I opened my eyes and heard the soft whimpers of Katie. She only made those sounds in two circumstances. The first was when she was on the edge of orgasm. I trusted her with my life so I knew that was not why she was whimpering. The second was because she was crying. Instinct told me I needed to wrap my arms around her and hug her tight.
It was pitch black in the room and when I reached out I could feel only the soft blankets of the bed we were on.
"Katie?" I whispered.
"Mark?" She replied.
I had somehow twisted in the middle of the night and so I shifted so I was lying up against her again. The cold metal dug into my ankle but I didn't care.
"You were whimpering. It's going to be O.K.," I murmured.
I wrapped my strong arms around her body and felt her trembling stopped. It made me happy to know that just the touch of my body could calm her down. In this situation we both needed to remain calm.
"The cuff on my ankle hurts." Katie stated.
"I know. I must have pulled it while I was sleeping. Any idea what time it is?" I replied.
She didn't respond and I could do nothing but kiss the top of her head.
She cuddled perfectly against me and soon she was fast asleep.
I could see a thin strip of light coming in from the window. It was just thin enough to cast shadows and not really help me figure out where we were. I closed my eyes and tried to piece together everything that had happened.
I know that she was at home. She had spent the day interviewing witnesses and had decided to go home so she could eat dinner and rest. In her condition I would have ordered her to do that anyway.
I was at the office looking over files when there was a crash in the kitchen. When I went to investigate everything went dark.
I woke up cuffed to the bed and to my beautiful wife. Neither one of us was physically injured but I knew the stress of the situation would not be good for the baby. Katie was being smart by sleeping. That way her mind wouldn't race with thoughts of what could happen.
I slept for a bit. Thankfully I didn't dream or if I did, I didn't remember anything. When I opened my eyes Katie was awake and facing me. Someone had obviously come in and opened the curtains because the late day sun was shining into the room.
"Tell us where the files are. We're destroying everything. You will have no case."
The voice shook the room and I glanced over to the large black man who had spoken. Katie was only looking at me and I knew she was scared.
"We have both laptop files as well as your work files. Where is everything else?"
Looking into Katie's eyes I knew I had to tell them. We knew the case was dangerous when we were asked to take it. Being on the wrong side of environmentalism was a bad idea but we both knew it was the right side.
The case had been simple really. A company had been created to turn waste into energy. It had been done numerous times before. The city had paid the fees and the garbage was being removed. It had the appearance of perfection. Landfills would not be filled up with waste. The city would not have to use dirty fossil fuel systems to generate power. It was too perfect.
An activist had decided to go under cover to check out the company. She had found that the incinerator used for burning the garbage was creating almost a hundred times more pollution then current power plants. She had told the city. She had told the media. No one believed her.
No one but me, and Katie.