Thanks to the reviewers-
Twin68- Glad you like it and thank you for sharing a detail about your life with me. :)
polly2010- No, she doesn't know about vampires. She believes that the case she had been working on was of a serial killer who had killed her grandmother as well. But she had been taken off the case so she couldn't get more details on him.
MonicaClareS129- Yes, A vampire has taken an interest in her. He's the one who murdered her grandmother and calls her.
Enjoy!
Chapter 4 Anakin was looking around the store for some paint. She wasn't much for decorating and stuff and she had very little idea about what would look good. She was just looking at the catalog when she felt eyes on her. She turned around sharply and found Paul, the guy who had dropped her home staring at her from the entrance of the store.
She frowned. She felt as if she was being watched. She did not like that feeling. Were the Blacks and the tribe feeling threatened by her presence?
But that's impossible. They do not know anything about me except what I told them, she thought. Then why was this guy stalking her because he certainly did not look like he was shopping.
"What are you doing here?" Anakin asked him while crossing her arms.
Paul smirked. She thought he was following her.
"Well, I have to work for the grub." Paul said shrugging.
She frowned. He worked here? That didn't seem to fit his personality.
"You work here?"
"Actually I own the store and a couple of others on the block."
"Oh"
"Yeah"
"Sorry, I was being rude."
"No problem. I think that's part of your personality." He said grinning.
She gave him a dirty look and went back to examining the paint colors.
"Need any help, ma'am?"
"No thank you. I have a feeling your choice is going to be worse than mine."
"Now now, don't go making assumptions. How about this one?" He said pointing to a color.
Anakin rolled her eyes when she saw him pointing to a girly pink color.
"In case you haven't noticed, I'm not particularly girly so pink doesn't work for me."
"Hmm... how about this one then?"
"This seems nice." Anakin picked up the cream colored paint bucket and went for the cash counter. Paul beat her to it and asked the kid behind the counter to move so he could bill her.
She saw the bill and her mouth fell open. He hadn't even charged half the price. Giving a discount was one thing but this was ridiculous.
"You do realize that we get paid just fine?"
"I know but I'm giving you the normal discount plus some for welcoming you back here"
"That's very kind of you but I'd feel better if I paid in full."
Paul grumbled but didn't argue.
Just as she was leaving, Paul took the buckets from her.
"Come on. I'll drop you. These are heavy and you don't have a car. By the way is you want one I can get you a great deal. Jacob has a garage and he restores old cars and sells at a bargain price." Paul offered.
"I'm pretty sure he'd give me a discount too even without your reference but thanks. I'll go check it out."
Paul was happy she didn't fight him on his offer to dropping her home.
"So, would you like a tour of the place?" Paul asked once they had left the store.
Anakin raised her brow. What was it with people offering to show her around?
"Actually, Officer Frank already offered and I accepted."
Paul frowned displeased even though he already knew that.
Anakin watched his expression turn sour and didn't like it.
"Maybe, you'll have lunch with me to allow me to thank you for the discount and lift?" her mouth was ahead of her.
Paul looked surprised for a minute before he beamed at her.
"Sure! I'd love that!"
Anakin frowned. Why did she just do that? She was barely making it on her own. She had frozen food stacked in her fridge but that was it. Would he even like it?
"I hope you don't mind a frozen pizza. I can't cook very well and that's all I have." She said once they had reached the cottage and were getting the paint out.
"Not at all. It's fine. I just hope you have some soda though."
"Even better, I have some cold beer."
"Perfect!"
And they had a nice evening watching an old movie and eating frozen pizza. Anakin turned in for the night when Paul was well after ten. He was tired too. He hadn't slept well the night before and he had patrol in the morning. He wanted to watch over her but a wolf dead on his feet wouldn't be of much use to her. He asked Embry and Brady to check in on her through the night since they were on patrol.
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee "Anakin..." Anakin stirred in her sleep.
"Anakin" She sat up when she thought she heard her name being called by him.
"You won't be lonely for a long time. I have a surprise for you. Someone will be visiting you soon. I hope you'll appreciate my surprise. It'll play an important role in what I have planned for you."
Before she could ask him any questions, the voice faded away and she woke up with a jerk. She was sweating. Was it really just a dream? Or was it some kind of premonition? She knew she heard his voice and that it was indeed his voice. She could never forget it. She had been investigating murder cases that seemed to be similar and after the first two murders, she had started getting these phone calls from this person who claimed to have carried them out. Anakin had tried to trace the numbers but they were always from a public booth or a restaurant and that too far from where the murders were taking place. When she had mentioned this to her reporting officer, he had actually taken her off the case! He thought she was thinking about it too much and was stressed out. He still continued to slaughter people and call her though. Anakin was divided. On one hand she wanted to find this guy but on the other she wanted to forget it all and move on but after her grandmother's murder she had wanted nothing more than to find him. She knew that even though she had moved, he would still somehow find a way to contact her.
Anakin had just heard the same menacing voice that always made her feel uncomfortable. But she wondered what his words meant. What was the surprise?
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE AN: So what did you think? Who do you think is going to visit Anakin? Let me know!
Please follow/favorite or review! Thanks!
