Total pages in book: 74
Estimated words: 71497 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 357(@200wpm)___ 286(@250wpm)___ 238(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 71497 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 357(@200wpm)___ 286(@250wpm)___ 238(@300wpm)
Giving her a stern look as she half-heartedly nodded, I did my best to make my feelings on the matter clear. “I just can’t have any of our fascinating citizens put in situations like this. I’m sure you understand.”
Letting out another dramatic sigh as she hunched over, she nodded more decisively that time. “I agree, Deputy. I’m sure he’ll be fine going forward.”
“I hope so.” Because brains were fucking important.
But since she’d agreed to stop aiming her ray gun at Lorne, I decided to try to help her out some. “Now that we’ve got that theft problem under control and there won’t be any more distractions, this might be the best time to bring in someone to help you restructure so you can maximize your profits. Shopping local is important and there are a lot of ways to make sure small businesses can thrive.”
Besides zapping overly honest littles.
“Yes.” Looking thoughtful instead of guilty, Macy straightened and glanced around the store. “I agree. And the Walmart just can’t compare when it comes to things like good customer service.”
What the fuck?
How was zapping her neighbors good customer service?
Someone needed to review their Human 101 lessons.
“That’s right.” Doing my best not to shake my head or snort, I treated it like it was a reasonable response. “And making your customers feel safe and confident when they shop will go a long way toward that.”
“Yes, you’re right.” That would’ve sounded better if she hadn’t sighed like she was being tortured.
Fucking aliens.
Chapter 14
Kenzie
“Your Daddy is very bossy.” Lorne was frowning as I looked up from my work, but I knew what he wasn’t saying.
“You can’t have him. He’s mine, but I’ll share and let him tell you what to do until we find you a Daddy.” It seemed like the right thing to do, and my mother had always said to share toys as long as everyone was playing nice.
Lorne had already proven he could play nice with Daddy, so I wasn’t worried.
“Thank you for sharing.” Lorne ignored Alick’s laugh and Boyd’s huff as he stepped farther into the workshop. “And thank you for making him take the watch back. I didn’t want to give it to him, but I felt much better when he took it.”
“That’s ’cause he’s a Daddy.” I shrugged. It was just what they did. “It’s like a spanking. It hurts and then it feels very nice.”
Boyd’s groan was harder to ignore but we did our best. Just because he was dramatic didn’t mean we had to give him attention. My mother said we should never reward bad behavior.
“Yeah, that’s a good way to describe it.” Lorne smiled, standing straighter as he started bouncing around the room and looking at the toys. “And he made Macy stop making me buy the watches. I heard he even told her that she needed to bring in help to make more money.”
That had to have been an interesting conversation.
“How did she take that?” Was Daddy going to start stealing watches? “She’s kind of…”
Lorne shrugged, obviously agreeing with me about Macy, and looked at Alick and Boyd for more information. Boyd was still glaring from the doorway and trying to look like he was bored with our ridiculousness, so Alick helped. “I heard she just sighed and pouted and didn’t get mad. I think him bringing the watch back this time made her realize her fun was over.”
“That’s wonderful.” Turning to Lorne again, I couldn’t resist smiling. “Now you can go back to buying things for your hoard that you actually like.”
That was much more fun and I wouldn’t have to make him another box to put the watches in.
“Speaking of hoards.” Boyd interrupted us as Lorne nodded, cutting off poor Lorne before he could tell me what he was going to collect next. “I heard you were talking about yours with your Daddy.”
Yep.
“I’m going to keep him and he’s helping me organize my hoard so I can fit more in my playroom.” Before Boyd could lecture me about keeping my hoard safe, I frowned at him and tried to do my best to channel Daddy when he was being his best cop self. “And yes, I showed him my playroom and he was very impressed.”
“Because it’s a really good hoard.” Lorne knew it was so good, and he almost bounced as he went over to look at the new train that’d been tortured by a very cranky pet rabbit named Fred. “Your Daddy seems very organized, so I know he’s going to do a wonderful job.”
“He likes helping. He even put stuff in the crockpot earlier so dinner will be ready when he gets home.” Organized Daddies were the best.
“You have a crockpot?” Alick frowned, looking over at the house. “I didn’t realize that.”
“Me neither.” Shrugging, I decided the magic that made it appear wasn’t really important. “Daddy knows how to use it too. He’s making me hot lunches. All I had to do was heat it up in the microwave.”