Jo's Journey by S. E. Smith

Author:S. E. Smith [Smith, S. E.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Goodreads: 17454086
Published: 2013-09-12T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

“Tony, he is going to kill you, you know that?” Marcus said dryly as he watched the younger male eyeing Jo. “Something tells me these aliens play for keeps.”

Tony shrugged his shoulders and grinned at Marcus. “He’ll have to catch me first,” Tony replied. “Besides, I called dibs on Jo years ago.”

Marcus shook his head. “What makes you think she is going to notice you any more now than she did when you were seventeen?”

Tony turned and looked at Marcus with a wry grin. “I don’t, I just want to have a little fun. Hell, if nothing else it’ll liven the place up a little. There aren’t any girls here that I’m interested in and Jo knows I don’t really mean it anymore. It’s become a bit of a game over the years,” he admitted.

“This is a game that is going to get you killed, my boy,” Marcus muttered. “If that huge male hanging protectively over her doesn’t do it, Walter will. You are the only one that Myrtle will let around her and her calf right now. If you get hurt, it’s going to be a pain in the ass to take care of them,” he added, thinking of the mother elephant and her nine month old calf.

“Walter already knows and you don’t have to worry, I won’t get hurt. That’s where you come in to help.” Tony looked at Marcus with a cross between a plea and a hopeful look. “Come on, Marcus. When was the last time you lived dangerously?”

Marcus snorted. “Might I remind you I was the one looking down the end of a sword not too long ago,” he reminded Tony. “I thought for sure I was going to end up a shish kabob on the tip of it. You live as dangerously as you want. I’ve been at the bottom of a grave looking up and it isn’t all it’s cracked up to be,” Marcus replied as he shook his head at Tony before he handed the younger man some of his vanishing powder.

“Just use a little bit of it,” Marcus warned Tony. “You don’t want to smoke everyone out of their homes.”

“Wish me luck,” Tony said before he walked over to where Jo was standing next to Ricki and Jane.

“You, my dear, dear boy, are going to need more than luck,” Marcus replied softly with a chuckle. “I just hope there is something left of you when this is over.”

*.*.*

Jo saw Jane stiffen and scoot behind Ricki just a little. She rolled her eyes as a knowing grin curved Ricki’s lips. The look of amusement could only mean one thing, Tony was up to his tricks again. She turned and shook her head at the mischievous smile on his face. He was definitely up to something and it did not bode well for him. It never did.

Laughing, she put her hand up in the air and waved her finger at him. “I wouldn’t do whatever you are thinking if I were you,” she warned in exasperation.

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