Chapter 21

I hesitate by the bathroom door. What if he is done and I go in there and look like an idiot? Well, I'll never know if I don't try. I open the door slowly and see Dimitri in the shower. His back is towards me and his left hand is resting against the wall. He is standing with his feet apart and I can see his right hand moving back and forth. I walk until I am right behind him and then I reach around him. He freezes for a second when he sees my hand. I continue forward with my plan and gently take his penis into my hand. My naked chest is flush against his back.

"Roza. You don't need to." He says.

"But I want to." I tell him and start to move my hand back and forth like he was doing. Dimitri's moans turn louder and louder. He leans his head back as I move a little bit faster. I have never felt this kind of power. Dimitri's pleasure is completely in my hands. I leave open mouth kisses on his muscular back causing him to moan even more. A few seconds later he yells my name and put both his hands on the wall as he comes in the shower. I place one last kiss on his back and then I remove my hand from his manhood.

"Did I do it right?" I ask after a few minutes. Dimitri turns to me and takes my face in his hands. He kisses me so fiercely and hard that I feel my lips will be bruised in the morning.

"Thank you, Roza. Go to bed, I'll be there after I clean up here." I kiss him once more and then go back to the room. I lay on my stomach and cover my butt with the blanket. This night could not have gone off better.

Xxx

"And then what happened? Did you two go all the way?" Lissa asks. I told her about what Dimitri and I did last night as soon as I got into the studio. Luckily Mason has off today and I could tell her without giving to much information to poor Mason.

"No, he came to the bed and we cuddled. But it was so…"

"Oh. My. God." Lissa says, mimicking Janice from Friends. I laugh and nod my head. It was that good. I can just imagine how good he will be if we actually go all the way. I just know that he will be gentle and so satisfying.

"Yeah. It was. I never thought if could feel so good Liss." I lean back in my chair and bite my bottom lip. Just thinking about our activities last night gets me hot and bothered all over again.

"Wait until he puts it in you. Then all that start you saw last night will explode and turn into fireworks." Lissa and I start to giggle like young school girls after seeing a hot teacher shirtless.

"All jokes aside. I want to just go for it but I'm not sure if I can. What if, like, in the middle of it I start to freak out?" I ask. Lissa takes Rosalie out of her car seat. She has been asleep since Lissa got here but she is finally awake now. I take Rosalie from her mother and cradle her to my body.

"Rose, if you are thinking like that then you are not supposed to go through it. When you are ready, you will want to jump his bones and not care about anything." I rock Rosalie back and forth.

"Did you hear that Ro, if I am ready, I will jump on uncle Dimitri and ride him like a cowboy." Lissa rolls her eyes at me.

"Hello ladies." We both look up to see Adrian walking into the office. I look at Lissa with wide eyes. I hope he didn't hear me and Lissa talking about my sex life.

"Hey Adrian. Just got in?" I ask. He looks at me with an eyebrow raised.

"Yeah, why?" I shrug.

"No reason. You look nice." Adrian is wearing a nice blue button up and black slacks. He is normally not dressed this nice during the day. Just in a normal suit for work.

"I just got back from a date. With Sydney. We hit it off after lunch and then we went out last night. She is great." Lissa raises an eyebrow at him.

"Sydney? From Dimitri's training center?" Lissa asks and I nod. I thought they clicked but I never thought they would hit it off that hard. I'm glad they did though. I knew he would forget about me as soon as the right girl came his way.

"That is awesome." I say. Adrian takes Rosalie from my arms and coos at her before he holds her close to his chest.

"We should go on a triple date. That could be such fun." Lissa says. I hold off on saying anything. I want to see how Adrian reacts first. He looks up at Lissa and smiles.

"Yeah, that sounds great. I'll text Syd and then we can arrange a date. But I have to go now. The lieutenant is busting up my ass because of all the unsolved cases we have." Adrian hands Lissa her daughter back. I put my hand on his shoulder before he can leave the office.

"Any new leads? Did the birthday card bring up anything?" I ask. Adrian shakes his head and the small amount of hope I felt falls to the ground. Someday he will mess up and we will catch him. I just need to hold on to that.

"I'm sorry Rosebud. I wish I can bring you good news one of these days. I heard you sold the apartment, are you staying at you parents' place?" Adrian asks.

"No, I'm living with Dimitri actually." Adrian just nods his head. There is no sign of anger or jealousy on his face or body.

"I'm happy for you." I reach forward and pull him into a tight hug.

"Thank you." I whisper into his ear. He leaves soon after that. It feels like a weight has been lifted off of my shoulders. Adrian looks like he is really accepting me being with Dimitri. Maybe Sydney really is the one for him.

"You have a shoot in ten minutes. Do you need me to assist because Mason is not here?" Lissa asks. I shake my head; it should be an easy one and I can handle it on my own.

"I'll be good." I grab my camera bag and head to the reception area to wait for my clients.

Xxx

Lissa grabs her keys from her drawer. She slings her purse over her shoulder and readjusts her pale pink sundress.

"You look lovely." I say to her.

"Aw, thanks. So, I'll meet you at the restaurant?" Lissa asks. We are going on our triple date tonight. It has been about two weeks since Lissa suggested it and now just felt like the perfect time.

"Yeah, I'm going to drop Rosalie off at my parents' house and then I'll drive straight to the restaurant." I told Lissa I need to finish up some work and then I will drop Rosalie off but that is not the real reason I wanted to leave after her. Christian and I have been working on this for two weeks. He is going to ask her to marry him tonight. I need to pick up the ring and then swing by their apartment to make sure everything is set. I made sure she got a nice mani and pedi today and she is wearing a new dress. I just can't wait until tomorrow when she calls me to tell me all about the proposal.

"Okay. See you there." I wave at her and pretend to continue with work. I wait ten minutes after she has left the studio and then I grab Rosalie and head to my own car.

"I can already see you in a little flower girl dress Ro. Your mamma is going to be on cloud nine. It's a good thing you are sleeping away from home tonight." Rosalie makes a small groaning noise and I laugh. I honk my horn when I pull up to the drive way. My mother takes Rosalie from me and I drive off again. I notice I my car is low on gas; I will need to fill it up before I head home tonight. I stop by Al's Jewels to pick up the beautiful Adeline Vintage diamond ring I helped Christian pick out. I hurry to their apartment and see that all the rose pedals, balloons and romantic candles are in place. It is so cheesy Lissa will love it. She likes big gestures like that. I like it too but I would much rather have a scavenger hunt or something like that. I find a parking right next to Dimitri's car. I'm about fifteen minutes late.

"You are late." Lissa says as I join them at the table. Dimitri stands and gives me a kiss on the cheek. I sit down and take a big sip of the water on the table.

"Sorry, my work took a bit longer than I thought." I say. Christian looks at me with an eyebrow raise.

"But all is well?" He asks.

"Yes, everything is amazing." Christian puts his hands together like he is praying and bows his head slightly at me as a thank you.

"You look lovely Sydney." I say. She is wearing a formfitting red dress. I wouldn't exactly say red is her color but she does look nice. I feel so under dressed in my black skinny jeans and gold halter top. At least I have heels on.

"Thank Rose. I love that top." She says. Dimitri reaches behind me and unclips my hair, making it cascade down my back. I take the clip from him and put it in my purse. The waiter comes over and takes our order. I notice that Adrian orders for Sydney. I can't get how girls allow that. Adrian tried it once with me but I set him straight. Maybe if he had asked me first what I wanted and then ordered what I said but he just assumed what I would want to eat. From the looks of Sydney's, she didn't really want Poulet Swordfish Pasta. But she doesn't say anything.

"What is new at the station? Any interesting new cases?" Christian asks Adrian.

"I don't really take on new cases right now. I'm trying to figure out Rose's case. But I did hear about a head found in a dumpster last week." I shiver at the thought of a head without a body lying in a dumpster. Who does stuff like that?

"How about you? What is the power situation like now?" Adrian asks.

"It has been on a couple of days now. The electrician doesn't know why it came on all of a sudden but he says everything should be good now." Dimitri has been keeping a close eye on his electrical situation. He says that when the power started to shut off, he checked the box and saw this small black device attached to the main power switch. Four days ago, when he checked, the device was gone. Maybe the electrician took it off or it was just unnecessary. It just seems very odd.

"Yes, that whole thing was just very strange." Dimitri says. Our food arrives shortly after that.

"This steak is so good. What do you think of your pasta Syd?" I ask. She shoves the food around in her bowl with her fork.

"It's nice, Adrian highly recommended it." I nod my head in her direction.

"Dimitri, you have to try this." I cut a piece of my steak off and hold it up for Dimitri to taste. He takes it off my fork and nods his head in approval.

"That is good Roza." Dimitri says and then he leans closer to my ear.

"Almost as good as you taste." I nearly choke on my food. Dimitri is not shy when it comes to sex and being naked when it is just me and him, but in front of other people. He can barely say sex without blushing. We have been exploring more and more of each other's bodies and I have developed a big obsession with his mouth. It can do many wonderful things to my libido.

"Are you okay Rose?" Lissa asks. I take a sip of my water and nod my head. Dimitri looks very satisfied with himself.

"I have to make a call, please excuse me." Adrian says and leaves the table.

"Adrian was talking about going for some drinks after this." Sydney says. I see Christian's eye widen. This could be a problem. If Lissa wants to stay then his plan is going to be set back a few hours. And he was planning on spending the night in Lissa's arms.

"I'm not sure that is such a good idea. There is still two people under 21 here and I'm so tired." I fake a yawn at the end of my sentence. Christian agrees quickly with me. Adrian joins us again a few moments later. We stay for desert because they have the best key-lime pie ever.

"Okay, here is the remote. You press the on button before you open the door and then you press record. Don't mess it up." I hand Christian the remote for the video camera I placed in their apartment as we walk out of the restaurant. Christian hugs me and whispers his thanks in my ear. We wave at them as they go to their own cars.

"Bye Syd. We should hang out more often." I say as I give her a tight hug. I give Adrian a hug as well.

"See you soon Rosebud." Adrian says and then he and Sydney gets into his car. Dimitri puts his arm around my shoulder and we walk slowly towards our cars.

"Ugh, I have to put gas in." I hate filling up my car. The smell of the gas makes me feel so sick.

"I could go and fill up your car. Take my car and head home." Dimitri pulls his keys out of his back pocket and hands it to me. I give him my keys to and a big kiss.

"You are the absolute best. I'll wait for you in bed." I wink at Dimitri and open the door to his car. He laughs and shakes his head. I set the seats and mirrors to my liking and wave as Dimitri drives past me. I start his car and pull onto the road. I go a bit over the speed limit because there is not that much cars and I'm eager to get home. I can just imagine what new pleasure Dimitri and I will explore tonight. I'm getting so close to being ready. I want him more and more every day. It is getting so hard to stop once we started. Soon I will want to just go full steam ahead. I see the light up ahead turns red and I start to push down on the break but the car does not slow down. I press harder and harder until the break pedal touched the floor of the car. Tears start to fall from my eyes as I see that I'm going to run the red light and there are cars zooming across the street. I try to honk the horn but it is futile. A semi-truck hits the opposite side of the car and the car goes flying. The sound of metal bending and scraping floods my ears. I must have rolled eight times and the car comes to a stop on its roof. The only thing keeping me in place is the seat belt. Pain shoots through my whole body. Every inch of me hurts. The whole world goes silent for a few seconds before the sounds fill my ears again. I hear a woman screaming. She sounds like she is in a lot of pain. Then I realize the woman is me and I am in a lot of pain. I feel all over my body to see where the damage is. My right upper arm hurts like hell. I can't feel my left leg at all. And my head.

Oh God.

My head hurts like a motherfucker. I look around me to see if I can get out.

"Oh gosh, miss. Are you okay? I called 911. Hang in there." I see a guy appear by my broken window. He is bleeding from a cut on his head. He must be the truck driver who crashed into me.

"I'm so sorry." I say. My voice sounds a bit strangled to my own ears and then I realize blood is coming out of my mouth. I try to swallow it down, but more keeps coming up.

"My name is Charlie. Can you tell me yours?" He asks. I can hear the sirens coming closer.

"Rose." I manage to say before speaking became too painful. I'm not really sure what happened after that. I heard this loud grinding noise and the whole car shook making the pain in my body increase. I was pulled out of the car and then carried into an ambulance. A young man tried to keep me awake and talking on the way to the hospital. His attempts were futile because I lost consciousness more than once. The last thing I can remember is a woman putting CPAP mask over my mouth and telling me to fight.

"You see Little Flower. Even in death you can't escape me." My kidnapper stands in front of me. I'm sitting on a chair. I'm not tied up but I can't move anything. It's like I'm paralyzed.

"What do you mean?" I yell at him. I was in an accident; he could not have done this to me. He is not really here now.

"Surely you know that this was my doing. If I can't have you no one can. But this wasn't for you. You were supposed to be in your own car." He seems mad or frustrated. He wanted Dimitri to die. He said so in his note. He will kill Dimitri for loving me. I was supposed to drive my own car and Dimitri would have been in an accident. He could have died because of me.

"How can you be telling me this?" I ask him.

"You tell me. I'm apart of you Little Flower. You are currently laying on an operating table fighting for your life. The fact that you can't move means that you are clinging to life. Just take my hand…" He holds his hand out to me.

"And all of your pain will go away. We can be together in heaven." I shake my head.

"No, you don't deserve to be in heaven. You are a monster." I yell. He sits on his haunches in front of me and tilts his head to the side. He is in all black. From his mask to his designer shoes.

"You are in so much pain right now. And if you come out of this surgery alive, you will suffer so much to get to your recovery. I can take the pain away." I close my eyes. He is right. I will be in so much pain. The car crash was brutal and I got severely hurt. But I can't go with him. He caused much more pain than any car accident.

"No!" I yell at him again. His face changes from the masked kidnapper to Dimitri.

"How about now? Come with me Roza. I can make the pain go away." I can feel tears fall from my face. I want to go with him but this isn't real.

"Dimitri would never ask me to give up on living." He changes back to the mask man who held me for seven months. He stands up straight and pulls back his hand in the air.

"Fine. I hope you enjoy pain." He slaps me hard across the face and I'm thrown into a sea of darkness. It's quiet and dark and lonely. I try to swim upwards to reach the surface. I need to get back to my family.

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