Agon (9 page)

“
It does pass the time, my
lady.” She laughed with Him as they made their way to the house.
“Will you see about helping her? It will not be easy, and may suit
better if you were not to mention I asked you to help.”

“
Mad at You, is she? Well,
she is under a lot of stress. What with living with a protector,
keeping You out of her business, as well as someone trying to kill
her.” Boss nodded but said nothing. “I guess I’ll have to see what
I can do. And so you know, I’m counting on You to come to the pool
opening. We’re having food.”

He told her He’d be there and left.
Boss had a great deal of things going on and hadn’t realized until
He sat back at his desk how much He’d needed to simply get away. He
might have to do this more often. Opening the computer He’d just
had installed, He started making some changes to the other
protectors He had on His list. It was going to be a very long time
before He could get away again like He had today, but He would make
the time from now on.

Chapter 5

Agon wasn’t sure what to do. She had
been not speaking to him for several hours now, and he was
frustrated. Standing as close as he could to her without actually
touching her, he felt her body stiffen. It was not what he wanted,
but he wanted to make her feel him.

“
I have been thinking of
what transpired last night.” She didn’t say anything. “The love
making. Have you ever…what I mean to say is…the thing that
vibrated. Do you use it often?”

“
When I need sex, I do.
It’s not often but sometimes I need to take the edge off. It works
well for that. And unlike you, it’s not annoying the morning
after.” She looked at him, and he had a feeling she was insulting
him but only smiled. “And it doesn’t crowd me. Will you please back
the fuck up?”

“
I think not.” He moved
his mouth over her neck and nipped gently at her shoulder. “I love
the way you taste. Especially your womanhood. That was…I have never
tasted anything so wonderful in my life. I’d very much like to do
that again to you. To hear you scream out when you reach your peak.
I don’t think I’ve ever heard anything more amazing.”

“
No, I don’t want you
touching me again. You shouldn’t even be here.” He could feel her
body stiffening more, but he felt it was due more to his words than
her being mad. Wrapping his hands around her waist, he moved his
hands up her belly to just under her breasts. Her breaths told him
she was enjoying what he was doing. “You should get out of here
now. I don’t want you…please stop this.”

“
Your nipples are very
hard. And the way that you moaned when I suckled them into my mouth
made my cock very hard.” He rocked into her bottom, and she moved
back against him. Agon pressed into her until she was flush with
the table she was working at. “If I were to take you this way,
would you enjoy this? Would you scream out your release as you did
last night?”

“
I’ve never come that hard
before.”

He continued to rock back and forth
into her bottom while he toyed with her breasts. When she leaned
back into him, he lifted her shirt up and slid his hands under her
bra to feel her warm flesh as it filled his hands. Her arms came up
and over her head so that she could wrap her fingers into his
hair.

“
You’re going to make me
crazy with need. Why are you doing this?”

“
I want to feel my body
within yours again. Watch your face as you release. Did you know
that your nipples flush when you are about to climax? That your
body tightens around mine so tightly that I feel you ripple with
your each enjoyment?”

She turned in his arms and took his
mouth. Agon picked her up by her bottom, sat her on the counter,
and tore her blouse open. He looked down at the bounty before him.
She was magnificent.

“
I should very much like
to paint you this way. Flush with need that I have created, your
body hard with your energy that you need to expel during release.”
Agon licked a path over her cupped breasts and flicked his tongue
into her bra to taste the morsel there. “I should very much like to
suckle you again.”

He reached for the small closure at
the front of her garment. It was foreign to him, but he soon
figured it out. When he took the smallish hook from the loop, he
watched her breathing pick up. Lifting the small piece of lace from
her breast, Agon watched her face. He was amazed at the amount of
emotion he could see there.

“
You are so lovely.” She
licked her lips, and he needed to taste her. Licking his own tongue
over her swollen lips, he moved back and looked at her nakedness.
Agon leaned down and took the pert nipple into his mouth and
nipped.

“
I want to come.” He
didn’t lift his head up until she pulled him up by his hair. “You
need to help me come again. I need it.”

“
Do you need me or just
the release?” She looked at him, then away, and he pulled her chin
back around. “It is a simple question. One that I would very much
like an answer for. I could go into your bedroom and retrieve the
vibrating male phallus for you. Or do you need me?”

“
Why are you doing this to
me?” Agon didn’t stop watching her face as tears started to stream
down her cheeks. “I’ve been alone for a long time, not hurting
anyone, not bothering them. Getting my own rocks off whenever I
felt I needed it. Then you come along and now I can’t stand the
thought of going back to bed alone. That shouldn’t happen after one
night.”

“
But it has.” She laid her
head on his shoulder and sobbed. Agon lifted her into his arms and
took her to the bedroom to lay her down. He wanted her no less than
he did before, but somehow he knew that her heart would not be
involved. He knew how much this had cost her, this confession that
she needed him, and he simply wanted to hold her.

After seeing that she was comfortable,
he lay beside her and held her to him. Agon ran his fingers up and
down her spine, feeling her body relax by small degrees. When he
was sure she was asleep, he held her just a bit longer before he
reached for Michael.

I should like for you to
tell Boss that I have failed Him again. I should…it will be
necessary for me to end this life if Judith does not accept me as
her husband. I know that I was warned about coming to her again,
but I simply could not keep from her.
Michael didn’t say anything for several seconds, so Agon
continued.
If you could see your way to
letting me spend the final days here with her, I would very much
appreciate it.

Where are you going to
stay, Agon? She has made it very clear that she does not want you
there.
Agon felt his heart twist and knew
that Michael was right. She did not want him with her.
I can tell Him, but I don’t know what He will
say. I should hope that she’d take you, but her heart is hard to
everyone.

I
understand
. He lay there long after the
sun set and morning began to crest in the sky. At just before dawn,
he got out of the bed and looked down at her. Agon knew in that
moment that he was in love with the woman. He kissed her cheek,
covered her up, and left the house. It was time for him to come
face to face with what he’d done.

~~~

Jerry was going to let the phone ring
three more times before he hung up. What sort of business did his
niece run that she wasn’t there during normal business hours? And
where was this woman that was working for him? He paid her good
money. The fucking least she could do was answer the fucking phone.
Chad hadn’t been able to reach this…Jane Holloway, either. Not
since his men had been killed at the shootout a few days
ago.

“
Hello.” The snapped word
made him want to go to the house and bitch slap the person. How
rude did people have to be? “Are you there or not? I have shit to
do, and waiting for you to get your shit together to answer me is
fucking with my schedule.”

“
Judith?” Silence told him
he had her. “It’s your uncle. Uncle Jerry Craft. I was wondering if
you have time to speak to me. It’s a matter of some importance, and
the sooner we get this conversation started, the sooner we can see
things to their conclusion.”

“
No.” He waited for her to
explain or at least ask him what he wanted with her, but she said
nothing else. Angry now, he sat up higher in his chair and let it
go. He’d had enough shit going on today and dealing with her didn’t
put him in any better of a mood. So instead of doing what he’d
wanted and try to woo her to him, he exploded at her.

“
What the fuck is wrong
with you? Don’t you think…mother fuck, you’re stupider than that
halfwit of a father you had. I did you a favor by blowing his
fucking brains out. I want you to get your ass here and talk to me.
This bullshit has gone on long enough. You should have more respect
for me. I’m your only living—”

“
You’re a real piece of
work, aren’t you? I’m not going to dignify that with any sort of
comeback. Respect you? Who the hell are you kidding? And you’re my
only living relative because you killed my father. And maybe you
did do me a favor by killing him before he killed me, but I think
you should be thanking me instead of the other way around. I
probably saved you a lot of money on sex. Getting butt fucked must
have done you a world of good.” She laughed, a sound that
reverberated into his skull like a jack hammer. “I hate you, and
respect will never happen between us. So fuck the hell off, you
mother fucking dick shit.”

“
You can’t talk to me that
way. I have your best interest at heart.” She snorted at him, and
he felt his temper get the better of him again. “Damn it all to
hell and back. I demand that you come here at once. I’ve tried to
be nice about it, but you continue to act as if I’ve done more to
you than you deserve. Cut the shit, Judith, and get over here. I
need you to do things for me. And if you need for me to try and
make amends to get this shit settled, then so be it. But you’re
going to fucking owe me.”

“
Amends, huh? Is that why
you sent four of your goons over here to kill me? Oh, and the one
that got away, did he tell you that he hid around the corner like a
scared little shit while his other men were blown away by the
cops?” Jerry was going to have a little talk with Chad when he
returned, but Judith continued before he could comment. “And what
about the man who killed my coworker? Did you know that man had two
children in college? How is that trying to make amends? Fuck your
olive branch, you fucking murderer. I’ve told you this before, I
don’t want a thing to do with you. And if you come near me again, I
will cause you a world of hurt.”

“
I would pay you for your
services if that’s what it’ll take. Wouldn’t you like to quit
working in that sweat house all day and make some real money? And
by real money, I’m talking millions. With a talent like yours, we
could do so much together.” He smiled when she didn’t speak. He had
her now. Money always did the talking with women like her. “I’m
talking tens of millions of dollars. Money like that you can’t make
smashing up a bit of berries.”

“
No.” He wondered if she
was answering his statement about the amount of money she could
make for him and continued. Jerry decided that he should have
started off with talking about funding. Then he wouldn’t have lost
his temper.

“
I’d give you twenty
percent of the money we make off your information. I mean, the
tracks alone would be worth a fortune to us. You go in and have a
little talk with the horses and I’ll lay the bets. Then I’d be
taking you on some little meetings I have. You can tell me if so
and so is planning to run over me or not. I think you just aren’t
seeing your full potential here, Judith. Think of all the
possibilities we could get into, you and I. We’d make a wonderful
team.”

“
Are you that stupid that
you don’t know what the word ‘no’ means? You just don’t get it, do
you? I don’t want anything to do with you or that so-called
business of yours.” She laughed, and he had a memory of her father
laughing the same way and felt a finger of fear run down his spine.
“You are not going to be a part of my life. Not now, not ever. I
don’t need you or your fucking drug money. And keep that man away
from me. If he comes here again, I will blow his fucking brains
out. And while I know you don’t give a fucking shit about his life,
if I have to kill him, I’ll make sure you go down for his murder.”
The sound of the phone being disconnected shocked him. She’d
actually hung up on him.

He was still holding the phone when
Chad walked in. He was holding up a girl who looked like she was
stoned out of her mind. When he shoved her into a chair, Jerry put
the phone down.

“
Meet Jane Holloway. She
got a hold of your stuff and now look at her.” Jerry reached into
his drawer and pulled out his gun. Firing one shot at the girl, he
hit her right between the eyes. She fell into the chair just as the
blood splattered down the wall behind her. When he saw that she was
indeed dead, Jerry aimed the gun at Chad. “What the fuck are you
doing? You can’t…mother fuck, you just fucking killed
her.”

“
Yes, and you’re next.”
The gun went off before Chad could say another word. Jerry knew the
mess was going to be horrendous to clean up, but right then all he
could think about was two less people to fuck up his day. He sat
there staring at them until he had his temper under control. Now he
had to go about the business of making sure that they would never
be found. Mother fuck, could this day get any worse than it was
right at that fucking minute?