Cat 'N Mouse

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paper back novel. It appeared she didn’t find what she was searching for and hurried back into the bedroom, heels scraping against the hardwood floor. She returned with her cellphone glued to her ear.
    “…yes, Dennis, not a problem.” She laughed, throwing her head back. “I can pick up another bottle of wine. What kind? Okay. See you soon.”
    Princess was flirting with Dennis Anderson. He had assumed the Anderson’s were married, but the way she was carrying on, he had to wonder if something was going on between her and Dennis.
    The same feelings he felt when he’d thought she was involved with Matt assaulted him again.
    Possession.
    Jealousy.
    Dennis was probably a clone of Prescott. Why should he care?
    She ended the call with Dennis. “We need to stop and get—”
    “No,” Sam cut her off. He made the rules and he wasn’t going to let her bulldoze over him. “We had an agreement,” he reminded her and she rolled her eyes. “I need to know where you’re going in advance or you don’t go.”
    “You are supposed to adapt to my schedule. Not the other way around.”
    “For me to do that you need to follow my rules.”
    “You can’t be serious. I’m not a child.”
    “Then stop acting like one. If we leave this apartment tonight, we go to the dinner and that’s it. Your choice. I couldn’t care less one way or the other,
Princess
.”
    She stood staring at him, eyes blazing with anger. Her right hand balled in a fist at her side and she wound up and went for his chin. He caught her fisted hand in mid air and felt a sharp stab in his palm. Disappointment registered in her eyes when her fist didn’t connect to its intended target.
    “You want to try again?”
    “Awwww!” She turned on her heels, marched toward her bedroom and slammed the door. He figured at the rate they were going, she would probably level the building in a couple of days.
    •  •  •
    “She took a swing at you?” Matt howled with laughter into his ear. “Are you hurt?”
    “It’s not funny.” Sam looked down at the puncture wound in his right palm where the diamond of her ring had left a red mark. His male pride was bruised. If he hadn’t caught her fist he would be picking his teeth up off the floor instead of contending with a bloody hand.
    He headed for the washroom to wash his hand, not wanting to mess up her pristine white counter. The washroom like the rest of the condo was white with red accents from the picture frames; to the glass bottles filled with soap shaped in seashells. There was a sit down vanity with an oval mirror and a sitting area in washroom. Oh yeah, that made perfect sense. Why wouldn’t you bring the party into the washroom?
    “Are you finished?” Matt was still laughing.
    Turning on the tap, Sam ran his hand under the warm water. He didn’t want to use her white towel. Surely she had to have paper towel. That’s what he used in his washroom. He bent to open the cupboard under the sink and there he found cotton balls in a crystal bowl. Cotton balls in a crystal bowl, why not. He balanced the phone between his ear and shoulder. In the absence of paper towel toilet paper would do just fine. Tearing off several sheets, he wrapped it around his palm.
    “You probably deserved it too,” Matt said laughter in his voice.
    Maybe he did, but did she have to draw blood? Initially he’d wanted to sit down with Princess to go over her schedule for tomorrow. Most of the day was blocked off for something called Gala Org. Since that event was at some swanky hotel then maybe they could get the time to sit down and talk about his plans, which would also include self-defense. It didn’t look like it was going to happen tonight. When she slammed the door, a mirror on the wall in the hallway fell off the wall and shattered. Not a good sign.
    “She rubs me the wrong way,” he grumbled.
    “Is that all?”
    No, that’s not all. But what was he supposed to say? He had the hots for Princess and to take the

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