Page 22 of Serving my Dragon
“Did you leave your name and contact info with the police?”
“Yes, and the embassy, too, although that was on a voicemail.”
“Estúpido, giving your location,” he exclaimed.
“At the time, it seemed the smart thing to do.”
“Have you seen any suspicious persons skulking around?”
“No more than usual.” Then again, I didn’t pay much attention to those sauntering the streets.
“You might want to make sure the Americana does not wander around by herself. Harder for someone to nab her if she’s in the company of someone else. For the house, I can get you some cameras.”
“You think it’s necessary?” I grimaced at the thought of losing my privacy.
“They’re for outside. They’ll warn you if anyone gets too close or shows too much interest.”
“What about her friend? How would we go about looking for her?”
“You said they posted a picture of a hotel room and eating at Páprika. That might be enough for me to find where they were staying.”
“Thanks, Tío.”
“Bah. You’re family.”
Yes, but I also paid my debts. “When are you coming to the office for a checkup?”
“My teeth are fine.”
“They’ll be better after a cleaning.”
“Bossy pendejo.” My uncle hung up grumbling, but I knew he’d come because he did pride himself on not only having a full head of hair at almost sixty, but also all his teeth.
I entered the house to find Kayleigh half asleep on the couch, her hand resting on Polly.
“What did your uncle say?” she asked drowsily.
“He’s going to see if he can track down where you and Sally were staying.” I didn’t mention his advice that Kayleigh not go anywhere alone. “Off to bed with you.”
“Mmm. Yes. I’ve got a busy day tomorrow.”
“Oh?” I inquired as I scooped up Polly and held her to my chest.
“Your cousins didn’t want me to be lonely since you’re going back to work, so we’re going shopping.”
Work. Right. I’d forgotten. I didn’t really want to, but my bills wouldn’t care that I wanted to stick close to Kayleigh. With me being gone from the house, her being with my cousins actually would be a good thing. They’d keep her busy and I pitied the moron who tried anything with them around.
“I’ll leave you some money.”
“Oh no, don’t do that. I wasn’t planning to buy anything for myself. More going for the outing and to cuddle the babies, Tito and Jacinta.”
“I insist. You probably still need toiletries and stuff.”
“Maybe I shouldn’t go. I don’t know if we should leave Polly alone.” She reached out to stroke the lizard’s head, and her fingers brushed my chest. The shirt I wore didn’t stop me from feeling it. At least my loose shorts hid my semi-erection.
“Pretty sure sitting and staring at her won’t do much. We’ll leave out some food for her in case she’s hungry and I’ll stop by on my lunch break to check on her.”
“You really want me to go shopping,” she said with a laugh.
