Hell Inc. by C.M. Stunich

Author:C.M. Stunich [Stunich, C.M.]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Fantasy
ISBN: 1938623126
Publisher: Sarian Royal
Published: 2012-06-28T04:00:00+00:00

The sphinx had managed to make it the market at about the same time we did and proceeded to follow us around the store, glaring. I noticed that its amethyst eyes were locked onto Terrence in particular. It didn't seem to bother him, but the constant rumbling and growling behind us was driving me nuts.

“Terrence,” I said, stopping in the middle of an aisle, hands planted on my hips as I turned to face the sphinx. “Why don't you head over to the checkout. I'll be there in a minute. I just want to talk with my friend about something.” Terrence acquiesced, and I waited until he was out of earshot.

“What is your problem?” I snapped at it, standing on my tiptoes to glance around the aisles and make sure that nobody saw me talking to myself. “I'm sorry if you don't like me going out, but that really isn't any of your business.” The sphinx stared back at me, face blank, and then licked its shoulder with an intense vigor.

I threw up my hands in surrender and turned away, meaning to catch up with Terrence, when I saw what aisle we were in.

Condoms.

I trailed over to them nonchalantly and stared. It wasn't like I'd never seen a condom before. I had taken sex ed in high school but damn. There were just as many condom choices as there were tampons. I examined the boxes.

“Large, extra large, and super grande? What the hell is this Starbucks? Where are the small ones?” A woman had just come down the aisle and was in the process of choosing baby diapers. She paused and stared at me strangely before tossing the diapers into her basket and hurrying away like I was a crazy person, her cart plowing right through the bathing sphinx.

I turned back to shelves and tried to locate a brand with a more realistic sizing structure. It wasn't like Levie needed small ones, but still ... men could be so stupid. And there I went, thinking about Levie again. “But who says they're for him?” I stated, grabbing a black box with shadowy naked people on it. Levie or Terrence, I figured it was bound to happen soon enough anyway and wondered if I should buy them. I'd have to hide them from both boys though; I didn't want them getting the idea that I was buying the box for either of them.

I grabbed a box of tampons, too, just in case Terrence should ask what I was purchasing. He waited for me while I went through the checkout, and I couldn't help but blush as the clerk rang up the items. He raised one overly pierced eyebrow, and I pretended to sneeze into my arm so I could avoid his gaze. I grabbed the tiny paper sack and followed the sphinx's golden furred butt over to the exit.

The drive back to my place was filled with the usual sort of first date chatter. Where we were from, what our families were like, and a whole lot of other nonsensical dribble that meant next to nothing.

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