Page 5 of Bad Situation

Grant had little faith in others, and he doubted anything would come of it. His attitude wasn't good, and he knew it, but he was especially bad around Jenna. It made him feel bad afterward, but he was pushing her away. He was no good, and she had issues of her own, so they did not belong together. The way Grant looked at things, he was a bastard in more ways than one. That would probably never change, and he felt like she was a good person, too good for him.

Today wasn't going to be a good day. He had bought breakfast from Jenna, and it had been great. She'd even thrown in alittle extra, and he was sure that was because he was about to have to deal with something bad. One of the new girls, Terra, wasn't making the grade. Her partner, Joseph, was complaining constantly. Now, she would be working with Grant, and he would decide if she could improve enough to stay or if she had to go. Jenna was just relieved that she wouldn't be the one to have to fire the girl.

The girl was nice and easy to get along with but if she couldn't do the job she would have to go. No one wanted to fire someone, it was not a pleasant duty. Tera had a lot of good points like she always came early to work unlike Joseph who barely made it. She was also pleasant and easy to deal with, but that didn't help if she couldn't do the job. Today he would see what her problem was and if he could help her at all.

He had just finished his breakfast and was getting ready to load the truck when Tera came in ready to go. She didn't act worried, which was surprising because people usually knew they were on their last leg when it was time to work with him. Maybe she didn't care if she kept the job or not? She grabbed their list and headed out the door to help him load the truck. That was another good point she had. She helped load the truck.

They both worked hard, and he saw that she was very good at loading the truck and that was probably because Joseph came late sometimes, and she had the truck loaded by the time he made it. That made him wonder if he was working with the right partner because the only reason, they were testing Tera was because Joseph complained that she wasn't holding up her end.

“Where do you want to go first?” Grant asked.

“Let's go out far and work our way back.”

That was what he usually did, so he didn't mind that at all. They got to the place, and it looked like a normal house, and they even had a dog. While he didn't feel concerned about the way the house looked, he still worried because they had been attacked alot lately. He left her in the truck and headed to the house. A lady opened the door, and she didn't look like she was under any duress. Grant spoke to her for a minute and then headed back to get Tera. That's when the trouble started.

Two males jumped out of the grass and tried to attack him, but he took them down with no trouble. Now, he was concerned about Tera, but he didn't need to be. When he arrived at the truck, he saw four males restrained in the grass, looking unhappy. Grant was sure she had tasered them. Good for her! He'd heard Jenna was good at that and that she was training all the new recruits. Tera obviously learned her lessons well.

She helped him load up the males and they went through their pockets and pulled out massive amounts of money which he put in a bag and stuck behind the seat. They just went about the job in the normal way, and he was surprised by how fast she got her work done. He double checked it and found that she had done a great job. The girl was almost as good as he was. Joseph would be working with him tomorrow and he probably wouldn't be staying.

As they drove away, Tera called Moe and explained the problem.

“Where are you two headed?” Moe asked.

Tera gave her the address, and Moe told her that someone would be there to pick up the prisoners. It would be a relief to get rid of those guys. They were a problem, and they would be hard to check on while they were doing a job. It was great for them that they arrived about the same time that the warden did.

“Hey, my name is Joe. I'm a warden, and I heard you had something for me?”

“We have six of them in the back and while my partner gets started on the job, I'll help you move them.” Grant offered.

“Help is always appreciated.”

Tera went to the door to check on the job while the two guys began to move the prisoners to the warden's track. They heard a scream, and Tera fell.

“Looks like I may get some more guys," Joe observed.

“I'll go one way. You go the other.”

The males divided up and headed to opposite sides of the house as someone moved Tera inside. “We know you're out there. Come to the door if you don't want her hurt.”

“You think I'm stupid? I already know what you're going to do to her, and it doesn't matter what I do.”

“Fine, you'll get to listen to her suffer," the unidentified male said.

“Okay. Just know the toad princess is on her way and if you hurt her, you won't get changed back.” Grant informed.

“That's just a story.”

“Is it? You'll all be toads forever. You believe in wolves, but you don't believe in witches? You're a funny group of people. I'll call her again and tell her to hurry that you're all excited about joining the others at the pond.”

“Wait a minute. We've not done anything to her yet because she got knocked out, and some of the guys like to hear them yell. Give us a couple minutes to discuss it, and we'll let you know what we want to do.”

“Harry, Harry, Harry!” Grant whispered, and she appeared.

“What's happening now?” Harry demanded.

“They've got Tera, and they're threatening to hurt her.”

“I'll take care of this," Harry offered, walking up the steps.

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