7:25 pm
Nikki’s Townhouse
Nikki was working on her laptop at the kitchen table finishing up some notes on one of her open cases when Simon’s email notification went off. Nikki smiled as she opened up the email:
“Dearest Butterfly,
I miss you Nikki, I had forgotten what it was like to have this feeling all the time. I am excited one minute and miserable the next because you are not with me. I guess I have no choice but to throw myself into my work and thankfully, work is booming. I will give you India tomorrow so you have something else for your team. His body won’t be found so you will have another “disappearance” to work. You will be able to find Juliet though, I am just not ready to give him up yet.
You are still so young and vibrant (and stunningly beautiful and sexy), do you see children in your future?
What have you been able to figure out about Mr. Bernard? Did you see his latest comment, I think he may have killed someone? Please be safe Nikki and let me know if you need my intervention, you know it is what I live for! I took this picture recently and it made me think of you. Goodnight sweet butterfly.
Love,
Simon”
Nikki opened the attachment to the email and there were the most beautiful eyes staring back at her, not human eyes, a cat’s eyes. Nikki was no wildlife expert but she does like some Nat Geo Wild and she was almost certain the eyes belong to a black panther. They were mesmerizing and Nikki couldn’t stop staring at them. They were such a vivid green it looked like they were made of pure emerald. While Nikki’s eyes were a unique vivid green themselves, they couldn’t hold a candle to the image she was staring at. She had just read Simon’s post about his wildlife photography and she just shook her head in wonder at this man Simon, he was so much more than she had first imagined. It made her chest hurt just a little more than usual.