The Marilyn Job Episode 1 by Jayne Blue

Author:Jayne Blue [Blue, Jayne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Goodreads: 23251693
Publisher: Jayne Blue
Published: 2014-09-08T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

“Please stay while I clean up. I don’t really want to go to sleep yet. I could ask Retta next door to come over, but she has the kids.”

“I am here for you as long as you require.”

“I require you to hang out. Just a bit. And I require you take off your jacket. Oh, and I require you eat some potato chips with me.”

I was still in the suit and tie, Petra’s sanctioned work attire in Vegas.

“I don’t eat potato chips and this is my uniform.” She took a step toward me.

I resisted and raised an eyebrow. She matched the gesture. Today was a day of restraint. Epic restraint on my part, and it was being tested again. I allowed Marilyn to pry my folded arms open. She then slid her hands under my jacket and removed it. I could feel her hands through the starch of my dress shirt. She was doing what she could to connect herself to me, it seemed.

She finished removing my jacket, and her look had switched from challenge to question. A man who didn’t respond to her was anomaly I imagine, another good reason to stay away. I wondered again about my assessment of her. Was she innocent or just really good at this? For a woman who looked like her, ensnaring men was a survival tactic. As the thought crossed my mind, her kitten wound itself around one of my ankles and then sauntered off. Were they the same – doling out a little affection and vulnerability so you’d take care of them?

Was it the real her? This sweet vulnerability? Was it something the real Marilyn would do? Was cotton candy hair just the tip of the bombshell iceberg? The brain underneath knew just how to play me and Barchek. I’d watched her do it.

In my case, she didn’t need to entice me to stay. I was being paid. That’s right. I stayed for the cash. And if you believe that, I’ve got a line on a horse for you.

I remained outwardly unmoved; she was trying to break my veneer and I knew it. I was stoic, so she turned on her heel and headed for the shower. She already had me under her thumb, she just didn’t have to know it yet.

She emerged much as I’d seen her in the first moment early in the day. Was this still the same day? I’d gone through some major emotional bullshit since I’d walked into this place, and the longer I stayed with her, the worse this bullshit would get. But I couldn’t leave just yet, not when I saw her try to sit.

She went to sit down on the kitchen chair she’d perched upon earlier while dolling herself up for the assignment and shot back up like there was a tack on it or something.

“Ooh. I forgot.” She rubbed her backside. Barchek had clearly left behind more than I thought from watching on the monitor.

“I am going to have to take a look.

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