I'll Stand By You: Springblood, Book 3 by Cee Bowerman

Author:Cee Bowerman [Bowerman, Cee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: CLBOOKS, LLC
Published: 2024-09-12T00:00:00+00:00

STASSI

I found it funny that I’d spent the last eight hours in this store, and now, I was pushing around a grocery cart and perusing the aisles as if I didn’t know exactly where everything I’d need for tonight’s dinner was located. As a matter of fact, I already had everything I thought I’d need to make dinner tonight - including spices and seasonings since I had no idea what Aksel may or may not have.

And yet I was still wandering aimlessly, occasionally tossing something else I didn’t need into the cart. Of course, I did this with an open bag of sweet and salty trail mix in front of me because stress eating had always been my thing.

A friend of mine who also happened to be a psychologist had mentioned more than once that my stress eating was most likely due to the fact that I hadn’t had food readily available in my younger years and was only able to eat what was given to me. Of course, I liked that idea much more than the thought that I had no self-control and an oral fixation, something Aksel seemed to enjoy.

“I could turn you in for theft since you haven’t paid for that yet,” I heard Aleta say from behind me.

I slowly turned my head as I chewed another bite of peanuts and chocolate and stared at the woman before I swallowed. I nearly growled as I said, “And I could turn you into a toad.”

“You’re the devil’s mistress,” Aleta whispered.

“Not that I haven’t spent my fair share of time with beautiful women, Aleta, but you’re not my type at all.”

She looked confused for a second before she asked, “What does that mean?”

“Well, you are the devil, aren’t you?” Her confusion turned to horror, and she gasped. “No worries, though. Like I said, you’re not my type.”

“I’m going to pray for you,” Aleta said primly as she reached up and touched her hair and then smoothed the front of her shirt. “That’s what you need.”

“After dealing with you all day, what I really need is a drink.” I looked up at the speaker mounted in the rafters above us and said, “Not that I’m sorry we have to cut this short, but it’s time for you to get back to work.”

“There aren’t any customers up front, so I’m facing the shelves,” Aleta said as she turned away.

A disjointed voice came through the speaker and said, “All available checkers to the front, please. All available checkers to the front.”

“Hmm. Imagine that.” Aleta looked terrified at the thought that I’d predicted what was about to happen which wasn’t actually one of my skills. I had just seen quite a few people wandering toward the front with full carts, so I knew it was inevitable. “Run along now, Satan, and remember what we talked about earlier.”

As I watched Aleta hurry away, I felt someone come up beside me. Before I could turn to see who was there, I knew that it was my favorite customer - an elderly woman we all affectionately called Ms.

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