Goodnight My Love
Chapter Seven
Rebecca twirled in front of the mirror one last time and winked at her reflection. She knew the dress was flattering, but it wasn't that she was watching. It was the way her necklace sparkled and flashed in the lights of her bedroom. The emerald Lilly flared and glowed with a life of it's own. The gold gleamed against her skin and was warm to the touch. Satisfied that it couldn't get any better she dabbed on perfume and dashed to the front door. Peeking out to see if he had arrived, she sighed. Still nothing. She glanced at the clock on the wall and frowned. He was late, Sonny was never late.
She considered calling his home to see if he had gone to change. But shook her head, he had said twenty minutes and that meant he was close by. Frowning as her worries began to mount she found herself biting her nails. It was a habit she had tried to break for the past fifteen years and never succeeded at doing. Just as she reached for the phone to call there came the signal and she threw the door open.
"You're late." Was the first thing she said and instantly regretted it. " But you still look good to me."
"Sorry, the day was a bit hectic." He smoothed a hand over his tie and held out the other one. " Are you willing to still go out?"
She smiled at him, " I could never refuse you Sonny."
As she hugged him he tried to keep his thoughts positive. "Where would you like to go?"
"The same place as last time?" She offered as she grabbed her purse and locked her door.
He gave a mock sigh, " I was thinking of something a bit bigger."
She gazed at him, " For example?"
"That is a surprise." He kissed her neck as they waited for the elevator. She leaned back against him and he wrapped his arms around her. "Becky," He whispered. " I love you."
He heard the change in her breathing, the influx of her pulse. For a moment she was quiet and then she turned and looked at him. Her dark eyes were wide and there were tears in them. They had nothing to do with happiness.
"Don't, don't ever say that to me unless you mean it." She begged and real pain showed on her face. " Say anything but that."
Sonny gripped her, " But I do mean it. I do love you."
Tears slid down her cheeks and she started to cry in great weeping sobs. Her hands pressed against her face and she shivered. As he reached to comfort her she pulled away. Turning her back to him as the emotions over powered her control. Sonny wrapped his arms around her and she collapsed against him.
"Please trust me," He soothed, " Please, Becky, trust what I say."
"I can't." She sobbed, " Not after what I saw."
He frowned, " What did you see?"
She sucked in a great breath and turned to look at him. " Sonny I know what you are, really. I know that you serve a dark man who rules like a king." She paused and wiped her eyes, " It doesn't bother me that you are a vampire. What scares me is that you couldn't tell me before now."
He stared at her in open surprise, "How did you find out?"
She touched the necklace and tears slid down her face. " I have always seen things Sonny. Whenever I touch objects I can read their past and I saw....I saw what you are."
Reaching for her, he expected her to flinch away, but she stood still. Watching him with eyes that begged him for something he didn't have the strength to give. She was supposed to be his shelter, his pleasure among the pain. But now as he stared into her eyes and touched her flushed skin. He knew real pain. Not the kind that came with working or living a double life, but the real kind. The kind that ripped from the soul and tore at the heart and mind.
"How long have you known?"
She smiled softly, " Almost from the moment we met. When I shook hands with you at the station, I felt then what I know now." Her lips trembled as she fought back the tears and found it impossible. "I don't want to love you like I do, but I can't help myself.."
"Why?" He felt his own eyes beginning to tear as he held her. "Why can't you love me?"
"Because one day I'll die and it will be over." She threw herself into his chest and held onto him. " Why did it have to be you Sonny?"
He held her, rocking back and forth as she sobbed against him. " I don't know." He choked as the tears started to drip from his eyes. "I wish I did."
She shuddered and lifted her chin, " Sonny? What if it never did end?"
Pulling away he stared at her in horror. " I can't. It's against the rules and besides this life it's hard and cruel. Even if it wasn't I wouldn't do this to you."
"But I want you to do this, don't you understand that? I want to be with you, I don't care about the cost."
Sonny laid a hand over her lips, " You don't know what you are saying."
She pulled his hand away, "Then show me. Let me decide for myself, I am old enough."
Sonny kissed her deeply taking her by surprise, gently releasing her he cupped her face and smiled. " You are determined aren't you?"
"Sonny," Her words were firm, " I have seen horrible things all my life. Whatever your world is like, it has to be better then mine."
He laughed and it was bitter. " If only that were true. But I know you well enough to know that if I don't show you, you'll go on your own."
"Damn right I will." She nodded. " I won't loose you over something like this Sonny."
"You may not have a choice my love." He said as the elevator doors opened and they walked in.
As the elevator doors closed, directly across from them another. opened and closed. The child was small and no more then fifteen at most. She wiped blood from her mouth and grinned a set of fangs.
Using the bloody hand, she pulled out the cell phone and hit speed dial. "It's me, tell him we have everything we need."
Chapter Seven
Rebecca twirled in front of the mirror one last time and winked at her reflection. She knew the dress was flattering, but it wasn't that she was watching. It was the way her necklace sparkled and flashed in the lights of her bedroom. The emerald Lilly flared and glowed with a life of it's own. The gold gleamed against her skin and was warm to the touch. Satisfied that it couldn't get any better she dabbed on perfume and dashed to the front door. Peeking out to see if he had arrived, she sighed. Still nothing. She glanced at the clock on the wall and frowned. He was late, Sonny was never late.
She considered calling his home to see if he had gone to change. But shook her head, he had said twenty minutes and that meant he was close by. Frowning as her worries began to mount she found herself biting her nails. It was a habit she had tried to break for the past fifteen years and never succeeded at doing. Just as she reached for the phone to call there came the signal and she threw the door open.
"You're late." Was the first thing she said and instantly regretted it. " But you still look good to me."
"Sorry, the day was a bit hectic." He smoothed a hand over his tie and held out the other one. " Are you willing to still go out?"
She smiled at him, " I could never refuse you Sonny."
As she hugged him he tried to keep his thoughts positive. "Where would you like to go?"
"The same place as last time?" She offered as she grabbed her purse and locked her door.
He gave a mock sigh, " I was thinking of something a bit bigger."
She gazed at him, " For example?"
"That is a surprise." He kissed her neck as they waited for the elevator. She leaned back against him and he wrapped his arms around her. "Becky," He whispered. " I love you."
He heard the change in her breathing, the influx of her pulse. For a moment she was quiet and then she turned and looked at him. Her dark eyes were wide and there were tears in them. They had nothing to do with happiness.
"Don't, don't ever say that to me unless you mean it." She begged and real pain showed on her face. " Say anything but that."
Sonny gripped her, " But I do mean it. I do love you."
Tears slid down her cheeks and she started to cry in great weeping sobs. Her hands pressed against her face and she shivered. As he reached to comfort her she pulled away. Turning her back to him as the emotions over powered her control. Sonny wrapped his arms around her and she collapsed against him.
"Please trust me," He soothed, " Please, Becky, trust what I say."
"I can't." She sobbed, " Not after what I saw."
He frowned, " What did you see?"
She sucked in a great breath and turned to look at him. " Sonny I know what you are, really. I know that you serve a dark man who rules like a king." She paused and wiped her eyes, " It doesn't bother me that you are a vampire. What scares me is that you couldn't tell me before now."
He stared at her in open surprise, "How did you find out?"
She touched the necklace and tears slid down her face. " I have always seen things Sonny. Whenever I touch objects I can read their past and I saw....I saw what you are."
Reaching for her, he expected her to flinch away, but she stood still. Watching him with eyes that begged him for something he didn't have the strength to give. She was supposed to be his shelter, his pleasure among the pain. But now as he stared into her eyes and touched her flushed skin. He knew real pain. Not the kind that came with working or living a double life, but the real kind. The kind that ripped from the soul and tore at the heart and mind.
"How long have you known?"
She smiled softly, " Almost from the moment we met. When I shook hands with you at the station, I felt then what I know now." Her lips trembled as she fought back the tears and found it impossible. "I don't want to love you like I do, but I can't help myself.."
"Why?" He felt his own eyes beginning to tear as he held her. "Why can't you love me?"
"Because one day I'll die and it will be over." She threw herself into his chest and held onto him. " Why did it have to be you Sonny?"
He held her, rocking back and forth as she sobbed against him. " I don't know." He choked as the tears started to drip from his eyes. "I wish I did."
She shuddered and lifted her chin, " Sonny? What if it never did end?"
Pulling away he stared at her in horror. " I can't. It's against the rules and besides this life it's hard and cruel. Even if it wasn't I wouldn't do this to you."
"But I want you to do this, don't you understand that? I want to be with you, I don't care about the cost."
Sonny laid a hand over her lips, " You don't know what you are saying."
She pulled his hand away, "Then show me. Let me decide for myself, I am old enough."
Sonny kissed her deeply taking her by surprise, gently releasing her he cupped her face and smiled. " You are determined aren't you?"
"Sonny," Her words were firm, " I have seen horrible things all my life. Whatever your world is like, it has to be better then mine."
He laughed and it was bitter. " If only that were true. But I know you well enough to know that if I don't show you, you'll go on your own."
"Damn right I will." She nodded. " I won't loose you over something like this Sonny."
"You may not have a choice my love." He said as the elevator doors opened and they walked in.
As the elevator doors closed, directly across from them another. opened and closed. The child was small and no more then fifteen at most. She wiped blood from her mouth and grinned a set of fangs.
Using the bloody hand, she pulled out the cell phone and hit speed dial. "It's me, tell him we have everything we need."