Dante felt the blood boiling in his veins, he thought this whole thing with Brent was over finally. They hadn't received any messages or threats lately and everything was going great, until now. He hated that this guy was hanging around and harassing his girlfriend. The woman he loved with all his heart. If this guy did anything to hurt her, he didn't even want to think about the possibility. He stood in the elevator holding the photo even after the doors swung open on his floor. He wasn't ready to face Lulu yet, he didn't want to scare her but he knew she needed to know.

Grabbing the bags up off the floor, he finally exited the elevator. "Lulu?" He called out as he looked around noticing the kitchen was spic and span once again. Lulu stepped out of the bedroom when she heard him call her name. "Good your back. I'm soo hungry."

"I see you cleaned up the kitchen, that was pretty quick."

"Yes I cleaned the whole kitchen in the short amount of time you were gone. I am superwoman." Lulu joked as she walked over to the counter to peer into the bags.

"Uh-uh no peeking." he said swatting her hand away.

"Well what did you get me?"

"I got some of your favorites he said as he began pulling things out of the bag."

"Oh chocolate, yum." Lulu said reaching for the brownies he had bought.

"No that's for dessert."

"But...But." Lulu said with a pout.

"No that will not work on me, I'm not giving in to the cute pouty face." He said pulling her in close as he leaned down and captured her lips with his.

Dante struggled through their meal together, he hated keeping anything from her but he didn't want to frighten her. She had been so happy lately and she hadn't had to worry about Brent for a long time, now out of nowhere he was coming back into their lives. The picture was burning a hole in his shirt pocket, he really didn't want her to see it.

"Dante...hello. Are you even listening to me?" she asked waving her hand in front of his face.

"Sorry what?" he said snapping out of his thoughts.

"I asked if we could have dessert now. What's wrong?" she said reaching over to touch his arm.

"Nothing I was just thinking."

"About?" Lulu asked rubbing her hand up and down his arm as he stood and reached for her plate.

"Oh it's nothing important. So how about that dessert." he said trying to change the topic.

Lulu wondered what he had been thinking about, ever since he had gotten back from the store he had been acting strange and she couldn't help but wonder why. 'Something must have happened on the way to the store,' she thought to herself. But she knew that if Dante didn't want to talk about it, there was no way to get it out of him. When they were just friends he had often kept a lot of things to himself but she thought things had changed between them since they had started dating. She thought they could tell each other everything, but maybe she was wrong. Maybe he hadn't been telling her everything but she was determined to find out what it was that he was hiding from her.

"Here you go baby." Dante said as he placed a plate of brownies in front of her.

"These look amazing." she said as she grabbed one off the top.

Dante plopped down next to her on the couch and reached for one of his own, "Mmm." he said as he took a bite and smiled over at her.

"You got some chocolate right there." Dante said as he leaned over to lick the crumb off her lips. As he leaned over the picture fell out of his pocket and landed on the couch beside her, "What's this?" she said picking it up and looking at it.

"What's this?" she said picking up the photo that had fallen out of Dante's pocket.

Dante knew he had to tell her the truth now, there was no hiding it from her now. She was like a pitbull when she wanted something and even if he tried to come up with some excuse she would find a way to see the photo.

"Lulu before you look at the photo, I just want you to know I was only trying to protect you. I didn't want you to be scared." he said as she turned it over and glanced at it. He could tell by the expression her face that she was scared and he hated it.

"He's back isn't he?" she said without looking away from the photograph. "I thought maybe it was over, that he was done stalking me and scaring me. I guess I was wrong."

"Sweetie, I know your scared but I won't let him near you. He'll have to get through me first. Don't worry I will find him and he will be stopped." he said taking the photo out of her hands as he pulled her into his arms.

Laying in his arms she did feel safe, she felt like no one could hurt her and she knew with him around no one would. But to know that this guy had come into her life, that she had been the one to invite him and that he was still lurking out there trying to get to her, it drove her crazy.

"I was thinking maybe we could get out of town, just for a while. We could go away somewhere on a vacation, somewhere where he won't find us. Just until he is caught." Dante said to her as he rubbed his hand up and down her arm.

"Yeah, that sounds great."

"Alright well I will let Lucky know that we are leaving for a little while and that he should be on the lookout for Brent. I'll give him the photo and then we can go." he told her. "I'll plan the whole thing you just worry about packing and don't forget to pack some of that sexy lingerie," he said trying to lighten the mood.

Lulu was excited about the prospect of going away with Dante, this would be their first vacation together since they had started dating. It would be just the two of them with no interruptions, plus maybe they could get Brent off their back for a while at least.

He had been true to his word he had planned the whole vacation and he wouldn't tell her where he was taking her just that she would love it. She hated not know ing where he was taking her but she trusted him. So she packed her bag according to the little he had told her about where they were going and dragged it into the living room.

"Is that it?" he asked seeing her two bags.

"Yeah why?"

"Well usually girls pack their whole closets when they go on trips."

"Well my dad taught me how to pack it all into two bags, you know how he likes to travel." she said with a laugh.

"Alright well let's go." he said as he grabbed their bags and they headed out the door, they would be driving to their destination so it was like a little mini road trip on the way there and back.

"I love road trips," she said as she cranked up the radio as they pulled out on the road.

"Me too, especially when they are with you." he said reaching over to take her hand in his.

"Oh so the cheesy lines make a comeback." she said with a laugh as her favorite song came on the radio and she started to sing a long. "Come on Dante sing with me."

"I don't sing, I'll just enjoy your singing." he said turning to glance at her she looked happy the photo forgotten as they headed out of town. He was taking her up to a little bed and breakfast in the mountains, he had looked it up online and the place was beautiful. Plus Brent would never think to follow them there or so he thought.

Lulu was in awe as Dante drove them up the stone path leading to a cozy log cabin with the mountains as a backdrop. They passed a sign that said Mountain View Bed and Breakfast, this was the perfect spot for her to be alone with Dante and to get rid of Brent. He would never find them here and she knew she would be safe with Dante. "Dante this is amazing." she said as he parked the car.

"I thought you'd like it."

"I love it." she said leaning over to kiss him before they climbed out of the car. He carried their bags inside so they could check in.