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street. I couldn’t let that happen to her.
     
     
    “You can stay for the night,” I answered with a sigh. “I’ll sleep on the couch and you can take the bed-”
     
     
    I felt soft, feminine hands wrap around my muscular frame. Kelly buried her face against my chest and sobbed. I hadn’t been held like this by a woman by a long time. Most of my lovers were more interested in my cock or my wallet than any real intimacy. “Thank you, Jackie.”
     
     
    “I should be thanking you,” I replied. “You’ve finally given me a means to have my revenge.”
     
     
    She shot me a look of confusion. “Revenge?”
     
     
    “A story for another time,” I replied. The less she knew, the better. “I’ll move you to my safe house later. It’ll attract less attention.”
     
     
    More importantly, it’ll get her away from the scene of the crime. Her father had been murdered only a few doors down from her. Who would want to live so close to a murder site?
     
     
    She nodded. “Okay…”
     
     
    I took her hand in mine. That’s when I realized how soft it was. My hand was hard and callused from years of training and hard labor. “I’ll show you to my bedroom. You can sleep there, Kelly.”
     
     
    She gave me a strange look.
     
     
    “What’s wrong?”
     
     
    “Sorry,” she said, looking downcast. “My dad always make sure I went to bed on time, even when I got older. I used to hate it whenever he did that…”
     
     
    I could relate to missing the things her parent did for her. “You should rest.”
     
     
    I led her to my bedroom. Like the rest of my house, everything was meticulously clean. I simply hated clutter. It was an aspect of my professional life that had bled into my personal life.
     
     
    Kelly sat on the bed. I almost hated to leave her. However, I had work to do.
     
     
    “Go to sleep,” I ordered. Hopefully, I didn’t sound too much like her father. “Don’t open the door if anyone knocks. Don’t go wandering outside. And most of all, don’t go to your apartment. It’s a crime scene anyway. They’ve probably put police tape around it.”
     
     
    “Got it,” she answered, her face looking half-asleep. “Where are you going?”
     
     
    I put on my jacket and inspected my handgun. “I’m going to try and find some answers.”
     
     
    Kelly stared at the gun for a moment. Nevertheless, sleep began to overtake her. Within minutes, she was fast asleep.
     
     
    It was time for me to get to work.

 
    I awoke staring up at an unfamiliar ceiling. I rubbed my eyes as if to vanquish a bad dream. However, the strange ceiling still remained.
     
     
    I got up in a bed that was not my own.
     
     
    It hadn’t been a bad dream.
     
     
    My father was dead. Strange men were after me. Jackie had offered me shelter for the night.
     
     
    I felt as though I had run a marathon yesterday. I wanted to lie in bed and sleep another ten hours. However, I felt compelled to get up and explore my new home. Besides, it looked like I slept through much of the day.
     
     
    It was funny to think of this place as a new home. My apartment was only a few doors down. It was now a crime scene. The people after me had seen to that.
     
     
    I wished I had brought a change of clothing since I had gone to sleep in my street clothes.
     
     
    Jackie’s clean, unpretentious furnishings matched his personality. I barely knew anything about the man. Yet, I had placed my life in his hands.
     
     
    Who was he exactly?
     
     
    He knew his way around a gun. He wasn’t afraid to break the rules. He had intimate knowledge of the city’s criminal organizations. I could be assured he wasn’t out to get me. He could have easily done it at any time.
     
     
    I wandered the apartment which didn’t take very long. Jackie had opted for the one bedroom style as opposed to the larger type I lived in. The man loved simplicity.
     
     
    He didn’t even have a television. There was a laptop on his desk but I