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“To be honest, I have no idea. I just did it,” I murmured. It was all I could say. Not about Creeper helping out, but about the moves to disarm him. It just happened. I couldn’t explain how I knew what to do. Because I didn’t know.
“Thank you, Lily. That safe, it doesn’t have much in it. But just today, a woman had to pawn off her mother’s ring. I wanted to hold it there until she could come back for it. She was determined to get it back. Most of my special items like that are in there. Along with the most expensive jewelry,” Lionel sighed as he slumped on his stool.
“You need to hide it better,” I stated as I eyed the pistol.
“I normally have it covered up, but forgot to after this morning. I’m getting old and forgetful,” he muttered as he shook his head, clearly upset with himself as he trailed a still shaking hand down his face.
Poor thing was still in shock.
“He took the watch, can you do anything with this gun?” I asked once he’d taken a few calming breaths.
“He obviously needed the watch more than I did. I will deal with the pistol. It’s nothing fancy or good. The watch was worth more. But hopefully he takes the chance you gave him,” Lionel said as he shakily took off his glasses, his hands wavering as he cleaned them before sitting them on the counter.
“I hope so too. Here,” I sighed, reaching into my pocket and pulling the notes out to hand over.
“No, darling, that’s yours. You sold me the watch,” Lionel refused.
“Yeah, but you don’t have it now,” I frowned.
“No, but you potentially saved my life. That’s more than fair I think,” he managed a soft smile. “Now you best get moving, someone will have heard that and reported it. And I’m betting you don’t want to get caught up with the law.”
“What will you tell them?” I asked as I glanced at the camera.
“That it was an accident. Man came in wanting to pawn his gun. Didn’t know it was loaded. Ran when it went off. I’m not pressing charges,” he shrugged, as if it wasn’t the first time he’d had to cover for someone.
“You should think about putting yourself in one of those glass boxes,” I suggested.
“Maybe,” he chuckled, before flicking his head towards the door.
I nodded as I slipped the money back into my pocket.
“Thanks, Lionel.”
“No, thank you. You’re a mysterious girl, Lily. But I’m glad you came in today,” he said as I turned and headed briskly for the door.
Creeper followed after me, along with Bug.
Despite everything, like my ability to collect myself in an instant and pull off some weird offensive moves, my mind jumped to something else.
I managed to mumble a goodbye over my shoulder as I exited the shop.
But all I could think about was how Creeper had helped.
