Chapter 87: TODD

I heard the noise seconds before she asked. I'd already seen where Mancini and the guys had added the security to the house, had found all the eyes and ears, but stupidly hadn't turned them on before jumping into bed. It's because I'm not accustomed to doing it here. That, and the fact that she had me so worked up I could hardly function.

I saw the shadow at about the same time I heard the noise but my only thought was to protect her from seeing what was about to happen. The shot rang out and I heard her scream seconds before I knocked the Mac book to the floor.

I rolled off the other side of the bed and crawled. The room was in darkness but there was light coming in through the window. "I told you I'd get you asshole, come outta there." I used his voice to decipher where he was in the room. I only had one chance at this since I didn't have a gun on me.

As his footsteps got closer I got ready to spring into action. "I saw you and that bitch driving down to the p