44 Flying to Engand
1457 Words
Carlos Leo Nuevo CIA smiled with his very white, perfect teeth.
Blaze sat down at the table. Leo air kissed Sera on each cheek. He didn't want to touch her without her permission.
Sera put her hand in his arm.
"Don't fear. You can touch me."
Blaze quietly said,"Nope, he can't."
Sera sat on Blaze's lap, she pet his chest hair..
" Is this place actually haunted?" she asked him.
Leo frowned, no. "I need your help, both of you. I am on a missing person case in London.
The person missing is CIA. She was undercover in Milan then went off the map. Intel now places her in London."
Blaze was curious. "What do we need Sera for?"
Leo nodded. "I believe the men that took her, have sold her into the s*x trade."
Blaze stood up. He took Sera's hand. " No way, you are not putting my wife in danger."
" Blaze, It's not like that. I want you to pose as a married man looking for a mistress. I need your wife to well....play your wife. The gentlemen in this particular club are all married."
Sera sat forward. "I could pose as an escort. That might be fun."
They both said," No!" together.
"The agent is an old friend of yours." He looked intently at Blaze.
" Helen." Sera said.
Blaze said, "Well, s**t. I guess we have to do this now. Helen saved both if our butts in Brazil."
Sera nodded. "Let's go pack. I will tell the others we are leaving early."
Leo put on his hat. He handed Blaze a docket."Here is your agenda, your ID's."
Blaze shook Leo's hand. "I will do what I can to get her back."
Sera packed everything quickly, she hugged her friends. "See you in London in a few weeks then."
Diane and Landen said their goodbyes. Sera's brothers were staying on with Landen and Diane.
Blaze had Johnny drive him to the train. They would ride to the boarder, then catch a flight out of Dublin.
Sera waved out of the planes small window. "Farewell Ireland."
Blaze was immersed in his new identity. Sera sat down next to him and bit into an apple. She chewed loudly. Blaze shot her a side glance. "You're very crunchy over there." He complained.
She was annoying him. Sera stood up and went out of the first class row.
She walked along the open aisle. There was a man sitting alone at the end of the plane.
Spirit called to her. She ignored it. The man looked unapproachable.
Sera walked back down to her seat. She dropped her napkin.
The man saw her walk by. He looked at her covertly. When she dropped the napkin, he jumped up and called to her.
" Miss, you dropped this!"....
She saw it was the man she was drawn to.
He touched her arm. His eyes lit up. "I think we are supposed to talk. Come with me," he said.
The man was in his mid thirties. He was very good looking in a dark haired Italian way.
He took her back to his seat.
" Antonio Valentino." He took her hand.
" I saw you in a dream last night, and here you are right in front of me." He smiled. He was a big flirt. He looked like a younger Dean Martin.
Sera shook his hand. "My name is Seraphina. Some call me Finny."
He grinned."You are that girl on the radio. The psychic one!"
She nodded.
" I am picking up my mother's friend to bring her to see my mother. She is lonely." He pointed to an elderly woman in the last row.
Sera looked at him and nodded as she listened to spirit.
" Well, Antonio. There is a woman coming into your life. Mary, Maria, Marion. Someone with a M name is coming through."
He opened his mouth, then closed it again."My dear Maria Bella, my wife died of the cancer." He teared up.
He was drinking, she could see that alcohol was his way to cope, to self medicate.
Sera nodded. "Maria said that one will come for you, but she is not as she seems. She is not the one for you."
He frowned. He had been meeting American women while living in California. But no one serious.
" Finny, what does Maria Bella want to say to me about marrying again. Does she give me her blessings to be with a new wife?"
Sera smiled and held his hand.
Blaze was standing behind her now. He moved her hand out of the man's hand.
He looked at her lovingly.
"Excuse me sir, my wife....she is needed back in the front of the plane."
Antonio smiled sadly. "Oh, excuse. She is very kind to speak to me. Thank you Finny."
Blaze walked his wife back to her seat. He stood over her as she scooted over to the window seat. He nodded then turned and walked back to Antonio.
" Here, my wife's card. Please call her tomorrow. I think she has more to talk to you about."
Blaze saw the look on Sera's face. She was still distracted by spirit as she had taken her seat.
He knew that she wouldn't let it go.
Blaze sat down next to her again. He touched her hair. "Hey, sorry I got mad at you for cruching that apple."
She looked away. He sensed she was very sad. He saw her face in the reflection of the plane's wndow, she was crying now.
" Look, I gave the man your card.You can call him later."
She squeezed his hand.
" He's going to have a heart attack. He might die of a broken heart. It's all so very sad. He lost his wife to cancer."
Blaze kissed her hand. "I'm here love. Lean on me please."
She was still turned toward the window. He asked the flight crew for a glass of wine. He held it to her lips. She drank.
She fell asleep against the window. Sera was an empath. She took on the feelings of other people. It was a part of her gift.
Blaze woke her up just before landing. She looked like normal again. She had reset. She yawned and smiled at him.
He was glad. He hated seeing her like that.
They got off of the plane and got into their rental car.
Sera said she was starving. He took her out to dinner.
They talked quietly together to a dark booth. He held her to his side. She filled up on fish and chips and garlic bread.
He paid the tab and walked her to their room.
Sera stripped down and put on her pink PJs. She let her hair down.
Blaze was reading again. He took off his reading glasses and watched his wife brush her teeth.
Even the simplest of things that she did aroused him. He wanted to be her tooth brush.
She jumped into bed and rolled over, facing away from him. She hugged her pillow to her side.
Blaze got ready for bed too. He stripped down to his boxers.
He removed the pillow from Sera's grip. He put his body there instead. He didn't like it when she turned away from him.
She rolled over the other way, turning her back to him again. Her eyes were closed.
He was getting angry. He turned on the light. "Sera, look at me." He commanded.
She opened one eye. She turned and looked at him.
" Come to me lover, I want to hold my little witch." He said.
Sera shook her head.
He sat next to her and took her into his arms. "Okay, tell me. What did I do now?"
She shrugged.
He was feeling upset by her rejection.
" Please, just talk to me." He pleaded.
Sera covered her mouth.
"Blazey, I have horrible garlic breath, I don't want to offend you."
She rolled back over away from him.
He threw his head back and laughed in relief. "Don't be silly. I don't care about your breath. Come kiss me."
She gave him a quick peck. He went in for more. He pulled back. "Sheesh girl that is some rank breath!" He held his nose.
Sera got up embarrassed and put her pillow and blanket in the tub.
Blaze giggled. "I was teasing you, sort of....no I mean I was just kidding. Whew you are ripe!"
Sera turned over in the bathtub.
She fell asleep quickly. Blaze went in and saw her sleeping. He lay on the floor next to her.
When she woke up, she saw him lying on the hard floor.
She smiled. "That's love right there,"she said outloud.
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