Lexi came bouncing out of her doctor's appointment with a big smile on her face. She couldn't believe it. She was pregnant. It must have happened the first time they made love. She wanted to call Mark and tell him, but there was no way she was telling him on the phone. In fact she had to think of a special way to tell. She had brought a couple paintings with her and decided to go by the art supply shop to see Andre. She had promised she would bring some of her work by and hadn't yet.
Lexi walked in the shop. Andre was behind the counter.
"My dear, I didn't think I would see you again. It's been a while." Andre said smiling at her.
"I've been busy, but I did manage to do a few paintings. She set them on the counter for him to look at.
Andre looked at the two paintings studying them closely. One was the fantasy castle painting she had done. The other was a painting she had done of an ocean scene with a ship going down in a storm.
"You're very good. I would like to put these in my gallery. If I sell them you get 80 percent, I get 20. What do you say Lexi?" Andre said.
"You really like them?" Lexi asked surprised.
Andre smiled at Lexi.
"Yes I really do, you are very talented." Andre said.
"Well okay." Lexi said grinning very proud of herself.
Andre pulled out a contract for her to sign stating that he got 20 percent of the sale price if they sold. Lexi signed the contract.
"Well now, you bring more when you have them. I would be interested in seeing your sketches too." Andre said.
"I'll bring some next time I'm in town." Lexi said.
"Come by my gallery sometime and look around." Andre said. He wrote down directions for her and handed them to her.
Lexi shook his hand and told him she would see him soon. Lexi walked out with a new bounce in her step. Things were going great. She was pregnant and she might even start selling some paintings. Things were defiantly going right for her.
Mark arrived in Vegas to be met by David.
"Hey Mark." David said shaking his hand.
"Hey man." Mark said.
Mark followed David out to his car. They got in and David told him what he had found out.
"Jamison is staying at the Plaza hotel and casino, gambling. What else? He is using a fake name and ID. But it's him. I contacted the guys he owes money to, like you told me." David said.
"Good, they can have what's left of him when I'm through with him." Mark said in a deadly voice.
David glanced at Mark. He hoped he never did anything to get on Mark's bad side.
Lexi walked into Mark's Harley shop. She decided to bring Todd lunch, no point in him starving just because Mark was out of town. Todd looked up and seen Lexi and smiled.
"Hey Lexi." Todd said coming over.
"Hey I thought I would bring you some lunch." Lexi said handing him a bag.
"Lexi honey, that's very sweet, ya didn't have to do that." Todd said.
"Its okay, it wasn't no trouble." Lexi said smiling.
"Thanks honey, come on and set down with me and have a few bites yourself. You don't eat enough." Todd said.
Lexi laughed.
"You sound like Mark." Lexi said.
"Well he's right in this case." Todd said taking Lexi hand and leading her into the office.
They set down and Lexi took a sandwich and handed Todd one.
"You look happy this morning, what's up?" Todd asked.
"Nothing." Lexi said grinning.
"Oh come on now, something's up. I can tell." Todd said.
"Well I can't tell you until I tell Mark. You'll have to wait until he gets back." Lexi said.
Todd looked at her and smiled.
"Okay. Hey remember if ya need anything while Mark is gone call me." Todd said.
"I will, but I'm sure I'll be fine." Lexi said.
They finished eating and Lexi told him she had to go.
"Thanks for lunch, I'll see ya." Todd waved to her.
Lexi waved and headed home happier than she had been in a long time.
Mark sat at the bar drinking a beer as he watched Jamison losing more and more money. He had some blonde bimbo hooked on his arm. Three men came and sat down beside him.
"Mr. Callaway?" One asked.
"Yes." Mark said.
"Thanks for leading us to Jamison; he owes us quite a large sum of money." The one man said.
"I only want first shot at him, its personal, nothing to do with money. Then you can have him." Mark said watching Jamison intently.
"Agreed." The man said. The three of them got up and headed toward Jamison. Mark watched as they grabbed him and headed toward the elevators. Mark watched as they got on and the doors closed. He drained his beer and got up and headed to the elevators.
The phone rang and Lexi picked it up.
"Hello." Lexi said.
"Hey Lexi." Mark said.
"Hey Mark, when are you coming home?" She asked.
Mark laughed.
"I just left little one." Mark said.
"I know." Lexi said sighing.
"Hopefully my business will be wrapped up soon. I'll call ya tomorrow and let ya know." Mark said.
"How was your day?" Mark asked.
"It was fine. I took Todd some lunch." Lexi said.
"Ya got both of us spoiled." Mark said laughing.
"Did ya do anything else?" Mark asked wondering if she would tell him about the doctor's appointment.
"No not really." Lexi said.
"Well I got to go. I'll be calling ya." Mark said.
"Okay. Bye Mark." Lexi said.
"Bye Lexi." Mark said and hung up.
Mark wondered if she was pregnant and if she was why she wasn't telling him. He slipped the phone in his pocket and stepped off the elevator. Right now he had something else to take care of. He headed down the hall in determination.
