing if she was wound too tight, it was likely that she'd react at the wrong time and get them in deeper than this assignment had them already. So he kissed her again, in his mind planning on fulfilling her needs while keeping his in check. In theory, that would have worked…if she hadn't clung to him that way and kissed him with more passion than he thought her capable of.
He was now staring at the ceiling, with Emma, naked, wrapped around him and fast asleep. Remembering how thorough Abby had been with everything beforehand, they both knew the others medical history to a certain degree. Abs had made sure they each knew they were 'safe'. He hadn't thought anything of it at the time, thinking he wouldn't need to know. Four days into playing house, he was glad he knew. And he was extremely glad Emma was committed to taking her pills every morning.
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He was watching the house. He had known the police found his last couple. He smiled when he saw the light in the bedroom go out. Keeping an eye on the time and on the house across the street, he waited. While he waited, he remembered the accident that should have taken Agent Jordan's life.
Flashback She was
getting too close. Any day now and she would know more about him than
he wanted her to. He had to act or she would stop him. He followed
her as she left her office. Driving out away from the city, they came
upon a long stretch of road and he could see that no one was heading
in their direction. He sped up and gave her a small bump to get her
attention. When she looked in her rear view mirror and saw the mask
on his face, he knew she understood what was happening. Bumping
her more forcefully, he was pleased to see her speed up. Doing the
same, he waited until her speed was too great to avoid what he was
about to do. Pulling out and to the left, he slammed his right front
bumper into her left rear bumper. As her car started to turn, he
slammed on his breaks to get out of the way. He watched as she
struggled to correct but couldn't. The car spun off the road and
her door slammed into a light pole on the side of the road.
Pulling over to the side of the road, he stepped out of
the car, one of his many knives held in his grasp. The window was
broken on her side and she was nearly unconscious. Reaching in the
opening between the door frame and the light pole, he sliced into her
arm right at the radial artery. This time he would keep the knife.
This time he wanted more than the memory of his act to stay with him.
He walked away, never looking back. He now had to relocate and start
again. End Flashback
He quietly opened the door having disabled the alarm with the code. Slipping down the hall, he stood over the bed watching the couple breathe deeply as they slept. Smiling, he slipped back out the way he came. The time had come to play.
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Gibbs jerked awake. He had heard a noise. Standing and pulling his Sig Sauer from beneath the pillow, he walked the house, checking all the windows and doors. As he turned the lights off in the dining room he saw that the light on the alarm was flashing. Someone had disabled the system.