Her Protectors

money in the office. His two-bedroom apartment, above the shop, had a safe in the kitchen behind the refrigerator. No one knew about it, except for me and my uncle. A month after my uncle

was fourteen years old. I was an only child. No other relatives other than my uncle. My uncle was killed in his ship, supposed in an attempted robbery. The crime scene did not look right. It looked st

everything organized in our tool chests. The scene had looked like there was a scuffle and drag marks by the office. My uncle was shot between the

ney my uncle left me. It has brought in a ton of new business. I also extended my hours. I am here at six in the morning and do not leave until eight at night. O

lways double check jack stands and lock up the front then work my way to the back of the shop. I close the front gate and pull the chains together

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guy that arrived was walking toward me, “Hey cutie, where is your b

ways gets them. I go by Cass and since I’m a woman, a l

and more now.” He reached for my hand. I shook his hand firmly. He pulled

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n your hand. You can always order a dirty martini. Hahaha” he says with a shit-e

?” I said as I walked back to the gate. The other drivers were

that silver shit, anejo. Smoother. It slides down the throat smoothly

e brassy. Be careful, I might have to take yo

bar woman. Have a good evening, gentlemen.” I nodded to all of them as they laughed a

he back of the shop, closed the back door and locked it. I walked back to the front of the shop and double checked th

ng around the vehicles. Sometimes you have those customers that say we damaged their vehicles and try to get f

my security system. The entire property had security cameras and sensors. Two-bedroom, in which one of bedrooms I had my monitors and a safe with my guns. You just never know. My apartment has a small kitchen, single bathroom a

, that does quartz and granite kitchen and bath remodels. I asked him if he would like to exchange a shower pan in e

t the end of the counter. Nice. I put bar stools on both sides. An extra chair, in case I had a guest. I had plants on the patio and a dwarf

taking a vacation to Italy. I was grilling some chicken and started to walk back into the apartment when I got this strange sense

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ong as I came back out of the apartment, I got a glimpse of a shadow across the street. A lit cigarette was tossed down. W

to being afraid. Just warmth and tingles. I thought I smelt cologne. A man’s cologne. It smelt

alian man. I have had this same dream over and over before. Tall, chocolate brown eyes, strong hands to hold me. Wide shoulders, muscular with a happy trailer down to my i

ving a baby. Beautiful baby boy that looked like my dream husband. I know that is jus

be yelling and throwing things. She would go in the small back yard we had and throw knives the fence. He used to say that one day she was going to kill someone and j