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“That’s one of our top sellers.” She grabs my added item bringing my total to $2200. I give her the extra stack of twenties and she hands me the scarf. I forgo a bag.
“What do you want me to do with these shoes?” Summer asks coming to stand beside me.
“I’ll toss them in the trash for you,” The clerk says, trying to hand me my change back.
I don’t miss the pointed look Summer gives her. I take the shoes from her and place them in my bag.
“Keep the change,” I tell the sales lady before turning away.
We head for the door. As soon as we step outside, I stop her and hold out the scarf. She looks down at it but turns away instead of taking it. I expected to see her smile the way I like. Why does she not smile?
“You shouldn’t have bought me all this stuff. That was too much money to waste on someone you’re only going to kill.”
I don’t like being reminded of what I have to do. I’d grown fond of her not fighting me about it anymore, but now it seems she remembers who and what I am.
I know that she was only pretending to be nice and normal to make me not want to kill her. Yet, I still enjoyed the game she was playing. Balling the scarf up in my hand, I turn away from her.
“Let’s go,” I demand.
Before I take a step away from the building, I spot a familiar face coming around the corner. Even though I know that Hawk won’t be able to get a good look at her, there is still sufficient enough streetlights for him to recognize her shadow. I shove Summer back against the shop door and walk forward to meet Hawk.
“Hawk,” I call his name.
He easily turns to find me.
“Hey, Beast. How’s it going?”
Looking over my shoulder, I spot Summer still standing beside the shop door. At least she didn’t try to run. However, her attention is on us.
“Good,” I reply to Hawk.
“How’s your night going?”
“Decent.”
“Okay. Do you want to go grab some dinner? I was heading to Red’s, but I can…”
“No.”
Hawk takes a step back. His gaze roams over me and then suddenly, he looks over my shoulder. I don’t have to turn to see what he’s looking at. I shift to my left, cutting off his view of Summer.
“Maybe we can catch up tomorrow morning before I check in. You can let the others know.”
A smile appears on his face. This seems to appease my brother and it gets his attention back on me.
“Absolutely. I think Seth will be around. We can all catch up.”
Tilting my chin to my chest briefly, I tell him. “Good. See you tomorrow, brother.”
“Alright. I’ll see tomorrow.”
I wait until Hawk walks away, following his well-known route to one of Albany’s houses.
“Who was that?”
Summer is standing beside me watching Hawk.
“My brother.”
