making sure my hand was steady. I wasn’t sure what I would do if this was as bad as I was thinking. Did they really find us? Did they manage to track us down?
Suddenly the door burst open, and Josh came charging through, his shoulders smashing against the wood. Josh’s feet moved forward but he stumbled back as he came face to face with my gun. His eyes almost flew out of their sockets.
“Shit Josh! Why didn’t you use your key? You scared the hell out of me!” I released my finger from the trigger and lowered my weapon.
“Whoa, I scared you? I did use my key. It’s these fucking Czech doors. I think the wood swells with the rise and fall of the temperature and they get stuck.”
I rolled over on the bed, placing my Glock on a bedside table. Josh eyed me as he closed the door behind him. His gaze was all over my see through black lacy bra and panties.
I got up on my knees on the bed. “I’m sorry Josh. I didn’t mean to scare you.”
Josh stalked forward towards me, grinning and licking his lips. “Well, I’ve got to admit Nor, you pulling a gun on me, wearing that, is kind of a huge turn on.”
I looked over to my gun and back to Josh. “Would you like me to hold it again? We could play bad cop and bad girl.” I winked at Josh whose eyes were on fire.
His gaze lingered on me as his mind drifted off. Suddenly he shook his head. “Hold that thought, I have something to show you first.” Josh walked over to the backpack he had been wearing when he came in and tossed onto the floor.
He knelt down and opened it up, his hand searching the contents. “I got all the paperwork sorted. Everything is ready for tomorrow. As I was heading back through the markets, I came across this old European merchant who sells the most beautiful things.”
Josh’s hand finally withdrew from the backpack, holding a small black velvet drawstring bag and walked over to me and sat on the bed.
“When I saw them, I knew they would be perfect. I hope you don’t mind that I picked them.”
He opened the little bag and poured the contents into the palm of my hand. I saw two gold rings with gold inscriptions on them.
“The writing is in Czech, and it means, ‘Our love is an adventurous melody, our souls forever as one’. What do you think?”
I was breathing slowly as I took the smaller of the gold rings and slipped it onto my ring finger. I held up my hand, staring at it. “That’s perfect Josh. Perfect for us.”
Josh took the larger ring, slipping it onto his ring finger and held it up so it was side by side with mine. I stared at the two rings next to one another and then I turned my head to Josh. “I still can’t believe we are in Prague eloping. Tomorrow we become one, and I couldn’t be happier at the idea.”
I rested my head on his shoulder, and let out a tiny sigh. Josh noticed it right away. “Norah, what’s wrong?” He slipped his hand around my waist and pulled me closer.
“How long do you think we’ll have here, before they drag us back, kicking and screaming?”
I could hear Josh thinking as he held me. His hand started to rub my arm. “One month, maybe two. Why? You like being in Prague don’t you?”
I moved out of his hold and faced him, moving my hands so they smoothed over his chest. “Well, I’ve got to say, I’ve never been more inspired by a city. I love the influences of gothic mixed with renaissance. It’s romantic and dark at the same time. I kind of feel a kinship for it. I could stay here and draw forever.”
Josh’s eyes darkened. “You know Nor, we don’t have to go back. We could stay in Europe for a while. Take our chances on the road. I have a lot of money saved up from a lot of deals I had cuts in over the past few months. We don’t have worry about that. If you really want to, we can run, together.”
I thought about the idea of Josh and I making a life here, away from my Dad’s work and the Lappell. We could make a good life, we would have a chance. It was no secret that things had been awkward in