The Prowler : Inbetween Meter ( Or The Dance )
Chapter Four : In between metre
Monday
The consternation rang and crack woke up, turned it off as fear seemed to wash over her and for a second she was not for sure why ; then it all came back to her, the violation, and the alien every point of the weekend. She looked at her clock realizing she had not set the alarm, but it had been set for her and correctly, how did he know what time to set it for ?
Her opinion were all jumbled as she got up, trying to figure out what she should do, feeling like she was operating like a robot in automatic mode, she went to the kitchen to start the coffee then went into the john to take a prospicient shower. She used this meter to intend, first of all she just wanted to crap this all go away, wanted it to be a bad dream. That was not possible it was real, there were aching and pain sensation all over her organic structure that told her in fact it was very real. The hot water flowed over her and she thought about what she should do next. She should go to the cop of course of instruction. Why wouldn't she ? He had to receive left a bunch of fingermark. She thought about his menace to watch over her every movement. She contemplated calling out from work but in the two years she had been there she had never called out, and she was not trusted she wanted to be in her apartment all day anyway. Sally lingered in the shower a bit longer letting it heal the sore percentage of her consistency and leave a much needed solace for her mind. She finished and dried off and put on some loose well-to-do house clothes, and walked into the kitchen, made her coffee and toast. Setting it down on the table she went looking for her laptop, Mike had kept it from her this weekend but when she went in her room, there it was on her dresser. She brought it back to the mesa with her and set it down.
As she went to sit down her eye noticed something in the window sill that made her look up, then her whole dead body went pixilated, it was a blue clove pink in a vase on the windowsill with a note attached. It seemed as if he was here in the room and not just a symbolization of him. She felt off balance yet again, frightened. After a taking sometime she shook her head, NO ! how could he do this to her and not even be here. She should just brush off the note, not scan it. Ah but what would that action ?
Sally sat down in her chair and just looked at the eminence, a part of her knew she was going to read it but her fighter side wanted her to just tear apart it all. She opened the computer and looked for the nearest constabulary post as well as the nearest to her piece of work, she would not apply him the satisfaction of reading his poor fish note ! She found the info and typed it into her sound. The whole time she had been sipping her coffee, and struggling to not look at the preeminence as if making eye contact with the flower was giving in to the man himself. In time, she gave up, she was curious after all ! She picked it up and took a deep intimation, turning the note over and reading what was written in a print that was very much like him ; very pointed and straight. Every"I"dotted and every"T"crossed precisely and perfectly. It simply said :
Sally, my love. Do not go to the cops, I would be most unpleased with you
and that would make our following coming upon that much more strenuous
than I intend it to be. You are just as lovely as I imagined and it has been a
pleasure to get to know you. commemorate I will be back, and whenever you see
a unmarried blue carnation you will know that I have been where you are and I am thinking
about you. I will be back for you.
Sincerely Yours.
Sally sat and stared at the note shaking. Next encounter ? ? ! ! He was coming back ? But when ? What if she did go to the cops ? She should, of course. Pretending in a way that today was a formula day with just a small errand to run She got ready for piece of work, walked to the bus halt, got on the bus, and got to exercise. She shoved the weekend out of her brain, but still had a severe clock time focusing on the task in straw man of her if anyone had asked her how long it took or what she was wearing, she would not consume been able to tell them or acquit on her end of any conversation beyond one tidings resolution. Luck for her no one talked to her on the bus.
If quip had known he was watching her through opera glasses the whole morning she would have been even more unnerved. He had a view of her bedchamber and the animation way, the kitchen was out of his line of sight however, so it was a good thing she spent a minimum total of clock time in it. He had watched her wake up and record the lack of restraints, had seen her face when she had seen the Dianthus caryophyllus he had left for her. He had watched as curiosity and standoff fought with each other over what to do with the flower. The looks, the pointed ignoring of the target by being busy on her computer, the glances of interest, until finally the desire to know outweighed the hideous author and she read the note.
He was relived she had chosen to read it. It was a caliber for him to see if she was more subservient or more refractory. A refractory women would accept just tossed it, in that event he would either receive to mistreat up training or desolate it all together, but no she had chosen to interpret his words, to see what he had to say and while she may hate him, be scared of him, she was teachable.
He followed in his car behind her checking each stop along the way to be sure she did not get off and go to the bull before work. He was pretty sure once at work she would stay till close, but he wanted to be sure she would expect trough evening. He watched her enter the building from a close by parking office and then drive off to his home to get to his line.
She was almost to knead when she stopped took some cryptic intimation and tried to coach herself on acting normal. There was no one at work she was conclusion enough with to share this with. There was no one she was close to now that she thought about it. She had a random thought wondering why she locked her front room access if this stranger can still get in what difference does her locking it realize. She shook her head steadied herself and proceeded the short distance to work. Determined to be normal she looked at the receptionist.
"Hi,"and stopped mid-sentence, there it was ; on Laura's response desk mocking her, a disconsolate clove pink in a vase
.
"sortie ?"
"Umm Yeah sorry, Hi Laura, hey where did the flush come from ?"
"I don't know, it just showed up with instructions that it was to go on the receptionist's desk for someone special. Weird Huh ?"
"Yeah, weird."
"Sally you okay ? You look like you had a rough weekend."
"Oh I am fine, just did too much and did not get adequate sleep. I will be better tomorrow I promise."Sally smiled and walked off to her stall, not trusted but felt like she must be 3 sunglasses paler than convention. He really knew how to get to her !
She sat down and started looking over the day tasks. She had a desk job working for the state which was neither glamorous nor horrifying. It was a job, steady, with welfare and just what Sally liked she did her job and was pretty a good deal left alone, except for the paperwork being pushed from one section and back and everything have to be in triplicate, the job was perfect for her.
Once at her desk her thought flittered back to the prime, she absently turned her computer on checked her electronic mail, but she could not kibosh thought : He knew where she worked and where she lived. He had said he would be watching her. Didn't he have a job ? Why was he bothering her ? The telephone on her desk rang breaking her out of her funk and forcing her to put on a pollyannaish nerve and see what the soul on the former end wanted. The sunup was spent on the diverse tasks and the required small talk around the function, a board was signed for a sickish fellow worker she barely knew, poor thing had Crab. All the while her mind flittered back to what activeness if any she was going to bring. She wondered why she was contemplating not taking any, she did not like him but going to the pig seemed so galling. Then to have to put Good Book to everything that happened was not the most appealing thought process at the moment.
She had lunch delivered and ate at her desk. She had forgotten her book, but she had other things on her mind. Working it out she thought what would she narrate a supporter if they were in this situation and came for advice ? Why she would insist they got to the bull and would force back them there. This was no different. She had decided, she had to go to the cops after study, she could not live like this. She checked her phone to reassure herself that she had the information and decided she would go to the one closest to her house. She told the narrative in her head, and even wrote down a few key percentage point she wanted to be sure enough to cover. She hated the thought of having to explain what happened to her, and wondered again why her.
While quip worked Mike arranged his day and calendar week, first he called the cleaner and arranged to meet them at Sally's apartment at 1pm to clean the apartment he explained he wanted it detailed, curtain, couch, looker everything and in two 60 minutes. They were sending 4 people maybe more he was paying well.
His mo order of business was to get selective information for this week's pick up from the Institute. He logged into his secure chat, and typed :
"Do you have the information requested ?"
He waited a bit, he knew the receptionist saw it right away and would then touch the person he needed to chat with and that usually took a few minutes soon the response came back.
"Yes, This is a job for a man named Cyrus, you may remember him you brought his first wife here for education."
"Vaguly, Persian right hand ?"
"Yeah, he trusts you and wants you to make for his second married woman with the understanding that this is a bodyguard detail as well as bringing us the girl."
"Why is the bodyguard important ? I need to get it on what I am getting into. You know that means arming the pilots and crew right ?"
"Yes, something they pay well for. Why the bodyguard status is this : Cyrus the Younger had a girl who was married off and within a twelvemonth his girl died at the handwriting of her hubby. Cyrus found out that the Same man was arranging a union within six months of his girl dying. He felt disrespected by such a short grieving period and that the man was indispose to be a hubby. Cyrus found the family of the girl and offered a better arrangement. He wanted to celebrate her out of the hands of his former son in law. Now the son in law is angry and threatening her, her folk, and him so she is being sent out of the country. She is XV and is coming to be educated not trained so much."
"So is she conjunct or will she try to convince me to let her escape ?"
"Yes she is cooperative, she knows she is coming to learn how to run a household and entertain node from different regions as an achieve hostess as well as read and write Farsi and English, and not to be used. She will be wearing the niqab, or, so you will let to bear individual search her well. She has not been touched by a man yet so they will be suspicious of you, but you handled his first wife who was not so agreeable at the time that is why you were requested."
microphone was not a fan of the niqab. They could hide anything under it. He had been in Arabian country enough to know the difference between the niqab and the burka although few American language did, or bothered to. He texted the cowcatcher and told him to get a distaff bunch member that could talk Persian fluently, and that this would be a bodyguard as well as transportation system job. It was the pilots job to get the crew and inform them. It was a cast crew, but a trajectory like this required four pilots and 8 work party appendage. 2 pilots and 4 crew members would be awake and working while the others rested at all time usually the faulting were 8-10 hr depending on the flight time. No one flew outwear, tired meant misapprehension. former than having two female gang penis who could address Farsi, the work party would be picked from 20 masses who worked with microphone. If a gang had flown on the last pick-up they did not fly on this one. They were paid a salary then extra every sentence they flew, more if it was a bodyguard situation as this was.
If the escape was leaving from San Francisco the institute would have taken care of all the placement, but the crew that flew out of Colorado was his obligation, paid for by the institute. Usually this crew worked with him sometimes he loaned them out to other transportation experts that were living nearby, but he liked having the same crew extremity rotated in and out and knowing who would be on board.
"O.K. I will allow tonight hopefully by 10 make sure the newspaper are in social club at the airport, we will stay the required 24 hours for sleep and tell Cyrus the Younger I will pick up his married woman Thursday 10am topical anesthetic meter. We will get to San Francisco at 7 pm Thursday local time and we will convey a cab in unless you want someone to peck her up."
"No a cab is fine.
"O.K. then. See you in four days. I assume my pay will be in the bank in 24 hours."
"Of course, mike we appreciate you consulting with us."
His consulting firm was on the up and up taxes wise. He was not certainly what the law would say about his"Transport"business. He ensured the safety and delivery of charwoman from their defender to The Institute. These char were all signed over to the institute by their families and/or Husbands for specific educational purposes. Some of those were to take how to serve sexually and some were taught how to run a striking house well so as to boost their marriage prospects. It was an etiquette school on steroids. These missy every crusade was orchestrated usually. Some husbands wanted freak and adulteress and sent their second or third gear married woman here to turn the household party party favor. In accession there was an actual very good private educational activity component which again was prescribed and approved by the female's guardians.
The school for son was across the urban center and he had done some guarding of boys being sent by their dominate partner to learn how to serve them meliorate. Usually his services were required because the victor did not trust his sub/property until they was trained, once trained they usually flew household unaccompanied. The phratry were of all raceway, but it did bring him to the Middle East and Asian countries often.
Mike was worried about his forward motion with Sally. What if she suddenly got the nerve to go to the cops and he was halfway around the world. sigh it was a hazard he would induce to take sort of. He called a flower shop and arranged for one risque Dianthus caryophyllus to be delivered to her every day at different prison term through Saturday at unlike property, her doorstop with no note no vase, outside the police station on the background, even left at her bus stop, random home to make it appear he had his eye on her.
When it was time he left to encounter the cleaners at sortie's flat, just in slip she was successful in going to the cops he need it all cleaned he made sure the sheets were changed out with ones he had bought on the way and took all the bed clothing on the bed to a dry cleaner close by where she could beak them up. When he came back to oversee the cleaners and to add cameras to the household. His vantage point was good at his little apartment, but had blind spots and he wanted to be able-bodied to check in on her while he was gone.
After that he made arrangements and waited for Sally to get off so he could stick to and see what happened.
sortie had decided to go to the cops and when the work day was done, there was no more than sign of aristocratic blossom so she hopped on the bus resolute in her decision. She had picked the station that was closest to a bus stay and also was the one closest to her planetary house. Determined that this was the objurgate pick she got off and proceeded to walk the short distance. She had convinced herself that he would have no way of knowing, really. He was bluffing. She was scared for no reasonableness. Once in the station the bull could take care of this right ? There were fingerprints. There was evidence, this would act upon out.
She rounded the corner to the main incoming and started up the front stairs, when she saw it. A single naughty carnation with a note taped to it. She stopped suddenly in her tracks, No ! There was no way ! With shaky steps she approached the gillyflower laying on the ground and picked it up and flipped it over to see the note. In the same script it simply said :
Are you making a good decision, pet ?
Sally walked quickly back down the stairs with the carnation and note in hand. She was on the verge of tears, NOOO ! ! This could not be happening her nous was screaming. She leaned against the edifice and told herself to just rest, she threw the carnation down on the ground. When she got herself under control she started to reckon, he could induce left that this dawn, he knew where she lived, where the closest constabulary place was, there was no way he knew she was there now, and the police could help right ? She wondered if they could, she had been attacked, but what could they do really ?
Well there was only one way to discover out so Sally got her face up again and walked into the police station and asked to mouth with individual, preferably a female cop. They asked her to fulfill out cast, but she insisted on public speaking to a ma'am cop first. The first cop seemed bothered but went to see who was available. The threshold opened and sally glanced back taking in the bike messenger waking in. Her marrow skipped a metre and her breath seemed to leave her when she saw, he was carrying a aristocratical carnation. The courier rang the bell and waited with his paperwork setting the flower on the desk. Sally gathered herself and tried to pass off. He Knew ! Sally mustered her courage.
"That is a pretty flower."She pulled it closer to her and smelled it looking at the circuit board while she did so."The bike courier was uninterested, but sallying forth saw what she needed to. The script. It was him.
"Can you sign please, I am in a hurry"
"Who is this to ?"
"The post"
"huh, that's nice"The cop said to no one in specific, and looked up as the threshold chimed and saw Sally walking out as fast as she could out the room access. He shrugged and went back to doing whatever it was he had been doing.
sortie knew she was in fuss. He was watching her. He KNEW. He had warned her. What was she going to do ? Sally made her way nursing home not really registering the walk of life back to the bus hitch or the ride back to her flat. She wondered if he was going to be there. When was he coming for her ? Sally looked at her situation logically and wondered what in reality she could do. If he was watching her, and he seemed to be, then moving was out of the question, he would just watch her. Entering her flat affair seemed different. She looked around and there was a blue carnation in the livelihood room with a note.
Sally, I took the liberty of having the place cleaned professionally. You may beak up your old blanket and sheets at the cleanser indicated on the receipt tomorrow, in the meanwhile I have provided new ones for tonight. delight do behave yourself between now and then.
Sally was too wear out mentally from the whole ordeal to even be mad, she made dinner and went to bed early and done in by all that had transpired.
microphone had in fact been watching the whole time. He saw sally exit the constabulary post the initiative clock time then move into it again. The bike messenger had been sitting by his car waiting instructions and when she went in the irregular time. Mike gave the bike messenger the note and efflorescence and told him to get a signature and to put the vase down close to the girl with the card facing her. He had wanted there to be no question in her mind who the blossom was from. He was disappointed his get-go substance had not hit household, he thought that the outset one would be enough. The messenger reported what had happened and got paid for his metre and a nice tip, microphone was relieved she had not talked to the bull, even though he had taken tutelage of the possibility. It was disappointing to him that the messenger was needed at all. He was not surprise, just determined that the deterrent example he taught would be learned. He needed to shop for his succeeding visit and program it out. He had planned on stretching the training out, but he thought maybe he needed to pelt along up his plans.
Today was Monday, pick up was on Thursday, and they needed 24 hour between landing and flying again so they would leave Tonight, fly into wed., rest, break up up load Thursday, fly home, deliver consignment, dwelling house, sleep. Depending on how tired he was on Saturday he may look in on her without her noesis. He hoped the Institute understood when he asked for a calendar month off to expend with Sally. They had early Transportation experts, but he had a sealed reputation with the more hard unity, they always came into the institute meek and lull after 24 60 minutes with mike. It made the Institute's job easier.
The trajectory over was uneventful, and mike checked on quip through the tv camera he had set up. There were several meter he wished he was not working, but working on her. Ah well enough time for that. Traveling had become a job, it could be exhausting, but he did wish the different modus vivendi. During his stay he went and walked around taking in some local sites, but mostly log Z's and waited until they could fly out again, with their cargo.
At the ordained time a Mercedes drove into the hanger with. mike wondered absently if it was bullet proof which seemed to be the new thing with this division of customer. The number one wood got out and opened the door behind his and the client emerged. As he walked toward Mike the driver was going around to the former side. The husband seemed protective of his boot seemingly unconsciously positioning himself between microphone's line of sight and the untested charge he had yet to see.
"Hello, I am Badi ,. I am thankful you will be accompanying my pin-up wife. I do ask that you please be deliberate. The man who wanted her, is very raging, I do not know what he will do."
"We will do our best to continue her good, and bring her back to you an educated and well-rounded woman."
"Yes of course of action, she will not cause any problems but there is one thing."
"What is that ?"mike was getting mentally ready, the unity who told him it would be easy, their cleaning lady were cooperative always caused hunch with microphone, if they were so practiced, then why ask for him, why use the Institute at all ?
"She is scared of men. She is very shy. Please be cognisant of that. I have talked to her she understands that she is going to get an teaching, and there will not be any sex till she comes plate, but she is still wary. Any sudden touching and she will probably cry."
"Ah thanks for the foreland up. She will be fine. mike motioned over the female crew appendage who was also Persian. He had her hold for his signal by the planing machine as concern was done by the males first then the females came when called.
"shibah here will be with your young Saint Bride, she will search her, and when we board it will be her and Azar who will tend to her. Both girls are Irani, and have sex Farsi, and have been trained at the institute so they will be able to answer questions."
Badi seemed proud of at this extra system, there was a rationality he asked for microphone, he had heard stories of the other transporter, Mike was all business. He waved his hand without turning around. Quickly the kid and the driver appeared at his side.
"Qamar this is shiva who will be frisking you as we discussed and she will also be with you on the plane. The man is mike he is the bodyguard who will accompany you to the institute."
Switching to English Badi then turned to mike"mike, shibah this is my bride please be deliberate with her."He patted the young lady's head much like a father would and gently pushed her toward Shiva.
The women introduced herself to both in their speech communication and took the hand of the young lady. The two went off to the side and Varisha checked her for weapons then they boarded the plane. mike hung back with the husband to appropriate the ma'am time to get settled and to serve any hold out minute motion. After au revoir were said Badi singled the driver. Swiftly the doorway to the back seat opened and Badi climbed in.
On the plane microphone let Qamar sit in a different department of the airplane so he did not take a shit her so neural, she seemed ready to bolt if he looked at her, so he wanted her to unbend. He left orders that only female phallus of the crew were to come on her and to take certainly she slept, slipping her a drug if requisite.
She was obviously high strung. As it turned out once microphone left her solely and all the men disappeared she seemed to unstrain and even talk to the charwoman a bit, soon drifting off to sleep. Again he checked on sallying forth when the time alteration were slump and she had not really done anything since Monday. He knew her clove pink were getting to her, because he would see them in the scrap that was good she had to be thinking about him then.
The flight was smooth and getting through aerodrome security was easy since everything had been sent on ahead and checked so they just verified the ID's and processed the passports. In the cab on the way to The Institute Qamar was nervous, but not objectionable. microphone wanted to tranquillise her knock down, but figured there was not often he could do being a male person, and given her upbringing so he left her alone and the slip from the airport was very smooth. He texted the Institute to let them know they were on their way.
Once inside the teachers came out and took Qumar to her new way, which was bound to be very luxurious given her family and Mike sought out an instructor friend.
The instructors had a separate wing when they were off duty so Mike went to his room first, and was in luck.
"Oren hey how are you ?"
"Hey microphone ! You on a delivery ?"
"Yeah just dropped her off. How's the lifetime ?"
"Hey I get paid for being a illegitimate and have intercourse cleaning woman, it's a in force life."Oren laughed
mike smiled It was a life sentence he had enjoyed once and the pay was not bad as he recalled, although he got paid a lot Sir Thomas More as a consultant/body guard.
"I got a task coming up, a custom job for me. I just taught her some basics, but she needs Sir Thomas More time. Besides her cellar suite is not done being built yet."
"Oh, Mike, you got ta let me in on this !"
"Maybe you can come check her sometime once she is at my theater while I am on a job, but Oren, no touch modality, just look, If I let you."
"Man Mike we used to plowshare them all."
"Yeah call me sentimental."
"I need to not be disturbed side by side weekend is that possible ? I was going to wait another workweek, but she did not behave."
"Why not send her here ? We can get her obedient in no time while your basement is being built."
"Oren, I like the mind biz I like watching them struggle with their new realism and coming to terms with it in one licking after another, that I am their new reality. I want my own particular ghost, my friend and I don't want anyone else touching her till I say."
"poor girl, your touch is rough."
"Ah she will be perfect once I get her under control."
"I have a girl that could use your unique talent on the unwilling if you want to get off."
"Not this clock time, Oren. Thanks though. I am going to equip myself with some new objects I saw in the store and then hop a plane menage, I got ta verification on my undertaking. ``
"All right, well maybe side by side time."Oren missed training lady friend with microphone. They made a in effect tag team.
Mike spent time at the store going over the severity of Sally's transactions and picking out just the right methods of penalisation. By the clock time he was done he was excited about the next weekend with his project.
On the escape home he thought of quip and all the new things he and bought to try out on her.
Once at his radix of operations, mike slept, checked on Sally, she was asleep, but her bedchamber Christ Within was on….nightmares perhaps ? microphone knew that was probably avowedly, but wished there was another way to get inside a person's psyche. They seemed to always give nightmares. On the way from the airport he has stopped by, used his key and placed a few Dianthus caryophyllus here and there in the apartment just to make sure she remembered there was no getting away and that there would be a time for atonement. He was going to teach her who was in charge on Friday. microphone went shopping for food and other betting odds and ends to make sure he was quick .