Manny was instantly pissed when Diego told him what Tom did.  He was pissed at what happened, and he was pissed that it was interfering with the time he wanted to spend with Michele getting reacquainted.  “Well Alejandro can kiss my ass if he thinks he is getting the compensation out of me.  I don’t have that type of income.”  Actually Manny had a lot of money, but that didn’t mean he was forking it over for something he had no control over.<br/><br/>“Yeah, man.  I don’t either.”  Diego sighed, “But rumor has it Tom is still in town, but we have to move fast if we wanted to catch him.”<br/><br/>Manny was even more pissed now because he was going to have to leave Michele and hope she doesn’t take off on him again.  “Let me finish up with her real quick and I will be right there.”<br/><br/>Manny watched Diego leave the building and Manny got up and moved over to Michele’s side of the table.  “Can you forgive me for leaving you?”  Manny asked as he kissed her cheek then got out one of his business cards that he had in his pocket.  “This has my cell phone number on it.”  He got a pen out of his pocket and wrote down an address.  One she should know all too well, it was another one of their secret places, he had just bought it and turned it into a quaint apartment, one that no one else knew about.  “This is our place if you remember, and the hide a key is in the same spot as before.”<br/><br/>Manny figured she would be surprised when she entered the place.  He had remodeled it with her in mind.  He even had pictures of her on the walls.  He had to have something to remind him of her.  It had two bedrooms, living room, kitchen, and a bathroom that envied the honeymoon suite at the Hilton.  He basically took a old storage area and transferred it into a wonderful apartment with a extensive alarm system.  “You’re welcome  to stay there as long as you like.”  Then he whispered into her ear, “Memorize that information and burn the card.  The code to the alarm system is your birthday.”<br/>Manny heard a horn and knew Diego was getting impatient.  Damn it he thought.  He leaned over and put his arm around Michele and kissed her cheek again.  “Please contact me later, and I will be at that apartment when I am done.”  Manny said as he stood up and threw money on the table for their food even though he wasn’t going to get to eat it.  “I hope you will be there.”<br/><br/>Manny looked back over his shoulder again to get one more look at her in the hopes she would not get away from him again.  But this time he would not let her stay away.