Chapter 10

" Gather the rose of love whilst yet is time. - Edmund Spenser A car pulled to a sudden halt as a man jumped out to stop a woman from entering a cab. His movements were frantic as he shouted waving his hands if only to catch the woman's attention. Eyes turned, lips whispered but there were not that many people around at that hour, otherwise his actions would have caused such a stir and a scene, something that he had not taken time to consider when he stepped out of the car. "What now Ryan?" the woman said as she cast an irritated look at the man who was still approaching as any hope that she had had of slinking away quietly crashed with every step that he took closer to her. "Let me take you to wherever you are going..." he said as he came to a stop beside the cab and her. "And where is that?" "I have no idea but wherever it is, I will take you..." he said his gaze slowly following hers to the black car that was parked at the end of that block. "I promise, I am not here to stop y