*-*-*-*-*-*-* Michael rolled off Maria, his body slick with sweat, he turned his head and smiled at her. "Happy?" "Always." She smiled back at him, her eyes changed, she looked at him frightened. "Maria?" "Michael.....help me." Michael reached out to her, she faded before his eyes. "MARIA!!!!" *-*-*-*-*-*-* Michael sat up in bed, he looked around the room and came face to face with Jim Valenti. Jim watched Michael as he leaned against the door frame of his bedroom door. Michael scowled at him. "Breaking and entering is against the law, you of all people should know." "The door was open, I only entered." "Then you know the way out then." Jim shook his head. "I have some questions about Maria." Michael's heart jumped in his chest when he heard Maria's name, his dream coming back to him. He went to get up but looked back at Jim and changed his mind. "Do you mind?" Jim shrugged away from the door as Michael raised his hand and made the door slam behind him. He dressed quickly. Jim walked around the small apartment, looking at this and that. He heard a sound behind him and turned to see Michael. Michael moved past him and went to the kitchen, he pouted himself some water, not offering any to Jim. "So Alex called you then?" "Alex? No. I haven't spoken to him." "Then why are you here." "Maria. Amy called last night, Maria hasn't phoned her and naturally I went to check up on her but she wasn't there, that's why I'm here now." "She isn't here." "Any idea where she is?" "No." "You two had a fight or something?" "I don't see that's any of your business." "I'm making it my business, Amy is worried. Tell you what, when you see her tell her to call her mom. Okay." Michael shrugged his shoulders, he heard Jim sigh. "Is that it then?" "Anything you want to tell me about?" "No." "Then I guess that's it then...for now." Jim left the apartment, Michael lifted the glass of water to his mouth, his hand was shaking so much the water sloshed over the side and ran down his hand. He put it down and went to the phone. He needed to speak to Isabel, she might know something by now, he also needed to tell her about the dream he had. Well not all the dream. He needed to tell them all Jim was on the look out for Maria. TBC

Part 7