Alex
I am pissed off. Adele is testing my patience like no one ever has before. The worst part is I only have myself to blame for any of it. I never think before I act. Everyone in my family has told me this for years. It is finally catching up to me and I hate it. My first fuck up was trying to kiss Adele in the fucking alley. She already told me that she didn’t want any of the other girls to see her coming in with me every day. I knew that was an issue for her. What did I do? I make a move on her and Angie caught us. I acted before I thought with Angie several times. I should never have touched her. Frank always told me never to get involved with the girls, it can lead to lawsuits. I didn’t care and I thought with my dick instead of my head. I noticed how she kept looking at Adele, so I called her to my office.
I only wanted to warn her against messing with Adele. The bitch tried to threaten me. When I finally put her in her place she kissed me and this time I couldn’t stand the taste of her. I never minded it before, but for some reason when her lips touched mine my first thought was Adele. I wondered what Adele would taste like. I pushed Angie off me and when she turned away, Adele had seen it all. I felt a pain in my chest that I had never felt before. Adele tried to leave the office, but I wasn’t going to let her just walk away from me. She practically begged me to let her out, but when she brought up Teddy and money I remember we were at work, so I had to let her go.
Adele wouldn’t make eye contact at all with me. I could never get her to look at me. I made sure to stay at the bar so she would feel my presence. I just need ten minutes to make her understand. Whenever I thought I would get the chance, Angie would show up and ruin it for me. I need to get rid of Angie and I don’t think it can be done legally.
At the end of the night, Teddy and I went to put the money into the safe. When I came back down, Adele was gone. I looked by the lockers, I checked the alley. I even checked the ladies’ room. She bailed on me and I immediately got pissed. No one just walked away from me or didn’t follow my instructions. I told her we would leave together. I know she is pissed at me, but that is no reason to put herself in danger. When I stomp back into the bar, Angie is waiting for me. She shakes her head and smiles at me and the sight of her starts to make me sick.
“I guess she went with option B,” Angie smirks.
“What are you talking about, Angie?” I am in no mood for her shit.
“I am talking about Adele. I saw her leave with a guy,” Angie advises as I walk closer to her.
“What was he driving?”
“A black Suburban,” Angie practically drools. I spend the next few minutes humoring Angie as she fills in the blanks of who the hell Adele disappeared with. I throw Angie out of the club and lock up as I decide to give Adele a call. She ignores me and doesn’t answer. I call her repeatedly and eventually I start to leave her voice mail and text messages. I walk into our security area and pull the tape from the alley. I manage to pull the Suburban's license plate as I seethe while watching Adele get in.
I know two things about this Nick. I know he is mob connected and I know he’s connected to Lola’s family. Everyone connected to the Delucas has tracking devices on their cars. You never know when someone will want to make a name for themselves by taking you out. I call Thomas and have him get me the location of the black Suburban owned by Nick. Thomas texts me the name of a hotel and I try calling Adele again. She is still ignoring my call and I rub my hand through my hair. This girl is going to be the one thing that kills me.
After being ignored by Adele, I start to lock up and I call the hotel manager. I know they won’t give me the room number at the desk. I just need to talk to the manager and encourage him to do what’s right. I send her one final text. I tell her that I am coming to get her. I don’t even care if she reads it. I’ll be a surprise knocking on her fucking door. She will be coming home with me tonight even if I carry her kicking and screaming through the lobby.
When I am on my way to pick up Adele my phone rings. I look at the caller ID and I see that it’s her. I answer the phone and start to talk before she does
“Adele… I’ll be there in five minutes,” I tell her and hopefully, she’ll be ready when I get there. Adele tries to tell me that she is staying with Nick. This only pisses me off more because I never even considered they may be in the same room. I again inform her that I’ll be there in five minutes and hang up on her. When I get to the hotel, I park in front and head up to her room. The closer I get to the room the angrier I become. She left with this guy and came to a fucking hotel with him? When I finally get to her room I don’t know whether I should knock or kick in the fucking door. I take a deep calming breath and start to bang on the door yelling, “Adele! Open the FUCKING door!”
Adele doesn’t answer the door. Nick opens it and he is only wearing boxers. I close my eyes and hope like hell Adele is fully dressed or I will snap this guy’s neck. I don’t care what family he belongs to or how he is connected. I will snap his neck and have his body taken care of before the housekeeper shows up tomorrow morning. He holds out his arm for me to come into the room and I narrow my eyes at him. I don’t know if I should walk in or just tell him to send Adele out. Will she even come out? I close my eyes and walk into the room, past this guy and it takes everything in me not to elbow him as I do so.
Adele is sitting on the bed and I breathe a sigh of relief when I see she is dressed. I guess Nick can live tonight and I can get Adele out of here without her looking at me like a murderer. As I walk towards her I notice there is another door open in the room, they had adjoining rooms. I close my eyes briefly as I continue toward Adele. I turn back to Nick and ask if he can give us a few minutes to talk. Nick looks to Adele for permission before he leaves and she nods that it’s okay. I walk over and sit next to her on the bed. I can feel her stiffen as my arm brushes hers.
“I don’t know where to start with you,” I say to Adele because I don’t know what to say to her. I am not used to having to explain my actions to others. I am not used to wanting to say the right thing to anyone.
“You don’t have to start anywhere. You can just leave and forget about me. Nick is here and I’ll be ok,” Adele says softly and I shake my head and pinch my nose.
“That’s the thing, Adele. I don’t want to leave you, and I sure as hell can’t forget you. I have never felt this way before so I don’t know exactly how to deal with it. All I know is, if you decide you’re staying in this room tonight, I am staying with you. I would prefer you come home with me, but It’s up to you where we stay,” I tell her, and as I say these things to Adele and I feel ripped open. I just gave her what she needs to hurt me.
I look over at Adele and she is watching me with watery eyes. She tilts her head and glances around the room. Adele stands up and walks over to her backpack.
“I guess it would be silly of me to waste the groceries you bought for us. I didn’t even get a chance to cook most of it,” Adele states and I stand up to walk toward her. I stop within inches and place my hands on her face and tilt my head as I move closer to her. This is the first time my lips touch hers and she opens to me as I taste her. She moans as she leans closer to me and I pull away to look into her eyes. This was the first time I got a taste of Adele, but I can promise this won’t be the last time.