Chapter 3

You guys have been great! Your reviews have blown me away. I'm going to put this chapter up, but the next one might take awhile because my computer is on the fritz. SO when you don't hear from me in awhile, its not that I've been ignoring you, it's just that my computer is being a pain. So I wrote
extra long for you ((for me anyway))

BTW, Emily and Nicholas (((if that's wrong someone please tell me))) are married. So that means Lucky is Jason's sister's husband's brother. (((BOY
WHAT A WEB)) PS The divorce papers do not exist! THE WAY IT SHOULD BE!

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BY THE WAY!!! READ THIS GUYS! I KNO LCUKY DIDN'T DO WHAT I SAID HEDID IN
THIS STORY, BUT JUST PLAY ALONG! I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE RELATIONSHIP IS
BETWEEN COURTNEY AND LUCKY BUT IMGOING TO DO IT THE WAY I LIKE! THE KENYAN GOVERNMENT IS VERY GOOD AND MY STORY IS COMPLETLEY FICIONAL! do
not sue youll get nothing! Im BRROKE!

"What are you doing here?" Jason asked with more curiosity then suspicion.

"I was coming to check something out that someone called in. They said they
heard "mysterious shouts and thumps" He had put away his gun and was
leaning against the doorframe. They could now see that he was in normal
clothes, black jeans and a button up plaid shirt. He had a grin on his face, someone that didn't know Lucky wouldn't have known that he had just
killed an assassin.

His smile died down and he rapidly walked to the body. He knelt down and felt for a pulse. He looked at the eyes and he seemed like he was going to
close them, but then before he could, recognition crossed his face. He
stood up and kicked him in the side sadistically.

Sonny yelled, "Lucky, stop!"

Lucky stopped and went and sat on the couch, head in hands.

Courtney stopped watching and went to sit down beside Lucky.

"Lucky, you saved lives tonight, I owe you" She hugged him and he hugged
her back.

He pulled away and looked at Sonny.

"What's his name? Why was he here? What was he doing with Courtney?" His
influx of questions startled Jason and Sonny.

"We don't know his name and it's a long story."

"Well I'm here all night" He said.

"It's non of your-" Sonny started but Jason interrupted.

"Sonny, he deserves to know, he saved Courtney."

Sonny nodded reluctantly.

"It all started when Courtney was coming home from...." They each took turns telling the story and when they finally finished, Lucky stooped down to the
man. He checked his pockets and came out with a knife, gun, and an
passport. It was his passport to come to America from Kenya.

"From the way that his passport is still in his pocket I believe-"He glanced at the passport, "that Imbano Janyets just got in here from last night. Imbano Janyets, I knew it was him! That asshole!" He stood up and
kicked the couch furiously.

Courtney stood up and took his arm, "How do you know him?" When she asked
this question, unshed tears came to his eyes. HE sat back down, so did
Courtney.

"I went to Kenya for awhile when I was 23. I went there because at the time I was a journalist for a magazine and there was a story they anted me to
do. I thought it was a bon-a-fied vacation. I met someone while I was there. She was from Madrid, Spain. Her name was Isabel Cortez. She knew English pretty well and I knew Spanish well too, so we got along right from
the start. My vacation was for a year, so we had time to fall in love.
That's what we did."

He took a breath and started again.

"We loved each other so much, we got engaged. Some people I had met while I were there were immensely happy, some weren't. Before I bet Isabel, I met a
girl named Carmen. Her father was part of the Kenyan government, the president actually. Carmen became sort of like my stalker. She was obsessed with me, and it scared Isabel, I told her it was going to be okay, it told
her! I lied to my fiancé, I killed her."

He wept in his hands. Courtney pulled him in to a hug.

"You don't have to continue Lucky" Courtney said, trying to comfort her new
friend.

"I am" He wiped his tears and continued.

"When our wedding day came, we had it at a beautiful church that Isabel had found. WE only had a couple of new friends that we had just met. We planned
to have 2 more weddings in our own hometowns." He paused then started
again.

"When she was walking down the isle..."

!!!!!FLASHBACK!!!!

Lucky stood at the front of the church, shifted from foot to foot looking
for Isabel to come from the back of the church.

He heard the anthem start and saw the back doors open. She was
breathtaking.

By the time he had even notice her dress, she was halfway down the isle.

He raven black hair was twisted into a French twist with curls falling from the do. Her chocolate brown eyes were twinkling with unshed happy tears. Her tan complexion was rosy and clear. Her dress was the traditional white. It was low cut and fit every curve of her slim body. Diamonds were embedded into the neckline and around the waist. Her veil was light and very see-
through, so he could see her stunning face.

Her white dress flowed behind her and her stomach was tightly fit in a white corset. In less than a minute, it all turned red. Her face twisted in
pain and in shock. She fell to the ground before Lucky could catch her.

Lucky looked to where the gun shot came from and saw that the man was a tall burly black man, one that he recognized as Carmen's dad's hitchman.

He ran to Isabel and held her in his arms and he cried. She looked at him
and coughed up blood.

"Lu" She coughed. "Lucky, never" blood trickled out of her ears. "never
forget me" Her breathing stopped.

He vowed to himself that he would never forget the face of his true love's
killer. And that he never did.

!!!!!END FLASHBACK!!!!!

"I tried to find Carmen and her band of killers but they had fled." He
finished his story with pain on his face and misery in his eyes.

"I'm so sorry" Sonny said, truly sympathetic.

"Lucky, you never should of gone through that" Jason mumbled.

"God Lucky, I never knew" Courtney said, astonished at the pain this man
had gone through.

"Nobody ever did, except you guys. You don't know how good it felt to kill
that man. I'm going to help you in protecting Courtney from these awful
monsters." He said.

"I don't think that would be a-"Jason began, but this time, Sonny cut him
off.

"You're welcome to help us Lucky."

Lucky gave a faint smile.

"I just have one question Courtney" Lucky said.

"Shoot" Courtney replied.

"How come you said to me earlier, 'Lucky, you saved LIVES tonight, I owe
you'? What lives? I only saved yours"

Courtney looked down and then stood up and went over to Jason. He took his
hands.

"Jase, one of the reasons that I was so hysterical about what happened is
that...." She stopped and put on a big smile and said,

"Jason, your going to be a father"