That's nice.
Athy: You don't care, stop talking to me.
YOU are texting ME!
I thought I could have eight hours of silence. Eight hours. Now, realistically, did I believe that? Not at all. In my mind, I was expecting one phone call an hour, at least 10 texts in an hour.Move everything to every fifteen minutes.I can't take this. My phone being on vibrate does nothing to help my body from anticipating the buzzingof my phone on my desk.
Athy: There is carnage outside your door, and death is coming.
You better clarify yourself right fucking now
Athy: Cats, they are fighting. One will die soon.
Stop them!
Athy: What is my incentive?
ATHANASIUS
Athy: No offering. No action.
There are no cat bodies on my lawn. I've checked the cameras. I have a whole forty minutes of nothing, before he begins again.
Athy: You wish me to be gentler?
Not always.
With your emotions, woman, not your pussy.
Then, yes.
Why are you bringing this up? What did you do?
I will apologize now
ATHANASIUS
Don't yell at me woman, I said I am apologizing now.
He never said for what. I try calling and he doesn't answer. Then I get scared because he's silent for the next two hours and all I can think about is my house burning down, Ms. Taylor telling everyone about the monster in my house. TheFBI and Homeland Security showing up to my job to arrest me. Then I'll be experimented on, because we all know the US government don't give a damn about doing that to black people. Just when I'm about to spiral, someone knocks on my office door.
"Hey, Ione, there's a man here to see you." Maria smiles at me nervously. "He actually demanded that I bring his woman from the dungeon we're keeping you in…I didn't know how to respond to that."
I
AM
MORTIFIED.
What does he look like? As my eyes go wide and I try to keep a calm and neutral smile on my face, I get up and clear my throat. "What does he look like?"
Maria smiles, holding my door open. "A hot goth or alt looking guy? His outfit is great, arm cuffs and straps. The red contacts are a bit much." She chuckles. "I didn't know you were into that type. I pictured you as a 'nerdy, anime lover that's hiding 8 inches' type of lady."
"Maria." I breathe heavily. "Lord have mercy, does everything think I'm a closet hyper sexual or something?" I ask as we make our way towards the front.
"Yes," Claudia answers catching up from the break room. "You give that vibe."
"Claudia, please." I mumble. Just as I spot Athanasius tapping on the public water cooler. He has a bouquet of flowers from my garden in his left hand. "Athanasius," I reply clear and level. He's done something terrible, I know it. "What are you doing here, I'm done in an hour."
