I looked to Jilin for help, but she just shrugged my shoulders, true to the motto: If he wants to do it alone, what are you still doing here? "Okay," I said hesitantly. I absolutely didn't like being sent away. I always did my job conscientiously and never left anything until I was done. But if I resisted now, it would certainly not improve my relationship with Reese. "I'll be back here tomorrow at eight."
"No," he contradicted me immediately. "You will be at my front door at eight because I will certainly not go to the guild before my shift because of you, understand?"
Was he serious? Another look at Jilin showed me that she had already returned to the papers on her desk and that I had to do this on my own. "Then you have to give me your address so that I ..."
"You always act so smart, so find it out on your own." With that he stomped past me out of the room and I could do nothing more than watch him.
I pressed my lips together in annoyance. How do I get
"What about Dom?" I got up from my seat and put the used bowl in the sink with the other dirty dishes. I should actually have to clean it up, but I just felt too tired for that. That would have to wait until tomorrow morning."Hello? Best friend? He was waiting for you to call him and tell him how your first day went. "Oh no, she was probably right about that. I sighed loudly into the phone. "I'll just send him a message that I'll get in touch with him tomorrow to tell him everything.""Well, is he satisfied with that?"“He won't have any other choice. So now I depend on you We'll hear from you again tomorrow. ""Okay, bye and don't let your coach annoy you too much.""I'll try," I mumbled into her laugh and then just hung up. Then I quickly wrote a message to Domenico that I was tired and would call him tomorrow while I crossed the kitchen and turned off the light when leaving. My next stop was in my room, where Wynn was lounging on
Whether it was so normal that an intern had to go home to his teaching coach in the morning so as not to be left out in the rain - literally, as the floodgates of heaven had decided today to drown the world - or not, now I was standing here in front of his front door, waiting for him to finally open the stupid thing so that I wouldn't drown out here on his threshold. But of course the Lord took his time. After all, it was dry inside too, so no need to rush.The area I was in was even more run down than the part of town I lived in. One apartment building huddled together here. Large prefabricated buildings that were as monotonous as the cloud-gray sky. The amount of graffiti that smeared the house walls suggested that there were gangs here. And the bars and shutters in front of the shop windows of the shops on the other side could also give rise to this thought. On the other hand, they could also simply be intended to protect against proles. That wasn't uncommon today.
Amazed, I stopped in mid-motion, so the towel hung in the air instead of loading on the table. What should that mean again? God, I've been with guys every day. With what I was doing it was just inevitable and although I thought I knew the male species humans pretty well, this guy made me feel insecure. I didn't like that."Ah, it says here you are an orphan," he said and traced the lines in front of his eyes with his finger. "Your parents were killed by proles."A painful stitch twitched my heart. That wasn't a topic I liked to talk about. "Unfortunately this is a repetitive phenomenon these days," I replied, quieter than I wanted. Sighing, I put the towel on the table.Nick closed the folder and tapped it thoughtfully on the chin. "But at least you got to know her.""You don't yours?" I leaned back, keeping my eyes on the towel."Nah." He let the folder sink into his lap. “My father ran away when he noticed that he had impregnated his wife a
"I asked you what we are.""Are you completely crazy ?! You can't ... "It clicked infinitely loudly as Reese unlocked his gun and held it to the back of Seth's head.The intern swallowed and threw a look for help at Aziz, but he just stood there and watched the scene with a frown. "Hey, we can talk about it for sure. I… shit! ”He cursed as Reese tightened the grip on his neck."Answer!"He licked his lips nervously and wondered feverishly what Reese could mean.I could understand that because I hadn't the slightest idea what this was going to lead to. That didn't make sense. Why did he attack Seth?"It will be soon," Reese demanded impatiently."Ve-venators?" Seth simply advised in the dark."What is our job?"Hm, it seemed like the right answer."We kill proles.""Why are we doing this?"Seth licked his lips nervously. "I ... to protect people.""And what do we never do ?
Fortunately, at that moment the Simia-Proles roared again and distracted Taid from our exchange of eyes.But we were discovered by Nick, who came to us with a "Hey!" And a beaming smile. And then, as if he had every right to, he placed a kiss on my cheek.To avoid him, I automatically pushed myself closer to Reese, which didn't really make it any better."You have a problem, my friend," said Taid.Before turning to that, I wiped my cheek demonstratively, which made Nick smile broadly."The cub that you sold me yesterday is dead."What? I looked from Taid to Reese, who had pressed his lips grimly together. He didn't seem to notice how his grip on my shoulder tightened barely noticeably."How?" He asked simply."Well, that's an excellent question." Taid pulled a Zippo out of his pants pocket, which he opened and closed. Open and closed. And open and close. As he did so, he looked down at it, as if to think carefully about the ans
Home? Home?! He didn't mean the place where I got him out of bed this morning, did he?As we drove past the small coffee shop where I got him his coffee this morning, I realized that that was exactly his goal. “But what about the guild? We have to get the reports ... ""Don't annoy me!" He ranzed at me and fished for the cigarettes in his coat.He could forget that. “The reports have to be submitted daily. The statutes state ... ""Shanks," he growled softly and fixed me with a look so intense that I swallowed involuntarily and almost grabbed Nick's hand just to be able to hold on to something. “Believe it or not, I know the statutes and if it should save your little sunlit world, I have a few forms at home that I will fill out there, so don't bother me anymore, otherwise it was the last one Time that you rode in my car! "After that little speech he was staring somberly through the windshield again."May I annoy you?" Nick
"Coincidentally, this is because the acquaintance in question is with you.""You could see it that way.""That means you can't speak openly right now?"I could almost hear the smile in his voice. "That's not funny.""Yes it is.""I should have asked Eve and not you," I grumbled and played around with the straw in my viscous drink.Nick took a sip from his glass, watching me intensely, as if trying to figure out what was being discussed on the other end."Because Eve knows so much more about guys.""In any case, she wouldn't have teased me."He sighed. “Oh Grace. My little, naive, innocent Grace. I think you are old enough to notice when a guy is flirting with you. "Great. "You're really not much help."“I just don't want to spoil the tension. You'll notice it when he wants something more from you. ""You already know that I love you right now?" I asked extremely sarcastically and saw out
It was only when we turned into my street and the tiredness began to make itself felt in me that I became a little calmer. And when Nick parked at my front door and turned off the music, the cocoon of silence around us was almost eerie."Well, thanks for the nice evening and bringing it home," I smiled at him and played with my fingers on the straw from the shop that I had taken for reasons that I knew. "Was really funny with you."He laughed softly. "I'll take that as a compliment.""That's how it was meant," I grinned and looked briefly at the house. The windows were dark. That probably meant that Uncle Roderick had already laid down. "Well, I'll go in then." My fingers felt for the seat belt and loosened it."Grace?"When I looked up, his face was suddenly right in front of mine. When did he lean forward that far?"You are really great, do you know that?""Um ... thanks?" I leaned back a little to bring a reasonable distance betwee