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further on the limb. Probably about twenty or so bees were buzzing in and out of the hive as I closed the final distance and, at some point soon, they were going to be mightily pissed off.
“ I just want you to know, I didn't want to do this to you. Personally, I think it’s very wrong to involve you in all this ugliness.”
“ Why are you talking to them?” Fate's hands had shifted to the equally unhelpful position of resting on his hips.
“ I'm making friends. You wouldn't know anything about that.”
I crawled closer and closer, waiting for them to decide to attack me. They buzzed by my head, a few landed briefly on my hands and arms, but no one stung...yet.
I made my way to the hive and perched next to it. This was it, I knew what I thought I should do, but this could go bad quickly. So far, the bees had left me alone but once I yanked the hive loose, I imagined I'd get their wings in a bunch.
I looked around, knowing I'd taken a while. No one was in the parking lot or seemed to notice me at all from the huge windows that had clear sight.
“ We don't have all day.”
Wow, I really didn't like him, but he did have a point. Both shaking hands out, I grabbed the hive, turned my head away , with eyes squinted shut, and yanked it loose.
Hmmm, no stinging? I opened an eye the tiniest slit. It was idiotic really. Seeing the bees or not wouldn't change their mind about attacking me. And yet, I couldn't bring myself to fully look at the mad swarm that was surely about to vent their anger.
When I did look, I saw the bees were still calm. Huh?
“ Come on!” Fate screamed from underneath.
I looked at his handsome face and I swung a leg, eying the distance between my foot and his head. Nope, not close enough. I guess he gets to keep his straight nose today.
I tucked the hive under one arm, expecting a full on attack at any moment and shimmied down awkwardly with only one free arm.
“ Can you take it?” I asked, trying to hand him the hive so I could make the final jump down.
He stood back arms crossed. “Can't touch it.”
“ Not even for a minute?”
“ Not my choice. Right now, even if someone were to walk out here, right by this spot, they might notice me, but they wouldn't see you. If I touch that, which is part of your job, all bets are off. You stay to assignment and you’re shielded. It's when you step out of the boundaries that it can go badly.”
I huffed a bit and then looked at the hive. “I apologize for the jolt ahead of time.”
I jumped the five feet or so down and managed to hang onto it. I froze there in a squat as I waited for the mad swarm that would finally decide it was time to let me know they weren't happy about their relocation.
“You getting up?”
I looked under my arm where I had tucked it. The bees that were flying around followed me but none of them seemed overly upset, even after that jump. I stood slowly, not wanting to rock the hive.
The mark's convertible was sitting right under where the bees’ previous home had been. I could see an image, as clear as a photograph in my mind, of the hive sitting in his back seat.
My hands froze as I lifted the hive to put it exactly how I envisioned it and I froze. What exactly would this lead to? Not many people actually died from bee stings. It just sucked.
“Do. It.”
“ Shut. Up.” I didn't bother looking at Fate. I just stood there. Could I really do this? It was rare, but there was still the chance I could be murdering this man.
And then , like a jolt to the system, more images of the people he'd abused flashed through my head. An older couple with bare cabinets.
I looked upward. “I don't know who's running this show, but you made your point. He's got it coming.”
I placed the hive onto the floor of the back seat of the open convertible and stepped back.
I looked over to Fate. “Now what?”
“ We take a seat and watch the show. Make sure it goes smoothly.” He walked over and looked at the hive, still
“ I just want you to know, I didn't want to do this to you. Personally, I think it’s very wrong to involve you in all this ugliness.”
“ Why are you talking to them?” Fate's hands had shifted to the equally unhelpful position of resting on his hips.
“ I'm making friends. You wouldn't know anything about that.”
I crawled closer and closer, waiting for them to decide to attack me. They buzzed by my head, a few landed briefly on my hands and arms, but no one stung...yet.
I made my way to the hive and perched next to it. This was it, I knew what I thought I should do, but this could go bad quickly. So far, the bees had left me alone but once I yanked the hive loose, I imagined I'd get their wings in a bunch.
I looked around, knowing I'd taken a while. No one was in the parking lot or seemed to notice me at all from the huge windows that had clear sight.
“ We don't have all day.”
Wow, I really didn't like him, but he did have a point. Both shaking hands out, I grabbed the hive, turned my head away , with eyes squinted shut, and yanked it loose.
Hmmm, no stinging? I opened an eye the tiniest slit. It was idiotic really. Seeing the bees or not wouldn't change their mind about attacking me. And yet, I couldn't bring myself to fully look at the mad swarm that was surely about to vent their anger.
When I did look, I saw the bees were still calm. Huh?
“ Come on!” Fate screamed from underneath.
I looked at his handsome face and I swung a leg, eying the distance between my foot and his head. Nope, not close enough. I guess he gets to keep his straight nose today.
I tucked the hive under one arm, expecting a full on attack at any moment and shimmied down awkwardly with only one free arm.
“ Can you take it?” I asked, trying to hand him the hive so I could make the final jump down.
He stood back arms crossed. “Can't touch it.”
“ Not even for a minute?”
“ Not my choice. Right now, even if someone were to walk out here, right by this spot, they might notice me, but they wouldn't see you. If I touch that, which is part of your job, all bets are off. You stay to assignment and you’re shielded. It's when you step out of the boundaries that it can go badly.”
I huffed a bit and then looked at the hive. “I apologize for the jolt ahead of time.”
I jumped the five feet or so down and managed to hang onto it. I froze there in a squat as I waited for the mad swarm that would finally decide it was time to let me know they weren't happy about their relocation.
“You getting up?”
I looked under my arm where I had tucked it. The bees that were flying around followed me but none of them seemed overly upset, even after that jump. I stood slowly, not wanting to rock the hive.
The mark's convertible was sitting right under where the bees’ previous home had been. I could see an image, as clear as a photograph in my mind, of the hive sitting in his back seat.
My hands froze as I lifted the hive to put it exactly how I envisioned it and I froze. What exactly would this lead to? Not many people actually died from bee stings. It just sucked.
“Do. It.”
“ Shut. Up.” I didn't bother looking at Fate. I just stood there. Could I really do this? It was rare, but there was still the chance I could be murdering this man.
And then , like a jolt to the system, more images of the people he'd abused flashed through my head. An older couple with bare cabinets.
I looked upward. “I don't know who's running this show, but you made your point. He's got it coming.”
I placed the hive onto the floor of the back seat of the open convertible and stepped back.
I looked over to Fate. “Now what?”
“ We take a seat and watch the show. Make sure it goes smoothly.” He walked over and looked at the hive, still
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