Chapter 5: If He Just Touches Her…

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'Now you will pay for everything!' the words of the letter resounded in his head.

'It's him… It's him.' whispered Joseph.

'Who?' asked Mia half shouted. 'I've just heard that someone kidnapped Grandma. Who was it Joe?' Mia was nearly hysterical, she arrived with Charlotte in a hurry.

'Monkey Moreno.' answered Joseph.

'Who?' asked everybody at once.

'Monkey Moreno. He is one of my biggest enemies from Spain.'

'From Spain?' asked Mia surprised. 'Have you got enemies in other countries, too?'

'Of course.' answered Joseph.

'Ok. Carry on.' said Mia.

'What do we know about him?' asked Charlotte.

'He is my family's archenemy, he is trading with guns, we crossed his plan about twenty years ago, and he always wanted to kill me.' said Joseph.

'When you got shot…' started Mia.

'Yes. It was him.' answered Joseph.

'If anything happens to Grandma…' Mia started to cry.

'Don't worry. He won't hurt her, he wants me.'

'Are you sure?' asked Mia among tears.

'Absolutely. I've known him for years. He will call me, but he likes play for time. So we'll have a long and restless night.'

'What do you want to do?' asked Mia.

'First I'll settle everything, guns, helicopters etc. 'Cos if we will know the place where he is with Clarisse, we can go immediately.'

'Right.' sighed Mia.

'I think you should rest a bit, 'cos the night will be very long Princess.' said Joseph.

'Ok. I'll try. But now I have to prepare.' answered Mia and left them.

'Ok. Shades, tell Peter and Mark to get ready with the helicopters. And I want to meet with everybody an hour later in the security room. Understand?' asked Joseph.

'Yes Sir.' answered Shades and went to the security room.

'Oh Joseph…' started Charlotte 'You're shaking.'

'Yes, I'm… I…' started Joseph, but he couldn't continue. He just slowly sat down onto the ground and buried his face in his hands.

'Joseph.' said Charlotte softly. She sat down next to him and stoked his back.

'If anything happens with Clarisse, I will never forgive myself.'

'She will be all right.' said Charlotte softly 'But hey, you was so sure about him a minute ago.'

'I just wanted to ease Mia… Yes, I know him, but I'm afraid of that he is capable of everything. Oh, Charlotte everything is my fault. I should have to die alone, and now instead of this I'm risking Clarisse's life. She is everything to me. She finally said yes this afternoon, I was so happy, but now I can lose her forever…' he was nearly crying.

'Don't worry. Everything will be all right. You waited for her nearly ten years, you can't lose her now.' smiled Charlotte.

'Really? Do you really think that?' asked Joseph at looked in her eyes.

'I'm absolutely sure of that.' smiled Charlotte. 'And now I think it's time to prepare ourselves for a long night.'

'You're right. Thanks Charlotte.' smiled Joseph and stood up.' Come.' said Joseph and pulled her to feet. 'Can we meet at nine in the security room?'

'Of course. And please try to relax.' smiled Charlotte 'He won't hurt Clarisse.'

'I really hope so… If he just touches her, that will be his last day on Earth!' whispered Joseph angrily and walked away.

OOOOOOOOOOOOOO

A few hours later Charlotte, Mia and Joseph were in the security room, Shades and the others were out on the palace grounds…

'That will be a long night.' sighed Mia

'Yes, you're right.' answered Charlotte. They were standing next to the coffee table, while Joseph was watching the monitors. He was depressed.

'Poor Grandma. I hope she is all right.' said Mia and started to cry again.

'Please don't cry Mia. We have to pull ourselves together. Joseph needs help. He looks strong, but inside he is desperate. Just look at him.' said Charlotte

'Oh yes, you're right.' answered Mia and looked at Joseph for a moment. 'We have to cheer him up.'

'Yes, and I don't know you heard or not, but Clarisse said yes to him this afternoon.'

'What?! Why didn't you tell me this earlier???!!!' Oh my God! I'm so happy! Wow! That's fantastic! Ok. Breath in, breath out. We have to divert his attention. Come.' said Mia and they went to sit next to Joseph.

'Any news Joseph?' asked Charlotte.

'No.' answered Joseph.

'Any news?' whispered Mia to Charlotte. 'That's the best you could ask?'

'Well, then it's your turn.' said Charlotte. She was a bit offended.

'Joe?' asked Mia.

'Yes, Princess?'

'That will be a long night and I thought that we can chat a little, you know just pass the time.'

'Right. If you want, but I'm not in a chatting mood.' answered Joseph.

'Please Joe.' asked Mia.

'Right.'

'So…Grandma told me about your first kiss in the limo. And she mentioned another few kiss too. Can you tell me about the kisses after that first? You know when and where? That kind of thing…'

'What?' whispered Charlotte to Mia. 'That's the most important thing now?'

'It's all right Charlotte.' said Joseph 'I love to speak about Clarisse. I always feel happiness when I think of her, and now I really need it.'

'Ok. You can start, we're listening.' smiled Mia, she was completely hooked.

'Ok… So after that first kiss in the limo, we shared a few in every week. My favorite part of the week was our late night security meeting in her office.' started Joseph.

'Late night security meetings?' asked Mia with a grin.

'Yes. In every week we spent one or two nights together.'

'You mean…' started Mia, but Joseph cut her in.

'No. We didn't sleep together.'

'There's nothing to do with sleeping.' smiled Mia.

'Ok. I'll correct myself, I didn't make love to her. Ok?'

'Then what did you do on a late night security meeting?' asked Mia.

'We just laid on the sofa, she was in my arms, and we kissed. I made a fire and brought her some tea. Clarisse was usually very tired, and she rather worked harder next day, just she could spend the night with me. We just relaxed on the sofa, chatted about everything and shared sweet kisses.'

'So you didn't make love to her? I can't believe it! You were alone whole night with your dream woman in your arms, kissing on the sofa and never ever made love to her? I can't believe it!' cried Mia.

'But that's the truth.' answered Joseph.

'I don't believe you. I'm sure there was something between you and her. Come on!' said Mia.

'Well there really was something…' started Joseph.

'I knew it. I knew it. You're a liar.' smiled Mia.

'No, I'm not. I said I didn't make love to her, and that's true.'

'Then what happened between you and Grandma?' asked Mia excitedly.

'Once we almost…you know. I just took off her bra…'

'Wow! You're a naughty boy Joey! And?'

'And Olivia knocked on the door.' answered Joseph.

'Damn it!' cried Mia 'So you took off her bra?'

'Yes, I'm still dreaming about that.' said Joseph with a dreamy look on his face.

'And then, you had plenty of times after that.' said Mia.

'Yes, but Clarisse didn't dare to do it anymore, it was too risky, so after that we just kissed on the sofa.'

'And is it enough?' asked Mia.

'Look. I've waited her for ten years Mia, I can't lose her. I couldn't risk it. Ten years ago, I didn't hope that she would love me one day; it's a miracle. And the kisses, the sweet nights together in her office, is more than I've ever dreamed of. I had many girlfriends in Spain, beautiful, young and pretty girls. I spent many passionate nights with them, but about twelve years ago, I suddenly realized that something is missing in my life. And a little later, I fell in love with Clarisse. I can't explain it better, but one night with Clarisse on the sofa is worth more than all of the passionate nights with those girls. I would give half of my lifetime for a night with Clarisse on that sofa.'

'Aww.' sighed Mia. 'You really love her. Don't worry, soon she will be your wife.'

'I'm afraid of she won't. After this, I'm sure she won't say yes. I've lost her forever…' said Joseph and buried his face in his hands.

To be continued….

Author's Note: Thanks for reading! Now please review!

P.S.: Mia always asks about their kisses, I think it's a very important thing. I'm just telling my story with all the details, while you Dear Reader just sitting and saying: 'Hey I want to read about that kiss! Who cares about Genovia's future or that someone kidnapped Clarisse, if I can read about that kiss?' Am I right? lol.