Jake had once again listened to her talk and again she made headway in her trying to convince him that she is not involved with Juan, and she is all for him, her husband. Jake was the old fashioned kind of guy and he really believed that she was honest and truthful in her talks with him, besides he never had anyone profess so much love and display her love physically with him, it made all his doubts at the time disappear. They sat there for the longest time on the sofa in the living room and never even thought of getting up to get something to eat or drink. They were at complete peace with each other and their relationship was binding and building, Jake recognized it and of course Terry knew it long before he did. The feel of being together, of being one with each other was so strong that Terry began to tear up and Jake when he saw it he knew that she felt the same as he did maybe more since woman were usually more sensitive than men about romance. Jake then turned the talk around to Juan, and his recent visit to his apartment, Terry gasped and said oh Jake he is so mean he might try to hurt you, please be careful, all the while Jake continued on with the threats from both sides, and what he thought they should do at this time, and she stopped him before he started to tell her. Terry said in a very direct manner Jake I know you want to help me, but it is not your problem, it is mine and it was mine long before I met you, and I want to keep it that way. Jake put his arm around her in a tender way and said honey you are my wife, and if at all possible we will fight this thing together, but I must know if you have any idea of where the package is or who has it, this is very important, both legally and for the sake of our sanity, the men who are supposed to be after you, do you know them, or do you have any ideas of how we can find that out? We must get to the bottom of the problem and not keep our heads in the ground, hiding, we must confront these men and see if we can reason with them. With that Jake took Terry by her hand and led her back into the bedroom, all the while saying we need a rest before we try to tackle anything, and Terry lit up and smiled and said okay big guy. She lay in his arms in their very large bed and snuggled into him and said Jake you are right about it , about it all, I did learn about the package after the third trip I made without Juan, I found out inadvertently when the package I was holding in the station ripped ever so slightly, and I could see wrapped up tightly in a clear through tape, dollars, that is right Jake I was carrying money, smuggling it into our country from Mexico. I was so scared at that point I decided to get rid of it, but where? I sat around in the airport for an hour, missed my plane and decided that I had better hide it and go back empty handed, tell Juan it was stolen or lost or something like that. Across the avenue from this airport was a large bank, what better place to put it than a bank? I did that and put it in a deposit box I even have the number and key right here in my purse honey, to show you I am telling the truth finally, and it is the whole truth. She got up from the bed and went over to her purse and removed a small brown envelope, the kind they wrap coins in and said here it is Jake, it is mine and now it is ours. I still do not know how much money it is but it must be over one hundred thousand dollars, and I do not want to give it to that pig Juan or to his gangster friends, what am I to do honey?
Jake thought that the first thing they should do was make a plan to take care of Juan, approach him and let us find out if he knew what was in those packages and more importantly what is he threatening Terry about, we do not know what but we have to figure that everyone must know but us. It is time for us to learn what and get a plan together do you agree? Terry was listening to him intently and she said it sounds logical Jake how do we go about this? What do you say about going down to the cocktail lounge, where you say we met, and have a few brews I am dying for a cold beer, what about you dear? We can discuss our strategy there and maybe just maybe we might meet up with him, oh Terry said that would be awful I do not want that to happen in a public place Jake. Jake looked at her for a few minutes and said yes you are right, that would be too embarrassing, for us and for him, so what do you suggest how and where do we meet him to get to the end of this? Terry by this time had warmed to the idea of meeting him, said why don't we meet him right here in the hotel, in the cocktail lounge, there will be people around, so we will not make a scene, and yet he will feel comfortable here in the hotel. Great idea Jake said, we will leave a message for him to meet tonight after he works, that restaurant closes at 9:00 PM so we can get to the lounge by 10:00 PM and the meeting will take place then. Tonight then we will meet, of course if he agrees to it, but I do not see why he couldn't want to get this over with, the mobsters are after him, so he has to satisfy them and if we can get him taken care of, whatever that is, then all parties are okay. Jake, you are an optimist she said but that is what I love about you, do you know that I love you more and more each day you big hunk of a man, Jake was taken back at this outburst of affection to him, Jake put his arms around her and gave her a big hug, and whispered into her ear, I love you too baby and now let's go down stairs and see if we can see the manager to have him give Juan our invitation.