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from Drew. He reached up and pulled his mask up enough to reveal his face. Jo tried not to be moved by it. He had the same baby blue eyes and full lips, the same rigid jawline and thick eyebrows. He looked just as he did when she first met him, aside from a few gray hairs and wrinkles. The memory of their brief, but passionate affair rushed through her mind.
“I’m going to call the police,” Samantha said. Jo’s heart rate quickened. She did not want the police to come. She wanted nothing to do with the police, but she didn’t want a murderer getting away. She started formulating a plan so she could restrain Drew and escape herself before the police got there.
“You’re going to send me to prison? After all of these years? Have you no respect?” Drew asked when she didn’t protest at Samantha calling the police.
“I have respect for those that deserve it. Murdering someone gets no respect from me.”
Samantha dialed the police while she kept her gaze locked on the two. It was easy to gather their history from their body language and the tension in their voices. What was harder to figure out was whether Jo was angry at him for the murder, or something much more personal.
“I didn’t murder anyone!” Drew yanked hard on Jo’s leg and knocked her off balance. She flipped to the side and landed on her feet, but Drew was able to get to his before she could stop him. “You know better than that.” He glared at her. “I came here for the necklace, that’s all.”
“I don’t believe you.” Jo shifted in a slow circle around him to keep him from running. She could hear sirens in the distance.
“Yes, you do.” He smirked a little and took a step towards her. “You believe me, because you know that I would never kill anyone. You know me better than anyone, Jo, years and lifestyle changes don’t erase that.”
Jo was breathless as he took another step towards her. His demeanor was mild, if not a little seductive. She recalled the amount of times they had celebrated together and the plans they made together for big heists. They never actually did one together, but they dreamed up quite a few adventures.
“I don’t know you at all, not anymore.”
“Then here.” He held out his hands to her. “Tie me up. Do what you will. If you really believe that I killed someone, go ahead and show me.” His eyes met hers with a spark of heat. She couldn’t look away. “Go on, Jo, show me just what you think of me.”
“Jo?” Samantha spoke up and broke the tension between the two. “Do you want me to do it? I have some zip ties in my purse.”
“You have zip ties in your purse?” Jo looked over at her with some shock. In that instant Drew took advantage of her distraction and shoved her hard right into Samantha. He bolted into the darkness as Samantha and Jo stumbled over each other in an attempt to untangle.
“He’s getting away!” Samantha tried to run after him, but Jo grabbed her hand to stop her.
“Don’t bother, Samantha. He’s already gone.”
With sirens fast approaching, Jo felt her stomach churn. She wanted to run, just like Drew had, just like they had in the past. It was already too late as beams of light arched along the outside wall of the villa and over the grass. Within moments Jo had her hands in the air and Samantha stumbled over her attempt at an explanation. “We saw someone back here, it looked like he was going to break in.”
“What are you two doing out so late?” One of the officers asked. Samantha recognized them as two of the officers who had attended the scene when Valda died.
Jo lowered her hands when she saw that no one was going to cuff her. “We went for a walk, to look at the stars,” Samantha replied.
“And the man you saw?”
“I didn’t see much. It was too dark. I ran after him to try to stop him, but he got away.” Jo shrugged. She tried to act casual, but under the surface she was panicking, she hated talking to the police.
“So, what
“I’m going to call the police,” Samantha said. Jo’s heart rate quickened. She did not want the police to come. She wanted nothing to do with the police, but she didn’t want a murderer getting away. She started formulating a plan so she could restrain Drew and escape herself before the police got there.
“You’re going to send me to prison? After all of these years? Have you no respect?” Drew asked when she didn’t protest at Samantha calling the police.
“I have respect for those that deserve it. Murdering someone gets no respect from me.”
Samantha dialed the police while she kept her gaze locked on the two. It was easy to gather their history from their body language and the tension in their voices. What was harder to figure out was whether Jo was angry at him for the murder, or something much more personal.
“I didn’t murder anyone!” Drew yanked hard on Jo’s leg and knocked her off balance. She flipped to the side and landed on her feet, but Drew was able to get to his before she could stop him. “You know better than that.” He glared at her. “I came here for the necklace, that’s all.”
“I don’t believe you.” Jo shifted in a slow circle around him to keep him from running. She could hear sirens in the distance.
“Yes, you do.” He smirked a little and took a step towards her. “You believe me, because you know that I would never kill anyone. You know me better than anyone, Jo, years and lifestyle changes don’t erase that.”
Jo was breathless as he took another step towards her. His demeanor was mild, if not a little seductive. She recalled the amount of times they had celebrated together and the plans they made together for big heists. They never actually did one together, but they dreamed up quite a few adventures.
“I don’t know you at all, not anymore.”
“Then here.” He held out his hands to her. “Tie me up. Do what you will. If you really believe that I killed someone, go ahead and show me.” His eyes met hers with a spark of heat. She couldn’t look away. “Go on, Jo, show me just what you think of me.”
“Jo?” Samantha spoke up and broke the tension between the two. “Do you want me to do it? I have some zip ties in my purse.”
“You have zip ties in your purse?” Jo looked over at her with some shock. In that instant Drew took advantage of her distraction and shoved her hard right into Samantha. He bolted into the darkness as Samantha and Jo stumbled over each other in an attempt to untangle.
“He’s getting away!” Samantha tried to run after him, but Jo grabbed her hand to stop her.
“Don’t bother, Samantha. He’s already gone.”
With sirens fast approaching, Jo felt her stomach churn. She wanted to run, just like Drew had, just like they had in the past. It was already too late as beams of light arched along the outside wall of the villa and over the grass. Within moments Jo had her hands in the air and Samantha stumbled over her attempt at an explanation. “We saw someone back here, it looked like he was going to break in.”
“What are you two doing out so late?” One of the officers asked. Samantha recognized them as two of the officers who had attended the scene when Valda died.
Jo lowered her hands when she saw that no one was going to cuff her. “We went for a walk, to look at the stars,” Samantha replied.
“And the man you saw?”
“I didn’t see much. It was too dark. I ran after him to try to stop him, but he got away.” Jo shrugged. She tried to act casual, but under the surface she was panicking, she hated talking to the police.
“So, what
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