Carrie Asai - Samurai Girl 02 by The Book of the Shadow

Author:The Book of the Shadow
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2012-02-10T23:34:48+00:00

9

I sat on my little bed and watched yet another hour of soap operas. I had watched so many soap operas in the past few days, the crazy plots were beginning to seem normal to me. For a few brief seconds the night before, I had seriously wondered whether Yoji Yukemura was planning to bury me alive. I’d even developed a plan of action, which in essence said that if Yoji Yukemura asked me to lie down in a coffin, I’d say no.

Cheryl popped her head in the room. “You want any microwave popcorn?” she asked. I wondered if she thought it was strange that I hadn’t changed out of my pajamas in the last seventy-two hours. Perhaps. Perhaps not. Really, who was she to judge my lifestyle choice?

I shook my head. “Nah,” I said. I was pretty sure there was still some popcorn somewhere in my pajamas from the day before. I glanced at the magazines lying on the ground. Which one did I want to read next? I leaned over and the magazines that had been resting on my stomach all slid off onto the floor. I lay there for a few moments, upside down, suspended, too lazy to even pull myself back up. I didn’t know what I wanted to do next.

It had been four days since the incident with Teddy. Ever since then I’d been too petrified to leave the house. After Hiro escorted me home, I slept a dreamless sleep. I had horrible fears of being attacked in the middle of the night. I scoured the Internet printouts from Life Bytes for any clues I might have missed about yakuza, my father, or Yoji Yukemura. Cheryl’s old roommate had owned the computer and had taken it with him, so I was out of luck if I wanted to go online now. I had to use the info I’d already gathered. Naturally I was dying to look up stuff on Teddy. I could have gone to the Echo Park branch of the L.A. library, but I was too scared. My research would have to wait.

Mostly I’d been spending the last few days just staring at the wall, too frozen to do anything at all. I hadn’t even dreamed of looking for another job, although Hiro had suggested it might be a good idea. Money would become an issue. I only had a few hundred dollars to my name, and it would be rent time before I knew it. I was screwed.

I listened to the lulling sound of Cheryl’s popcorn maker and closed my eyes. Suddenly I saw Teddy in front of me. He was huge and hulking and wearing only little boxer shorts. His ropy muscles rippled and danced, ready to tear me apart. He was covered in tattoos. “It’s time, Heaven,” he said. He spoke in a low voice like Hannibal Lecter in Silence of the Lambs. “Your father can’t take care of you anymore. I’m here for you now.” He began seductively crawling toward me on the bed.

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