Chapter 16
I had a hard time finding a new routine. I was hoping to hear back from my interview soon. I was hoping that would foron my days into a predictable padlem. It was either that, or my freeser would be full of makan and baked goods. During my imported noming top session 1 get a feet from Harões telling me everyone at the office krved my doughnuts. I smiled as I wrote him back. pelling him I was happy they lied them. Wictor insted me a while later asking if he could call me during his lunch break. I would never burn down a call from him.
“I have been thinking,” he seid is I on hear him eat his term sandwich which be always had for lunch.
“You’re too old to start using parts of your body you haven’t used before,” I told him.
“Very Funny, hai ha. No, seriously. Thave been thinking about the bakery. I know and accept that now isn’t the right time and you can’t tell me why. But have you considered doing some kind of
you can get an
Oh, for whatever. Dat have it in a side business for now. Work a chytime job, then hake on a way to come up some extra money and get connections. Then when you have saved up you can get an
actual bakery, a physical one. By then you will hopefully have a stable customer base to stand on,” he explained. I was silent for a moment, it wasn’t a half bad idea.
“It’s a good idea. I may de some breaking to it, but it’s an amazing ido!” 1 exclaimed.
Tm happy that you like it. I will men let you have it for free, expecially if you supply me with peanut buller ce for the rest of my li
ou drive a hard bargain, but okay. I will take it,” I told him.
your place on Saturday and we can start planning.”
of my He Wictor said. I girded.
“Thank you Biter.”
“No need to thank me, I will always in
help my
attle sister,” he told m
“Little ster? Wha the
I’m the oldest, by six weeks. And you know it,” 1 hoffed, Wictor laughed on the other end
Hangagap with Wictor aber talking to him for half an hour had
wing enged again. Maybe I don’t have to give up on my dream completely. It was a glimmer of hope. I felt good enough to venture putting on my old sneakers and testing if I could bare to walk in them. It was a little painful, but I could handle it. I took my shopping hugs and my purse, making sure I had my valet and the laser Hunter had given me. I headed over to the local supermarket ba shock my pantry. Since I was baking like a mad woman wverything was running low. When headed back with o bags they weighed more than I had anticipated. At that moment I hated the simator which wasn’t working, or at least it wasn’t safe. I dragged myself up the stairs and had put my haps down to
my keys when board locatops coming up the stain. I hurried to unlock the door. As the sound came close I turned my head and saw a man in a suit walk up the stairs and stop on my door.
“Mrs Hunting, we need to talk,” he said.
“Tuno Mrs Hunting.” I told him and watched his brows fumow,
the lock klick pen. I was preparing to
“This is not the time to play gates.” He was hard and he looked at me in a way that set off every woming hell. My Engers twisted the boy and I had the lo fun side and took my keys out and placed them in any pursi.
Thing to go as the apartment
“It’s in your best interes
interest to talk to me,” the man told me. I n’t going to risk it. I ung open the door, kocking the shipping bags down and everything in then went flying across the deur. As 1 was about to fun imada 1 delt a fem gran my low. I turned around and saw the man teaching out and gubbing me.
“Let me go” i noweaned.
“Look, lady. Calm down,” he told me. But I was in the sins of saving goal. I parked my arm out of his grip and my other hand gripped the set in my purse and before I knew what I was doing had posted it at the man and pulled the trigger. The man cooled and tys rolled back into his head. He took a staggering step backwards, his foot landed on a jar of marmalade. Au put wright an in the jar rolled and the nan kot shạt little balance he had and fell backwards. I went down like a tree and landed with a that. His had bounced against the four once and then
I put sood with my ann stil zelded out, laser at the ready, looking at the man on the floor. He wasn’t sing Somewhere there was the sound of a door opening and 1 my apartrient and shut the door and started licking wry single lock. Then I sagged loan on the floor and leaned any head against the door. I was trembling and I wai ching that in my haral had I done? Had I killed the man? He looked deed. What should I do now? Wat ward the mua sent the next mari ba check when the first one didn’t get back? With trending hands I
phone and tried to witte the mange to Huner.
I was speeding through the city at I gave the can bull in function the order to call Hane. My heart was beating like a chinahua al speed.
“Nex?” Hana’s frail volor sounded in the speaker. I could hear she was crying, but at least she was alww.
“And the man?” I asked, Imanded to know
“Doutude,” she told me.
“Good girl, sweetness I’m almost there, ju5] Wil
ittle larger and I will be there,” older.
“Okay” My breaks objected to the harsh test as I stopped outside Hata’s apartment complex. I got my gun from my bobler and rushed up the stairs. The chamon Hana’s foor was a stock cercost to the ones I had run past. Things were strewn all over the floor, a bag of four had burst and the white powder was spread out. In the middle of the chées, by Hana’s door, there was a man lying. He didn’t move, but I still approached with caution. As I stepped up to him I used my toes to nudge him. There was a faint murmur coming from him. I kicked his foot, no reaction. I haltered my gun and started searching him. One gun in a shoulder holster and a detective’s badge. Great, he was the poten. I walked up to the door and tried to knock as gently in I could.
“Hana, ini m called. I heard shuffing on the other side of the door and them the lock started to unlock. When the door opened, Hans stood in the hallway and she looked scared, shocked and merabin. I had planned on asking her what had happened, but my feet moved on their own and Lengilled her in a tight embrace. It was if something in her broke at that moment. She let out a loud snuffle, wrapped her arms around me and started crying into my chest. I held her close, let her cry and made sounds I hoped were soothing as I rubbed her back. Her hands had taken a streng mp on my jacket, as if she was afraid I would leave her on her men. As if That would ever happen. I wantell to close the door, lift her up and carry her to the couch. She could sit on my lap and owned the deh safe again. But I didn’t want to leave the incrocious detectie unsupervised. So held her close and when the calmed down a little Imired her head so she would look at me
“Tell me that happenest,” I told her –
was coming back to shopping and when I was unlocking my deer the man came and said we needed to talk. I said I didn’t want to but he insisted. When I tried to run inside he grabbed
But I broke me and I kind of capped him with the ter and he fell backwards and he hit his head and, and… She dissolved into bears again.
“It’s okay, sweetness. You did good,” comforted her and rabbed her back again. “Did he tell you who tell you he was a detectie? Her head shot up and the looked at with pure fear in har øyes.
“I have killed a policeman?” she shed. “They will send me away forever,” she added.
I asked. She shook her head as she had buried herself in my chest. “He didn’t
“Kifed? Hana, you haven’t kiled anyone. He is still breathing, he is just out cold. Probably because you teased him and he hit his head,” I told her.
“Are you sure?” she asked. She had stopped crying and I felt relieved.
“The sun. He’ll have a headache and he needs to be checked up, but he is very much alive.” I couldn’t help myself, I caressed her cheek with my thumb. She leaned into my touch and I wanted to
“Will I get in trouble?” Her voice was more stable, but it was still tha
“No, Hans. He should have let you know who he was. That is on him. I’m going to call his boss someone can come and get him out of here, why don’t you go and sit on the couch and I’ll ki you as soon as I have taked to my end?” I suggested. I didn’t want her to have to listen to what I was about to say. She nodded and took off her shows before she limped to the couch. I picked up my phone and dilled Denny
