A/N- ok so im back, thanks to Takersgurl35 and Melissa who got me kick started again!! so here is chapter 9, please review and i hope you like it!!

CHAPTER 9

Lily stared, things were going to be hectic from now on, and she would have to beg mark to help her…she knew he would be pissed that was obvious, but how was she supposed to protect the man she loved from all things following her?

The man staring her down was between her and the door to the truck, the keys already in the ignition. All she had to do was get past him and drive off…mark had given her a key and she had forgotten to leave it with the necklace…if she could escape from here she would be safe for a few days until mark came home and she talked to him.

"listen, I don't know why you want me, except for my mother's debts…but what in the hell do you gin from killing me?" lily asked trying to distract him and buy herself some time.

"Satisfaction in knowing that everything to do with your mother is dead" he snarled.

"Right" she sighed, deciding to go for it she bolted for the door and charged into him with all her might. She had made a slight dent in his defense and when he stumbled to the side she bolted to her car diving in roughly and pulling wildly out of the driveway and honing down the road to the one place she knew they wouldn't know about…marks house.

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Lily pulled her truck around the back of mark's place, hidden from anyone who arrived…as far as they were concerned no one was there.

Grabbing her keys she headed to the back deck and up to the door, her many escapes and all her time running and fighting for her life had taught her many skills, breaking into people's house was just one of them.

She jimmied the door and sighed when the alarm went off.

"Fuck!" she cussed Mark out and ran through the house to where the front door where the alarm setting were, she ripped the cables out and smiled…to easy.

Running back out she grabbed her things and explored the upstairs rooms, finding a spare room and dumping her gear…she had taken all things she'd need, including the food from her old house, anything she left could be used to find her.

She explored the house, setting up some traps for anyone who tried to get in; with the alarm disabled she'd have to make her own arrangements. She dug through her things taking a notepad and making notes on where would be the best points of entry and how to make it hard to get in without her knowing. She used wires from the alarm system and smiled, things would be interesting for who ever came after her.

Hours later, undisturbed and tired, lily collapsed on the couch. She had done everything in her power to make herself safe. Now came the waiting game.

She fixed herself dinner and sat quietly again in the same spot on the couch. She had been thinking about Mark and the girls, how they would hate her and how hateful mark had sounded when he yelled down the phone. Her heart clenched…meeting with him, if and when he came home was not going to be pretty.

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Vince sighed, he had done everything he could to find her, she had skipped out and cut off any communications with them. They couldn't trace her phone or follow her tracks because she had covered them so well, not once using her real name or details.

"No luck, I don't think we will find unless she wants us too" Maria sighed and stood

"I think Mark should have some time off, MAKE him do it, he won't do you or anyone else any good if he's not focused, I think he need to digest all of this, go home and pull himself and his ego together." She stated pulling Ashley from the chair and walking out.

Vince knew she was right, and headed to Mark's locker room.

He opened the door and saw Mark still in the same place as before, he hadn't moved.

"Still wallowing?" Vince hissed

"Fuck you vince" Mark snapped, he couldn't care about anything at the moment, she had fucked him over and he had nothing but his work left, and even then it wasn't appealing to him.

"Lovely, the woman you LOVE, don't deny it, is out there on her own, running from danger and murderous rampaging people…and here you sit wallowing in self pity because she decided to protect you and not let you come into harm's way…you're a selfish prick" Vince never really spoke to anyone like that be he felt that it was called for, if you could get mark to listen it was by not backing down and matching his temper.

"oh and so you know, your on leave until I say so" Vince turned and left the room hoping that mark would come to his sense and try and find Lily, even if it was extremely hard.

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Mark sighed, Vince had the shits and now he HAD to travel home early. His flight wasn't booked for 2 more days. He picked up his cell and re booked his flight, tomorrow morning at the earliest.

Tonight was going to be a long night and he doubted that sleep would come easily. Lily was still weighing on his mind, no matter how much he tried to put her out of his mind and convince himself he didn't love her any more, he knew he did.

He dumped his gear in his room after he had rearranged his bookings with the hotel.

Tomorrow he would arrive home and be able to relax and try and forget she ever existed, she would no longer be a part of his life, only he didn't know the surprise that was waiting in his house.