107. I'll beg you

Erica

I scrambled off the bed as Antonio left the room. My whole body was warm and prepared for him but now cold washed over me as the door clicked shut. Suddenly, the night outside seemed dangerously dark and foreboding as I walked to the windows and looked out. The ground below was scattered with lights but the trees remained dark and unmoving. Except when I looked long enough, I swear I could see a red laser beam just like the one I had seen trained on Antonio when he was ready to kill Jeremiah Sokolov.

I didn’t realise but I tensed as my mind went back to Antonio going downstairs. I turned from the window and I knew he had told me to stay here locked inside but I remembered what Mario had said would happen if Antonio got hurt. I refused to admit that I was really worried about him as I went to the closet and pulled on a pair of jeans I had discarded earlier. Just as I grabbed the doorknob another gunshot sounded making me flinch and despite knowing the best I sent up a prayer abo