London
He sprinted into the blackened alleyway and pressed his back firmly up against the wall allowing the shadows to envelope him, making sure that no one had followed him. He tightened his grip on the small leather bag in his grasp and peered out of the darkness. His choice of black jeans and matching black jacket and t-shirt helped him blend into the darkness, camouflaging him and ensuring he stayed hidden. He heard the roar of sirens and smiled to himself as he swiftly took his jacket off and tossed it onto the floor.
Recovering a large rucksack from behind the wheelie bin, he opened it and quickly changed his clothes. Now dressed in a smart light grey suit, he stuffed his discarded clothes into his backpack along with the small leather bag. Placing a pair of square dark framed glasses onto his face he swung the bag over his shoulder and walked out of the alley, looking every part the business man making his way home from work.
He walked out of the alley and onto the street, the red and blue lights from the police cars flashed and lit up the night sky. He smiled politely at two uniformed police officers rushing past him as he tucked his newspaper underneath his arm. Turning a corner he grinned to himself, knowing he’d gotten away cleanly and loving the rush of adrenaline that swept over him. Hearing his phone ringing in his pocket he took it out and flipped it open, staring at the number he didn’t recognise.
“Hello?” He answered, walking down the street. “You really did it?” The female voice asked down the phone. He frowned at his phone and held it away from his ear, “Excuse me?” A long sigh was the only sound from the other end of the phone, “I can’t believe you really did it…” “Who’s this?” He asked, becoming more and more confused at the call. “Look ahead of you…” Was the only reply before the phone went dead.
He looked up at the dark, and empty street and saw a figure stood a few feet away from him. He stopped in his tracks and stared down the pitch black street, lit only by a few street lights. He continued walking and his breath caught in his throat when the mystery woman stepped into the light and he saw her face.
“How did you find me?” He asked, in his thick Irish accent. “I had a feeling you’d be here…” She replied, stepping closer to him, “Since when do you wear glasses?” He shrugged his shoulders and pushed the glasses up his nose, “They make me look smarter…don’t ya think?” He asked stepping closer to her.
Being this close to him again made her nervous, she hated the hold he still had over her. Even after being apart for two years she still missed him and her heart still ached for him.
“Are you working?” He asked, snapping her from her thoughts as he pointed back towards the flashing police lights with his thumb. She nodded her head and let out a small sigh, “Are you working?” She asked, nodding her head in the direction he’d just pointed. He laughed and looked down to his feet before looking back up at her, “Me? Nah, I just finished work. On my way home now” He smiled at her. “…I’m not stupid, y’know” She said folding her arms over her chest. “…” smiled, moving closer to her, his face inches from her own as he whispered in her ear, “…I never said you were”
He stepped back and smiled at her as he walked past her, turning once more to look back at her as she stared after him.
Suddenly remembering why she was there walked down the street after his retreating figure, quickening her pace as he turned a corner. She rounded the corner and let out an angry growl as she stared down the empty street, had seemingly vanished into thin air. She walked forward a few steps checking he wasn’t hiding in one of the door ways of the many shops down the deserted street. Turning on her heel she walked back round the corner, grabbing her radio she gave a detailed description of to all the officers in the surrounding area.
2 months later… somewhere in Paris
opened the safe and grinned as he saw his prize, removing it from the safe and placing it on the hotel room bed, he closed the safe and left it as he’d found it. He placed the velvet bag into a small leather bag and zipped it up. Walking onto the balcony he tossed the bag to the adjoining rooms balcony and then followed it’s path over, he landed quietly and with ease as he looked around to make sure he wasn’t seen. Satisfied he stood up and picked up his bag, swinging it over his shoulder as he walked into his hotel room. He stripped from his usual outfit of all black and packed his over night bag. Opening the small leather bag he smiled as he eyed up the diamond necklace, taking it out of it’s velvet bag and hiding it in his suitcase.
He quickly dressed into something more casual, he opted for the tourist look. Dressed in jeans and a t-shirt and pulled a Mickey Mouse cap onto his head, to complete the look, satisfied he picked up his suitcase and left his hotel room. He walked up to the reception desk and handed his keys over to the receptionist.
“Checking out of room 718...” He smiled politely at her. “Certainly…Mr Jones. I hope you enjoyed your stay with us” She replied, returning his smile. “I definitely did” He replied, handing over his credit card to pay for his stay. “We hope to see you again soon” She smiled, giving him his card and a receipt. gave her a wink and left the hotel, he stepped outside to hail a taxi before he heard a familiar voice behind him.
“Hello there Mr Jones…” Her voice dripped with sarcasm. “Mr Jones? After everything we’ve been through you don’t even know my name?” asked, his tone teasing her, “You come to see the sights too?” She couldn’t help but smile at the cap he wore on his head, “Sadly no…I’m working. You get any work done while you were here?” smiled at her and moved his body closer to hers, “Nope…” He smiled moving closer to whisper in her ear, “Purely here for pleasure…”
Before could say anymore to him, he’d turned and was inside a waiting taxi. She watched the car drive away, not sure why she kept letting him walk away from her.
paid the taxi driver and got out, walking into the train station he pulled out a key, the number 341 written on the small key ring that hung on it.
He scanned the row of lockers until he found the one he was looking for. Unlocking it, he took the set of car keys out and placed them in his pocket. Taking a small parcel out of his jacket pocket, wrapped in brown paper with a piece of string around it and placing it inside the locker. He closed the door, locking it. He walked over to the desk and handed over the key, exiting the building via the door leading to the car park.
Spotting the black car he instantly knew it was his and smiled when the key he had, unlocked the door successfully. Inside the boot lay a brief case, he opened it and found a large sum of money. His payment for completing the job he’d been hired to do. Next to the money was a set of plane tickets to Italy and a phone number. He dialled the number and spoke briefly to the person on the other end of the phone. He hung up a few minutes later, having been employed for a new job in Italy. He started up the car, deciding to make one more stop before he flew out to Italy.
***
got back to her hotel later that night, she unlocked her door and threw her bag down onto the first chair she saw. The lamp on the far side of the room was suddenly switched on and she jumped as she saw a figure sat in the darkness. He was wearing all black and she found herself moving towards her bag to try and grab the gun that sat inside.
“You gonna shoot me?” laughed, leaning forward and allowing the light from the lamp to illuminate his face. “Shit!” said letting out a sigh of relief, “What the hell are you doing here ?” “I wanted to ask you something before I leave” replied, picking up the glass of whiskey he’d helped himself too. stared at him, waiting to hear what he had to say and desperately trying to fight the urge she had to kiss him. She wanted to hate him, she needed to hate him but seeing him for the second time today only made her heart ache and her body beg for his touch. It also reminded her of the pain she felt when he left her.
*Flashback*
walked into their house and quickly glanced at his watch, it was almost 11pm and he knew would probably be in bed. He crept up to their bedroom and silently walked inside. “You’re late…” mumbled with her eyes closed. “I know…sorry” sighed, taking his tie off. opened her eyes and rolled onto her back, watching as stripped from his suit, “They work you too hard y’know” She told him, propping herself up on her elbows. “That coming from the workaholic detective?” smiled, unbuttoning his crisp white shirt. “, you’re an accountant. Why are you coming home so late?” She asked, watching her fiancé getting undressed. shrugged his shoulders as he slipped his shirt off and tossed it onto the floor, “We got this new client, some celebrity and he’s got the worst book keeping I’ve ever seen. I’m still not finished going through it” He explained to her as he began to undo his belt. smiled as slid his trousers down and he stepped out of them, sitting down on a chair and pulling his socks off, “Stop talking about work and come to bed , it’s not too late to make it up to me” She smiled, lifting the quilt up for him to slip in beside her.
climbed in beside her and immediately crawled on top of her as he pressed his lips firmly against hers. As his hand slipped under the covers he pulled away from the kiss and raised an eyebrow as he looked down at her. “Sleeping naked, ey?” He smiled as her hands tugged his boxers down. “I was waiting for someone” She smiled as he helped her by pulling his boxers the rest of the way down and tossing them onto the floor, “…he couldn’t make it though” laughed at her as he captured her lips gently with his own, his hands roaming over her body sliding further down until he could feel how turned on she was.
“Something come up?” asked, innuendo all over his comment as he smirked at her. nodded her head as he hungrily kissed her again, his tongue fighting against hers for dominance. Her hand ran up and down his length, slowly and teasingly as she felt him grow even harder under her soft touches. She felt his hand slip in-between her legs and instantly widened them for him as he touched the one place she was desperate to feel his touch. Feeling how hard he was made her even more desperate to feel him inside her.
Finally she got her wish as he removed his hands and replaced them with the tip of his erection, plunging deep inside her warmth, still assaulting her mouth with his own and swallowing the moans he caused in her as they moved in time with each other. Each movement became quicker and more desperate as they both felt themselves nearing the edge. Coming down from their high, they both lay in each others arms, feeling sleep overcome them.
“I forgot to ask…how’s that big case you're working on?” asked, his eyes closed and his arm still wrapped round her body.
“You mean this burglar that everyone’s so fascinated with?” asked nuzzling her face against ’s neck.
“Yeah…that’s the one. What have the papers been calling him? The Shadow?” laughed at the nick name.
document.write(" " + Christine + " ") laughed with him, “Actually we got a huge break in the case. The last place he hit, forensics found a hair and it’s good for DNA”
“That’s fantastic…” tried to sound enthusiastic, “Let’s hope he’s in the system then”
shook her head against ’s chest, “He wont be in the system, he’s too good to have ever been caught”
“So it’s a dead end then?” He assumed.
“Not really, we’ve got a CCTV image of him, it’s blurry but we’ve got our best techs working on trying to clean the image up” smiled as sat up in bed, “So any day now we’ll have his DNA and will hopefully know what he looks like”
smiled and placed a kiss against her lips, “That’s fantastic babe, I’m so proud of you”
watched him as he climbed out of bed, “Where you going?” She asked, her eyes resting on his pert behind as he disappeared into their en suite bathroom.
“For a shower…” He called back as she heard the water being switched on, “Wanna join me?” “I would love to but I’ve got an early start tomorrow morning” She called back with a sigh. appeared in the doorway, still completely naked, “Go back to sleep then, I wont be long” He said softly, walking towards her. He leant down next to her and brushed the hair out of her face before leaning in for a kiss, he deepened the kiss as she closed her eyes and surrendered to his lips and tongue. Her hands ran through his hair which was damp with sweat. “I love you…” He whispered, resting his forehead against hers. “I love you too ” She smiled, running her hand softly down his face.
watched as walked into the bathroom and closed the door behind him, she fell asleep with a smile on her face listening to the sounds of the running water from the bathroom. Hours later she woke up and was shocked to hear the shower still running and ’s side of the bed was empty. She walked into the bathroom to find it deserted. The, now open, window swinging back and forth in the wind.
*End of Flashback*
could see the pain and anger in her eyes and knew what she was thinking about, “…” He said softly, pulling her away from her thoughts about their last night together, “Why?” “Why? Why, what?” She frowned at him. “Why do you keep turning up everywhere I am?” asked, trying to work out how much she knew about him.
“I’m working…” She snapped back, “Still tracking The Shadow, remember him?” nodded his head, unsure if his suspicions were accurate or not, “Still not caught him then?” He asked with a small laugh. “That depends. Have I arrested you yet?” She asked folding her arms across her chest. laughed at her, his eyes wrinkling up which she always loved to see, “You think I’m The Shadow?” He asked shaking his head from side to side, “You’ve been working way too hard” “And you always assume that I’m stupid, you think I couldn’t see what was going on? What you were doing?” yelled at him, hating the arrogant, mocking tone of his voice, “We lived together for over five years Shane, do you think I’m blind?”
shook his head a little taken back by the anger in her voice, “I never thought you were stupid…” He said softly. “But you just thought I never noticed all your trips away?” asked angrily, “I’m a detective, did you actually think I wouldn’t figure it out?” shrugged his shoulders, still trying to play dumb as he lifted his glass from the table and took a small sip of the alcohol, winching as the harsh liquid burned his throat.
“Figure what out?” He asked, continuing to play dumb. could feel her temper reaching the brink and she grabbed the nearest thing she could, which happened to be a lamp and threw it at . He ducked out of the way and the lamp hit the wall behind him, smashing against it.
“What the fuck?” shouted, getting to his feet as he stared menacingly at her, “That was uncalled for…” “You deserve more than that” yelled, not backing down, “You’re nothing but a fucking thief and a coward” tried to control his own temper, he knew she was only acting out of anger for the way he’d left her.
Slowly he walked towards her, “I had to leave, you were getting too close and I knew you’d choose your job over me” He said softly, reaching his hand out and gently brushing it down the side of her face.
slapped his hand away from her, cursing her body for still wanting him when all she wanted to do was hate him for leaving her. She raised her hand and forcefully hit him across the face, instantly leaving a large red mark on his cheek.
“You don’t know what I would’ve done” spat at him, “But you didn’t even give me the choice, you just left in the middle of the night”
reached up and touched his burning cheek and glared angrily at , he couldn’t stay mad at her. He could see the pain he’d caused her and although he knew what he’d done was for the best, he still regretted it. He’d missed her everyday for the past two years but she worked as a detective and was currently hunting him. He was a professional thief for hire, there was no future for them together.
“I’m sorry…” whispered, looking up and seeing the tears forming in her eyes, “I shouldn’t have left like I did but I was afraid of you finding out what I was, seeing the disappointment in your eyes” felt another surge of anger rush through her and as moved closer to her she started to pound his chest with her clenched fists, letting out all the anger and pain she’d been feeling since he left.
grabbed onto her wrists to stop her from hitting him, he backed her against the wall and held her hands either side of her head. Her breathing started to slow down as her anger subsided, reluctantly released his grip on her and took a small step back.
“I hate you…I fucking hate you so much ” snapped, trying to keep her tears at bay, she refused to let him see her cry. nodded his head, “I know…I hate me too” He told her softly, his gaze penetrating through her burning hatred. ’s anger was soon replaced with something she’d not felt since that day left her and before she knew what she was doing her lips had cashed down upon his. Her hands holding his head in place as she assaulted his mouth with hers. She pushed his black leather jacket off his shoulders and let it drop to the floor as they kissed furiously. She forced him backwards towards the bed, falling on top of him as his legs hit the edge and he fell backwards.
Taking control he quickly flipped her onto her back as they kissed, his hands roaming over the familiarity of her body as she kissed him with years of pent-up passion. She still knew where he liked to be touched and he could feel himself become aroused as her hands rubbed him through the rough material of his black jeans. He broke the kiss, momentarily, as he pulled her blouse up over her head and tossed it onto the floor. She followed suit and roughly pulled his black t-shirt over his head and allowed it to join her discarded blouse.
He smiled into the kiss as he felt her hand leave him and slowly run over his chest, downwards and along the waist band of his jeans. Soon she was slowly pulling his zipper down, allowing her hand to briefly brush against the growing bulge in his jeans. All rationality left ’s mind as he felt her hands slide into his jeans, her hand rubbing him through the thin material of his boxers as her mouth stifled his moans of pleasure.
removed her hand from his boxers and placed them both above her head, holding them in place with one of his own as he forcefully kissed her, his hand sliding across her chest. jumped when she felt cool metal against her wrist, before she could react she felt the second handcuff slap against her free wrist. stared down at her, a smirk fixed on his chiselled face as she struggled to free herself.
struggled against the cuffs, realising he’d cuffed her to the head board of her own bed, “? What are you doing?” She panted, realising she’d not even noticed him picking up her handcuffs.
“We both know what’s going to happen in about…” paused looking at his watch, “…I’d say about 5 minutes” lay helpless, watching in shock as stood up and started to fasten his jeans up, “What are you talking about ?” sighed as he picked up his t-shirt and pulled it back over his head, “Look… I love you and I think deep down you still love me too” He stated, walking across the room and picking up his jacket, “But you also love your job”
lay cuffed to her bed as she watched redress and walk back over to her, he sat down on the edge of the bed and ran his fingers along her cheek, “I’ve missed you so much…” He sighed, staring at her features and taking in every detail of her face. A loud pounding on the door caused him to turn his head, when there was no answer from inside the room a thick Irish accent shouted through the wood work, “We’ve got the place surrounded, give yourself up” shook his head, he knew it was the police.
sighed again and looked downwards at lying helpless on her bead, “I knew you’d do it…and I forgive you” He slowly leant forward and pressed his lips firmly against hers. She lifted her head to meet his kiss and he grabbed hold her of her head, tilting it upwards as he held her in place and kissed her one last time. His tongue easily slipped past her parted lips as he was granted access into her willing mouth, they kissed for what seemed like hours and they were both completely caught up in the moment. A loud thud on the door caused them both to jump apart and knew that the police were getting ready to break the door down, he had to leave her again.
He stood up and took one last look at her, bending down to softly brush his lips against hers before he walked to the window.
Opening it as wide as it would go, he stood on the ledge and turned to look at her, “I’ll probably see you in Italy” He smirked, giving her a small wink as he disappeared into the night.
Within seconds the door was off it’s hinges and several of ’s colleagues were inside her room. “Don’t just stand there staring, get these bloody things off me” yelled, trying to hide how embarrassed she felt.
Finally freed from her own cuffs she grabbed her blouse, pulled it back over her head and rushed to the window while her partner radioed that the suspect had gone out of the window, giving them all a full description. Glancing out into the darkness sighed, there was no sign of anywhere. “No sign of the suspect…” Came a voice through the radio.
shook her head as she stared out into the dark night wondering how had seemingly disappeared into the shadows. Her partner ordered the uniformed officers out of the room as they started to search the hotel for Shane. She smiled to herself knowing they’d never find him and she wasn’t sure if she was glad about that or pissed off that once again he’d evaded capture.
“…” said turning to face her partner, “We’re going to Italy” looked on confused as took out her mobile phone, she was about to dial the number for the airport when her phoned beeped indicating she’d received a text.
She smiled to herself as she read the words, ‘I always have an escape plan… xxx’ Shaking her head she deleted the message, unable to hide the smile on her face at thought of having to chase from country to country. She was definitely going to enjoy finally catching up with him.
