“What was he looking for?” Detective Santiago asked, writing down something on a small pad of paper.
“He was looking for drugs,” she explained not exactly lying. “I tried to tell him we didn’t carry large quantities of drugs, but he wouldn’t listen. He continued to demand where they were,” Lily continued and he nodded as he wrote on the pad once more.
“What did he do then Ms. Nawassa?” Detective Bryant asked and Lily noticed a harsh edge to her voice.
“He threatened to harm my co-workers, so I opened the storage to show him. When he was unhappy with what he saw he hit me. I fell unconscious. The end,” she finished. Lily crossed her arms over her chest, letting bitterness slip into her voice this time.
“Anything more you can tell us?” Detective Santiago asked.
She shook her head. “No, but I would like to ask if he put any of our criminal cases in jeopardy?” It was the one thing she worried about. The lab was in charge of almost a thousand cases. If that stupid werewolf destroyed any more machines the evidence could become inadmissible.
Detective Santiago looked at her with sympathy, and she got a bad feeling. “He must’ve gotten pissed at not finding what he was looking for. The thief destroyed all the computers and equipment. He even went so far as to throw all the evidence around the lab. Any evidence that was there has become contaminated and no longer usable in court.”
Horror filled her and she let out a growling fit for an Alpha. Lily threw herself back on the bed, sending a shooting pain through her temple. That ass! That stupid mangy mutt! I will kill him; she vowed.
“I’m sorry. I’ll leave my card here if you remember anything or have something you’d like to add,” he told her then left. Lily grabbed her pillow and smothered it over her face, letting out a long scream of frustration. Not only did the big bad druggies get to walk, but she was also now out of a job.
That lab was built over the years. With this break in she doubted the founder would be able to replace all the equipment. Then there was the fact this would make them lose all their accreditation. “Damn werewolves,” she cursed in a quiet whisper. Except for her family, she was starting to hate them all.
A couple hours later Lily stuffed the business card of Doctor Ryland in her jeans pocket. She was so going to throw it away when she got home. Somewhere amongst the playful flirting, the doctor got the wrong idea. He went from the playful flirting to innuendos, many of them crude and insulting.
If that douche thought she was going to call him he was in for one sore disappointment! Lily shoved all thoughts of the doctor from her mind, preferring to enjoy the rather warm December afternoon. Lily stuck her hands in her thumbs in her jeans pocket as she walked the three blocks from the hospital to the lab.
What little good mood, she had dissipated when she Tony leaning against her car. “What are you doing here Tony? I thought I told the grand and powerful alpha I can make it home on my own,” she said, letting her irritation show.
“Aw, not happy to see me?” he teased with a pout.
Lily narrowed her eyes at him. “Not if it means what I think it means,” she replied.
Tony looked at her with a sly expression. “Yeah, Dad sent me here to keep watch over you for a few days. You know, make sure the werewolf doesn’t want to finish what he started. Also, he wants the pills you have left.”
Lily stood there and grit her teeth together. “Tony there is no way I am going to let you follow me around!”
“Yes you are. Its alpha’s orders and you should feel lucky he put out the future alpha at your disposal,” Tony told her. He gave her his charming smile that did nothing to sway her opinion.
“Oh, I am going to dispose of you alright! Just not like you both planned,” she snapped.
Tony began to laugh then grinned at her again. “Be nice Lilliput or I promise I can make this really un-fun for you,” he teased. The nickname he gave her when he had read Gulliver’s Travels in school. She, of course, absolutely hated it.
Lily started to pace back and forth. She rubbed her left temple since it was the only w that wasn’t bruised. Wishing away her headache, Lily she smiled as she realized the loophole that would get her out of this mess. She’d hit Tony with his greatest weakness. “Great Rex! I’ll let Liz know you will be spending the night with me.” She couldn’t resist a smile as the alpha’s son paled.
“Hey Liz, I hope you don’t mind, but Tony and I are going to be spending the next couple of nights together. Oh and I only have one bed so we will be sharing!” Lily said fluttering her eyelashes and holding her hand up in the mimic of a telephone.
“You wouldn’t,” he growled at her, looking panicked and desperate at the same time.
She gave him a sly grin and watched him tense with nervous anger. “No, I wouldn’t,” she admitted after a few moments of letting him sweat it out. “I value my life too much for that. Even if you told her the fluffy bunny version Liz would still want to paint my house with my blood, Tony. Don’t say you won’t tell her because then she will undoubtedly kill us both when she finds out! You and I both know how territorial she is.
But all this is beside the point because I do not need you to babysit me!” She told him and he started to open his mouth to comment. “I know “Alpha’s orders.” I will just have to take it up with him obviously,” she said, pushing him off the car door so she could get in.
He hopped in the passenger side. “Geez Lilliput you can be so rude, you know that?” Tony told her as he buckled his seat belt.
“Geez Rex, you can be such a pain in the ass, you know that?” She shot back with a smirk as she started her car and drove to their father’s house.