5
Melody sat looking at Cassius. He had got them passage on a storage ship and they were now secured in between all the cargo.
“Don’t worry; I won’t let anything happen to you.” He tried to smile at her.
“Why do they think you killed him? I mean I could tell them you and I left and he was still alive.” Melody told him.
“That’s not how it works here, especially since it was Demetri who was killed. He was one of the most well-known people in our region. They won’t ask questions, and they won’t care what you have to say.” Cassius explained.
“So where are we going?” She asked.
“We’re going to a planet that is nearly uninhabited. It’s called Zeron, we should be safe there. It’s a place they will never think of going too. This ship will drop us off along the way. The only person who knows we are here won’t say a word.” He explained.
“Hmm, I hope he’s more trustworthy than most humans.” Melody scoffed.
“Why humans aren’t trustworthy?” He asked.
“Some will look at you and claim they have your back, but when push comes to shove. Well let’s just say you won’t find them anywhere near your back or side, or anywhere.” Melody stated.
“Well in Sheiktel our word is our bond. The only way they would get it out of him would be to kill him and save his last memories. But that technology is a bit sketchy at best.”
“On Earth some people are so evil and they get off on lying to women and making them think they’ll hand them the world. But when it comes to hard times they will leave you.” Melody said sadly.
“What happened to you?” He asked.
She shook her head, not sure if this was a story she wanted to share with him. Finally, she looked at him and started the story. “I was young, only 21 years old at the time. I was dating a guy, his name was Jay. He swore he loved me, and wanted to spend his life with me. I was still a virgin at the time, but he convinced me to have sex with him. He told me, it was okay, because he was going to be the man I spent my life with. So I decided he was right. We slept together a few times, and well I got pregnant. When I told him that we were having a baby, he wasn’t happy at all. Not the way you think he would be, even though we were young. If he wanted to be with me, why wouldn’t he want kids? He disappeared, and left me alone to face this new world on my own.” She stopped to catch her breath.
“So you have a child back on Earth?” He asked concerned.
“No I didn’t go full term. The stress of everything just pushed me over the edge. I had a miscarriage around month 4, and lost the baby.” She told him.
“Oh wow, I’m so sorry to hear that. I really don’t know what to say. Why did he leave you and not stay, it was after all his responsibility too.”
“Well that’s why I said that people are Earth aren’t really good. You can find good ones, but you have one’s who are like this. They will lie to suit their own needs.”
“We are much more honest in our Galaxy. I must say it would be confusing for me to deal with people I couldn’t take at face value.” Cassius stated.
Cassius held her hand; he could feel the fear emanating from her. He couldn’t blame her. He had a life of near luxury planned once he retired. But now he was on the run, and his only hope was that when they didn’t find him they would look into the case more.
However, Cassius knew from past stories, that they didn’t usually start looking into cases until several months after they happened. If the authorities found who they thought the guilty party was they would be killed. The case would be closed, even if the real killer was still out there.
It didn’t happen very often in their galaxy, but that didn’t matter now. Right now he had to keep both himself and Melody safe. He looked over at her and studied her features.
Her forehead was crinkled up as if she was thinking about something very serious. He rubbed her arm with his hand. “It’s going to be okay.” He told her. This time he sounded a bit more positive.
Cassius knew he had to be strong for both of them right now.
“Thank you. I really don’t want to die yet.” Melody finally said.
“So you heard what he said to me? I had wondered.” Cassius said.
“Yeah, how he said that they would kill both of us on the spot. That we had to hurry up and hide.” Melody commented on what she had heard Cassius connection say to him.
“I won’t let you get hurt.” He took her chin in his huge hand and looked into her eyes.
She shook her head. He could still feel the quaking of fear through her body though.
“You know we never got to finish what we started back at my place. Maybe that will take your mind off of all this.” Cassius grinned as he brushed his fingers over her nipple.
Melody looked at him; the lust was in her eyes. He moved her over and opened up his pants. She sat down on him to finish what they had begun before they had to run.
Her mind was whirling about, how could she be having sex and be so scared. But soon the fear was replaced by the pleasure he was eliciting from her body.
It was short, Cassius couldn’t hold back once he felt her body begin to throb in orgasm. After they were done he held her close on his lap.
He had a strong desire to make sure nothing happened to her. Was it just a sense of duty, or more, he wondered.
Cassius had to admit that he had feelings about her, especially now that he had seen her at her most vulnerable. He touched her cheek and brushed some of her long brown hair from her face.