Free Belong to You by Vi Keeland Page B

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    Christian Dior tuxedo, helping a woman with long legs out of a car in a magazine advertisement.
    We pulled onto a gravel road and down a dirt path that led to very tall metal gates. A guard approached and began to ask for some id, until he recognized Jack. “Shit Cole, I didn’t know you were coming. How you been son?”
    “Good, Stephan, how is the family?” The two shook hands like old friends, although Stephan was old enough to be Jack’s father. “Stephan, this is Syd, he’s been with us longer than I’ve been around.” Jack laughed and I said smiled and said hello to the man.
    “They’re doing great. Does Caleb know you’re coming, or do you want me to call ahead and tell him to get things ready for you?”

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    “He knows I’m coming, but thanks Stephan. I’ll see you in a few hours.”
    “Be careful up there Cole.” The gates opened and Jack started down the dirt road. I could see a large building in the distance. “The way he called you Cole, it sounded like your first name. I thought Cole was your last name?” Jack smiled. “Question number 10
    babe. It’s my middle name. I’m a junior and some of my father’s long time business associates started calling me Cole to avoid confusion when I was a kid. It stuck, so to the old timers I’m Cole.”
    “Is your father here?” After what he told me about his father, I didn’t think we would be spending the afternoon visiting him.

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    Jack laughed. “No, he’s not here.
    If he were, I wouldn’t be on the island. I told you my family owns a lot of different businesses, this is one of them. I come here when I visit and borrow some of their inventory.”
    I was confused at what inventory he was planning on borrowing, but quickly became distracted by the low flying helicopter almost directly above our head. The sudden loud noise scared me and I jumped in my seat.
    Jack looked amused. “It’s a helicopter launch area babe, I didn’t mean for it to scare you.”
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    grabbed my hand and a man walked to greet us.
    Jack shook hands with the man and I smiled. I couldn’t hear what they were saying because of the sound coming from the helicopter that was just landing. I watched in awe as the big machine gently settled on the ground. Jack leaned in close to me and yelled “Are you ready?” over the sound of the nearby helicopter. I shook my head, unsure if I was ready for what was really to come next. Jack grabbed my hand and led me to the helicopter, helping me in the passenger side and handing me a set of earphones, motioning for me to put them on.
    Then he disappeared and I was shocked when he got in behind the driver’s seat. He put on his headphones and I watched his mouth move and heard his voice in my headphones. “You doing okay babe?” 153/408
    I nodded, utterly confused. “Are you going to drive this thing?” Jack laughed. “Yes, I’m a licensed pilot. I’ve been flying these since I was 16.
    You are safe with me.” He reached over and grabbed my hand, squeezing reassurance in-to my body
    I gave him a halfhearted attempt at a smile and he reached up and grabbed my face. “Stop worrying, I won’t let anything happen to you beautiful.” Then his mouth covered mine and he gave me a long slow kiss. I wasn’t sure if he did it to help me relax or not, but it seemed to have worked.
    Jack buckled us both in and gave me one last nod, before we started to go up.
    It was an odd feeling to go straight up in the air. I had obviously flown before, but never in a helicopter. Planes go up on an angle, which is a very different feeling.

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    We lifted off the ground and I had