“The other blobs?”
One touch.Oh shit.
“Is Harris in danger?” Kaden might not want him anymore but he didn’t want him hurt. Well, not much.
Joe didn’t move.
“You don’t know?”
Still didn’t move.
Kaden let out a heavy sigh. “I guess you don’t have to be bigger than us to destroy us.”
Joe curled around his wrist, stroked his palm then spread out so he was covering Kaden’s hand like a glove. A moment later,he pulled back, formed a ball again, then reformed into a small hand.
“Wow! That was clever!”
There was a curvy line below the two dark spots in the palm of the hand. Was he smiling? Then the shape collapsed and became a ball once more.
“Let me look in the fridge for what you’d like to eat because I don’t want you to develop a taste for my blood. I have a limited supply.”
Small amounts of bread, peanut butter and yoghurt were consumed. Lettuce, pickle and ham were not. Mustard made Joe spread out flat like a saucer then curl in and out so fast that Kaden gasped.
“Too hot?”
Mushrooms were flicked out of the way. Marmite was tried and spat out with a huge shudder.Wow.Kaden wasn’t sure what he’d make of an ice cube, but he put one on the work top. “Ice. Frozen water.”
Joe reached out one slender thread, touched the ice and got stuck to it.Shit.
“Don’t pull!”
Kaden got warm water from the tap and splashed it onto Joe to free him. He shook like a jelly and scooted off the desk, landing on the floor.
“You okay?”
Joe did his funny little nod, then skittered around as if he were exploring. Kaden took a pizza out of the freezer and turned the oven on. He worried about letting Joe out of his sight, but when he called, “Joe! Don’t disappear!” Joe stopped moving and put out a finger.
“Be careful,” Kaden said. “If you turn this on, you might get burnt.” He pointed to the controls. “Or if you touch the knives, you might cut yourself.” He pointed to the knife block. “Don’tgo down the drain because I won’t be able to get you back. This thing, okay? Don’t push your finger in an electric socket. Those things.” He pointed them out. “They’ll zap you.”
Moments later, Joe was turning the lights on and off. When he came back to Kaden, he slithered up his leg and finally settled on his shoulder. When Kaden felt a tendril stroke his neck, he sighed.I shouldn’t have done this, but I’m glad I did.He hoped he continued to think that.
While he was waiting for the pizza to cook, he typed up his notes. He was going to have trouble making this day-in-the-life sound more interesting than it had been because he could hardly add in what he’d got up to. But he did his best.
When his phone rang, he saw it was Harris and gulped. Did he know what Kaden had done?
“Hi,” Kaden said.
“Where are you?”
“My place.”
“Thought you wanted to talk. Come over.”
“I’m tired. Just going to have something to eat, then I’m going to bed.”
Harris huffed. “I’ll meet you at Neon tomorrow. Eight.”
“I have a gig. I told you. Upstairs in the Old Vic.”
