Free Web NovelChapter 227: Malo The Baby Sitter
After school Malo and I dropped by Uncle PP’S shop, Henry and Kali were out delivering Herbs, PP taught Henry how to drive and he happened to be a quick learner... while Uncle PP was inside resting.
"You know you should quit your job now that you have another source of income." I said, breaking the silence between us, we were both on our phones, I was behind the counter while he sat outside the counter sitting..
Malo glanced at me then back to his phone... He was slouching on a plastic chair near the entrance, his thumbs moving lightning fast across his screen.
"Just because I have a better source of income that doesn’t mean I have to leave my current job.. also I have mouths to feed unlike you who saves without spending..." he muttered, not even looking up as his fingers kept tapping away.
"Whatever... this feels like I am some kind of baby and Princess hired you to babysit.." I snapped, my fingers clenching around my phone.
My mind wouldn’t leave the fact that Princess was monitoring me... During school hours Malo acted like some fucking leech refusing to leave my side... he followed me every single time, he happened to be in class B but he exchanged with one of the students in my class just to keep an eye on me... The heavy weight of his constant presence had been grating on my nerves since the morning bell, every time I turned my head, his face was right there.
Malo and I do hang out but now it looks like some professional thing... even when I had to pee this fucking dude was ready to follow me to the school toilet, I had to smack him on the head for him to reset his brain and he waited outside the toilet acting like a bodyguard...
"So when are we leaving this place?" Malo asked, raising his head away from the phone.
"Ohhhh, are you tired, you want to go home huh..." I said, mocking him, he just raised his phone.. I tilted my chin up, giving him a sarcastic smirk, but he didn’t even flare up.
"Princess is asking when you will be coming home... it’s getting late and you need to take your medicine which you forgot to take along..." Malo said, shaking the device at me to show the incoming notification.
I sneered, that bitch of mine must be crazy... I have been staring at my phone for 20 minutes now and she hasn’t replied to my message but she is busy communicating with her errand boy.. A hot wave of jealousy rushed straight to my face, my breath catching in my throat as I unlocked my own screen again just to see the empty chat box.
"She is waiting for your response..." he sang out. He leaned his head back against the chair, a small, annoying grin touching his lips as he watched my expression twist.
"If she wants my response, inform her to reply to my text message first.." I shot back, looking angry and jealous at the same time.. what could she be doing at the club that she was taking forever to respond... The thought of the half naked girls from yesterday flashed through my mind, making my stomach tie itself into a tight knot.
She better not be allowing some stupid bitch to touch her.. My eyes flashed, my fingers tightening so hard around the case of my phone that it creaked.
I kept staring at my phone screen waiting for her reply.. The minutes dragged on, the silence in the shop growing heavier while Malo went right back to typing.
It was already past 7, I was supposed to be going home but I had to wait for Henry to return and give me an account of what he distributed and more importantly to be assured that he came back safely.. The darkness outside was completely settling over the street, the streetlights flickering on one by one through the glass doors.
I would have been home if it wasn’t for Henry.. I just groaned at Malo and he didn’t talk, he just buried himself covering his phone with his face.. He slid further down into his chair, letting out a soft sigh to let me know he was completely checked out of my complaining. ƒreewebɳovel.com
Finally Princess replied to me, it was a kiss emoji.. then followed by a hug emoji.. instantly I melted forgetting that I was supposed to be angry at her in the first place... A soft smile broke across my face, the heavy tension in my shoulders vanishing into thin air as I held the phone close to my chest, my heart doing a little flip.
Finally Henry was back, as usual Kali was around his neck... The small van pulled up outside with a low rumble of the engine, the headlights cutting through the shop window before dying out. As he explained to me his delivery adventure, he did everything right and he made a high five to Kali’s tail...
Malo and I still had our jealousy intact but we didn’t talk about it, we made our eyes do the talking.. We exchanged a long, heavy look across the counter, our eyebrows raising at the exact same time as we watched the display of affection. Henry just entered Kali’s room, laid the snake on her bed, he was busy reading her bedtime story while I was closing the windows preparing to go home... His soft voice drifted through the small cracked door, reading the words from a colorful picture book while the green scales shifted under the sheets. Malo was by the entrance door to Kali’s room staring at Henry who was acting all sweet to Kali... He leaned his shoulder against the frame, his face falling into a massive pout.
"I can’t believe Kali loves him more than us.. even Charlie took a liking to him the moment he held her just for a minute..." he pouted.
"What can we say, Uncle PP mentioned him being a friendly kind, he also plays with Kaye in the house that’s why that nephew of mine forgets he has someone like me..." I said, shaking my head... As I spoke, I reached up to lock the latch on the side window, the metal clicking into place. As we talked, I heard a doorbell sound, a customer had entered the shop. The small brass bell above the main entrance chimed loudly, cutting right through our conversation.
When I looked at the customer to ask what brought her to my shop... immediately I realized who she was..
