When Death Comes Knocking
Chapter 14:
when sheridan awoke she smelled the aroma of coffe in the air....she
stretched her arms...
"well mornin' sleepy head...cup of coffee?"
"you're amazing luis...you're like davie crockett or macgyver or
something...geez...how'd you make coffee..."
"elmentary my dear sheridan...there's a gas stove...got some water from the
lake...boiled it added coffe from my "survival" kit"....she sat beside his
and drank some coffee....but frowned as she noticed her reflection in the
black liquid...
"sheridan we really have to talk..."
'oh not again...'..."hey luis you look pretty cleaned up...is there a shower
around here...."
"no there's a lake in the back..."...he was disappointed...he already sensed
the avoidance of the subject in her voice..."look sheridan this is very
impportant...please..."
she'd never heard him sound so desparate before...."okay...tell you
what...just stand gaurd while i wash up...and you can do the talking..."
luis followed her out carring a towel and her clothes for her...luis leaned
against a tree...sheridan realised she couldn't go into the water...not with
her wound...so she'd have to risk luis getting full veiw of her..."okay luis
start talking...."
"ummm...." it was hard for him to concentrate...knowing that she was
naked...just a few feet away...."yeah...look you remember when you got
shot..."
"geez...how can i forget..."
"no...i mean way after...like when you were going under...."
"no not really...." but she remembered him being there for her...
"well you said something to me....you told me why you left..."
"i did?!" she was done...and began putting on her clothes...when the shock
caused her to lose her balance...."agghhh..."
luis turned around...but she had managed to catch her
fall...."oh....ummmm....." luis couldn't help but drop his jaw at the sight
of her perfect body....
they both had a flashback of the youth center...when sheridan walked in on
him...sheridan couldn't help but get back at luis for his arrogance..."i'm
find luis...did you want something..." he turned away quickly red-faced...as
a smirk made it's way acrosss sheridan 's face....
"as i....ahh...was saying....you said you left harmony...because of what i
said to you at the wharf..."
sheridan suddenly felt chills run down her....she felt her insides twist...no
why did they have to keep bringing this up...."great...now we have it all
settled....now we can go home...and go our separate ways...." she gave him a
forced smile....
"look sheridan..." he grabbed her arm as her went past him..."it wasn't me..."
"my god luis!!! you are so incredible..." she gave him a hard shove..."and i
actually thought that you were finally man enough to admit what a two faced
liar you are!"
"just hear me out...."
"hear you out?!...i think i've heard plenty enough that night...." she
started walking about from him...
"you're brother an father hired an imposter..."
she stopped on her tracks..."you can't lie yourself out of this one luis...i
cannot believe my father and brother would go to such low extremes"...she
started walking again...but stopped and turned around...."wait a
minute...okay so i can imagine it....but why would they..."
"they've been set on having us apart ever since the begining...."
"luis...i don't know what to say....i'm so sorry...." she walked towards
him....the hell she put him though..."all this time..." she looked
down.....she cpould feel the stinging of tears in her eyes....
he placed a hand under her chin..."sheridan...none of this was you're
fault...you didn't know...if anything i should be sorry...i mean...no wonder
why you've been so angry....it did seem like i turned out like all those
guys...."
"but still...." she laid her head on his shoulder...."what are we gonna do?"
he just smiled...."i don't know....i really don't know...for starters....how
about...just being here....i've missed you so much sheridan...." they laid
down on the grass....everything was calm....they were comfotable in each
others arms
"really....but you've seemed to have hated every mintue you spent with me...."
"no...i love spending every minute with you....because i knew...that
somewhere...the woman that fed me lobster, had ice cream in the dean of
winter with me, and beat mac at darts...." they both laughed...."i knew that
you were somewhere behind the wall...i knew that something must have
happened....and i just couldn't let you get away....not when i thought you
could be "the one"...
"thought?....what about now?"
"well now.....now i know...." he smiled as he pulled her in for a passionate
kiss....
To Be Continued...
Chapter 15:
it was noon before they got up from their picnic...
"so what are we gonna do now luis...?" she she leaned her head back and
looked at the trees..."why doesn it seem like when you've built a foundation
it always gets torn down..."
"what do you mean..." he wasn't even thinking about the future...just being
with her...he brushed back strands of her hair...
"like when we first met...we hated each other...then i started to fall in
love with you...but everything got ruined...and now...i'm in heaven again and
someone's probably gonna jolt me from this dream..."
"no...i won't let that happen..." he smiled at her...it seemed like they'd
always been like this..."tell me...when did you first realize you loved
me...?"he gave her a sheepish smile
"okay don juan...so i felt your latin-irish charm..."
"the first time you laid eyes on me..."
"don't flatter yourself...it wasn't until we were about to leave new mexico
that i started to feel something for you..."
"could it have because we slept together...." he was in a very playful mood...
"luis stop it...come on...we need to start thinking up a plan...i mean...i
don't know what i'd do if i didn't have you in my life..."
"well i've already got a plan a b and c..."
"really?"
"yup...plan a...drive back to harmony tell everyone that we're madly in
love...and..."
"and...?" she had a hopeful smile...
"and i realized that that plan wouldn't work...too many complications...my
family your family...first we had to straighten things out...."
"plan b...tell your family that they can't keep us apart...find some
incriminating evidence and have your family locked away...then tell evryone
we love each...but that plan doesn't work either.."
"why...?"
"because i won't make you give up your family....if i could bring down your
father and brother...i'll make sure that they really deserve it...and not
just because i want you..."
"so what's plan c?" by now there was hopelessness in her voice
"well...i don't like it either...but it's the only choice we have...i spoke
to sam this morning...looks like he has his own problems with the
cranes...but he said that julian was the reason ivy was in the hospital..."
"ivy's in the hospital..." she had gotten close to her...
"yeah...and if their willing to go through such lengths...there must be a
huge skeleton in their closet...." distress kept into sheridan's eyes..."i
don't want to cause you any pain...so if there's anyway around this whole
thing...sam and i will find it...so hey don't worry okay"
"no luis...my brother and father are horrible people...whatever happens it'll
be their own doing..."
"well... we'll go back to harmony...the press had that you were shot...tina
has said that she'll say that you never made the complaint at all...that way
we can go back to our normal lives...but we have to pretend that we still
hate each others guts..."
"that won't be too hard...." she smiled at him as she stood up and headed for
the cabin...
"what's that suppose to mean...?" he followed her in and caught her at the
door...
she laughed..."why luis you almost sound uncertain of yourself..." his faced
turned red..."oh luis...." she looked at him lovingly as she cupped his
face..."i only meant that it'll be easy...because it's what i've been doing
all along...pretending to hate you...when all i wanted to do was throw myself
at you..." she wasn't embarassed to say it...because she knew luis felt the
same way....
luis gave her an ear to ear grin and picked her up..."well then...on to plan
d..."
"i didn't know there was a plan d...well what is it this time...eloping?"
"this is..." he lowered her on the blankets and met her lips for a long
awaited first kiss...
To Be Continued...
Chapter 15:
sheridan and luis are in the car they're in the outskirts of harmony...
"geez...i don't know if i can go through with this luis..." sheridan said
nervously..."my father and brother are bound to find out that i know..."
"we'll be fine...don't worry...sam and i have to talk...but in the mean time
things just have to lay low..." he had his arms around her...and took the in
the last few moments of cuddling with her
just as they passed the sign that said "welcome to harmony"...they gave each
other a long hard kiss...one to last them for however long it would be till
their next one....
they pulled into the crane mansion driveway...pilar and julian were waiting
outside (the guards called they main house to say the were coming)
"okay sweetheart time for your closeup..." luis whispered into her ear as
they made their way to the house...
"sheridan...my dear we heard about everything...are you okay?" julian
undoubtedly didn't care as he paid more attention to the swishing of his
brandy against the glass than her answer...
sheridan took a deep swallow...and couldn't seem to come up with words until
luis gave her a stern look..."yea when...i've been better..." luis
smiled...sheridan sounded like her arrogant self...
"oh i can understand...let me get you something to eat you're probably
exhuasted you should go the cabin..." pilar was about to take sheridan's hand
to lead her to the cabin
'sheridan does look drowsy...and that bullet wound hasn't had time to heal
yet'...instead he blurted..."no mama...i won't let you do such a
thing!!!...sheridan can handle herself...having yelled at me all the
way...i'm sure she can make it to the cabin by herself..." he could see the
hurt that flashed in sheridan's eyes
"i'm going to let father know that you're home safe and sound" julian left
satisfied...knowing that nothing came out...by sheridan's tone and the fact
that luis still hated her...
"i'll take her to the cabin mama..."
"besides pilar...i'm not hungry...i just want to get some sleep"
"okay...you're sure..." pilar called over her shoulder...
they both nodded...luis lead sheridan to her cottage and closed the door
behind them...
"come on into bed with you..." he picked her up...and took her to the
bedroom...and laid her on the covers..."you know only said that because your
brother was there..."
"i know..." she smiled at him...
"i better talk to sam..." he gave her a quick kiss...knowing if it was
anymore than that he would have stayed...
at the police station...
"hey luis...good i'm so glad you're here...there's so much i have to tell
you..." he took luis into the interogation room...
"hey sam...so how are we gonna deal with this...?"
"honestly luis...i don't know...but we have a lot more to deal with then i
thought...the cranes have people doing their inside work..."
"what do you mean...here in the police department...?!"
"no..." sam was quiet for a moment..."grace...is working for the cranes..."
"what?!"...luis was in absolute shock...
"yeah...turns out she's been working with them for years now...she has acess
to the police department...influences over this whole town..." he looked away
in deep thought...
"i'm sorry sam...god...what are we gonna do...?"
"only one way that we'll be able to live our lives...and that's to bring down
the crane empire...which is gonna be nearly impossible not to mention
fatal..."
To Be Continued...
Chapter 16:
Sam I don't know how we're going to bring down the cranes luis thought about Sheridan. It was going to be very hard on her he didn't want to put her in the middle of all of this though she told him that whatever happened would be their own doing he knew that she stilled cared for her family, but I
also have to worry about protecting her from the drug cartel they aren't about to give up now. I know that you love Sheridan luis, but you have to be prepared for whatever happens. Sam commiserated with luis he loved ivy and maybe all this time he still did.
Sam what are you trying to say? luis was worried
All I'm saying luis is that everything we're dealing with is unexpected and you shouldn't be caught off guard if Sheridan decides to side with her family.
Sam, I'm not going to make Sheridan choose between her family and myself I want her to believe me, but I'm not dragging her through the mud I've already explained to her that I'm going to be doing some investigation, but I won't have her helping me. Well luis I think you'd better go home you haven't seen your family in a while the cranes may have connections but I have a few tricks up my sleeve also. Let's just say I've made a phone call that could get us a man on the inside at the same time having sheridan protected.
That's great Sam let me know the minute anything turns up. Luis went home his mom was still working and Miguel and Theresa were at school he needed some sleep badly he drifted off with thoughts of Sheridan
occupying his mind. When he awoke it was eight later that night he knew had a lot to take care
of maybe not at the station, but everything was probably a wreck at the youth center. Sheridan sat up in her bed she missed luis already. So much had happened at the cabin, but there was still so many things between them she needed to see luis she called his house and when no one answered she figured that he was at the youth center.
It was 11 o'clock by the time luis finished making all the small repairs the painting would have to wait till the next day he had just come out of the locker room showered with only his jeans on when he saw her standing at the doorway she had on a button up sweater and a skirt both blue to compliment her eyes.
Sheridan he took at deep breath at the sight of her. What are you doing here? Do you know how late it is?Did you bring a guard with you? No luis I didn't bring a guard. You're not still seriously thinking I need one not here in harmony? She put her purse down and smiled as she eyed luis. Sheridan how many times do I have to tell you you're life is in danger and I can't risk losing you and he trailed off as she walked towards him.
Perhaps you'd like to apply for the position of bodyguard she gave him a teasing smile. Sheridan, I just worry about you. She was right next to him and bit her bottom lip and turned away. Well I could hire someone to guard me I suppose maybe even that cute
one mike yes he used to hit on me. I'm sure he'll guard me with his...before she could continue luis had her around the waist and she gasped he twirled her around and was met with a content smile on her face.
I don't want anybody guarding your body but me. He noticed that his actions had undone the top two bottoms of her sweater revealing the swell of
her breasts. Ummm Sheridan we can't do this. She was fully aware that the building was empty he was being very conservative she wanted to unleash luis make him let go of this proper servant of the law attitude.
What can't we do luis? She asked innocently. Sheridan you should...luis was getting uneasy she was doing this on purpose seducing him the room temperature was increasing fast. I should what she backed him into a wall you know what I really should do. She wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled his head down.
She kissed him slowly, but it was luis who deepened the kiss the woman drove him into fits of anger now she was driving him into raw passion his hands found their way to her stomach and started undoing the buttons of her sweater from the bottom. When only one button connected her shirt together she pulled away
from him. Luis you're right we shouldn't do this here she said in a husky voice she turned away from him and pretended to replace her shirt...
Luis came up behind her and picked her up..."you're right we shouldn't do this here..." he took her into his office and laid her on the couch...luis knew he shouldn't do this...he looked at the bandaging on her stomach..."luis...i'm fine it's been over a week now..." to show him just how okay she was...she turned him over so that she was on top...just then they heard hanks voice boom through the empty building...
To Be Continued...
Chapter 17:
they scrambed to their feet....luis hurriedly helped sheridan rebutton her
shirt....as he straightened himself out....sheridan turned away to fix
herself when hank came into the office...
"hey...buddy...." hank looked at them suspiciously..."hey sheridan...i heard
all about the shooting in the news...are you okay..."
"yea i'm fine..." she gave hank a big smile and hug...from the corner of her
eye...she saw luis' jaw tighten...
"what were you guys doing at the boston police station anyway...the news
never said..."
"i wanted to make sure that the drug cartel didn't follow us...so i needed to
check with the authorities...if they knew of anything..."
"yea...well so how are you sheridan...?"
"well fine...no thanks to luis..." even though she was thinking about how
witty he was for coming up with the excuse just that second...
"i see you guys are still argueing...."
just then beth came into the office with some coffee and pizza...
"hey i didn't know you guys were here.....well here you go luis...dinner just
as i had promised earlier...."
sheridan's eyes darted to luis'....so luis and beth had already planned
dinner....
"thanks beth....you shouldn't have...." luis smiled....but gave sheridan an
apologetic look...
"hey you know...we should all go on a double date...to welcome sheridan
home..."
"ummm...well...." sheridan...was still mad about beth being chummy with
luis..."why not..." she smiled at hank and gave him a quick kis....just to
let luis know...two could play the jealousy game...
"okay so how about tomorrow night..." beth couldn't hardly hide her joy at
luis being hers...and showing it to sheridan
"well it's kind of late...so i'd better go home..." sheridan smiled at all of
them
"oh no you don't...listen sheridan...your life is still very much in
danger..." luis grabbed her arm...
"look luis...i can take care of myself..." and she whispered
angrily..."besides don't you have other people to take care of"...and she
stared at the direction of beth...
"sheridan don't do this....you know how i feel about you..." they were caught
in a sweet moment when hank noticed it and came in...
"i'll take sheridan home..." he took sheridan in his arms...luis could she
her discomfort....but couldn't really do anything....
when hank left her...alone...sheridan didn't know what to think...she
couldn't go on like this...and luis' couldn't either...if he truely did love
her....suddenly she started to think maybe luis only said he loved her out of
guilt that she almost died....just then she was pulled from her
thoughts....by a knock on the door...
"hank...i'll be ok...contrary to what luis might think...."
she opened the door and was instantly caught in a passionate kiss...
a while later...luis and sheridan laid in her bed...
"luis...i don't think i can take all this...you and beth being together...."
"don't worry...everything's gonna be okay....just have a little
patience...sam is working on a plan...we'll be together soon..."
"but i don't know how i'll deal with tomorrow night....you and beth...her
giving you gogo eyes..."
"how do you think i'll feel about you and hank...tonight i just wanted to rip
his arm off of you...but whatever happens...we'll deal with it together..."
"you do know...that if beth tries anything on you...that you'll regret it
right..."she gave him a seductive smile...
To Be Continued...
