Chapter Six
part 2Mark: Ilina? What is he saying?
Ilina: He is saying....I need a cab...one passenger myself and my child...
Mark: Is there anything else Ilina?
Ilina: No he is hanging up the phone and there is silence...
Mark: Ilina I am going to count to three on the count of three you will awake refreshed and you will recall everything you have told us. One....two..three....
At that point Ilina awoke and she was quiet for a bit Mark asked her if she was ok and then she got up and rushed over to me and hugged me tight and cried softly while I held her.
I held on to her as tightly as I could. If it was the last thing I did I wanted to help this woman and to make her my own. There was no denial I wanted Ilina in the worst way and maybe she wanted me back. After awaking Ilina was very quiet. She didn't want to talk. I drove straight back to my house. She didn't even ask me why we were there.
"Ilina...I want you to leave your apartment and stay with me. You will be comfortable here and safe. Also I want you here. I know it's probably not the best time to say this but...I'm crazy about you. I want to help you find your baby and bring Tim to justice for what he has done to you." I managed to get it all out in one long breath and then held my breath for her response to me.
Ilina looked at me for a long time. "Joe.....I am a very confused devastated person...are you sure...you are not just feeling sorry for me?" she asked with brutal honesty.
"No Ilina even when I thought you were a brutal killer I wanted you. I have been waiting for just the right moment to tell you. But I'm tired of waiting I want you now."
"I want you too Joe...I will stay."she said finally.
I have never been very patient....I grabbed her and put my hungry mouth over hers finally kissing the lips I had been tasting in my dreams for so long..
I know I was being intense I didn't care I pulled her closer feeling all her soft body against my own. Ilina was shaking somehow that made me want her even more. She responded to my tight hungry embrace and kisses softly at first and then more intensely to match my own hunger for her.
We enjoyed each other like this for a long time...my mouth over her own soft mouth kissing her finally after all this time wanting her was unlike any other contact I had ever had with any other woman. Maybe because I did nothing but think of her since I laid eyes on her.
I couldn't stop myself although I knew I was being pushy and probably taking advantage of her emotional state I whispered into her ear while I burned of wanting her.."Ilina....let's go upstairs I want to make love to you" half expecting her to slap me and hoping she would agree to it.
Ilina responded to me and allowed me to take her hand and lead her up the stairs. Where I finally had her all to myself in the dark.
"Ilina I know I shouldn't be doing this because you are vunerable now as much as I want you if you don't feel ready I will stop" I said only half meaning it.
Ilina's response was to lay back down on the pillow and put her arms around me.
Our night was unforgetable. There is truly nothing like making love with someone you have fallen in love with and held back for so long. It brings on an intensity that is unimaginable.
The next day I got up early and called my boss. I talked with him about reopening Ilina's case and putting out an APB on Tim. I would find Tim and Ilina's baby but it was going to be hard after two years to find this guy he could be anywhere. My boss agreed to meet with me to look at the evidence overlooked before. It was time to go to work.
