Someone Unexpected(23)

He lay there staring at the ceiling for a minute and then he looked at  me again. "I never thought I would meet someone like you, you have  completely turned my world upside down."



I held his gaze. "Ditto."



He hopped out of bed and tossed the condom in the trash and then grabbed his clothes.



"Don't go. Stay with me tonight."



"Are you sure, Elena? I have to get up in just a few short hours. I'm  leaving much earlier than you and I don't want to disturb you in the  morning."



"I'm positive, I want to feel your arms around me tonight."



"There's nothing more that I want right now."



We both slept in the nude and it felt so good to feel him right next to  me, I just felt right. I drifted off to sleep happier and more relaxed  than I had ever been in my life.



When I woke up the next morning Sebastian was gone but he left a note on  the pillow next to me. He told me what a great time he'd had the night  before, that he would miss me that week, he couldn't wait to see me that  Saturday and that I would hear from him soon. All I could do was  believe him because he was already gone.



The concierge was at my door at 8:00 on the dot and I took a deep breath  and looked around my room one last time before I left. I would never  forget my time in São Paulo, Brazil.





Chapter Eleven  –  Blind-sided



We made it back to the States, and thankfully we didn't have to go into  work that day and I went home and literally crashed on my bed. My  growling belly woke me up around 8:00 and I threw a frozen dinner in the  microwave and curled up on the couch to rifle through my mail when the  second letter I saw chilled me to the bone. I hadn't gotten a letter  like that in over 10 months so I foolishly kind of thought the ordeal  was finally over. It was from the Corlus County Correctional Facility  and I knew that it was from Brian. When is he going to leave me alone? I  opened the letter, expecting it to be at least 20 pages long again but  this one was different, it wasn't from Brian.



It was a letter telling me that Brian was going to be released the next  day due to good behavior and it was dated a week prior, and if he  contacted me I was to contact his parole officer immediately. I felt  sick to my stomach and I wanted to call Sebastian but I didn't know if  he was already in Paris, if he was sleeping or if I would even be able  to get a message to him. I decided to take a chance and call his cell  phone but it went straight to voicemail so I left a message and tried  not to sound too frantic.



"Hi Sebastian, I hope you had a safe flight. I was going through my mail  and I got a letter from the prison where Brian is being held and they  wrote to notify me that he is going to be released tomorrow. You told me  to let you know when I heard from him and even though this isn't  exactly from Brian well, it's about him. I will admit that I am a bit  freaked out right now so can you please call me when you have a chance?  Thanks."



I tried to get lost in The Real Housewives of Whatever City but all I  could do was sit and stare at the television. Nothing was registering,  all I could think about was that Brian would be free the next day and I  just knew that he would be coming after me. I would have to file a  restraining order or something like that but really, what could a piece  of paper do? At 1:00 a.m. I still had not heard from Sebastian so I went  to bed trying not to think about what he was doing with Sophia.



The next day, the first thing I did before work was go to the police  station and get a restraining order against Brian. When I got to work I  was told that I was getting a company car and a parking spot in the  building. I was so psyched. No more having to rely on Miami's public  transportation. I threw myself into work and I didn't hear from  Sebastian all day. So I had two things going through my head: one, I was  sick about Brian and I jumped every time the phone rang, and two, I was  sick about what Sebastian and Sophia were up to and I jumped every time  the phone rang. So basically I was a total mess that day and I couldn't  wait to go home.         

     



 



When I finally made it home I called my parents and told them that Brian was out. My dad was pissed.



"What?! They just wrote you about this a week ago? I'm going to have our  attorney call the warden first thing tomorrow morning. They have to  give more than a week's notice, this is ridiculous!"



"Daddy, calm down, I got a restraining order today so I should be fine."



"Honey if anything happens, you pick up the phone and you call us  immediately and we will be there as fast as we can. In the meantime,  Elena, please be careful." I hated that my dad sounded so worried about  me.



"Yes honey, if anything happens, call us no matter what time it is."



"I will daddy, I promise. Mom, don't worry."



I tried to lighten the mood by telling them about my trip to Brazil but I  decided to leave out the part about Sebastian until I knew where things  were really going with us. I didn't want to tell them that their  daughter was seriously interested in her boss until I knew that there  was something real between us. I would save that conversation for  another time.



After I talked to my parents I called Chloe.



"Hey! You're back! So, how was it?"



"Chloe, it was so awesome, São Paulo was so interesting, I loved it."



"What's wrong? I can hear it in your voice."



My friend knew me so well. "Brian was released today."



"What?! You have got to be kidding! Why? He's supposed to be in for at least another six years or something like that."



"The letter said he was being released due to his good behavior. Can you  believe that? His good behavior! So I went to the police first thing  this morning to get a restraining order against him."



"You should get a gun, Elena, I'm serious. He is crazy."



"Chloe, I'm not going to get a gun. I got the restraining order and I'm  just going to live my life. I can't be afraid of him every day for the  rest of my life, that's no way to live. Besides, I knew that this day  would come eventually and Dr. Donnelly told me to do exactly what I did  and just to live my life, so that's what I'm going to do. I have a great  alarm system here in this apartment and it's a secure building, so I  will just keep my eyes open and watch my back."



"If that jerk shows up, I'm going to kill him. I mean it Elena, he's put you through enough."



"I know, thanks, but I don't want you to go to jail or anything, silly."



"Elena, this is not something to take lightly, I remember what he did to  you and I don't want you to have to deal with that idiot anymore. Let's  just hope he leaves you alone."



"Yeah." I was silent for a few seconds and so was she and I could feel  her worrying through the telephone so I changed the subject to lighten  the mood.



"So, did I happen to mention that I flew private with Sebastian to São Paulo?"



"Hold on, let me process this! First of all, you call him Sebastian?  Second, you flew with him in the private jet just the two of you? Why  didn't you tell me this the second you got home? That is urgent  information!"



I wasn't sure at first if I should tell her but then the more I thought  about it I decided that I could tell her because Chloe had never  betrayed my confidence in anyway, ever in our lives. I trusted her 100%.  Besides, it was good to be able to tell someone about what was going on  with him because it was hard for me to keep all of it inside and not be  able to share my feelings about him with someone. But, I wasn't going  to share too much information about him just yet.



I couldn't help but giggle at her excitement. "Yes, it was just the two of us and it was so amazing to be on a private plane."



"Forget the plane! Tell me about him! When did you start calling him Sebastian?"



"Oh that, that's not really a big deal. He actually prefers that everyone call him Sebastian instead of Mr. Blu."



"Okay, and? I know there's more info that you're keeping from me so spill it girl!"



"There's really nothing more to add, I think he just wanted to make sure  that I was completely filled in on what to expect with the clients in  São Paulo so it was a good time for us to kind of go over everything and  make sure that I understood what was expected."         

     



 



"Elena Marie Sumner, I have known you forever and a day and I know that  you are not going to sit here on this telephone and lie to me about this  gorgeous man. There is no way that there is not more to this story.  Well? I'm waiting."



"Chloe, it's not a big deal so don't blow it out of proportion."



"Oh my gosh! He likes you, doesn't he?"



I wasn't ready to share that info just yet so I totally downplayed it.  "No, nothing like that, he's just a very friendly person and I think he  likes to flirt because I swear you could have beat all the women around  him off with a stick. They seemed to be coming out of the woodwork,  there were so many of them. One thing I will say is Mr. Blu is not  lacking in female attention. So no, nothing really going on there with  me and him."