The Shopkeeper's Secret

smiled when sh

was the whisky? Fun night?" she

ore. He waited patiently as she opened the side door to the shop. Those fingers... She was

e door swung open. Damn. H

shered him in and bolt

her. There wasn't. She led him through a labyrinth of shelves with boxes of stock for the shop.

ck door he remembered Caleb

econds, the shop was alight and the metal security d

e was n

enanigans now,

at sweet angel smile that only pure people and children have

hpaste," he lied. Omar, his butler, would have made sure

a tube of Colgate and handed it to him,

ose pearlies w

nly were his pantry and refrigerators stocked for the week, but he hated bread in almost all its forms, but maybe Catherine, his cook, could ma

ehind and pull her to him, a

le

ne she knew all too well and it fi

nd perhaps find a reason to throw an egg or two at them. Real mature of you, Geo

glass doors of the bread shelves, grabbed

t," she

in between Alex and the

et it in?" She hadn't he

ng man pleaded, "Give m

d. She was angry, scared and homicidal all a

current state, saw the opportunity

better do a

e fuck

please

ad towards the counter and g

k are you, y

ha

to security at th

'm sorry. It won

ppen again? G

ease..." he moved in front of the

w shouting so Alex could hear him, he added, "Alex, I saw this perve

e thought. I'v

he younger man stood face-to-face and eye-to-eye. Standing behind and

pink face turne

ex's eyes, George shook his head and to her, he said. "I was waiting for you and Caleb to open th

grove Plains to begin with. A few fumbles and stutters later, he realised he had no

oo

hed her and pulled her close to him. George wi

b. Thank God Ge

-haired man and then to a uniformed man he

me reason, was now frozen in place. Even as he w

been watchin

l get to the bottom of this." He watched as Mark dragged the culprit to his marke

d words with Mark. This was the calmest she had ever seen him behave, consideri

anked God for that because more than a few times, his reactive tem

tween that lunatic, Darren and the object of his desire. Only now did he tu

n his forearm. He winced a little winc

with such sincerity that he almost confessed

is own free hand, placed it above hers and t

ft and his gaze deliberate. She never lo