“It’s not like we’re going to shop here all the time. I just really like the quality of their meat,” I replied as I let the butcher know what chickens I wanted. Two should be enough for the five of us. The guys ate a lot.
We got chicken along with fresh herbs, potatoes, carrots, and gravy mix because I never had figured out how to make gravy from anything other than a mix, and some rolls.
I grabbed a couple of other things, then we headed home.
Saoirse was on high alert, but even I felt like someone might be following us.
“Wait.” She pulled us between two buildings, putting herself in front of us. Somebody walked by and she jumped on them.
“You can’t just jump on people.” I ran after her, Carlos following.
“Raelynn?” Carlos frowned as he stared at the woman on the ground.
Oh, it was his ex. Should have seen that one coming.
“She was the one who did the chalk. I couldn’t see your face, but I recognized the coat,” she replied. “Why are you following us?”
Raelynn struggled under Saoirse’s grasp. “What are you talking about? It’s a big city. Let me go.”
“Liar,” Saoirse replied.
“Are you following my pack?” Carlos made a face.
“I just want to understand what’s so good about them. Maybe scare you a little. I can’t believe you packed up without me.” She pouted.
Her? Pack up with him? Never. I snorted in disbelief.
Carlos shook his head. “I never led you to believe that packing up with me was an option. Yeah, we dated, then we were friends, and we hooked up a little, but it was never anything serious. You didn’t even want a pack.”
People were watching us.
I think she’d spent the last few months realizing what she lost, and him packing up meant she’d never have a chance to get it back.
Saoirse let her up. “Stop following my pack or I will alert the authorities and file the appropriate paperwork.”
“You need to leave us alone, Rae. We broke up years ago, and we stopped being friends months ago.” Carlos looked tired.
“I don’t understand. What do they have that I don’t?” She looked me up and down.
My fists clenched. Yeah, I wasn’t even going to go there.
“Leave us alone before I call the police.” Saoirse’s voice went low with warning.
“Fine,” Raelynn huffed and left.
Carlos hugged me. “Well, that solved that. I’m sorry.”
“It’s not your fault. Exes be exing.” I hugged him back. It could be so much worse than her following us around. I didn’t understand the chalk but whatever. Maybe she was trying to remember what place was ours.
When we returned home, I went straight to the kitchen. Once I got the chicken in the oven, I sat down at my laptop and started doing more research on places we could rent for Hale. I’ve already found some co-working labs and started getting some quotes, but I was also trying to figure out who I might know.
Me
Does anyone have connections with an independent lab? My mate needs to do his research for his university with supervision, but going back-and-forth from New York is too far. Thoughts?
Timotheé
That is beyond my scope of information.
