Chapter 18

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Jesse's POV

When I woke up I realized I was in the mission cemetery tied to a chair.

What was I doing here? But when I looked sidewise I saw Paul sitting there grinning. What was going on? Why was I tied up? Where was Susannah? What had he done to her?

"Slater" I growled with more venom in my voice then intended. Desperately I tugged on the ropes trying to free myself- being vulnerable in front of Slater, wasn't a good idea especially if my Susannah was in danger- but to no avail, the ropes were tied very tightly.

"Hey Rico" Paul said with a smug smile. "Don't worry about Susannah, she is in no danger right now." I relaxed. He hadn't done anything to her. But wait what did he mean when he said right now?

"What do you mean 'not right now'" I demanded. I was desperate- what was he going to do to her?

"You didn't know?" he said with a false innocent voice. "Susannah is on her way to rescue you, De Silvia, and in the process of falling into my trap."

My blood went cold at these words. And I tried again, desperately to free myself, I needed to protect her. But I couldn't get free.

"What are you going to do to her?" I asked trying to keep my voice threatening, but it cracked mercilessly. Paul just laughed and then responded.

"Nothing much, I will just have to subdue her for awhile" he said lightly and before I could respond I heard a screech of tires and hurrying feet. Then Paul walked over to me and shoved a gag into my mouth and then tied a rope around my mouth.

"I don't want any nasty interruptions" Paul laughed evilly before sitting back down on a bench.

Soon I heard Susannah running up to me in just a tank top and pajama bottoms- it seemed likes she had come here without changing onto real clothes first.

"Jesse!" she yelled and then ran over to me and started to untie the ropes around my arms when Paul interrupted.

"Hey Suze" he said and she whipped her head around and looked at him with such furry I was surprised he didn't recoil. But he just grinned in that sickening way of his. "So you came I assume because you didn't want to see your precious Jesse boy murdered" she just nodded and started to sneakily pull something from the waistband of her pants which I soon discovered was a knife. But Paul saw it and immediately pulled a gun out and pointed it at her and said, "Drop it Suze". He wouldn't hurt her, would he? She hastily dropped the knife.

"Paul" Susannah said in her most persuasive voice. "You don't really want to kill me, do you Paul?" she fluttered her eyelashes and I saw his eyes soften for a split second before his cold demeanor returned.

"Of course not Suze, I want to kill Jesse" I saw here eyes widen and then she stood in front of me, in hopes of shielding me from Paul, with a defiant expression on her face. I wanted to scream at her that I wasn't worth it, I wanted to tell her to run, but all that came out of my mouth was a muffled sound.

"Well then Paul you are going to have to kill me if you want to get to Jesse" she said in a perfectly calm voice, although I saw her legs shake. I tried to free myself again but I was stuck. Then I saw the knife inches from my hand.

"Suze… you know I don't want you dead but you have to realize the truth. You and I are perfect, and I am going to make sure Jesse is out of the picture." He said, and then started walking towards her. I watched as he came closer and then moving faster then I have ever seen someone move- grabbed both her hands in a tight grip and at the same time pushed the gun right up to her skull.

"You know, this really isn't fair." Susannah said lightly while my heart was beating rapidly with fear as I tried to grab the knife in order to free myself so I could help her. "I can't even defend myself, you have a gun and all I have are my fists." Paul just chuckled and then started walking her towards the bench as I reached down and successfully grabbed the knife. YES! My arms were almost free.

I turned towards the bench and I saw Susannah slap Paul as he tried to kiss her, and anger surged through my body. How dare he? With a final tug I was free, at the same time, I saw Paul punch Susannah and I saw my Querida double over in pain. I ran towards her to see if she was alright but before I could even speak Susannah went over to Paul and punched him in the face. I grabbed his gun which had fallen on the floor and then I held it to Slater's head, while he cursed.

"Are you ok, Querida?" I asked anxiously and then she just smiled and nodded. Then after tying Paul up, I kissed her with such passion that I forgot where we were and that Paul was sitting right next to us. Until he started cursing at me again.

Suze's POV

After calling the cops, me and Jesse went home after about an hour on the beaching talking and…. Yeah. I am so glad that Jesse is ok, that every time I look at him I smile. I think he is pretty happy to see me alive too- because he keeps kissing me.

Everything is going to be ok now- the police told us that Paul would get some help and serve some community service, and hopefully Paul will get over me, so I can go on with my life with Jesse. Everything is great, and despite the trouble with Paul, I think everything is going to be all right.

I then turned to Jesse and covered his lips with mine.

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