Barber Shop Ink by Penny Blush

Author:Penny Blush [Blush, Penny]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-11-01T18:00:00+00:00

Chapter 33 Hedge

“Exactly how many of those have you had?” Uncle Charlie asked waving at the coffee in my hand.

“I don’t know like five,” I asked my leg bouncing on the rung of my stool.

“Did you get any sleep?”

“Ummm…”

“That would be a no,” Malcolm answered for me taking a seat at the kitchen bench. “What did you do after I sent you to bed last night?”

“I had another shower. I called my family. I planned!”

After I worked out all my swirling emotions on the heavy bag, I lay on the mats and laughed and laughed until tears streamed down my face again. But this time they weren’t sad tears they were determined, happy tears.

Malcolm pulled me to my feet and sent me off to bed to rest but not before handing me a new smart phone.

“No one has touched any of your things since you left. Do what you must do to lock this thing down and call your boy. The car bomb would have made the news. Your family needs to know you’re okay.”

I had a good fifteen-minute shower where I washed away the sweat from my work out and the guilt from not thinking about by family until then. I redressed in comfy clothes, fired up my old laptop and upgraded all the software and fire walls, then locked down my phone and called Jaxon.

I let him know the abridged version of what happened and that I would need to be here for a little while longer. I reassured him that everything was okay, and that I was okay, but he may need to sit on Memphis for a while longer.

Then I called Memphis and told him a sanitised take on the abridged version of what happened at the meeting. He was disappointed that I wasn’t calling to tell him I was on the way home, but said he understood especially when I told him that Gianni was in the hospital.

I let him know I was staying with my uncle, which didn’t go over too well, but reassured him I wasn’t in any danger. I explained that was the reason I couldn’t video call him; my laptop was still at my flat and I wasn’t willing to go back there until it was all over. I didn’t want to risk being followed and putting Sam and Kelly in danger.

We had a good long talk. He made me promise to call him every day. I let him know I may not be able to call, but I would – at the very least – text him to let him know I was okay.

We took our time saying goodnight.

Once I got my breath back and my heart rate returned to normal I set to work on my plan. I moved into the kitchen made myself an extra-large coffee and fired up my laptop. Which is where Uncle Charlie found me hours and few more coffees later buzzing.

“So, what’s the plan?” Charlie asked.

“We are going to Thomas Crown Affair his ass,” I said with a megawatt grin on my face.

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