A knock on the door snapped her out of her thoughts. Opening it Bill stood there.
“Ready” he said noting that she still wore the suit she had been wearing when he last saw her
“Need some more time?” he asked in surprise a small concerned frown on his face
Kira gave a small half laugh
“Sorry Bill, could you give me 20 mins”
He laughed gently, the concern still evident in his eyes
“Tell you what I’ll go down to the bar get a drink and come back for you – say 30 minutes”
She smiled in thanks
“I’ll be ready”
When he had gone Kira pulled off the suit she had flown in and jumping quickly into the refreshing shower had pulled on a soft baby blue silk shirt which clung to her slender body and a black knee length skirt which accentuated her long legs. After applying a light powdering of make-up and brushing her hair free from the clasp she had been wearing all day she went to answer the door, surprised as he was a little early, not like Bill who you could usually set your watch by
Pulling it open with a flourish, she laughed
“…God you’re keen”
However, it wasn’t Bill who stood before her, and reeling back in shock and horror she felt the fear slamming through whole body, as it sucked the very air from her. Gasping, her eyes wide, her face turning deathly pale at the sight of the man now stood before her, she had stumbled further back into the room on legs that shook so hard they barely carried her in the need to escape from him. Almost inaudibly she mouthed his name
“Craig”
The shock so evident in her voice
From the door he stood watching her reaction to him, completely self composed before lazily drawling
“I’m sure he is”
His eyes had scanned her from head to toe, before moving slowly into the room, closing the door behind him.
As the door had clicked shut, trapping her in the confined space she could feel her whole body trembling with the shock. With her legs still slowly moving backwards, she had sought to escape him, until with a sudden jolt she felt the wall at her back instantly halting her progress. With nowhere else to go she could only stare at the man whom she had never thought to see again
“What… what … are you doing here” Kira had finally managed to utter weakly, so very aware of how small the room seemed with him there, feeling her heart beat furiously within her chest.
As she watched helpless to escape, he had continued to move forward, stopping only a few feet from her, his eyes holding hers almost hypnotically, as her whole body tingled with the awareness of his tall imposing figure towering over her. He had smiled mirthlessly down at her, that smile not touching his steely blue eyes, those eyes which once had looked so warmly at her, but which now bore down so coldly causing her to shiver.
“What kind of welcome is that Kira” he mocked “…..what no kiss” his voice low and harsh
With will power which she pulled from her very core, Kira had closed her eyes, breathing deeply to force her body to stop shaking, to calm down. Digging her nails into the soft pad of her palm, she had fought to gain control of herself, the sudden pain in her hand so real she had felt the shock and numbness slowly receding from her. When she reopened her eyes, her look had been surer, steadier, and as she had stared back at the man standing so close that she could have reached over and touched him, she had pulled herself up tall and proud, lifting her chin defiantly at him, her eyes now flashing angrily as she had bit out between clenched teeth
“Get out Craig”
With a soft tutting sound he had only moved even closer, as she had felt her new found bravado begin to crumble, as he stood menacingly before her.
“Now what kind of a way is that to welcome an old…..friend”
His tone low and dangerous sensing the effect that his close presence was having on her
“What do you want” she whispered a small tremor in her voice which did not escape him.
Shrugging his broad shoulders, his eyes now openly admiring her he had looked down at her wonderful face with the most beautiful eyes he had ever seen. Not green and not blue they truly were the colour of an Agean sea. Blatantly his eyes had swept down to admire her breasts and long legs, before slowly travelling back up her missing nothing of her perfection.
As his eyes settled on the small gold locket which she wore around her neck they had narrowed slightly, his hand moving slowly upwards as though he were going to reach out for it, before stepping back, his hand once more dropping back down to his side. As he had moved away from her Kira had gulped in a deep breath, unaware that she had held her breath the whole time his eyes had so openly swept over her.