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Notes: thanks again to all the great reviews! I'm on vacation and we're having a mini family reunion. So I am trying to keep my posting schedule but I am WAY off on personally thanking each and everyone of you for the kind feedback. And as always - CinderH and Jazzie are saving my life with the beta on this story.

Chapter 7

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In reality, Robbie hadn't called Ana at all; he was in an excited rush to get a change of clothes from one of the smaller back rooms used to store extra cleaning supplies. She didn't even know he had been on the island for about two months working for a much larger drug cartel. His cousin Joe, had graciously introduced him to key decision-makers and Robbie had made it successfully through their many tests. And now trusted with a set of keys to the large meth lab, he was already fast-tracking up the ladder in the organization.

Things could not be better. After being sure that he would never see Ana again, he'd miraculously gotten this amazing job. Robbie dreamed about Ana night and day. He dreamt about their future but also had nightmares about a certain detective that wrenched her away. Robbie had finally gotten to Honolulu and as things clicked into place, it could only mean that they were supposed to be together on an island paradise.

The moment he arrived in town, Robbie tracked Ana's every move from her cute little apartment to her new job at the hotel. He knew the make and model of her car, her telephone number, her new fancy title at her new fancy job, where she ate and who she hung out with. Her hours were a convenient 8 A.M. to 3:30 P.M. and she had started to take surfing lessons twice a week after work.

But he had been furious to find that her Detective Danny Williams - her damnable Uncle Danny - was also working and living on the island. He had been so filled with rage, that Robbie had almost blown it by confronting the two of them the afternoon they had met for ice cream in the park. The angry drugged-out teenager, had become a meth-using dealer and then an obsessed stalker. It was only natural that the next plane of his desirous dreams and fantasies twisted into an obsessive need for vengeance.

Within hours, his methods to get Ana back changed considerably and he reached out to his cousin again. He needed more .. he wanted to know why the Detective had done so much for Ana as a child. It had never been a passing interest; it had been a vested one and now they were together again. He wanted to ruin their relationship and Ana's good opinion of her beloved Uncle Danny. And then after a weekend binge, he'd contrived the ultimate payback: death.

But even death needed to have a purpose, it had to be orchestrated, and cousin Joe provided an idea based on an old rumor of sorts. Robbie had been fascinated and had pushed for more. So Joe had done his magic and had recommended speaking to a very special, old acquaintance of Mitch Runyan's. Joe might be stupid, but he could not be faulted for a lack of connections. With a great deal of satisfaction, this man had confirmed Robbie's long-standing suspicions about the Detective.

"I was there. I saw just that one cop go upstairs. He was chasing Jana down and she was screaming for help but he showed no mercy. Then there was a single gun shot." The reliable information was exactly what he was looking for and Robbie was extremely gratified.

"I swear to you that he was the only one upstairs that night. That cop killed her right in front of Ana. He murdered Jana where no one could say otherwise and only claimed it was self-defense. So yeah Robbie, he's damned guilty and he's only followed Ana to make sure she either stays quiet or because he feels that guilt through to his soul. Plus, you know how these cops all cover for each other."

And what he had learned about that night, now almost 11 years in the past, would make Ana despise her precious Uncle Danny. She would learn to hate him. She would want him to die and Robbie would be pleased - no, proud - to do this favor for her. He only needed to fine-tune his original plans and strike.

"Stay away from him." His finger was literally drilled into Paul's shoulder on his way out of the factory. They had locked Danny tightly bound and gagged in one of the other many empty rooms within the rambling factory.

"I'll be back soon. All you need to do is hang out and stay completely away from him."

But Paul lurched out of the old chair he'd been sitting in with his hand wrapped around Robbie's finger. The fear that was now ever-present, resurfaced with a vengeance and he practically invaded Robbie's personal space.

"What! Where do you think you're going? You can't just leave me here with him!"

"Relax. He's not going anywhere." He stared in disgust as Paul became unglued at the seams and then schooled his features to a condescending smile. "Paulie. Come on, Paulie. Sit back down and relax. I swear it will be fine. I'll be back soon and then, this will be done before you know it."

It was a different tact that had always worked in the past. Paul needed a calming force and Robbie made himself place a gentle hand on each of the boy's quaking shoulders. "Come on Pauiie .. have I ever let you down?"

"Okay." There was a pause followed by a slight shake of the head as Paul swallowed hard. It was enough for Robbie to give him a small, reassuring smile and a soft shake on both of his shoulders. He watched as Paul heaved in a big breath of air and finally nodded. He was still nervous but he was back under control.

"Okay, Robbie. But just don't take too long."

He then left Paul and Danny in the old factory after changing into the decent pair of jeans and a professional looking button-down shirt. Nice shoes replaced worn, old sneakers. A small Honda two-door coupé sat next to the van and he slid into the low bucket seat. It was neat and clean but nothing special except he had broken the passenger side window and locking mechanisms. The fact that he'd stolen it just the day before didn't concern him either. It was part of the plan since the van could be a hot commodity if anyone had seen him abduct Danny. But if he had seen himself in the mirror, from a distance he could have looked like the particular Detective he so despised.

He stopped off at the florist to make his arrival even more special and he then drove directly to the hotel. It was time for Ana to learn the truth.

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"Oh my god! They're beautiful!" Ana inhaled the scent from the fresh bouquet set in front of her by one of the hotel receptionist. Naturally, she assumed they were from Danny because it was June and that month was special to both of them. It was the month her mother had died, but also the same month when she had essentially been rescued from an unknown future.

"The young man is still outside waiting for you, Ana." The receptionist, Gayle smiled at her blank expression.

"So, come on .. are you holding back on me? You never said that you had a boyfriend."

"I don't." Ana said bluntly. "He's still here?" The woman nodded happily and pulled her to her feet.

"He sure is. He's quite handsome too, if I do say so myself." Ana felt an uncomfortable prickly feeling as she allowed the receptionist to take her by the hand. It was a bad feeling; a bad premonition of evil so to speak and she suddenly wanted to run and hide.

She saw him at the same time he saw her.

"Hi Ana! Surprise!" Robbie was beaming from ear to ear, as was the receptionist who was still pulling her forward thinking it was a happy reunion.

Ana yanked her hand from Gayle's grasp to stand there in the hotel lobby. She was completely in shock as Robbie enveloped her in a tight hug which she didn't return. In the background, she heard excited whispers and a few sporadic claps but fearful tears pricked at her eyes. And then to cover for her lack of response, Robbie laughed over her shoulder to the people .. some of whom were her new friends .. who had gathered to watch the supposed couple.

"I totally got her! Do you mind if I return Ana after lunch? We haven't seen each other in months." He was disarming and almost endearing but Ana clearly saw through that façade now. Her stomach lurched uncomfortably as she tried to untangle his fingers from her shoulder. But then someone, Gayle again probably, shoved her pocketbook into her hands and she took it with numb fingers only to have it disappear almost immediately. As a tear escaped down her cheek, Ana nervously looked around the blur of smiling faces.

"I got it, sweetie." Robbie again. "Right here." He had the small brown leather strap on one finger tauntingly just out of reach. And her anger bubbled up as she blindly tried to take it back but he ignored her to swoop her shoulders into another trapped embrace.

She wanted her cell phone and he knew it. In the background, someone was giggling and telling her to have a good afternoon but Robbie was already physically propelling her through the hotel lobby and then outside. Ana was far from joyous as she tried to resist his persistent tug. But his arm had captured her to his side and she could feel the gun looming dangerously under his jacket. Another planned move and he whispered into the top of her hair miming a kiss.

"I'd keep moving if I were you. I wouldn't want to hurt any of your lovely new friends." Moments later, she was sitting in the stolen Honda and merging on the freeway. And even though they were moving, her fingers were scrabbling at the broken lock which refused to budge and she began to cry. Robbie had at first stowed her pocketbook well out of reach under the driver's seat but now he was pulling it back out. With an eye on the road, he was rummaging one-handed through it until he found the cell phone.

"Whoops!" Ana watched through tearful eyes as he let the phone slide through his fingers. He had rolled down the driver's side window and allowed the phone to sloppily just fall and crack to the pavement. Seconds later he had tossed her bag back into her lap.

"There you go, sweetie." The smile on his face twisted her stomach and Ana clenched the bag to her chest like a shield. "I'll get you a new one. Maybe."

"What are you doing here?" It took her time to form a question. Shock was turning to anger and though her heart was pounding in her chest, Ana finally began to make demands. But she was also scared because he'd never directly threatened her with a gun.

"Stop and let me out. What you are doing here?"

"Oh come on, Ana. You can't say that you haven't missed me." Robbie was smiling and tapping his fingers in time to the music on the radio. He gave her business suit an appraising look. "You look pretty today. But hey, you have a real corporate kind of job. A nice apartment and even a new car. And now, I have a job. We were meant to meet here again .. in paradise. It's perfect."

"You've been following me?" Her mouth fell open in shock when he grinned happily back at her. His expression said that he had done so for a long time and she wilted in the passenger seat. "We aren't a couple, Robbie. We haven't seen in each other in almost a year."

Ana's eyes were filled with angry tears and she was beginning to yell at him from the passenger seat. "I don't want to see you. I don't want to be with you. So, pull over and let me out!"

"No." Robbie's smile faded from his face and he only accelerated through traffic. His voice became a threatening sneer and he caressed the gun hidden under his jacket. "I have a few things for you. One in particular."

His dire tone made Ana tremble and she finally quieted as she tried to memorize the route. Danny would need as much information about where she was when she could call him. She made a firm resolution to find a way and then he would figure out how to deal with Robbie.

"Ana?" His hand reached over to touch her arm and she jerked away to melt into the door refusing to look at him. Making believe she was staring at nothing, she counted mile markers and exits.

"I know what you're doing." He laughed nastily at her and she twirled her head around to look at him as more tears glistened in her eyes.

"You can stop." Robbie's own eyes were vicious and sparkling with their dark promise. "He's one of your special surprises, Ana. Give it up."

~ to be continued ~