reckless hearts: vegas nights (7 page)

“How are we going to stop her from using it?” Bella Rose asked worriedly.

It was a very good question that Brock didn’t know how to answer.

There was a taste of bitterness in her mouth as she went back to her apartment. Georgiana knew Luanne got lucky only because there was a witness, if the man hadn’t come down from the elevator she would have been dead and she would have had Brock, she was desperate now. She could hear Mickey now, laughing because she had failed. She was never in the right game is what he would have told her which made her more angry. She knew at that very moment Brock was there with Luanne what she didn’t know was that Bella Rose was with them.

Brock found it hard to sleep with Luanne in one room and Bella Rose in the other, it made his situation much more complicated than it should have been. He did that to himself, he thought as he the face of his son came into his thoughts. He wanted to ask Luanne what she was feeling after seeing Christopher, she was quiet before bed. She couldn’t tell him even if she asked.

He worried what Georgiana would try and do next; he loved them both and didn’t want to lose either of them.

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                                                                                    Chapter Seven

              Luanne slept with her hand on her belly, not realizing it. She was glad Brock hadn’t noticed even the slightest act could make him suspect a pregnancy. Luanne looked over to the cot where he was smiling in his sleep it made her wonder if it was because of her or Bella Rose. She didn’t want to be pregnant and alone, she knew there was something between them. She wasn’t going to let it bother her, it was the worst thing she could do.

Georgiana already proved how far she was willing to go, she was beyond crazy. When morning came Luanne was thankful for another day. With coffee in hand she stared out the window at the sunrise amazed by its colors.

“You’re up early.” Brock said as she turned to him.

“Why waste a beautiful morning?” She smiled as he wrapped his arms around her, they both enjoyed what was before them.

Life there was nothing like it, Luanne thought. She had her man and it was enough for her.

Bella Rose felt an aching in her heart, but didn’t want to interrupt their moment. She closed the door and sighed, remembering everything they had shared. It was difficult to see him with her, but she had their son to think about.

Christopher was the one true thing she did not regret.

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She started to question if Brock walked away or if she let him go. Why did he have to make the passion within her burn? Everything was as it was supposed to be.

Mickey was still angry with Georgiana and wasn’t going to let it pass. She sat at a local club flirting with the bartender it was just her style. He didn’t forget about her little obsession.

“I want to work out a deal with you.” He said to Detective Reese. “We both want Georgiana out of our lives I’ll help you find her.”

“Why do you want to help me?” Detective Reese asked curiously.

“I can find her and we’ll both be rid of her.” Mickey answered. Mickey usually didn’t do business that way, but he knew what Georgiana feared most, and being away from the man she wanted was icing on the cake. Detective Reese nodded his head in agreement. They had an understanding. The Detective thought back to his partner Alex Harvell who had the  misfortune of meeting Georgiana and she robbed him of everything he had; he lost everything including his wife.

Detective Reese wasn’t going to stop until he had her in custody

“What do you need?” Mickey asked bluntly.

“It’s a piece of evidence, his wife’s diamond ring, my partner she screwed him over I know she still has it.” Detective Reese replied with anxiety going through her veins.

“You’ll get it. She might be smart, but not that smart.” They were both happy.

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              Everything happens for a reason, Georgiana thought as she went through her closet searching for the perfect outfit. She knew eventually would run into Brock again and wanted to look exceptional.

She was out of her mind, Brock thought as he held Christopher Samuel. It wasn’t what he needed at the moment. His love life was complicated as it was. Bella Rose didn’t know what she was thinking letting her heart be open to heartbreak again, she knew it would be crushed again. She wasn’t the only one he had done that too, Bella Rose wanted to get out of the apartment she needed to get away from Brock but she knew as long as Georgiana was out there he wouldn’t let it be.

She should have seen it, Bella Rose thought after all the years they had been friends she was shielded from the fact that she was absolutely crazy.

It wasn’t what she had  expected, Bella Rose wanted to believe they were all going to be okay they would all be safe. All she wanted to do was protect her son.

“I can’t keep staying  in this apartment all day and all night because there is a psychopath out for our blood.” Luanne said, it was exactly what Bella Rose was thinking but didn’t have the heart to say.

“Key word there, psychopath. She’s too dangerous for us to be wandering about out there.” Brock knew they would have gotten frustrated, he hoped he could keep them inside long enough until he had come up with a plan.  It was mistake they all let her into their lives. Luanne tried to ignore the ticking of the clock as she worried about her job, hoping she hadn’t been fired. She didn’t need that now with a baby on the way. She still struggled with a way to tell Brock, if she should tell him. Keeping it a secret would be difficult unless she moved. She had thought of it, moving away what that would be like, she had lived there her whole life in Vegas. It would be new.

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It was stress she didn’t need. Too much stress wasn’t good for the baby, she had to think she had to stay calm. The thought of Georgiana being able to enter the apartment made her cringe. There had to have been a way to stop her, stop her from killing them all.

Georgiana smiled as she put on her chosen outfit, the way the cotton felt against her skin she knew she would be comfortable. What she hadn’t expected was to find Mickey by her car waiting for her.

“Where you going in such a hurry?” He asked curiously.

“None of your business.” She replied trying to open the driver’s side door but he wouldn’t let her.

“You know I know what you’re up to.” He knew that would throw her off, the look on her face told him she was aggravated.

“What the hell does that mean?” She knew perfectly well what it meant.

“I know you’re not going to get what you want.” Mickey was determined to stop her from having any fun at all.

“You don’t have any idea who you are messing with when it comes to him.” She wasn’t going to let Mickey get in the way.

Brock was everything to her, she was going to have him. He completed her.

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              “You think it’s easy watching someone you love, love  someone else?” She knew Mickey didn’t even know the meaning of love.

“I know you can’t make someone love you.” Mickey had ran a finger a long a strand of her hair.

She knew then what she would do.

“Interested in a ride?” She asked pulling him closer to her lips.

Mickey nodded and walked to the passenger side and stepped inside.

The bluffs where they would see the sunset, it was her favorite thing to do.

And it would be his last.

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                                                                                Chapter Eight

              With Mickey out of the way Georgiana knew there wouldn’t be any complications now. She wanted to see Brock, she needed to feel him. She thought he would have been in the studio working on his new album, the thought of him with Luanne made her angry. Another person that needed to be taken out of the equation. She thought of how a million times which seemed to make her impatient.

You will not have him
, she thought as droplets of rain started to fall. She could taste it; revenge. Bella Rose also thought she could get in the way. She wanted to find them both, but they weren’t ready for her yet. Driving through the city and the lights shining in the darkness, she wanted to know what it felt like to be free.

Her whole life there was someone telling her what to do, how to live; how to breathe.

She may have had all the money and lived in a great big mansion but it wasn’t what she wanted she wouldn’t have even minded living in trailer with horses. She had no mother to take care of her, she had nannies. Being an only child, she always felt alone. Her mother never showed her any love, her father was always in prison.

Her mother would bring in boyfriend after boyfriend making her feel as uncomfortable as possible, she thought of escaping she never thought it would have ended her up here.

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She couldn’t explain how she was feeling inside, being there with him and their son. If things were different she would have tried harder to be closer to him. When Bella Rose looked at Christopher all she could see was Brock, Christopher was the spitting image of his father; another heartbreaker. Brock had went to get groceries leaving the two girls alone, he didn’t want to do it but he did it anyway. Bella Rose and Luanne found themselves in an awkward situation.

Georgiana sat in the parking lot of the grocery store with a cigarette lit after she had stopped smoking. She couldn’t stop smiling once she saw him go inside. She had to think of something to grab his attention apparently holding Luanne at gun point wasn’t enough.

He was everything she ever wanted in a man. Tall, dark and ruggedly handsome. It had taken her so far to find someone she was willing to give her heart to. She thought it would just take time for him to come around. He may not have loved her, but she felt he could and that was enough.

Over and over again the night they made love played inside her head, it was impossible to forget. She thought she could, but it never left her mind. How gentle he was with her, stayed with her.

It was meant to be
, she thought. If it wasn’t she wouldn’t have been feeling so strongly. If he had known her before their one night together, he would have known who she truly was; it was all she wanted, one chance.

Why couldn’t he give her that?

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