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can find him. We ll have a confession out of him in
no time, and  
 No. I appreciate everything you ve done so
far, Shawn, but I need to handle this.
He shrugged, his gaze moving to David, then
back to Elliot.  If you need something, you call
me, he said.
 Sure.
Shawn leaned over and kissed Elliot s hair. He
gave him a hug then motioned to his companion.
 Andiamo, he said to his companion, his hand
motion indicated the words meant let s go.
When the front door closed, Elliot sat back
down again on the sofa.
David came closer and sat beside him.  Why
didn t you want to tell about last night?
 Because he d get involved. I already told you,
it would hurt my case in the end if he was to do
anything. Shawn is not the kind of person you
want to get too deeply involved with.
 You certainly didn t think about that when
you got involved with him before. You were
fucking him, weren t you? David suddenly
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realised that he was jealous. His voice was brittle,
and angry.
Elliot looked at him.  That was a long time ago.
It s been over for 
 How did you meet him?
 I met him back in New York. He was the
reason I left.
 You were in love with him.
 I thought so, at one time. I didn t really know
what he was, and by the time I found out, I was
deeply involved with him.
 So you came here, where he lives, to get away
from him? Sounds like you were really trying to
end it.
 Don t be sarcastic. That s not the way it was at
all.
 Well, how was it, because to me, it looks like
he s still very much in love with you.
Elliot smiled slightly.
 Did I say something funny? David stood up.
 You re green.
 Fuck you.
 David, Elliot stood up.  Shawn accepted my
decision and he offered to get me a job out here.
 To stay close to you. David turned his back.
 Maybe, but we haven t been lovers since New
York so there isn t much in it for him. I think he
still cares about me and he keeps an eye out, that s
all. He put a hand on David s shoulder. He
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moved up closer to him.
He sucked in some breath, closed his eyes as he
felt Elliot s groin move against his hip. God, why
did he have this effect on him?  He d be on his
knees in a minute if you so much as crooked your
finger.
 I d rather have you on your knees, he
murmured, placing his lips on the back of David s
neck. Elliot s arms tightened around him.  I think
I m falling for you, David. I know it s insane,
but& 
He sighed then turned around in his arms and
placed his hands in his hair. He looked deeply into
Elliot s blue eyes.  Yes, it s insane and I feel
exactly the same way about you. So what are we
going to do about that?
 There s only one thing we can do, he smiled
then lowered his mouth on his.
The kiss was soft and tender, so sensual that it
caused a little shiver to go up his spine. He
moaned against him and deepened the kiss,
kissing him so intensely that his lover just about
lost his balance. Releasing Elliot s lips and giving
him a shove in that direction, David urged,
 Bedroom.
The house was a bungalow and, since they d
been there, they hadn t once used the bed. They
made love fast and furiously, leaving them both
drenched in sweat and breathless. David laid there
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quietly, admiring the hills and valleys of Elliot s
sleek, muscular body, feeling kind of stunned
from a combination of their lovemaking and the
situation.
Elliot looked deep in thought. At one point, he
reached over and took David s hand and held it in
his on top of his chest.  David?
 Yeah?
 I want you to do something for me.
 Okay. What?
 We ve been gone now almost forty eight
hours. Time is running out. We can t evade the
authorities forever. I need you to buy me some
time.
David narrowed his eyes.  How?
 I want you to go to the police, and say that
you ve 
 No, he said, shaking his head.
Elliot sat up in bed, tightening his hold on
David s hand.  Listen to me. Please. I know now
how to prove my innocence. I have to get hold of
that tape. If they catch me before, I ll rot in prison.
David, please, if you have any feelings for me, do
as I ask you.
David swallowed.  What am I supposed to
say?
 Tell them you got away somehow. Tell them
that you were on a highway and I was headed
south. I stopped for gas and you ran. I ll take you
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somewhere where you can get to a phone and 
 But then the police will think I m really your
hostage. Elliot, you never forced me to 
 But they have to think that. If not, you ll be in
trouble, David. You ll be arrested for helping me.
Now, think. I m already in trouble, what good will
it do to implicate yourself?
 And in the meantime, you re going to go into a
situation where someone could recognize you. If
Aldo shows up and& 
Elliot swung his legs over the bed and opened
the drawer of the night stand. He took out a box of
blond hair dye.  No one will recognise me.
David sighed.  Why don t you let me call that
cop I know and 
 David please, do as I ask. I need some time.
 I wish I could do more.
 You can. He held up the box of hair colour.
 Help me with this stuff, will ya?
* * * *
His lover didn t look so bad as a blond, but he
certainly looked different. When handed a pair of
scissors and told to cut his hair, David balked.  Oh
no, he said,  you have beautiful hair.
 It will grow back, he smiled.  Come on. Do
it.
 How short?
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 Get it off my collar. Try not to make me look
like a total geek. He looked up at him and
grinned.
David felt sad as the hair fell to the floor around
them. Was it over now? Would he ever see Elliot
again? Would he get killed, shot by the cops,
tortured by some psycho or end up in prison for
the rest of his life? The tears fell with the hair.
When he was finished, he put the scissors down,
and walked away.
Elliot came to him moments later. He took him
into his arms and let him cry for a few minutes.
 Don t, David, he said softly.  Everything will be
alright. Before I forget, he released him and went
back to the drawer in the night stand,  here. He
handed him that plastic bag with the gun in it.
 Give it to the police.
 Why? David asked.
 Your stepfather gave it to me. It will prove he
put a hit on you.
 But I m sure it s not registered to him.
 Doesn t matter, Elliot smiled slightly,  I
never touched it with my hands, but he did. His
fingerprints are all over it.
David gasped, his mouth falling open slightly
as he held the bag in his hand.  That s why you
were wearing gloves. I thought it was 
 To strangle you?
He nodded, with a slight smile.  I don t want
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to leave you, Elliot.
 I know, he held him close again for a minute.
 But there s no choice, David. That s the way it
has to be.
* * * *
They drove at least twenty miles out of town.
Elliot pointed to a small gas station they passed on
the way.  I m going to leave you about a mile
from that place, okay?
 How do I explain the gun? David asked,
looking down at the plastic bag on his lap.
 I don t know, he said, seeming distracted.
 Say you took it when I wasn t looking. You were
playing along with me, pretending to be on my
side in this thing and you dumped it into a baggie
and& David, he said, pulling the car to a stop at
the side of the road,  don t tell them about Shawn.
Don t even mention him.
 I ll tell them we were at the cabin the entire
time.
 Yeah, and mention you think the place belongs
to your stepfather.
David nodded, clutching the gun. He didn t
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