Total pages in book: 57
Estimated words: 52887 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 264(@200wpm)___ 212(@250wpm)___ 176(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 52887 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 264(@200wpm)___ 212(@250wpm)___ 176(@300wpm)
"Hey, don't say that to her," Teddy cuts in, coming to Kate's defense. The man's attention swings fully around to us, focusing on my Zolotse.
The way he takes us in is almost comical. Seeing it from another viewpoint, I'm sure it is an odd sight. I barely fit in this chair and have my feet soaking in rose water with these weird slimy things under my eyes. I'm in a robe, but you can see some of my tattoos, and I'm sitting next to a tiny fairy princess that makes her chair appear like a throne.
"I wasn't speaking to you," the man snaps at my girl, signing his own death certificate. I have to grip my armrest to keep my ass in my seat. I'll gouge his eyes out with my bare fingers.
He sneers at us like we're beneath him when the reality is he will shortly be beneath all of us. Six feet, to be exact. Not to mention my girl could buy and sell his ass.
"Watch it," I warn. He takes a step back when I speak but turns his attention back to Kate, whom he berates a few more times before storming off once she promises to make it all right if he'd give her a few minutes.
"What a buttface." If I wasn't so pissed, I'd laugh at Teddy calling him that. Her innocence never ceases to amaze me.
"I'm sorry," Kate starts to say.
"No, you did nothing; that was all him." Teddy starts to stand, so I quickly do the same and give her my hand to step down. "We can go on to the next part of our spa day if he needs this area."
He no longer needs anything in this life, but I keep that thought to myself.
"I don't know how things got mixed up." Kate's expression is worried, and my girl wants to fix it.
"It's fine, massage time." Teddy perks up her voice. "My man is only going to watch." She wiggles her fingers. "Only I rub on him."
A small laugh comes from Kate. "Thank you, he's a dick." She rolls her eyes. Kate drops her voice. "He's not even here with his wife. Got a new girl in here every month."
"Gross," Teddy says, her lips turning downward. I'll kill him and then bring him back to life so that I can kill him again. Kate leads us to the next room, telling us the massage therapist will be in shortly. "I feel terrible for whatever woman is married to him," she mutters the second we're alone. I grunt in agreement. “Think I can get Kate to give me the wife’s number?”
“I’ll get it.”
“Really?”
“You don’t want to put her in that situation.” I don’t want Teddy poking around about him and putting any heat onto her.
“Oh, you’re right.” She lifts up, wanting to kiss my cheek. “You’re so thoughtful.”
“I’ll slip out when your massage starts to see what I can do.”
“Oh, yes, we’re forming a plan.” She rubs her hands together. “When we complete this mission, I shall give you a massage myself.” I don’t get a chance to respond to her. The massage therapist enters the room, and Teddy does a not-so-subtle zip of her lips and then a wink.
Fuck, she’s adorable. I sit down in the chair in the corner, waiting for my girl to get comfortable, and then I slip from the room to have a little fun of my own. Everyone has their own way to relax and blow off steam. Killing just happens to be mine.
The spa isn’t as awful as I thought it would be. I could get used to this life.
Chapter Seventeen
TEDDY
The massage is good, wonderful really, but I can’t relax. I’m way too excited about this mission and how it will play out. I want this sucker to have it stuck to him. What a freaking jerkface. You can always tell someone's character by the way they treat workers.
He was not only mean to the staff, but he’s also out here cheating on his wife. I’d made a little small talk with Emily, the massage therapist, after Killian slipped from the room, and she gave me a bit of gossip when I made a comment about the man.
She told me he’s aggressive, and the staff fight over who will have to give him his massages. That he’s handsy and tips terribly. He’s an all-around horrible human. I hate it and him. It's fine if you want to be miserable in your life, but he's out here putting it on to others so they're miserable too. He's spreading it like I'm sure he is his STDs.
It's making me mad, and I don't get that way easily. It takes a lot to get me there. Actually feels kind of nice. He's a bully, and I want to get payback. I'm sure that comes from my own childhood crap, but this man has it coming. He picks on people when he knows he can get away with it and they can’t stand up for themselves without risking their jobs. He’s the worst kind of person in my eyes.