Promise of Forever
      Chapter 12
 

Danny and Michelle fell asleep in each others arms, exhausted from not only the exquisite love they made, but also, from the pain they both suffered learning the truth about Mick’s death.

Michelle stirs in Danny’s arms, a slow smile crosses her face when she thinks about how much she loves this man, and how every time they make love it is like the first time, then she realizes how late it is.

“Danny, Danny, wake up!”

“Hmmmm, what, what’s wrong, baby, shhh, go back to sleep.”

“Danny, no, you have to get up, it’s past midnight, you gotta get out of here!”

Danny is fully awake now, “Why do I have to leave?”, wrapping his arms around Michelle he tries to pull her back down to him, “Come here, I’m not going anywhere, and now that I’m awake....., he says with a sexy grin.

“Danny, I’m serious, Theresa is going to be furious.”

“Michelle, I don’t give a damn about what she thinks, I’m staying here with you, it will be fine, I promise.”

“How can you say that?”

“Well, you did notice the candles, roses and champagne when you came in right?”

“Yes.....”

“I had a celebration planned for us, Honey, I finally have all the information I need to nail Bernardo, we are finally free, so you see, I don’t have to leave.”

Michelle falls on top of Danny kissing him. “You do? This is great! Plus we have Theresa’s confession, they will never be able to get out of this.”

“Babe, we can’t use that confession. Theresa and Bernardo will deny it, they will say the tape is a fake, and that you are just trying to get rid of her and absolve your guilt for killing Mick.”

“No, Danny, I heard her, Kevin was there he heard it all.”

“Baby, it’s not enough, Kevin works for me, it will be your word against hers. There is only one way to make sure Theresa pays for what she did to Mick, to you and to me.”

“NO, Danny! You can’t do that, I won’t let you. I will not let you handle this the “family” way, you are not that man, no matter what I will not let you do this.”

“Michelle, stop, you know me, no matter how much I would love to see that miserable bitch dead, you know, I could never kill anyone in cold blood. Baby, I can’t believe you would think that. We need to get Theresa to confess again but this time with the police watching.”

Michelle moves to kneel in front of Danny, “I’m sorry Danny, I know you would never kill anyone, I just got scared for a minute. Can you forgive me?”

Danny takes Michelle’s face in his hands, and looks into her eyes, “It’s already forgotten Baby, I’m sorry I scared you.”

“Danny, does it have to be the police that witness her confession?”

“It should be someone “official”, someone with no vested interest, why who did you have in mind?”

“How about a private investigator?”

“Yeah, that would work, I’ll find one first thing in the morning.”

“Don’t bother, I already have one in mind and I know we can trust her to help us and not screw anything up.”

“Who?”

“Harley Spaulding, she’s the best, plus she’s an ex-cop, so she will know just what to do. I’ll call her in the morning.”

“OK, if we do this right, by the end of the week we will be free. Now come back here and let me hold you.”

“That sounds perfect, goodnight, Mr. Santos, I love you.”

“I love you too, Mrs. Santos.