Chapter 2

Rain pounding on the roof woke Dean up and he looked at the clock. 5 am time to get up and start another day of living a lie he thought to himself. He rolled over and saw that Jaimie wasn't in bed. He looked towards the bathroom and saw the light was on the door was cracked. He got up and walked over and knocked on the door and it crept open.

"Hey" she said looking up at Dean. She had just got out of the shower and had her bathrobe on and was wringing out her hair. "Hey Baby. You okay?" He asked with concern in his eyes. "Yeah why?" "Well its 5 am and you usually don't get up until at least 6:30." She went to walk by him and he grabbed her by the waist. "Jaimie?" He leaned his forehead against hers. She stood on her tippytoes and gave him a quick kiss "I'm fine. I just have a lot on my mind; nothing to worry about." He looked at her and smiled. "Promise?" He asked. "Promise." She said. "You know your really short!" He laughed and lifted her up and gave her one more quick kiss before getting ready for work himself. While Dean was in the shower Jaimie got herself ready for work. She had decided on black slacks & a red shirt with black heels. She didn't want to wear a skirt today because it was so ugly outside. Dean got out of the shower and got ready for work too. He went and made the coffee while she was fixing her hair. It was 6 am now.

As they were preparing to leave the doorbell rang. Dean walked over to Jaimie they both looked confused. "Who do you think it could be this early in the morning?" Dean asked. "Just a minute...." she then whispered to Dean "I have no idea." "Give me a minute. I better get out of sight." Dean went and hid in the dining room. Jaimie went and answered the door. "Surprise!" Nick said. "Nick…." Dean stood next to the entrance out of sight. He leaned against the wall so he could hear what was going on. "Nick what are doing here? How did you know where I live?" I got your address off you personnel file." She smiled. "You look stunning today." He said. "Ummm, thank you." She said and turned around to grab her coffee. "I was just getting ready to leave." Well that's why I'm here. I thought I'd give you a ride today." "Nick that's really nice but I have my own car; I have errands to run before work. Besides my husband is supposed to stop by he should be here any minute, he'd be really upset if he saw you here."

That's when Dean knew to slip out the dining room through the glass doors to the patio around the front and knocked on the door and just then he just walked in. "Hey Baby" he yelled upon entering the front door. That is when he saw Nick Salusti. He walked over to Nick with his fists raised. "Who the hell are you?" Jaimie ran between the two men. "Dean, calm down." "Calm down he looked down at her." How am I supposed to calm down when there is another man in my wife's apartment." She pushed Dean back as Nick looked on. "Dean. This is my boss. Nick Salusti. He just came by to offer me a ride to work. That's it." Dean walked over and extended his hand to Nick. "Sorry man. We are just trying to work things out. Sometimes I get a little jealous."

Nick shook his hand. "No worries. I can understand. She's a beautiful woman. I guess I would get jealous too if I were separated from my wife and thought another man was sniffing around."

Nick went to leave and shook Dean's hand once again & casually said in a very low voice so Jaimie wouldn't hear… "Dean I understand you are in the drug business?" "How'd you hear that?" Dean asked. "Dean my friend, word gets around." "Would you be interested in doing business....together? Dean gave Jaimie a look. She knew that look; it was the it's time for business look. "Um if you two would excuse me I'd like to straighten up a bit before I leave for work. Dean guided Nick towards the door. "I don't do business in front of my wife; what'd you have in mind?" "Understandable. How about 11 am my office; afterward you could take your lady to lunch." Dean smiled. "Sounds good. Sounds good." Then Nick was out the door.

Dean shut the door behind him and watched to make sure that Salusti got in his car. Jaimie came out into the living room. "Well that wasn't part of the plan." She said. "Yeah...well...it worked. I'm meeting him 11 am in his office; then I'm gonna take my beautiful wife to lunch!" Jaimie smiled. She began to gather her things; Dean noticed she seemed a little tense. "What?" He asked. I don't know...I just don't like the fact that he knows where I live. There's just something about him that makes me feel very uneasy." Dean walked over to her "Jaimie..." She looked at him. "I know! I know! I'm just being paranoid." She gave Dean a quick kiss "Well I don't want to be late." and with that she left; while Dean went to tell Carter & Ty that they would come into play today.

Dean went to the loft. "Where the hell you been Dean?" Carter asked. "Slight complication this morning. Salusti showed up at Jaimie's place this morning." Ty walked over and joined the conversation. "What?

It's only 7:30 now...what time did he come?" "Around 6:45." "There's something wrong with him man!" Ty said. "You just don't show up at a woman's place that early in the morning unless you want something." Carter shook his head. "We need to wrap this one up and get Jaimie out of there." "I agree." Ty said. They both looked at Dean who had a troubled look on his face. "I'm gonna have to put Salusti in his place; tell him he better stay the hell away from my wife." They could tell that Dean was clearly upset. Neither on had realized until now how deep Dean's feeling ran for her.