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Date Posted: 13:08:39 12/03/08 Wed
Author: Odelle
Author Host/IP: CPE0013f7f24246-CM0013f7f24242.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com / 99.234.121.213
Subject: When A Time Comes (Chapter 6)
In reply to: Odelle 's message, "When A Time Comes" on 13:03:27 12/03/08 Wed

The maitre d� was only too happy to accommodate the request for the back room for the wealthy businessman in black. The security that Justus had sent with Michael to scan the entire restaurant, however, had put him a little on-edge. Yet nothing a credit limit like Michael�s wouldn�t solve. What the maitre d� couldn�t know was that Michael would have bought the restaurant � the whole block � if it would make her come.

He didn�t order. He didn�t want to pressure her. Maybe just coffee.

If she came.

He looked at his watch for � a repetition which would have embarrassed him, had he the desire to notice. It was 7:38. There was still plenty of time.

His whole arm was shaking, as he rested it in his lap, sitting before the small bistro table in the centre of the room. His mask was firmly in place. But every now and then, a crack would appear and his jaw would tighten with unease.

The room itself was spectacular: draped on three sides with crimson velvet, the fourth a wall of windows out to the grass terrace. Candelabras and carpets made it warm and intimate.

He didn�t want it too intimate, though. Didn�t want to scare her. Didn�t want to send the wrong message.

Shit, was he ever�not himself. Where was his control? Michael didn�t talk to security operatives, certainly didn�t babble to them that Marios had been around since the 70s. Michael never, never paced. Yet the carpet before the windows was so distinctly flattened, it was visible.

He adjusted his suit jacket, tugged on his collar � checked that the first three buttons were undone.

7:43. Maybe he should have made the reservation for tomorrow. Of course � he should have given her more time, given her a chance to think it over. A few hours wasn�t enough to contemplate seeing him. It had taken him years to work up to this time, and he knew exactly when it was coming. He should change the date. Maybe next week sometime.

His eyes snapped up as the drapes rustled, parted.

One man dressed in a full black suit entered, pulling a semi-automatic out of his waist and staring at Michael. Five more followed him in and began sweeping through the room. Michael kept his intense gaze locked on the leader at the door. His exterior did not betray the unspeakable elation he felt within. Centre operatives.

Then, like a tidlewave, the fear of the reality.

Nikita was coming.

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When A Time Comes (Chapter 7) -- Odelle, 13:33:44 12/03/08 Wed

Re: When A Time Comes (Chapter 7) -- del, 14:55:39 12/03/08 Wed

Re: When A Time Comes (Chapter 7) -- Lina, 21:08:10 12/03/08 Wed

Re: When A Time Comes (Chapter 7) -- Kait, 18:21:17 12/04/08 Thu

Re: When A Time Comes (Chapter 7) -- opalia, 23:01:55 12/04/08 Thu

Re: When A Time Comes (Chapter 7) -- Quiver (This is pureTorture!), 19:05:24 03/13/09 Fri

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