Chapter V: Alone At Last
When Gustavo arrived at his destination, he went inside and said to the doorman, "Is Bernadette Poesy in?" he said
"Why yes Monsieur Emmanuel. But due to recent events and the fact that she is a celebrity, we only have authorized visitors. I will phone her, hold on a moment." he said. He picked up the phone and dialed a few numbers then he said, "Ah yes Mademoiselle, you have Monsieur Gustavo Emmanuel here to see you." then he paused and said, "Oh yes, I will send him up right away."he said. Would you like for me to carry your things?"
"No I'm sure I'll manage" he said
"Ok. She is up on the top floor in the penthouse pad." the doorman said. Gustavo smiled and took the elevator. It seemed like the elevator took so long to get to the 20th floor. When he stepped out of the elevator, there was only one elaborate door in front of him. He knocked on it and Bernadette opened it promptly. "Gustavo!"she said. She let him in and said, "I take it that you and Aurore didn't get along too well." She said.
"I wasn't even in the house for twenty minutes before I left again. I have made up my mind that this time, I am not going back." he said.
"You're never going back? Ever?" She said as she sat next to him on the sofa.
"Never." he said. "I'm tired of that woman. I have come to realize that I haven't been happy with her for a while. And, I have come to realize that I don't need a dead body to weigh me down in the long run." he said. They chuckled together.
"So, are you going to file a divorce?" she asked
"Yes. As soon as possible." he said. Bernadette smiled.
"Well, shall we go out and have a night on the town?" she asked.
"Absolutely." he said. They went out to the casino to gamble and have a good time. They went to take their minds off of their previous problems.
Little did they know that they were being stalked. The tall woman and the two men from earlier that day had been stalking them since they met beside Gustavo's limo. They were hitmen.
"What do think? Do you think they are dating?" the woman said to one of the men from her place at the bar.
"It is hard to tell. What do you think Pierre?" he said to the other man.
"I don't know. But, that Bernadette is a fine woman. If only we could meet her under different circumstances" Pierre said.
"Pierre, you swine, we have to report to Aurore. Let's go, we've seen all we need to see here." they left the casino to go to the Emmanuel estate. Aurore was waiting anxiously for their report. The doorbell rang and she went to answer quickly. When she opened the door, it was the trio. "Ah, Madeline I trust that you have bought me great news." Aurore said.
"If you would like to call it that. Then yes." The tall woman said as she took a seat at the kitchen table the two men joined. "We saw them at that same casino but this time, they rode together. Oh and when he left here, he went straight to her apartment."
"He is staying with her?!" Aurore said.
"Yes. They didn't stay very long because about an hour later, they went to the casino so they haven't been there very long." Madeline said.
"Oh dear. It's worse than I thought."