Chapter 87 - Break In

Jasmine

Both of them quickly ran away and Benjamin and I both burst out in laughter.

I held my hand before my eyes feeling shocked and extremely embarrassed.

"Oh for heaven's sake…" I started to say. "Mhh?" Benjamin said not sure what I was going to say. "Would they know what we were doing?" I said with a clipped voice.

"I think they have a pretty good picture of that." Ben frowned.  "Next time they remember they need to knock." He muttered.

His eyes darted over my still naked body, catching sight on the one part that wasn't yet covered by the blanket. "Mhhh… uhhh." I objected. "That will be too much." I said crossing my legs to make a point.

Benjamin covered the one part that wasn't yet and walked towards his special table filled with drinks.

He poured his glass and then wanted to fill another. "That's way too strong for me." I said making a dirty face. He laughed. "I'll make you something else then." He said in a very goofy way. He took a sip of his cognac.

Then he  walked up to the refrigerator and took out a lemon. He slowly opened up a drawer and took out a knife. I followed his movements with my eyes. I was curious about what he was doing. He sliced the lemon in very thin slices and placed them into a crystal glass. Then he poured a see-through substance over it.

"What is that?" I asked him curiously. "It is a Martini." He said. "I think you would like this better." Benjamin held out a drink to me. "But it is still alcohol…" I said as I took the glass. "Mhh..mhh…" He murmured.

"True." He smiled.

"Taste it." He urged. I took a sip. It tasted fresh. Then I took another sip and another. "I think I like this." I told him licking my lips.

He bit his lips in response and he groaned a little.

"Bennn." I whined… He looked pleadingly.

"I am still so aroused." He mumbled under his breath. "Okay…" He said giving in. "Let's watch a movie together." He said.

Suddenly there was a very loud noise. A few seconds later we heard a gunshot from outside the house.

Benjamin quickly grabbed my black dress and pulled it over me. He took my hand and led me to my walk in closet. He pushed on a piece of the closet, which was not a cupboard or something, so I frowned when it opened. "Get in and when you climbed the ladder, go to your left. Lynn will probably be there." He said.

My heart was racing. "Where are you going?" I asked in a strained voice. "I will make sure the houses will close." He said. I did not know what he meant. 

"I will follow you love, now go!" He ordered.

I climbed into the space and Ben turned on a switch and the light went on.

The stairs  were narrow. I turned around and saw that he was watching me go up.

"GO!" He said under his breath. I continued walking and crawled to the left in the narrow hallway, as he told me to do.

I saw a shadow approaching me and I held my breath.

"Jazz!" Lynn hissed. "Where is the rest?" I whispered. "They can't hear is you know… The walls are soundproof." Lynn said speaking a little louder.

"Do you know what this is about?" Lynn asked.

"I don't know… there was trouble at the palace, because the Sultan wanted to make Ben crown prince." I said as we crawled towards a more open space.

"What?" Lynn said incredulous. "Did he not tell you that?" I frowned.

"No." Lynn said in a shallow voice. "We'll talk about that later." She said.

"I think we should talk about it now." I told her. "Because…" I swallowed. "There were threats against Ben in the palace." I squeaked.

The room we entered was much more bright. There was a couch, a tv and a telephone.

"Who?" She questioned. "I don't know really…. Member of the house of Saud I guess." I raised my shoulders. "They kill for power in that family." She breathed.

A shiver went up my spine.

"Where is Ben?" She asked concerned.

"He said he would come after me." I said looking back at the tunnel we came from. Lynn turned on a screen and we saw different parts of the house. "And this shows all the secret tunnels and chambers." Lynn stated as she turned on another screen.

"Ben is walking up to us now." She said as he tapped on the screen. "Seth and Adam are over here." I pointed. "My mom is in the hall above the kitchen…" Lynn sighed. "Oh… My dad is crawling towards her!" Lynn said relieved.

Ben crawled into the more specious room we were at. "Where is Saph?" Benjamin said bewildered.

Lynn and I looked around us. Lynn was very quiet…

"Oh God." Lynn said with a guilty conscious. "I forgot her." She breathed.  I heard Benjamin grumble something under his breath.

"Let me look at that." He said as he pushed his way between us.

"I can't find her…" He said with clear panic in his voice. "Saph… where are you." He whispered to the screen.

We could see a tall figure enter the kitchen. He had a very large rival in his hand.

"We have to call the police." Lynn said picking up the phone. "Don't." Ben said. "We don't know if they can pick up the single." He said in a calm voice.

"Come on Evangeline…" Ben said impatiently… "Please show yourself." He said pleadingly. Of course I was worried about her as well… but I did not like him calling her 'Evangeline'. It stood for true love and I was his wife after all.

I shook my head not trying to think of that and then I saw her.

"Saphira!" I said in a high pitched tone as I spotted her in the bathroom.

Ben looked at me and breathed out sharply. "Thank you." He said to me.

Ben swifty went out of this room. "Where are you going?!" I called behind him. "I am going to get my Evangeline!" I said. My Evangeline… I repeated in my head. So she was still his true love? Was that what he was saying? Even now?

"Ben you can't do that, you are the one they are after." I pleaded.

"I have to." Was the only thing he said and we watched him disappear.

Tears flowed down my cheek.

"We need to go after him." I told Lynn.

Lynn only nodded and led the way.

We crawled out of the space and Lynn turned on every screen in the tunnels she could fine.

I saw one of the tall figures with a gun walk up to the bathroom Saphira was hiding in. On the other screen I could see that Ben was making his way down there.

"I have to distract them." I whispered mostly to myself.

"How do you want to do that?" Lynn asked bewildered.

We crawled a little further. "This leads to the main house right?" I asked Lynn. I had a knot in my stomach. 

I looked at another screen and I saw Ben climb towards Saphira. She saw him and held her close to he body. He looked at her again and he kissed her on the forehead. My breathing stopped altogether.

"Yes, why do you ask?" Lynn said out of breath as well.

"They are approaching them!" Lynn hissed.

I looked on one of the screens and it was now or never. I pushed the saft open and quickly closed it. I picked up a vase that was on the side table in the dining area and I threw it to the ground as hard as I could.

Suddenly I heard footsteps approaching me, but we were still too close to the bathroom Saphira was hiding. I could not let anything happen to Benjamin. I quickly run towards the cinema area and I threw a bowl to the ground, so the intruders would follow the sound.

I hid under one of the chairs as I dawned to me.

I trapped myself, because I did not know if there was anyway out of here. I should of checked that before… "I am so stupid." I muttered under my beath.

Before I could breathe I was surrounded. Guns were pointed towards me. "Where is the prince?!" A man said in an angry tone.

"We won't hurt you, if you tell us where the prince is." Another said trying to be nice.

"A prince?" I gulped. Most did not know he was a prince, so maybe I would get away with that.

"Don't play stupid princess Jasmine." The first man grumbled.

"You can take me…" I said. "But please leave him alone…" I pleaded. 

"We will take you any way." A man said in a harsh voice, while placing the end of the gun near my head.

"Now tell us where he is!" Someone yelled.