When a man loves a woman... Jesse wept in the arms of the last of the Maldonado until he fell asleep, himself, even with his heart in tatters did not even tear. And that was really worrying, after all those who do not show the pain are the ones who feel it the most. Blade was looking at Jesse sleeping soundly, thinking about what Julius had said about God sending an angel to bring light to his dark life, a miracle. She was so small and fragile, but she had an overwhelming and overwhelming weight on him and it frightened him greatly. Jesse represented the word sensitive in all senses, from the low physical stature and the delicate features to the personality of a teenager in high school, especially the pure heart of a child. But at the same time she was sexy, the way she was, but it was irresistible at times. Once upon a time, the terrible thug would have taken that list containing the murderers of his parents and eliminated them all in a fraction of a second, but for an hour Blade did not care where he was at that moment, as long as he was with her in his arms. Jesse seemed to make everything easier and more bearable. Sleeping like this, so calm, he seemed, in fact, an angel. It was like hell's encounter with heaven.

- Hi! - Jesse said as he woke up sleepily, slowly opening and closing his eyes with his long lashes. She was numb, feeling the tip of Blade's forefinger go around the delicate features of her face, just as she had done the night she was raving with fever.

-You frighten me too much, Jesse, - Blade said, looking deep into her eyes.

At the moment, he skirted the apple's thick lips, the forbidden fruit. He saw it as something he wanted, but he could not have.

-That does not make sense, Blade. You can destroy me with a breath if you want, in the blink of an eye. Most people find me dumb, and clumsy. -Carter wriggled lazily into his strong arms, full of tattoos, as well as the shirtless, masculine breastplate that held her firmly.

-Show them you are not. Lots have tried to kill me and put me under seven feet of the earth. But the only one who can kill me, this is you, investigator. Blade's eyes hovered over the young woman's mouth, who chewed her lips involuntarily for a kiss.

- What do you mean by that? - Jesse asked, frowning, confused.

-What did I say about asking more questions, little one? - His tone was not angry or threatening.

 - That would shut me up. -But Jesse was frightened anyway she never knew what the man was thinking. As instinct she shrank to protect herself from him.

-And that's what I'm going to do right now.

Then Blade kissed her, not like the first time. It was hotter, full of passion. He could feel the sweetness of Jesse, at the same time it was hot and intense. The young woman almost died when Blade cut off the kiss to look at her, drunk with pleasure.

-Can´t take my hands off you, I think you've bewitched me, - the bandit said truthfully.

-Then do not take them off. - Her voice came out sexy and inviting.

-Do not tease me, little one! - He murmured those words with his mouth against her skin, his beard tickling for a few days.

Blade went down her throat and kissed the hollow of her collarbone, and she arched back wanting him to continue. And the bandit continued the way slowly kissing the V formed by her breasts, Jesse was about to go crazy at any moment.

- Oh! Blade, do not stop, -she begged.

-I want to taste you whole, slowly. - He laid a kiss on her left breast, his beak hard under the thin fabric of her dress. -But not here, not now. - He hugged her, hiding his face in the curve of her neck under a mound of rebellious curls. Jesse got the message and gave a way to solve the problem.

-Close your eyes dear, I do not want you to suffer anymore. -Jesse asked softly, putting his hand on Blade's face, caressing it with affection. He closed his eyes tightly, feeling his heart tighten more and more inside his chest.

Jesse jumped up and began to remove those horrible photographs from the wall holding the tip to protect the fingerprints he could have on them, put them inside the envelope along with the names of the corrupt police, one by one. Pulling forces she did not know how suffering it would be if were her mother who had been cowardly murdered.

- You can open it now.

When Blade opened his eyes he found Jesse on his knees before him with a sweet smile on his face and eyes full of love. It was obvious that they belonged to different worlds, perhaps it was the pain and it cured her. Two crooked paths that met by chance or by divine intervention. At that moment he realized that they had to stop there while it would still be easy. But the truth was that Blade had the feeling that it was late, had been into a blind knot.

- Hi! Said Blade, looking half-pissed, - he was the most charming being he'd ever seen.

How did she do that? To make the pain go away with a smile, he could no longer remember why he was nervous, he thought.

- Let's go home now? We lost the battle, but not the war. -Her voice was confident, so much so that it infected even one who never hoped for anything in life. Blade always hoped for the worst.

When they reached Blade's house, they were all sitting in the living room waiting for them even a very pretty woman who did not look too weird to Jesse, sitting on the couch next to Bobbi and Julius. Li was sitting on the floor and Stephen stood with his arms folded by the window.

The stranger wore an exaggeratedly short, shock-pink dress, not that Jesse had any prejudices about it, with beautiful legs like that, she had to show herself, she thought… The worst was when the woman opened a huge smile at the sight of Blade, rose and came rolling with a huge ass and large breasts still exploding out of the neckline. She was a brunette, at least fifteen inches taller than Jesse, long straight hair just below her waist and blue eyes the color of the sea, a very well-made peach skin. Now the investigator remembered her, it was the same woman who made the scandal in the apartment to distract the police while Carter took the case from the Maldonado case.

-How long ,big tiger, I miss you. - The woman greeted Blade with a kiss on her mouth, just a littke kiss, but enough to make her jealous.

To Jesse's surprise, he did not push her away or stop her from touching him as he most often did with her instead he let himself be kissed regardless of who he was seeing. That was what hurt her the most, very much. Blade said he was not kidding her, but by the way, it was all the time.

- How's it going, Sara? I missed you too.

What? Besides kissing her was being polite to her too, that was the last straw for Jesse. The researcher became so nervous that she wanted to tear out his eyes and blind him, forever.

-And who is she? - The other man's sucking vampire asked pointing to Jesse and peering up at her curiously.

I'm almost his girlfriend, so stay away from him.

-Only one acquaintance is helping us in this case.

Jesse rolled his eyes at him like an arrow, what do you mean, just a name? He had been playing with her all along, used it when he needed it, and now that something had arrived he was discarding it.

-I'm Sara you must be Jesse, the messy cop. The boys told me so much about you, including Julius. - The investigator looked at the Mexican who said -relax, she's cool, - so Carter took her hand and tried to be as educated as possible.

-Nice to meet you, Sara, and yes, I'm the messy cop and a big jerk who insists on believing in people. - He smiled yellow, trying to contain his anger.

- Well they told me that you are funny, I love people with a sense of humor, I have seen that we will get along very well. -Time or other Blade was looking over Jesse, did not understand why he was being so dry with Sara, who was being so nice to her.

-Let's go, we have the same taste for some stuff, too, -Jesse joked, winning a disapproving look at Blade.

Besides being an asshole, he was cynical as well. She was so angry, she wanted to tear every strand of Sara's beautiful, silky hair and make her bald. Why did she have to be so perfect and tall, and balance so well over those murderous heels, exhibiting that perfect body?

-Good evening, brother, I missed you. - Bobbi came to his brother and hugged him. But this time he had a surprise, Blade would match the hug wrapping her arms around his youngest hand, stroking the boy's light brown hair affectionately.

-Me too, Mascot, you've grown up this weekend. -If Jesse had not been so angry with Blade, he would have laughed the way he treated his brother like a baby no wonder Bobbi had not become a spoiled boy.

- I love you so much Blade, you and my brothers are my life!

At that moment the bandit's heart ached. He thought that if Bobbi's girlfriend was as important as Jesse was becoming in his life, it was not fair to the boy to force him away from the girl he loved.

-And your girlfriend, son? Why do not you call her and ask her how she is, I think there must be a lot of things to catch up on. -He reached into his pocket and handed the cell phone to him. Bobbi was taken aback by the phone.

- Hallelujah, brothers! - Li shouted from the back of the room, as perplexed as Bobbi.

-Get out of this body that does not belong to you and goes in search of light, - exclaimed Estevão, signaling the cross to the Blade, performing an funny exorcism ritual.

-Welcome, Blade and Jesse, it's good to see you two together, - Julius said.

If Julius gave one more malicious grin to Maldonado's side, he would be out of teeth. To avoid future dental problems, he kept for himself the joy of seeing them together. The couple told them everything that had happened in Tijuana, except for the part of the gums in the hotel and the first meeting in the shooting club.

-I need you to work on it for me, Li, try to retrieve some digital and find out what you can. He threw the envelope containing the pictures, but the file with the names of the corrupt cops was very well guarded and protected in the pocket of his jacket.

- I got it. -The Chinese took the envelope and went to his scientific laboratory, more equipped than the CIA.

-Why did you ask Sara for help? - She came here saying that you called her and told her to wait here, I was worried, "Julius asked.

So it was with the vampire that he hung on the phone for hours while I trained the crosshairs, it was the first thing that came to her mind. Every minute the anger only increased, a little more and it would explode.

-In Tijuana, I discovered that Carlo's son has a luxury casino here in Los Angeles and that is his Captain, Josué Torres, who manages the place. The idiot has passions for beautiful and attractive women, so I called Sara, she will seduce him and then dragged him to get him where Matteo Castelli is hiding.

At that time Jesse died, literally. He shrank down, staring at the ravaged floor. At no point did Blade think of her to do that, she was not pretty and even very attractive enough to seduce a man. This was not quite the reason, it was quite another, but as nervous as she was she would not believe it or hear it from his mouth.

-And what will you do with it when you find it? - Estevão asked, already suspicious of the answer.

-Quarrel him alive, and I will do the same to the cops who killed my parents. I will run it one by one using the same methods they used. - Blade's eyes were now indecipherable in color, but it did not mean a good thing, that was obvious grayish like the sky in an early storm, just scary.

-No! - Jesse yelled up, wanting to cry. It is certain that the father was a horrible person, but should pay for his crimes before justice and not cruelly murdered. Fighting evil with evil, it only makes things worse.

-Why do not you drink some water, my dear? - Looks like you're not feeling well. Sara took some water from the jar on the table and led Jesse with a worried look on her face. He was not really a bad person and had no kind of love affair with Blade he actually had an eternal debt to him for a fact that had happened many years ago.

- Thanks! - As soon as he got the glass, Jesse balled and poured all the water over the Blade that was sitting next to her. If it had been planned it would not have worked out so well.

-But do not you get one, Jesse? - Blade rose nervously and cursed some cursing into the bedroom to change his clothes.

Sara followed behind him as if he were some child who needed help to wear another shirt. Jesse thought of jealousy, his heart bleeding. Unfortunately, she had to admit, the two made a lovely couple.

- Jesse? - Julius shouted, but it was late.

She ran off, her face bathed in tears, again humiliated. If people knew the weight of words, they would value silence especially for a charitable heart like Jesse Carter's. Good people are the most sensitive.

- Where's Jesse? - It was the first thing Blade missed when she returned to the living room it was sour for having scolded Sara in the room while she changed her shirt. She did not think it was the rough way he treated Jesse and she did not even know what was going on between them, otherwise, the grudge would have been greater.

-What do you think tiger? - She went away crying, you idiot! Julius let the dogs fall on him, and rightly so.

Blade ran after Jesse, but he did not find her at home and nowhere else. Not even at his parents' residence and he kept a watch on Carter's door for days at a time.

On Wednesday morning she saw her father getting out of a uniformed car holding something wrapped in old cloth, looking frightened everywhere. She thought it odd that she had never said that her father was a cop. The day he hit the major, he was in plain clothes. Blade wore a mask on his face which disrupted his vision a little but looking at him at that moment in the light of day his face seemed quite familiar. But her head was so full of concern for the investigator that she decided to leave, first, she wanted to find her to make sure she was okay and then twist her neck to disappear for no reason, at least he did not think he had.

On Thursday night, Blade was about to commit suicide in the face of so much despair, her cell phone was just mailbox or out of the box. How could anyone disappear like that? It looked like black magic or punishment. He spent the whole of Friday and Saturday in bed in a vegetative state, he looked like a beggar all bearded and disheveled. If anything happened to Jesse, he would never forgive himself, he would find a way to go to hell sooner or later, one way or the other. A thread of hope came when her cell phone rang, but it was not her. He was missing her so much, just wanted to hear his voice.

-Where the fuck are you? - Julius bellowed, lately he was just shouting at Blade.

-Go to hell, Perez, leave me alone. - Blade's voice came out weakly, from the disappearance of Jesse who ate nothing.

- Did you forget that it is today that Sara is going to the Casino to seduce the henchman of such Matteo Castelli? Shit, man, what the hell is the matter with you? We've been going over the plan all week. He's so scattered, he's barely home, and he's not even showered right. - Blade rolled her eyes without patience, not caring about anything else. However, on the other hand, was afraid of Jesse being in the hands of the heir of the Mafia, now more than ever had to get his hands on it.

- I'm going. -He hung up on Julius's face and ran off to the garage.

The partners were in a hotel room next to the Casino. Li set up all the necessary equipment to monitor Sara's footsteps inside, to enter the security system of the gaming house to gain access to the cameras. Along the way, the same song he danced with Jesse at the masquerade party started playing on the radio, all he did not want to remember at the time. The words made so much sense that it seemed to be written for both of them. From there, Blade could not think of anything else, just give up everything for her.

When a man Love a Woman

Can´t keep your mind on anything else

He would trade the world.

For a good thing you found.

 

If she is bad, he can´t see it.

She can´t do anything wrong.

He turns his back on his best friend.

If the friend to criticize

When a man Love a Woman

Spend your last penny

Trying to cling to what he needs

He would give up all his comforts.

And I would sleep outside in the rain.

If she said that's the way

Things should be

 

When a man Love a Woman

He gives everything he has, yeah

Try to hold your precious love

My love, do not treat me badly

 

When a man Love a Woman

Deep in your soul

It can bring you such misery

If she's playing with him, like she's a fool

He's the last to know...

 

I'll still find the guy who made this song and shoot him! -He thought again.

 

-So she's already inside the Casino? - Asked Blade, almost breathless as he rushed to get there, was anxious and not even sure why. Li sat totally focused on the screen of his notebook typing ferociously, seeming to have twenty more fingers in each hand, Julius stood beside the Chinese with his arms crossed, the face of little friends.

-Stephen has just put it in the disguised as a waiter. Xing is trying to find her on the cameras, there must be more than a thousand in that place, -he answered seriously, there was no sign of the nice Mexican he used to be. Blade did not understand why no one beside him was worrying about her disappearance it seemed like everyone knew where she was except him.

-Hi, Tiger, can you tell me if they deliver food in the room? - I'm stuck with hunger. Sara stepped out of the bathroom with one foot on her feet and the other bandaged, jumping like a kangaroo.

-If you're here, who's inside the Casino? - Blade was confused, not understanding anything.

- I found! -Shouted Li victoriously.

-That can only be a joke, - growled Maldonado, possessed as she glanced at the monitors on the wall where she could see Jesse from various angles incredibly sexy inside a short, tightly fitting red dress. Loose curls purposely messed up, looking like a dangerous feline a very well-made makeup, dark shade, and red lipstick to complete, on the feet a very sexy, erotic needle heel. She was the sexual fantasy of any man, Blade's, in that case. Then he realized that it was like at the end of the song, exactly the same.

If she plays with you, making a fool of you, she'll be the last to know...