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get an awful nasty surprise. See what I mean?”
    “I see what you mean!” Maria affirmed, as
Elsie demonstrated the working effectiveness of the object in
question.
    “You make sure you tell Mr. Gideon about
that before he takes it off of you! Wouldn’t be wanting him to get
no such surprise when he’s unwrapping your goodies. My land’s child
you sure do blush a lot! How long you say you two been
together?”
    “Two days.”
    The shop owner guffawed into another fit of
laughter, “You got a lot more to experience of Mr. Gideon then just
two days will get ya! You hang on to him for life honey, if you
know what’s good for you!”
    “What did he do for you?”
    “Somebody done stole my son from off school
property and Mr. Gideon was the only one who knew where to look. He
helped give me back my soul, when he saved my son. Then he set me
up with this store so I could support myself. I sell the stuff out
front to the freaky people who want to go whaling away at each
other for no good reason, while I get to practice away with my art
in here and sell it on the side to people recommended by Mr.
Gideon. Sure enough set me up for life he did! That was ten years
ago now. Funny thing about it is Mr. Gideon just ain’t never aged.
I sure has though!”
    “Can I have this too?” Maria asked holding
something up.
    “Honey you can have anything you want free
of charge!”
    “Oh no, Elon gave me a card to pay…….”
    “Mr. Gideon’s woman don’t pay for nothing in
my store, but honey if you get shot, stabbed, partly blowed up you
call me and let me know how my art done worked out for ya!”
    “I’ll do that.” Maria commented in wry
tone.
    “Well das about do it I think! You ready for
war honey child and your gonna look darn sexy doing it too!”

Chapter Five
Gifted Away
    I idly sipped my green tea as I waited for
Maria. She was late. I saw her then and I did a double take, even
as I groaned inwardly.
    This was not what I’d been expecting. Elsie
had gone overboard to say it mildly, but why had Maria gone along
with it? And why did she have to look so darn hot!
    Maria came to a stop before me and she
tipped back her Indiana Jones styled leather fedora to give me an
expressive eyebrow hike up, “What do you think Elon?”
    My eyes drifted away from her face and I was
grateful for the table covering my lap. What did I think?
    I think I wanted her to go find some other
clothes is what I thought!
    But what I said was, “I think that if you
strapped a sawed off shotgun to your hip and you had a crossbow
cradled in your arms you’d be the 18th century Hollywood style
version of what a vampire slayer should look like.”
    Completely dead faced serious she responded
with, “I never much cared for crossbows, but the shotgun and I go
way back.” She said, as she patted the leather pack she had slung
on with one hand suggestively.
    She couldn’t be serious!
    Feeling my temper begin to rise I said, “The
vampire slayer comment wasn’t a compliment! Don’t you think you
look somewhat conspicuous in that getup?”
    Her eyebrows rose as she took me in with a
single glance, “Couldn’t you say the same for yourself Elon?”
    Was she inferring that I looked like a
vampire slayer from the 18th century?
    I glanced down at myself.
    Sure I wore a good bit of leather and I had
a hat and I dressed somewhat more old fashionably…… Oh darn! I did
look like a vampire slayer.
    I sighed and glanced up to see her smiling
playfully at me. Oh God what are you trying to do to me with this
woman!
    “I guess you’ve made your point.” I said
grumpily.
    She smiled triumphantly in response and
sourly I got up and turned away to head down the street and away
from her.
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    Maria followed after Elon. She was certainly
having an effect on him and in some ways that was her purpose if
not her job description, if it could be called that. She didn’t
like the thought of this being a job. It was going to