Absolution (Mr. Black Series) by Marshall Penelope

Author:Marshall,Penelope [Marshall,Penelope]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Limitless Publishing LLC
Published: 2016-09-27T04:00:00+00:00

HER LAST PLEA

COLE

I walked by the window, where I saw Catherine standing at the bottom of the metal stairs that led up to the office door.

“How in the hell does she keep getting on base?” I asked.

“What, LT?” Elijah asked.

“Here comes that crazy bitch that beat up Adeline,” I replied.

“Are you shittin’ me?”

I looked toward the door, where I could see her approach. She took a deep breath and exhaled as she tapped on the metal door.

“You want me to take care of her, LT?” Elijah asked.

“No. I will. Here, hold this,” I said, handing him the file I had been working on.

I opened the door.

“Hey, baby!” she greeted me. “I’ve missed you.”

She tried to wrap her arms around me, but I backed away. “Are you fuckin’ crazy? You beat up Adeline last night. Why aren’t you in jail? In fact…Black, call the MPs.”

“Are we at the point that we can’t be cordial?” she asked.

“Hello, Catherine,” I said in a low monotone voice. “Is that what you want?”

“No, I want more. Do you happen to have time to chat about a few things?” she asked.

“No, Catherine, I don’t have time for this.”

She looked at me. As understanding finally dawned on her, she looked as though she had been sucker punched. The gravity of the situation hit her like a ton of bricks.

“Black, tell them we’ve got an unauthorized person on government property.”

“Yes, Lieutenant,” Elijah replied, picking up the phone.

“You never wanna take my phone calls anymore, baby. Why are you being so fuckin’ mean to me?” she asked angrily.

“Because you go around trying to hurt people I care about.”

“Care about? Is this because of Adeline? Do you love that bitch?”

“She is not a bitch, and that is none of your business.”

“Do you realize how much time I put on hold for you?”

“You mean every time you threatened to leave during a deployment?” I turned to walk away.

She ran in front of me, putting her hands on my chest, keeping me from walking any further. I looked down at her hands. I grabbed her wrists, pulled them off me, and placed them at her side.

“Stop it, Catherine. I’ve made up my mind.”

“I took you for granted all these years, baby,” she whined.

“Yes, you did,” I said. “But I have to take some part of the blame for this. I could have been more vocal, and made a bigger commitment to you. Sometimes a guy just needs to take a leap of faith. Unfortunately, I never took that leap with you, but that doesn’t matter anymore, and I will certainly not make that mistake again,” I said, walking past her.

“Wait, just answer something for me.”

“What?” I asked, turning to face her.

“Would you love me if Adeline were out of the picture?”

“Oh, shit, LT, did she just threaten Adeline?” Elijah hollered, still on the phone with the MPs.

“What kind of question is that? Seriously! What kind of question is that? Don’t you fuckin’ touch her again,” I said, shaking my head in disgust.

“Well, Cole…” Catherine’s words trailed as she lifted her shoulders level to her jaw.

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