Hey y'all! I am sorry for not posting for a while, but I got a good reason. I was sick and then I started college and its my last year so I have been busy with seeing my friends again and doing senior stuff. I am going to try and upload more often but unfortunately I don't know if I can keep that, but I can promise that I will at least update once a month at the longest. It is my personal goal to finish this story before I graduate. I hope you all enjoy this and thanks for reading it and reviewing and for favoriting it and following it. I hope you all enjoy it!
"Adelee. Corazon, are you all right?" He ran up to me.
"I am fine, Caro." I told him. There most have been something on my face that said otherwise because he walked up to me. We're standing nose to nose and he then wrapped his arms around me in a hug. I leaned my head down to land on his shoulder. He rubs my back soothingly.
"Adelee, what's wrong, why are you here?" He asked me. I looked up and backed away from him.
"Um." I didn't know where to start. "Nothing happened to me." I told him. That was the most basic thing I could say.
"Barba, maybe you should all come into my office?" Sargent Benson said.
"Ok." He said. We all made our way into her office. We all took seats and Sargent Benson was the first one to talk.
"Rafael I asked her here so that we could have some information about a missing girl's case. Instead we now have information on that case and three others." She said.
"Why did you need Adelee?" Rafael asked.
"The case appeared to have Greek mythological ties, and we wanted to know what she could tell us about them." She told him. "However," she looked at me as if to ask if it was ok to tell him. I nodded my head and she kept going. "We found out that all of the three of the four victims all knew Dr. Jones. We think that the killer and the kidnapper are the same person, and all of the cases are connected. We think that she might be in danger." She told him. He looked over at me.
"What happened?" He asked.
"We figured out that whoever is doing this is someone that I know, because they have been sending me letters with the myths in them. He then kills them and recreates that myth." I took a deep breath. I could feel my eyes "Everyone with the exception of the current girl missing is someone that I have known." I said all of this looking down at my hands. I looked up at Rafael. I saw his face turn a little red. Well, shit. He took a deep breath.
"Adelee, why didn't you tell me that someone was sending you those? I could have helped you. Are you alright?" So the anger was for my safety.
"I get weird things from my students sometimes. I just thought this was something like that. I never thought that they would be anything like this." I said with tears in my eyes. I am acting like a sad child. I must look pathetic to everyone.
"My darling, its alright. I am just worried about you. Do you need somewhere to stay?" He asked me. Then he looked at the Sargent and asked her. "Does she need to stay somewhere else?"
The Sargent smiled and nodded. "She said she was staying with her grandmother."
"Ok. Liv, I need to talk to you about the case. Adelee would you mind to wait outside while I talk to Olivia." Rafael said. Sargent Benson nodded, "come with me Adelee." They're going to talk about this mess and me. Rafael kissed my cheek and helped me up. I walked out with her and she called out for Carisi. I walked over to him with her. She motioned for me to sit at his desk. "Carisi keep her company." She then walked back to her. This whole situation got a lot more tense whenever Rafael showed up.
"Dr. Jones, we already met, but you can call me Sonny if you want." He offered.
I smiled and said, "well if I can call you Sonny you might as well call be Adelee."
"So you and Barba." He said.
"Yeah." I told him smiling. He made me feel a little bit better with this. He was trying to make this situation not so terrible for me. "Our grandmothers are best friends and they took it upon themselves to get us together. My nonna tricked me into coming over, and then proceeded to tell him that I had birthing hips. She thinks that's very important in relationships." I told him smiling.
"You're Italian. That seems to be important to Italian grandmothers." He told me.
"I am half Italian. I know, but she spent every summer trying to fatten me up, it becomes annoying after awhile." I said smiling. He looked at me confused and I smiled and said "what? We like food." We both laughed. I liked him. "How did you know I am Italian?" I asked him.
"You called your grandmother the Italian term for grandmother. You also look Italian." He told me. "In all seriousness, how are you dealing with everything?" He asked sobering up.
"I am dealing. I just found out that some psycho Greek myth killer is targeting people I know. I don't even know if he's targeting me. I am freaking out a little. I don't know if he's going to come after me or not."
"We'll catch him." Was all he said before Rafael came out of Sargent Benson's office.
"Adelee you ready to go?" He asked me staring down Carisi. He doesn't like Carisi? I think he's nice. I got a little evil smile on my face, this will make me feel better.
"Of course, Polpetto." I told him. Carisi started to laugh beside me, and I turned and smiled at him. Rafael's face squinted up. "Let's go." I got out of the chair and walked toward Rafael. We walked toward the elevator and we climbed in it, and after the doors shut he looked over at me.
"You and Carisi seemed close." He said. Is he jealous?
"Yeah, we are planning on having a torrent love affair." I joked.
"Not funny." He said. Contrary to his statement he smiled a little.
"He's nice and he made me feel comfortable. Rafi," I took a breath. "I am trying not to flip out. Someone is targeting me." He reached over and grabbed my hand that wasn't holding my cane. He opened his mouth to say something but the doors opened with a ding indicating that this was our stop. He pulled my hand and we walked out hand in hand to the entrance.
"Let me drive you home so you can pack some bags." I nodded my head, "then I'll take you to my place." Uh.
"I need to go to my grandmother's home Rafi." I told him.
"Addy, I think that it will be safer if you stay at my place," I was about to interrupt but he stopped me, "here me out." I nodded, "your grandmother lives on the fifth floor of a walk up apartment and its not anywhere near your work. I have an elevator, its closer to your work, I live in a secure building where no one can get in unless they are on a list, and I would get to see you more." Damn, he had a point. Nonna lives in a building without an elevator and he knows it's hard for me to get up and down those stairs. The security was something that would allow me to feel safer. Close to work is good to. I also would like to see him.
"You only have one bed in your apartment." I told him.
"The couch in my office turns into a bed." He retorted.
"You just want me in your bed." I joked.
"Guilty."
"The ADA just pled guilty, I need to record this." I joked.
"Addy, in all seriousness. I want you to be safe and I feel like you might not be at your grandmother's. She's in her eighties Addy. If someone broke in what would she do? She might get hurt and I worry about you. If you don't want to stay with me because I am there I'll go stay with my grandmother and you stay at my apartment." He put his hands on either side of my face and leaned in and kissed me. It wasn't a passionate kiss. It was the kind that let you know that you were cared for and safe. It was a gentle brush of lips.
"Ok. You win. You don't have to stay with your grandmother." I told him after he had pulled away.
"Good." He smiled. He walked me to his black Jaguar. He then opened my door and helped me in. I set my cane in between my legs. I took a deep breath and laid my head on the back of the seat. I can't believe this is happening.
"Are you sure you need these many books?" He asked from the living room.
"Yes, Rafi. I teach classes and part of that is being informed." I said rolling my eyes.
"Do you need this much stuff?" He asked. I rolled my eyes.
"You told me to pack so I wouldn't have to come back for a while." I told him.
"But you have four bags." He said. In my defense, I really like clothes and they sort of accumulated over the years.
"You have an entire wall in your closet devoted to your ties." That shut him up. "In fact your closet is bigger then my bedroom." I smiled. Rub salt in the wound, Addy.
"Ok I get it, I'll stop talking. I do have a question though."
"What is it?" I said as I was putting the last of my makeup in my bag I put it in my purse and walked out of my bathroom into my bedroom where he was sitting on my bed.
"What did you call me at the prescient?" I looked at him confused. "When you and Carisi were laughing together and planning your love affair."
"Oh," I said smiling. "I called you 'meatball.'" I said causally walking to the other side of room.
