Chapter 11
Rex
The next morning I was feeling a lot better about everything. I had a semi-clear head and I thought I had her out of my system. I was thinking about Ruby when I woke up, but as soon as I got downstairs to the good smell in the air, I knew I was done for.
Sherry was already up and she had her dark brown hair popped up into the cutest little pony tail. It make me want to grab it and jerk her around for a kiss. She was wearing a small pair of shorts that were barely visible underneath the bigger T shirt that I imagined she had worn to bed. Sherry had the rumpled look down pat and what I walked into was her leaning down and looking into oven, I was in heaven. The shorts rode up her legs, giving me a great view that I had to stop and admire.
I couldn’t see her panties, but I could see the line on her round ass. It looked damn good and the more I stood there, the harder it was for me to make myself known. I don’t know if I was frozen in that same spot for a minute or two, but I heard Charlie coming down and knew that I had to snap out of it.
I cleared my throat and waited for her to hear me and turn around. When she finally did, she kind of jumped a little when she saw me.
“Gosh you scared me Rex. I will have breakfast ready in a few minutes.”
I wasn’t going to argue with that or the cup of coffee and glass of juice that she had put out for me. There was a twinkle in her eyes that I couldn’t quite place, but my member was quick to see it as an invitation. I sat down before it was clear that I was far too horny to be where I was. I needed to go take a cold shower. What the hell was the woman doing to me?
“So what are you plans sis?”
“I need to go put a couple of resumes in. Right now I am trying to figure out the bus system here. It looks really complicated and I don’t know if I am going to find what I am looking for or if I am going to get lost. I forgot how big Chicago is. What parts was I not supposed to go into again?”
I didn’t like the uncertainty in her voice. I also didn’t like the idea that she would get lost in a bad part of town and come to trouble. Chicago was a scary place for women and I knew that her going alone was not going to be the way to go about it. She was from Hartford after all.
“You should just get a taxi to take you around. Then you wouldn’t have to worry about the bus. I don’t think that the public transportation is very good around here for someone like you.”
“I don’t have that sort of money. I was wiped out getting a taxi home from the airport the other night. I can’t spend all of my money on taxis. I didn’t bring enough.”
I reached into my pocket and fished out some bills. I had enough to get me through until I went to the back. It was a few hundred dollars and I figured that it would be enough.
“I can’t take your money.”
“You can. It’s fine. If not, I am going to have to spend the day driving you around. It is cheaper this way because I got work to do.”
She agreed and took the money after I basically pushed it on her. I was still trying to get my wits about me, but at least it was something I could do to help.
“Thank you Rex. I will give you whatever is left. This is a lot of money.”
“Nah, don’t worry about it. It is just a little pocket change is all. There is plenty of that to go around, so don’t worry about it.”
“Yeah, thanks Rex, you are ever so helpful.”
“What? Do you really want her to ride the bus Charlie?” I looked at him with meaning since the last two girls that we had picked up in the city to work at the club were found on the buses. It took him a minute to get it and he shook his head knowingly.
“No, I guess you are right. I just don’t think this city is for you sis. You are too…”
“I am not that innocent sixteen years old that you have to save anymore Charlie. I have grown up.”
“Well it doesn’t mean that I have to like it.”
“No, you don’t have to like it, but if I am going to be back here for a while, I need you guys to treat me like an adult. I can’t go back. I have lived in Washington all of these years doing whatever I wanted. Between you and mom, I swear you guys want me to stay in that house in Hartford for the rest of my life.”
She was getting emotional and Charlie wasn’t backing down. I felt like I had to get involved a little bit to smooth things over. I didn’t know that this was going to turn into a family thing.
“No one wants that Sherry. We have just lived here for a while and it isn’t like Seattle. There aren’t too many nice parks to walk in and most of the city you have to stay out of at certain times of the day. There is a dark element to the city and he just worries about you. We both do. Take the taxi that I will call and then you will be a lot safer and I think everyone will be able to calm down.”
Charlie agreed, but Sherry still didn’t like that we were in her business or worried about her.
“Just think of it as a good thing. We are worried about you and want to make sure that you are okay. I don’t want anything to happen to you.”
Her blue eyes changed a little as she looked at me and I still wasn’t sure if she was going to listen, but it got them off of the past that no one really wanted to talk about again.
“Come on Charlie, we have our own plans for the day. We will see you later Sherry. Have a good day and good luck. They would be stupid not to hire a bad ass scientist like you.”