Haleema Duraani Wrong Door 
 
 
   
 When The Door Opened I Didnt Know What To Expect I Hadnt Seen My Father Since My Boyhood When Since The Day He Left I Had To Say Goodbye Though I Couldnt Leave Without Say Goodbye My Mother Would Be Furious But thatDidnt Matter He Was My Family And That Was All That Was Important. 
    I Didnt know What to Expect But I Definitely Didn’t Expect Her I Didn't Expect To See Her Standing At The Door She Was Short Caramel Woman Her Face Was Round And soft She Was Exotic In Her Own Sense I  Was So Taken Aback I Hadn't Realized She'd Spoke "Excuse Me Sir?" "Oh I’m Sorry Yes" "How Can I Help You?" "I’m Looking For My Father Antoine Lakely?" I Was Still Caught Up I Had Still Not Yet Realized THat I Was Asking For My Father At His Home A Sign Something Was Wrong "There Is No By That Name Residing Here I’m Sorry You Must Have The Wrong Door" She Shifted Her Weight To One Leg Leaning Against The Door I Looked Down At Her Bare Legs They Were Lean And Even She Either Danced Or Ran As My Eyes Traveled Up Her Legs To Her Plump And round Hips It Was Obvious She Was A Dancer My Eyes tried Their Hardest To Focus On Her Face But THey Trailed Down To Her Chest Her Tank Top Revealed Her Supple Breasts Brown And Smooth On Her Left One There Was A Koi Fish Tattoo Peeking Out Of Her Top "Im Sorry But This Is The House I Came To Three Years Ago" "I Moved In Two Years Ago So He Probably Lived Here Before Me But I’m Sorry I Don’t Know Anything About The Previous Owner" "Oh Ok Well Thank You For Your Time" I Began To Walk Away But The Exotic Beauty Called Me Back "Hey Next Time You Want Someone Try Not To Mentally Undress Them" "Huh?" I Smiled "You Wanna Come Inside?" "Huh?" 
"Huh" "You Heard Me, Come Inside" I Looked At This Woman She Had A Nonchalant Attitude But Her Body Was Anything But. She Stepped To The Side gesturing For Me To Come Inside I walked Past her For A Second She Stared Right At Me it was kind of surprising to me because everything seemed the same from my last visit, yet it was different because my father's presence wasnt there As i reminisce in lost memories i heard her "You Want Anything To Drink?"For A While i thought it was a voice inside my head  But She Repeated " You want anything to drink" I snapped out of my thoughts and saw her in front of me with a smile that made my insides melt in a kind of a a sinnful way  "Um", i cleared my throat "Sure"  She smiled i KNew She Was Mocking My Boyish Anxiety I Looked Around My Fathers Home I Diddnt Grow Up With Him I Only Knew Him For six Short Years He Left My Mother For A Reason I Diddnt Know But What Bothered Me Was That He Was Gone He Left And Diddnt Let Me KNow I Saw My Father Physically Three Years Ago But We Spoke Regularly I Heard From Him 3 Weeks Ago He Wouldve Told Me He Moved  
"Ive Got Coke. Ice. Or No Ice" I Looked At Her She Stood Against The Wall With A Glass With Ice "Huh?" I Mentally Slapped Myself "Do You Want It With Ice Or No Ice?" Ice Or No Ice The Question Lingered Over Me I Wanted Ice But I Wasnt Speaking About My Drink i could Feel A Stiffness Become Apparent I Quickly Sat Down "Ice" I Finally Answered She Swaggered Over To Me And Poured The Coke In The Glasses One For Me One For Herself I Watched Her Sip It Lightly Her Pink Full Lips Were Slightly Moist I Took Down The Cold Beverage To Ease My Visual Lust "So What Kind Of Son Doesnt Know What Happened To His Own Father?" I Put down My Drink At Looked At Her For Once i Was Able To Think Clearly "The Kind Who Had To Hunt him Down For Eight Years To Find Him In The First After He Left His Family" "Oh Well Im Sorry But It Seemed Odd" "Yeah I Know But I My Father Is Gypsy He Never Stays Put Too Long" "I Hear Thats Hereditary" I laughed But More To myself Than To Her "Actually I Came T oTell Him Goodbye Im Leavin For Cuba Tommorow" "You A Businessman?" "Yeah I Own The Rite Of Passage company" "Hmmm So You Takin A Sabbatical?" "You Could Call It That" She Stood And Walked Over To Me And Around The Back Of My Chair "You Are A Quite Handsome Man Wheres Your Ring?" "Cant Commit" "That Gypsy Soul Huh?" "Yeah I Guess, But Speakin Of Movin when did you move here exactly.?" "Um..March 2008" She replied. But that's a liittle over 3years ago,it's August 2011, i thought to myself, she said she moved here 2 years ago.... 
"Wait You Said That You Moved Here Two Years Ago Not Three" I Asked Very Confused and Even A Little Suspicious.  But I Couldnt focus her Hand Was Rubbing on My Shoulders "You Know You Cmae Here And You Never Properly Introduced Yourself, Whats your Name?" she Whispered in My Ear The Warmth Of Her Breath Made My Skin Tingle And My Mind Drift "Robert Lakely" "Mmmm thats A Strong masculine name It Suits You" "Thank You But Thats Not What I Asked You Moved In Here Two Years Ago Or Three?" "Thats The Kinda Of Name You Scream While You Taking it From The Back" I stared At This Woman With Wild Eyes She Just smiled At Me I Watched Her bite Her Bottom lip It Was still moist.  I Thought I Would lose My Mind But I Had To Stick To My Guns "Answer Me" I Asked Firmly "Oh i Bet You Like To Fuck Rough?" My Rising Lust Was Growing Uncontrollable I Then Stood And Looked Down At Her "Answer Me When Did You Move Here?" My Eyes Glowered At Her She Just Stared At Me Airlessly as If She hadnt Heard Anything I Had just Said "You Probably Liked to Be Called daddy Too Huh?" She Inched Closer To Me Her Chest Pressed Against My Stomach I Was Staring Right Down Her Shirt "i Bet You Like That Huh?" She Asked . I backed Away "Who Are you?" I Asked "Don't Worry About That Robert Stop Thinkin So hard  I Bet Your Wondering What I Look Like Naked"  
I Stared At The Woman In front Of Me She Was Obviously Insane "Are You Okay?" "Yes Im Fine Robert And So Are You Now Why Are you Actin Like You dont Want me?" I Sat Down And Watched Her Saunter Over To Me Her Hips Swayed Slowly With Each Step "I Never Said i Didnt Want You?" I Said As She Sat down On My Lap She Leaned In Closer To My Ear "Then Show Me" With That The Soft Pink Ridges Of her Lips Gently Carressed my Neck while Her hand Rubbed My chest Slowly Her lips Made Their Way To My Cheek and then my lips I took in her honeyed tastes i took hold of her waist and turned her  completely  around now we sat face to face i pulled away and looked at her face once more with that my senses were  hightened she smelled like magnolia buds and her skin was like the skin of ripe peach fuzz ismooth and soft her i took her into my mouth once more and felt my lust rise benethe her thick thighs. when i couldnt take anymore i took her up and laid  her body across the coffee table i pulled off her shorts and revealed her perfect sheath  
I spread her legs apart revealing her moist opening I slid my index finger inside her, her body released a deep breath i pushed  in my middle finger and she let out a moan her wetness covered my hands i pushed deeper into her and watched her eyes  grow wide, slowly i added my ring finger and she groaned like the sound of thunder i push and pushed until her  moans filled the air i rubbed her soaked walls relentlessly until she started to shiver her  moans grew louder  and her body oozed fluids "Ooh fuck me Robert" "No Not yet" "Yes please fuck me I want you to fuck me" "No Not until you tell me what your name is" "No Not Yet please just fuck me" She almost begged "What." My Hand Went Deeper "Is" I pushed harder and she squealed "Your." I Gave Her Another Push "Name?" This Time Her Stomach Jumped and She Groaned "Andrea. My Name Is Andrea Hampton Now Please Fuck me" She begged I lifted her legs And Put Them on my shoulder and slid my heated rod inside her pleading opening she was so wet and tight my manhood pushed into her she moaned and gasped her chest rose and fell with each thrust 
"Ahh, Damn" She Screamed I Pumped into her with intensity she flinched each time my member met her wall i gripped her hips and drilled into her like a punsihment i grinned as i watched her cringe andscream Andrea spent the whole time manipulating me and manhood she thought she could handle me meaning i had to humble her and humble her is what i did.  "You had alot of mouth before andrea baby what you got to say now?" I Whispered into her ear pushing her legs completely to her shoulders she cringed much more but when she opened her mouth she only said "Harder, fuck me harder" My ego was now wounded i had to puther in place my mind switched into beast mode i pulled out and picked her up i carried her to the nearest wall and pinned her up against the wall I pulled both her legs up into a V shape i held her legs and drilled into her over and over and over until i felt her nails dig into my arms she moaned unwillingly and then finally she began t obeg "stop, stop no more" "No you can take it" i continued to beat into her body until her stomach clenched her muscles tighten and her eyes rolled up to the cieling she oozed down my member i smiled triumphantly and let her down. andrea slid down to the floor and stared straight at me as i cleaned myself "You okay?" "Youtr fathers dead" 
"What?!" I stared at Andrea her face was stoic and expressionless "Your father's dead"  My mind was blank for a second and then turned into a whhirlwind of emotions and thoughts my father couldn't have been dead we spoke two weeks ago if he was really dead our family would have been notified "Your lying my father can't be dead we spoke two weeks ago i would have been told" At that she stood and walked over to me she looked me square in the eye "your father is dead" "how?" "He was killed" "WHAT!?" "he was asassinated by a drug lord" my chest felt like it had been struck full force "That makes no sense why would a drug lord kill aa 52 year old man living new mexdico thats just random" "he owed them a large sum of money" "how much?" "1.2 million dollars" i almost choked on my own saliva "that can't be true 1.2 MILLION DOLLARS!?" As andrea put on her underwear she explained "think about it your father leaving abruptly and without reason and becoming almost untraceble and think about it your mother never worked a day in her life but yet you were givin a comfortable lifestyle private schools and ivy league colleges without any scholarships or grants she even invested in your company to get it started" i thought about it all my mother never worked but i got almost everything i ever needed without any hesitation and my father disappearing and just... everything clicked "how do you know all this?" "i'm an investigator for the fbi your father has been a subject of interest for tthe last 20 years he came to the country about a year before he married your mother he was a right hand man for Carlisle Rosario  the most notorious drug lord of his time your father wanted freedom and he wanted to be reimburst for his... services to Rosario and he knew he wouldnt get it from his boss voluntarily so he decided to steal the money and run. For years the drug lord searched for him and never found him until the day you and your father last spoke he was killed and castrated, i'm sorry" 
I had to sit down all this news was overwhelming my stomach clenched my head spun. How did come from coming to tell my father goodbye to being seduced by a strange sex vixen to being informed that my father was a part of a drug ring and was murdered?? Who was this woman? How and why should i trust anything she said? How did she know i would be here? Why was she in my father's home? "Why are you here?" "After we found out your father was dead we took it as an opportunity to find Rosario the fact that he would risk being found for revenge alone lets us know he's gettiong sloppy and thus easier to catch" The whole time Andrea spoke her face never changed "Why did you have sex with me?" "Because i needed to be sure you weren't one of Rosarios goons, they are trained to be one track minded they have one task and thats all they focus on accomplishing the fact that you let me seduce and emasculate you let me know you weren'tg one of his men" "So...the sex was just you doing your job?" "Yes I am a trained FBI agent im not some thirsty harlot looking to pounce on something?" "I wasnt saying you were but im just a little confused i didnt know  that having reckless sex with a stranger was a part of the job criteria now you must be really good actress because you had me fooled when you came all over my dick" I said sarcastically i dont care what she had to say she wanted to have sex with me point. Blank. "I  never said i was acting i was just doing my job" "Your job has quite a few perks dont you think?" She rolled her eyes and put on her shorts then it hit me "How do i know your not really working for rosario and our here to cover up what you did?"  
Andrea stopped what she was doing and looked at me sarcastically "Im not even goin to dignify that question with an answer" I looked at her as she walked across the living room irt was obvious someone rushed into this house furniture was dispersed and there were boxes everywhere. When she realized how hard my glare was she pulled me into the dinig room that now had three laptops two huge black boxes and minillo folders everywhere I saw her holster sitting on the table next to her badge and phone. She opened six folders and dispersed them all over the table it was full of pictures ofmy  family my father my businesss my clients and my home she turned on the laptop and typed in a password and showed me all types of  documents from before i was born and then she showed me her badge and id "I dont work Rosario I have been working for the feds for 12 years so please dont ever doubt my motives" I nodded and fianlly sat down the fact that my fatherwas ded had began to sink in though i spent a large portion of my life without my father i was still his son and i loved him and now he was gone in a matter of seconds. He was gone. He was murdered he was killed by cold blooded killers i felt my body begin to shake in pain and anger "Robert are you okay?"  I heard her voice but i didnt listen to what she said my body was no longer in my  control  i lost my father thats all i could think about  "Robert? Robert are you okay?" Andrea's hand touched my shoulder, the sensation of it began to relax me i took in a deep breath and looked up "What are you guysw gonna do now?" "Right now we know that Rosario is still in America  the brazilian police have gotten no trace on him at all, so now were just waiting on something to pop up" "I s there anything i caqn do?" she shook her head solemnly "All you need to worry about is keeping your head on straightwhile your in Cuba" I almost had fogrgotten about that iit seemed like i needed that trip even more now  "Yeah I dont know how well i can do that" "Im sure you can" i didnt want to leave anymore, not alone anyway my eyes lit up at the thought that came to mind it was a long shot but it couldnt hurt to ask "Come To Cube With Me" 
“What?!” Andrea stopped dead in her tracks, “You want me to come with you to Cuba?” “Yes, come with me I’ve got enough money for the both of us I know you hate being cooped up in this house come with me and we don’t have to come back until you want” she shifted her weight back and forth from one leg to the other her face looked as though she was in deep thought, my heart beat sped up little by little “Why?, why do you want me to come with you?” I hadn’t expected that, I didn’t for the life of me know why either “I…I don’t know I just don’t see the point of me going to Cuba alone anymore and after what just happened between us…”  I looked down at  my feet I felt like a teenager again asking my high school crush out on a date “Just come with me?” Andrea looked up at the ceiling thinking and she finally shook her head “Okay” I smiled hard “But we have to leave today” “why?” “Because I really wanna get out of this house” “Okay, then hurry and pack your things, I’ll go home and get my things just wait here for me okay?” “Yeah” 
When I got back with my things I found Andrea waiting for me at the curb with her luggage she had changed into a white strapless dress and her  Koi fish tattoo was even more exposed it ran up her chest from inside the dress Her hair was down her wavy tresses cascaded down her back her face was as stoic as always but her body, as equally predictable was a different story she fidgeted and was uneasy for the first time Andrea was nervous. I smiled and opened the door to my new Bentley and put her luggage inside and she got. I changed gears and we were off. I looked at my passenger she truly was beautiful it was amazing how she just seemed to stumbled into my life  
Andrea and I hadn’t spoken a word to each other since we got to the airport she simply bought her ticket and we boarded the plane. As the plane began to take off I pulled out my iPod and turned on my music the ride wouldn’t be long but I was tired today was just a little too much for me nothing ever hinted that I would discover all that I did today it was so overwhelming. I exhaled and cocked my head back on the headrest. When I glanced at Andrea she had begun to dose off her eyes were low and her body was completely  leaning against the window I took off my jacket and put it on her.  “Damn,” I whispered to myself it had been almost three years since I looked at a woman with all this affection. I had been married once, but I ended up getting a divorce she cheated on me I tolerated a lot of things but betrayal was definitely not one of them I was just happy we didn’t have children but I still wanted them.  But anyway, I had so much casual sex that I got tired of women all together so I just turned into a workaholic but after a while I came to the conclusion that I needed a break and that’s what brought me here in this plane with Andrea.   
I had dozed off during the ride but I was awakened by Andrea we had arrived. I looked at my phone it was 3:30 in the morning .  “Come on we need to check into a hotel “ “Yeah I already have reservations at this place in Varadero”  
When we arrived to the hotel we got our rooms and ordered some dinner “Robert why did you and your wife divorce?” “how’d you know about my wife, ex-wife?” “I had to know these things while workin this case” “oh yeah I forgot, but yeah she cheated and that was nonnegotiable I was hurt really badly so we ended it” “We?” “Yeah I think we both fell out of love with one another so it was a mutual agreement between us” “Do you miss her?” “Yeah she was my wife of course” “Yeah so do you plan to get married again?” “I really don’t know I liked being married I enjoyed having someone home to come too and I enjoyed having someone to love unconditionally” Andrea sat back and crossed her legs “I hated being married too much of one person for me I felt trapped I couldn’t stay with him” “you were married?” I said a I took another sip of Chteau Margaux “Yeah but I couldn’t stay married I had to leave after three years”  “You don’t seem like the married type your too free spirited and just…one man can’t handle you all on his own” “well you handled me pretty well don’t you think?” “Yeah I guess so but I’m no ordinary man babe” “No you are not, look I’ m getting in the shower I need one badly “ She stood and walked over to the bathroom door and she unzipped her dress it fell to the floor and I saw the trail of koi fish and flowers that lined her smooth sides to underneath her left breast and I then realized she was wearing nothing underneath the dress she looked back at me and I stood and watched her sway into the bathroom she sat on the edge of the bathtub and crossed her legs “Are you comin?” 
I smiled at Andrea and pulled off my shirt I walked over to her, she looked up at me biting her bottom lip I ran my fingers through her hair and then gripped some of it “Take off the rest ,” she obeyed without hesitation she unbuckled my pants and slid them down I stepped out of them she slowly removed my boxers she then ran her hand up my leg up to my the pit of my stomach I bent down and kissed her she took me in like a hungry lioness I didn’t play gentle either I took her tongue inside my mouth and we wrestle each other orally I finally pulled away and she stroked me into full on erection she eyed my member hungrily and she then took me into her mouth the warmth of her lips settled around my shaft she slipped it in inch by inch I let out a deep breath and let her rhythmically pleasured me my body tightened with each intake she pulled away and continued her manipulation with her hand until I released. “c’mon lets get in this shower” I took her hand and turned on the hot water it poured down her face I simply gazed at her hair stick to her body and face my eyes traveled down to her chest her breast sat perfectly erect her nipples were hard and water dripped down her body down to her womanhood I took the body wash and poured it on her body I took the cloth and started on her back and under her arms to her stomach I laced her neck with kisses that would surely leave hickies I cupped her soaked breast and clutched her nipples between my fingers she moaned faithfully my hands soon went down to her womanhood that was wet but not because of the water my fingers toyed with her insides and massaged her swollen clit her juices slid down her leg as her head rested tiredly on my chest when I felt her legs about to shake I turned her against the wall and pulled her legs up I inserted myself inside of her and penetrated her I began slowly until I felt her wall she moaned as if her body had betrayed her in letting me know how she felt I picked up my pace this time she was squealing with every plunge I kissed her once more savoring the taste of her silky tongue when she gripped my member with her insides I pushed until she screamed “Ooooh! Yes! Yes! Robert, Yes!” I pushed farther upwards and took her right breast into my mouth I suckled it tenderly until her body was buckling “Ahhhh! Fuck, Robert” she moaned and groaned until her toes curled and  we came simultaneously 
As we breathed heavily I let her down she cocked her head on the wall and I walked out of the shower and took a towel and put on my pants and walked onto the balcony  I let  the cold air wisp over my chest I felt a huge wave of confusion at that moment. 
Andrea walked out onto the balcony and sat down next to me she wore a sheer slip I let out a breath, this woman was set on making me insane. “What’s on your mind?” “What is this? I don’t even know you.  I took a break from women for exactly this reason. Casual, meaningless sex” “So everything we did in there was meaningless to you?” “I don’t even know you “ “You invited me to come with you, this is your doing hon”  I exhaled deeply because it was true, I didn’t have to have sex with her, I didn’t have to invite her to come with me.  “Yeah, it is, guess your right” she came closer to me and rested her head on my shoulder “But it doesn’t have to be you can change that” I looked at her a little confused it never ceased to amaze me how quickly she could change “What do you mean?” “You can get to know me and sex is only meaningless if it means nothing to you if it mean something to you then it’s not casual” “Your right tell me something about you” “Okay I’m an orphan” “Really?” “Yeah but I was lucky I got adopted by a really good family they made sure I got a good education but I wanted to be a cop so I went to the police academy and eventually I worked my way up” “So you always wanted to be a cop?” “No I didn’t, I decided to when my best friend got raped by a police officer and when we went to report it nobody did anything so I decided I would become a cop to make sure nobody went through that” “Damn, that’s crazy but yeah it happens.  So is that still your motivation?” “yeah but it’s still hard to see the things I saw people can be very cruel it just…it’s like every time I think I’d seen it all something happened to change that, I think that’s why I said yes to coming here with you I’ve seen too much I need a break” I sighed “I definitely understand what you mean, in business you see people stoop to new lows everyday” “Yeah but now I just want to relax” “Yes that is definitely a plan” “What else do you wanna know?” “Tell me about you ex-husband” “Nothing much to say about him” I just laughed her face was so annoyed. 
For the rest we talked about Andrea and cracked jokes until the sun came up but by the time the sun was over the horizon she had fallen asleep. 
I awoke to an empty hotel room I took a shower and ordered breakfast for two but after four hours of waiting I began to worry. Where was she?  I decided to go out just as I opened the door Andrea stood at the bottom of the steps with too many bags to count “Hey! I guess I know where you’ve been now?” “Yeah I needed clothes and stuff I got some stuff for you too” she grinned up at me “It’s so funny how happy women get after shopping” I said as I made my way down to help her “Yeah especially when we don’t pay for it” I rolled my eyes I had given her my black card for if she needed it.  As we went through the foyer we both decided we should go out “but where though she asked?” she  asked “We’re staying on a beach, I think we should check it out” “Yeah sounds good let me go change into bathing suit and we can go” “Yeah sounds like a plan”  
	After I put on my swimming shorts and Andrea got dressed we left for the beach we walked along the roads of Veradero and admired the land it was covered in white sands and native flowers the cool breeze wisped through the rough heated air the light stinging of the crisp sun made my skin tingle underneath the Goosebumps that laced my skin “It’s so pretty how did you know to choose such a beautiful place?” “A friend of mine recommended it last year for my vacation” “Oh ok, ooooh! C’mon let’s get in!”  I watched her turn into a child in awe of the vast crystal clear waters that crushed against the shore.  I followed her and I stared at her slip backwards into the water, I fell out laughing as I rushed over to her when she finally got her footing correctly I grabbed her arm and she decided for revenge she would pull me down with her we fell and splashed around foolishly in the water I finally got up and sat on the shore line while she crawled next to me “Your pure evil Andrea” I laughed “But you love it don’t you” “Yeah I do” I leaned over and she met me halfway and our lips locked I laid her down in the sand “Not out here in public Robert” I looked over at the water and just as a wave was about to come in I pushed her into the water. Her scream pierced through my ears and I fell back laughing as she tried to get back up and the water hit her once more I laughed to the point where my stomach hurt. “That was fucked up” “Yes Yes it was”  
	For the rest of the day we walked the rest of the island and bought things and joked around till the sun set after we decided to get some drinks and walk home. 
“Robert what do you think will happen between us, You know after this trip?” I stared into the dark and thought about what she said I didn’t know the answer to the  question but I knew what I wanted it to be. 
“I don’t know, I enjoy being around you I like being with you so but,…I don’t know” 
She sighed with a pensive face that was youthful in some sense she was buzzed obviously so we continued to slur our way through conversation and path home. 
When we walked into the hotel room we both stumbled onto the floor we must have drank more than we thought, laughing sprawled across the floor and stared at the ceiling. “Did you love your ex-husband?” I don’t know where the question had come from “No” I felt a little surprised at her answer but I expected it “why did you marry him then?” “Because I wanted him, I lusted for him but I didn’t love him” “Your marriage lasted for three years on lust alone?” “No the marriage was over after the first year the other two were just because neither of us wanted to look for someone we actual loved” “So have you found love?” “If I did I wouldn’t be here Robert” she slurred as her eyes began to glass over and she fell asleep. 
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I sat on the edge of the bed and waited on Andrea, we were going out to eat dinner. After putting on my shoes and brushing my hair I opened the door to the dressing room that Andrea stood in her hair was pinned up and some messy strands hairs hung low and the curly hairs on the edge clung to the nape of her neck ruched knee length gray dress that outlined her every curve and pearl studs in her ears. “You look beautiful” “Thank you babe” Three weeks had passed already and tonight we would go out to an oceanfront restaurant.  “You ready to go?” “Yeah c’mon”  we then walked out and the driver pulled up for us and  we got in, the ride was a somber one for some reason Andrea wouldn’t look at me and she stared out the window “You okay?” I asked her I tried to touch her but she pulled away “Yeah, I’m fine” I was stumped by her sudden cold attitude it was like when first met.  I sat back hoping her sour attitude wouldn’t ruin the night we had planned.  When we pulled up at the restaurant she walked over to the maître d’ she looked back at me solemnly one more time and whispered something to him and the man glanced over to someone in the dining hall and before I knew it I was being dragged into a black car by men. 
I awoke sitting across from a man who looked to be well aged into his 60’s but his hair was a salt and pepper pigment and he was a dark skinned man obviously of Hispanic descent my face was numb and my body was sore I was tied down to a chair as  I began to raise my head I noticed Andrea sitting next to the man “Well you have finally awoken, my friend” he said with a heavy accent a cigar hung from his aged lips “What the hell is going on?” I asked through my blurred vision he laughed and stood “My child you have been a bad host why don’t you explained to Mr. Lakely who you really are” I was confused who was he talking to? “My name is Adrianna Rosario this is my father Carlisle Rosario” My stomach dropped and I felt my heart skip multiple beats “What? No but you said he killed my father he’s a drug lord, you work for the FBI, how can he be your father?” she looked away and the man spoke “Yes I know this is quite confusing but let me lay it out for you.  Your father made a grave mistake to steal from me, he thought he had escaped with my money but as soon as I found this out I begin to plot and scheme so I sent slew of my men to watch him in the states I sent your mother to him she seduced him they wed she became pregnant with you I made sure your mother got you the best education possible because your father was going to pay me back one way or the other, so you pushed and pushed until you became the successful man you are today so we just watched you and dropped Adrianna into your lap and I raised my baby girl well and she seduced you until you were vulnerable and now here you are heartbroken, beaten and very soon you will be broke.” He smiled deviously and with that I felt a pain that was no comparison to anything I had been told before this even the death of my father didn’t hurt as much as knowing this brutal betrayal and now knowing most of my life had been a lie my mother helped to bring down my father and I was nothing but a pawn in this sadistic man’s plot to be repaid. But none of that hurt as much as knowing that what me and Andrea –er Adrianna or whoever was fake an illusion a scam and I was a mark this pain was the true sting of betrayal I was a man I needed to have some shred of dignity left so I could not shed a tear here but it took so much to keep me from breaking down. 
“What do you mean?”  
“I told you I would be paid back one way or the other you made my money and now I plan on getting it back so your money is my money” 
 “So you’re going to take my money?” 
 “yes child that is exactly what I plan to do” 
 “Ok so what am I supposed to do I worked hard all my life for what I have” 
 “You won’t have to worry about money six feet deep son, you know you made this very easy for me you have no children or any real family so your death will have no real sting after” 
 “So my life, my birth was all a part of your plan to be repaid?”  
“Yes quite creative don’t you think?” He said as he smiled and sat on the table right in front of me with each word a puff of smoke came into my face 
 “You’re a monster” my eyes fell on Adrianna a puddle of tears formed around her eyes, once she spotted my eyes she looked away. My blood boiled how could she be crying she did this to me her and her father, Satan himself.  
 “I have grown too old to be the monster I once was but you know if your father hadn’t betrayed me you could have been a great young man but you, you are too soft you let my daughter bring you to your ultimate death, although passion is a strong emotion it can blind even the strongest of men” I dropped my head and thought about the past three weeks I spent with Adrianna all the things we shared all the things we did none of it was true at this point I felt no reason to fear my death as he said I have no family I have nothing left to live for nothing to believe in. “Let me ask you something Robert, did you really think my daughter felt anything for you?” 
I said nothing 
“Oh there is nothing like a broken spirit to wake you up in the morning”  
He walked around to the end of the table and sat down “Adri get your papi the gun” she looked over at me and then her father “No papi, I can’t” “What?” “I can’t get you the gun papi I’m sorry” he sat back in his seat “I knew this would happen, ah well I am sorry to have to do this” he pulled out a gun from underneath the table, with that Adrianna ran over to me and she stood in front of me I heard her father pull the trigger and she fell back onto me her warm blood dripped into my lap I looked at the bullet hole inside her stomach my eyes stung and tears poured down my cheeks onto her cold skin “No, no please god no!” “I’m so sorry..” “No don’t go” “I love….”  
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Adrianna had already alerted the American feds on what was to happen her father was arrested and I was released.  She died in my arms. To this day I always reminisce on the short time I spent with her the last words to leave her mouth and the life she gave for me. I ask myself everyday if I will ever love another woman. 
 
 
 Publication Date: November 25th 2011 https://www.bookrix.com/-haleemad