Chapter 14

Robin didn't speak to Amon since last night. She came downstairs in the morning wearing one of Amon's black shirt and boxer short which she had to fold several times at the waist. She went to his kitchen to fix herself breakfast. She scrambled some eggs and brewed a pot of coffee.

Amon came downstairs and saw Robin enjoying breakfast by herself in his living room watching a Sailor Moon cartoon. He smiled to himself. Robin looked so young and innocent with her pigtails watching cartoons. He came over to where she sat.

"Are you still upset?"

Robin looked over at him and just kept silent.

"Robin, please talk to me."

Robin continued to eat her breakfast. She kept watching Sailor Moon. She can feel Amon's patience were wearing thin.

Amon took the remote and shut the TV. Robin turned to face him.

"What is your problem...I don't want to talk" Robin told him defiantly

"Look Robin, I had have enough of your attitude" Amon scolded

"Well then let me go, you don't have to put up with me."

"No, I'm sorry Robin that is not possible, I have enemies that wants to kill you and I had already formerly introduced you to my society."

"Your life can no longer be the same."

Robin narrowed her eyes "What do you mean?....I can't live like this under your protection all the time."

"Until I train you to be able to handle unforeseen danger, you won't be able to go anywhere by yourself." Amon told her

"I have to work you know; and I have bills to pay; and my brother needs me"

Robin was extremely upset. She was in the verge of tears. She was slowly losing her life.

Amon sensed Robin's despair. He reached for her and pulled her into a hug.

"I'm sorry Robin but I can't give your life back, but I promise you that I will take care of you and your brother"

Robin pounded her fist into Amon's chest and pushed him away.

"How long will you take care of me, until you tire of me? and then what? throw me away?"

"No Robin, I care a lot about you, I.....think.....No.....I know I love you."

Robin looked at Amon surprised. She covered her ears and shook her head.

"No, your lying to me, I don't want to discuss this anymore"

Robin ran out the room and didn't glance back. Amon stood there and watched Robin run into his room. Deep down he was hurt that Robin didn't reciprocate his feelings. He never felt afraid of anything but today he was afraid he lost Robin.

Robin had locked the door behind her. She took her cell phone out of her purse. She noticed Antonio has been trying to reach her all morning. She needed to contact her brother so he wouldn't be worried. She proceeded to call him.

"Hello Robin" Antonio's answered quickly

"Hey, Antonio"

"Robin, where the hell are you? Michael and I have been worried."

"I can't really talk long, I'm okay. I'm here with Amon in his house. I'm just going to stay here for a couple of days."

"Look Robin, I know what happened. We need to talk. Somewhere private okay"

"Antonio, maybe you can come here. Amon will let you in."

"No. Robin, your probably being monitored right now and the phones are probably being tapped"

"Find a way for us to meet outside the house tomorrow night?"

Robin sighed. "Okay, I'll see what I can do."

Robin hung the phone up. She went out of the balcony. She could see at least 10 of Amon's men sprawled all over the estate. He had at least as many guard dogs running around the premises. She would have to convince Amon to take her out to a public place where she can get message to Antonio. She heard a tap at the door.

"Robin, it's Dojima."

Robin went to unlock the door. Dojima had a bag of clothes with her.

"Amon told me to go shopping for some things you might need"

She looked over at Robin's attire and smiled.

"I think these would be a better fit then Amon's clothes."

Robin looked over at the bag of clothes. Wow she thought.

"Are you still mad at Amon?"

Robin shrugged her shoulder.

"He means well Robin, he must really care about you for him to go all out to protect you"

"Go get dress, Amon told me to take you to the shooting range and teach you how to at least handle a gun"

Robin eyes widened.

"I would never be able to shoot anyone."

"When push comes to shove, believe me you will" Dojima replied

Robin got dress and followed Dojima down to the cellar. Robin looked around and noticed that Amon had a collection of weapons. Dojima looked through a bunch of guns that were stored in a drawer. She took out a Glock .45 calibre.

"This should do." Dojima removed the catridge and loaded it.

Robin frowned "Is there anything smaller and less dangerous, like a bb gun"

Dojima smiled "I'll give you a little 22 calibre you can hide but you will need to handle a real gun first"

Dojima was an excellent shot unlike Robin who was shooting everything but the target.

"Oh my, you either need glasses or you're a gun retard" Dojima mocked her

"Maybe Sakaki can teach you a little hand to hand combat moves instead"

Robin took another shot and knock the string off the target she was suppose to shoot. She looked over at Dojima and shrugged. Dojima rolled her eyes up and gave a surrender sign with her arms.

"Ok I guess we will need to practice everyday, come I'm getting hungry"

Robin and Dojima went out to the patio. Sakaki and Amon were already there getting served lunch. Robin didn't acknowledge Amon but gave a half smile to Sakaki.

"How did it go?" Sakaki asked Dojima

Dojima just raised an eyebrow "Let's just say she needs practice"

"By the way Amon, Robin took down the conveyer belt of one of the targets. You should get it fix."

Sakaki started to laugh.

"Oh my, did she at least hit the target once"

"No, she hit everything else but the target" Dojima offered

Amon frowned at the two. Sakaki and Dojima stopped right away and dropped the subject. The rest of the day Sakaki showed her some self defense technique. It was easier for Robin since she had plenty of sparring experience from being with Antonio. Sakaki and Dojima left after dinner.

The moon was full and very bright. Robin went out to walk through Amon's garden. He had a Japanese garden with a koi pond. It was nice and quiet. She would usually be at work right now waiting on some snobby client. She was feeding the fish with bread crumbs when she saw Amon's reflection on the water. She kept wondering about his profess love for her. Robin didn't know what to think. Her feelings for Amon was different from Michael. She was always attracted to Amon physically. Amon was always constantly in her mind. Michael on the other hand was like an old pair of jeans. Michael was her comfort zone, someone she trust. With Michael all the emotions were simple. Amon on the other hand ran her hot or cold. She turned to face him.

Amon handed her a couple of pellets of fish food.

"Those are better than the breadcrumbs" he told her kindly

"Thanks Amon" she whispered quietly

She sat down and took a couple of the pellets and threw it in the pond. Amon sat down next to her. She looked over at him.

"Amon, did you really mean what you said earlier?"

Amon stared into her eyes and nodded.

Robin came closer to him and lightly kissed Amon on his lips. Amon smiled at Robin when she pulled away.

"Do you miss your bed?" Robin asked

"Yes, I do."

"Well if you take me out to a movie tomorrow. You can sleep in it tonight?" She enticed

Amon looked at Robin with a smirked "A movie?"

Robin nodded "and dinner at Harry's. Just the two of us"

"Ok, but I will have men everywhere, I will just tell them to be discreet"

"Deal, you can have your bed back tonight, I will sleep in another room." Robin ran towards the house with a smile on her face.

Amon ran after her and scooped her up. "Oh no, your sleeping with me tonight"

"That's not part of the deal." She flirted

"I'll throw in popcorn and soda" Amon mocked

They proceeded to Amon's bedroom and stayed up half the night making up.