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Chapter 15

Richie made his way to the car that waited for him.  He handed his things to the man waiting and stepped inside only to be surprised by Sonny.

“Is everything okay with Dominique?”

“She’s back at the villa sleeping.  I wanted to talk to you before I left...without her around.”

“You’re leaving?”

“Business.”  Sonny paused, “Richie, Nikki has been through a lot with Santadio and Noah wants her to go to a private clinic to heal.  It’s a clinic for post traumatic stress patients and they will help her deal with everything she went through.  It’s in California and she has to be there a minimum of two weeks.”

“You think she’s going to resist, don’t you?”

“Yeah, she wants to be with you.”

“Sonny, I agree with you on this. Yeah, I want to spend my break with her but I know that we’ll never have a relationship as long as she doesn’t deal with what happened.  I’ll talk to her.”

“They do sessions with significant others…to help re-build the relationship.  I know you two just got together but maybe it would help if you’re interested.”

“I’d like that.”

“Enjoy your time with her.  The jet will be back in time to get you to San Juan.”

“Sonny, can she go with me?”

“I’ll let you know.”

Sonny exited the car and it pulled away to take Richie to the villa.

Inside, Richie headed straight to Dominique’s room.  The light from the great room spilled in on her sleeping form and he paused to watch her sleeping.  Moving to the side of the bed, he knelt down and reached out to brush her hair back.

“Such a beautiful princess,” he whispered.

Her eyes fluttered open and she mumbled sleepily, “Richie.”

“Shh, go back to sleep,” he whispered touching his finger to her lips.  “I’ll be here in the morning when you wake up.”

“Promise?”

“Cross my heart,” he promised as he made an ‘x’ on her heart the best he could.  Then he placed a soft kiss on her lips.

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