He picked up the device this planet used for communication. He gave the caller his location and the location of the car he wanted followed.
He watched as Dee picked up a pair of shoes and tried them on. Humans and their needs, he sneered to himself.
He spoke into the phone one last time. Kill her when they leave the mall.
Chapter Seventeen
Today was as close to perfect as any day could get. They had gone in and out of the stores like teenagers, teenagers with money. She had tried on anything that caught her or his eyes.
The flip side was that he had to try on whatever caught her eye, too. She had discovered that her too thin body had already gained weight. She ignored that fact. It had to be the Rowl. She figured tomorrow was soon enough to confront him and Dante.
She laughed as he carried most of their packages to the car.
“Tell me, how did I get all the packages with bright pink bags and you ended up with the ones that do not stand out?” He complained.
“Just lucky I guess.”
She opened the trunk and helped him stow away the bags, putting the over flow in the back seat.
They had been at the mall for hours. She had watched him walking around, flexing his muscles and showing off his hot rear. She had glared several women down and kissed him in front of one to get her message across.
She had always made it a rule not to touch another’s man. Now that she had one of her own, she wanted the same courtesy. Was that too much to ask?
“I haven’t had that much fun in a long time. We should do that again soon.”
“Do you hear that?”
“No.”
“It’s the sound of my credit cards crying.”
“Oh you.” She gave him a swat on the arm and settled back as he pulled out of the mall lot.
“Did you enjoy the mall?”
She hated herself for asking, but a small part of herself needed to be sure he was ok with having spent the day with her. It wasn’t the money or the clothes. She could easily pay that back. She hadn’t really needed him to buy her anything.
She had learned a long time ago to provide for herself. It was the investment in time she was concerned about. You could never get that back. Money was not as important. You could get that one way or the other.
“Kitten, I have never gone to the mall with a female before. I have been there several times with my brothers. We go to the store we believe our purchase is in and then we leave. This was like another world.
It reminded me of combat without the actual killing, when you locked eyes with that other female customer going for the same one-of-a-kind dress. Although I am positive that they had more than one of them in stock, the look in your eyes as you stared her down, was more fascinating than a video game. We have to come back soon.”
She flushed red. He had seen the dress and his eyes had popped. ‘I can see you wearing that at our next company function.’ She had to have it. A hand reached for it the same time as she did.
The woman had looked down her long straight nose at Dee and practically ordered her to hand it over. Oh no she didn’t. Dee had smiled at her, the smile she used when she was about to make a grown woman cry.
The dress in question was in back of the car and the woman, well she would think twice before opening her mouth.
She had done it all without one cuss word emerging.
“We should go show Rena my…” Her words turned into a scream as she felt hot pain tear through her shoulder.
The pain was followed by a loud sound and the car lurched sideways on the parkway making for the shoulder of the road and a long drop.
Pain ripped through her side as blood poured out. She gasped, trying to breathe as she saw Niko lose control of the car. They continued to head for the shoulder of the road with the car screeching as it side swiped several other cars before heading for the drop off. Her head flew forward and hit the dash.
Her world went black.
“Dee, please. Dee, wake up.”
“Niko.”
“Don’t move, Kitten. The car is barely hanging on. Any sudden movements and we are going to fall.”
“Thought we had already fallen.”
“We did, but the second time would be far worse. How do you feel?”
“Somebody shot me. Twice.”
“I know. You will be ok. We just have to get out of this little jam.
“We need to talk about your idea of what constitutes little, Niko.”
“We will, kitten. Just keep talking to me, ok?”
“Were you shot Niko?”
“No I think whoever shot you wanted me to watch. That’s why they shot the tires out so I couldn’t help you.”
“It was the best day ever Niko. You remember that, ok?”
“Kitten it was the first best day ever, not the last. What we need is a cell phone. I need to call Aran.”