Catch & Neutralize by Chris Grams Page B

no test. Miss Turner had the sexiest legs he’d ever seen. She liked wearing those lacy garter-things with short skirts. Once, she bent over treating Scott to a glimpse. He’d been fantasizing about it for months, but details were fading. He didn’t want to miss any chances of refreshing that memory. “I definitely can’t miss that test, but I’m free anytime after, say, 2 p.m.”
    “Fine, 2 p.m. We’ll meet here in the parking lot.”
    Angie looked as if her head would explode, red-faced and fuming. Scott didn’t care, not one bit.
    “Great!” A smile crept over him like the Joker winning an argument against Batman, completely satisfied with his cleverness. He’d won! “Let’s exchange digits. Just in case.”
    Scott felt hatred pouring from Angie, dangerous and smothering. She added his phone number to her contacts. Scott’s fingers tap, tap, tapped over his cell display as she recited her number.
    After repeating the information, Scott smiled triumphantly. “I guess that’s it. I’m looking forward to our date. Wear something sexy, if ya know what I mean.” Scott provided an open-mouthed eye wink.
    After giving another head shake, Angie turned and stomped through Macaroons to the patio bar. Scott watched until Angie was out of sight before retrieving the picture of her breasts and assigning it to her contact name. He chuckled thinking about the way her perky tits would light up the screen whenever she called.

 
     
    Chapter 14

Tiffany
     
    Dr. Tiffany Bell still sat in the same seat sipping another Appletini.
    Where is that dumb bitch?
    Scott’s never going to go through with his part of the deal if I can’t keep track of her.
    Tiffany glanced around the patio and waved as Angie approached. “Is everything okay? I was just about to come check on you.”
    “Yeah. Everything’s fine. I got caught up in a couple of idiotic conversations along the way. It seems like you’re the only person not trying to piss me off tonight.”
    Tiffany slid her glasses up. “I’d never do that. Not on purpose anyway. I think we’re going to be great friends, you and me.”
    “I’m sick of being here. You want to go somewhere else?”
    Tiffany nodded. “We could hang out at my place for a while.”
    “Sure. Let’s stop by the liquor store first… unless you’ve got a fully stocked bar. With the way tonight’s going, I’m going to need numerous drinks to function properly.”
    “No,” Tiffany confessed. “Not stocked, but there’s a store on the way.”
    Tiffany paid with her credit card. Angie wrote on the slip, “Scott is rude and obnoxious!!!” The words were written with enough force to tear through the flimsy paper.
    Scott. That little scammer better get to the manor as soon as his shift’s over, Tiffany thought. I’m an idiot for agreeing to his stupid plan.
    Tiffany and Angie headed out arm in arm. Tiffany wobbled along pretending to be in no condition for driving. Angie helped her onto the Spyder’s passenger seat.
    Neither one knew Scott watched from his post, or that his thoughts immediately turned to girls kissing and naked pillow fighting.

 
     
    Chapter 15

Angie
     
    Pandora played In This Moment’s latest single. Angie hummed along as she followed Tiffany’s directions towards the outskirts of town.
    The drive took them through a dense portion of Jemez Springs. Looming mountains and stooping trees gave an eerie feeling of being watched. At this hour and with winding two-lane road, it was nearly impossible to see more than a few yards ahead. Night caved around them, an all-encompassing black hole. Music silenced as cell phone reception failed.
    “It’s kind of spooky this way at night.” Angie switched on the Spyder’s high beams. Two lights showing nothing much turned into two larger lights showing the same.
    “I’m used to it. The worst part is no cell service. We’ll have it back in about 15 minutes.” Tiffany pulled out her phone jabbing it with a finger, the wrong