Chapter 20 – God, We Are So Married

3:20 pm - A House in the Suburbs

- Cleansing ritual? Am I hallucinating?

- No. The clients claim that their house is haunted, because they hear noises at night.

- And you think a cleansing ritual would help with that?

- No. But Kenzi does, and so do they.

- Humans are so adorable.

- Anyway, I think there's something more to it maybe.

- Well, I got to go. Can't wait to kick your cute little ass tonight.

Bo smiled when she saw the last text from Tamsin. Then she realized that Kenzi was staring at her, with a what-the-fuck-are-you-doing-dude look on her face. The Russian girl was chanting in Russian, and facing Bo, with her hands waving in the air, as if she was spraying some invisible herbs into the air. She approached Bo, and turned away from the door so the clients outside the room wouldn't hear them. " Dude, who are you texting?" Kenzi whispered to her while she pretended to be performing the ritual.

" Oh, no one..." Bo cleared her throat and said, " Kenzi, really, I think they are gonna find out that we don't know shit about performing a cleansing ritual. We don't know even know what is going on here yet. They could be in danger..."

" Chill, woman. Do you not remember how many times we have performed this stupid ritual and the satisfaction rate is close to 100%? These people are just scared of moving to a new place, and they need some reassurance. It's probably just wind, or a racoon, or they are dreaming." Kenzi whispered to Bo as she lit a scented candle.

Bo sighed. She looked at their clients, a young couple, who were standing outside the room. She smiled at them with her thumb up, and they looked relieved, as if they really believed that the cleansing ritual would do the trick.

Kenzi turned around a few times, then she faced Bo again. " Gee." she whispered, " Look at this place. I think what they really need is to clean the house, not the ghost."

" I totally agree." Bo said, staring at the messy room.

4:00 pm - A House in the Suburbs

" Thanks for the tea, and the cookies, really, we should probably get going..." Bo said to the couple as she stared at Kenzi, who seemed to be enjoying the hospitality too much.

" These cookies are amazing. A-mazing!" Kenzi exclaimed. The wife smiled at her. Then she said, " So the evil spirit is completely gone, right?"

" Yeah, yeah." Kenzi nodded with a mouthful of food, " Totally. Trust me."

" That's great." The woman smiled with relief.

" Just in case, please call us if anything weird happens again." Bo said, " Some evil spirits...can be persistent."

" Of course. You guys are such a great help."

4:20 pm - In the Car

" So, who were you texting? And please, don't say no one." Kenzi asked Bo as they both got into the car. She had her arms crossed in front of her chest and her eyes staring straight at Bo's.

Bo started the car and backed it out from the drive way. She bought herself a few seconds before she answer Kenzi's question. She knew if she kept telling her she was not texting anyone, the Russian girl would figure something was up, so she said, " Just someone I hooked up with the other night, ok?"

" Oh..." Kenzi slapped Bo's shoulder with a huge smile on her face. " Is it the same person that was with you the other morning?"

Shit! How can she still remember that! Bo cursed in her heart. " No, of course not. You know me. One person, one night. Well...sometimes two."

" Yeah, I know. But if you keep this speed of hooking up with random people, you'll soon be running out of strangers and you'll have to do them all over again..." Kenzi murmured.

" I still don't think it's just them hallucinating." Bo had to change the subject, " I mean, normally when someone comes to us about a haunted house, it's just noises at night, or blinking lights or something. But this couple, they said that they found a few broken plates in the morning. It's kinda weird..."

" Probably they just placed them too close to the edge of the counter or something." Kenzi said, " Not that I am complaining, that chick could really use some organization in her house. I mean, yeah, she makes great cookies, but certainly not her beds, nor other shit."

10:30 pm - Tamsin's Apartment

" So, how did your little ritual go?" Tamsin asked Bo as she opened the door for her.

" Well, they bought it." Bo said.

Tamsin didn't say anything. She pinned Bo to the door after she closed it. Her lips fell on Bo's immediately. They shared a passionate kiss, with a lot of tongues and teeth.

" So, what do you want to do tonight? Handcuffs? Or blindfolding?" Tamsin whispered as she pulled back a little. Her hands were still pressing on Bo's wrists, pinning her to the door.

" How about wrestling?" Bo said as she licked her lips. She could taste the blonde on them, sweet, warm, intoxicating.

" Close combat training it is then..." Tamsin said, with an evil smile on her face.

1:15 am - Tamsin's Apartment

Tamsin woke up in the middle of the night. The clock on the nightstand read 1:15am. She moaned and flipped over on the bed, trying to pull the succubus closer, but she reached her hand out and touched nothing.

Did she leave when I was sleeping? Tamsin frowned as she asked herself. She sat up, and saw Bo was putting on her pants beside the bed. The brunette turned to face her when she realized that the blonde was awake.

" Got a second lover waiting?" Tamsin smirked at her.

Bo smiled, kissing her on her forehead." I was just gonna wake you up. Kenzi called. She said that something happened to the cleansing ritual clients. I have to go."

" Oh, well. Have fun." Tamsin said as she rested her chin on her hand. She had absolutely no intention to hide her passionate gaze from Bo, who was putting on her bra and having trouble hooking it together. Bo had noticed Tamsin's stare and she stared back at her.

Tamsin sighed. She spun her index finger, asking Bo to turn around. She helped her to put it on and said, " I can't believe you can unhook any bra with only two fingers but you can't put it on with both of your hands."

" That's because you are staring at me!" Bo said, putting her tank top on.

" Well, that's because you are worth staring at..." Tamsin said as she sat on the edge of the bed, pulling Bo closer.

" I really need to go..." Bo said, pressing her lips on Tamsin's.

" Ok..." Tamsin said, tucking her hand into Bo's jeans.

" Hey..." Was the only thing Bo could say before she bit her bottom lip and moaned. She was waiting for the blonde to thrust into her hard, but the blonde chuckled and pulled her hand out.

" Alright, you can go now." Tamsin said with an evil smile on her face.

" Wow, you didn't just do that!" Bo said, her eyes opening wide.

" You said you really need to go. Now go." Tamsin grinned, staring at Bo.

" I-" Bo couldn't finish what she was trying to say, because her ringing phone interrupted her. " Shit! I really need to go." She said as she read the text from Kenzi.

The blonde didn't say anything, but, looking at Bo and smiling. Bo cursed and left.

2:05 am - The Clients' House

" What happened?" Bo asked Kenzi as she ran out from her car. The Russian girl was standing in the driveway outside the house. There was an ambulance, a few paramedics, curious neighbors, and a crying wife with her unconscious husband.

" No idea..." Kenzi whispered to Bo, " She found him like this on the kitchen floor. They said he might have had a heart attack or something."

" At this young age?" Bo was a little bit surprised, " Maybe it's related to the haunted house. Maybe he saw the ghost and had got a heart attack."

Kenzi sighed. " So what do you say, bestie? We stay here tonight and see if anything weird happens?"

" Of course." Bo said, " Just let me calm down the wife first."

" Whateves. Keep her pants on, ok?"

Bo rolled her eyes at the petite girl, shaking her head before she approached the wife.

2:20 am - The Clients' House

" I'll stay downstairs to monitor the house, since the clients said all the weird noises were coming from downstairs." Bo told Kenzi, " You can go get some sleep upstairs."

" No way, Bo-Bo. I'm staying with you." Kenzi sat down on the couch beside Bo, resting her head on Bo's shoulder. Bo smiled, hugging her by her shoulder.

Both of them were tired. They soon fell asleep on the couch together.

2:50 am - The Clients' House

Bo thought she heard a noise, and she saw some vague lights. For a second or two she thought she was dreaming, but suddenly all things happened earlier in the day occurred to her. She realized that she was in a haunted house with Kenzi, and they were trying to figure out if the house was really haunted.

Thinking about that, Bo jerked herself up from the couch. She saw a dim light in the kitchen. Then she realized that it was just Kenzi getting up for something to drink. Bo rubbed her sore eyes, preparing to lie down on the couch again, but before she could, she heard something coming from the kitchen.

At first she couldn't tell what it was. She was just startled, and so was Kenzi. The Russian girl was standing in the kitchen with her eyes wide open, holding a water bottle in her hand in front of the fridge. But after a few seconds, Bo suddenly knew what it was.

It was some banging noise coming from inside the cabinets in the kitchen, like whatever inside was trying to break out. At first it was just a few clicking sounds here and there, but a few seconds later, it got louder and louder.

" Kenzi!" Bo yelled at the petite girl. She jumped off the couch, trying to grab Kenzi and drag her back, but before she could, she saw the cabinets doors burst open, and things inside flew out into the air.

" Holy mother of -" Kenzi exclaimed. Then a flying pot hit her right on her forehead head, before Bo could reach her.

" Shit!" Bo cursed. She ran to Kenzi, who was knocked out on the floor unconscious. Bo crouched on the floor, dodging the flying kitchenware while she checked Kenzi's pulse. Kenzi still had a pulse, but weak. Bo didn't know if it was because she got knocked out, or because something else was going on, but she couldn't take any chances. She dragged Kenzi outside and gave her some Chi to wake her up.

Kenzi coughed. " What did you do to me?" She asked weakly, frowning at Bo, as if she just got molested.

" Oh relax, I gave you some of my Chi, but I swear no mouth on mouth."

" Good to hear." Kenzi pulled herself back a little bit, " So what happened?"

" I have no idea, but I think this house might actually be haunted."

3:20 am - The Clients' House

Bo and Kenzi sat outside the house on the curb. Kenzi was a little bit scared, and cold. Bo took off her jacket and gave it to her, hugging her in her arms.

A few minutes later, a car stopped right in front of them. Dyson jumped out, and said to Bo, " I got here as soon as I could. What happened?"

" We're not sure yet, but Kenzi probably needs to see a doctor." Bo said.

" Let me get you home then." Dyson said.

" No, I need to investigate this." Bo said, " I'll stay."

" It's not a good idea to stay here alone..." Dyson said. He paused for a while, then said, " How about... I mean if you are ok with this...how about I call Tamsin to come over?"

" I really don't need a babysitter, Dyson." Bo said. She knew she had to act like she was resenting the idea of having Tamsin around her.

" You don't, but you can't stay here alone." Dyson said. He took out his phone and called Tamsin.

A while later, Tamsin pulled her truck over on the side of the road.

" So, heard you need a succubus-sitter." Tamsin said to Dyson as she closed the driver side door of her truck.

" I owe you one, partner." Dyson said as he escorted Kenzi to his car, " I need to take Kenzi to the hospital for an exam."

" Yeah, what can I say? I really don't have anything better to do at three in the morning." Tamsin smirked at him.

" You two play nice, ok?" Dyson said to Bo and Tamsin.

" Don't worry, I'll try to keep her in one piece." Tamsin told him.

Dyson drove away. The Valkyrie turned around and looked at Bo, with a smile on her face, " Just as I thought. You couldn't do one night without me, succulet."

3:50 am - The Clients' House

Tamsin went into the house with Bo. They carefully checked the kitchen from a distance. Other than all the broken plates on the floor, and the pots and pans scattered everywhere, nothing was going on right now.

" Gee, look at this place. They could really use some cleaning." Tamsin said as she glanced through the messy rooms in the house. Then she noticed that Bo was pretty quiet. She turned around, and saw the brunette behind her, with a pale face.

" Your pet will be fine. Dyson is with her." Tamsin said.

" I know..." Bo murmured, " It's just...I'm hungry..."

" So that's what the pouty face and the puppy eyes are about?" Tamsin said, chuckling. She pulled Bo towards her, with her thumb running on Bo's lips, " I thought you were fully fed several hours ago."

" Yeah, I had to give some Chi to Kenzi after she passed out." Bo said. She bit Tamsin's thumb lightly, with her eyes looking at the blonde.

" Then why don't I take care of that first..." Tamsin said, pressing her lips on Bo's.

Bo wasted no time pushing Tamsin on the couch. She was really hungry, and the blonde teased her before she left her place had made it much worse. She unbuttoned Tamsin's pants and tucked her fingers in, without taking any of her clothes off.

Tamsin pulled her close, kissing her again. She felt her Chi flow out from her, while her body was climbing fast with the movement from Bo's fingers. It was always extreme ecstasy when feeding and orgasms happened simultaneously. Tamsin screamed out loud with her head throwing back to the couch. All she could feel was the rubbing on her sweet spot, and the pure pleasure running through her veins, until she fell from her peak, with Bo crashing on top of her.

" Head rush, head rush..." Bo said as she panted on top of Tamsin.

" Yeah here's the story about this succulet who once took too much Chi too fast..." Tamsin chuckled, holding her by her waist. She let Bo rest on top of her. The brunette buried herself into her like a cat.

6:30 am - The Clients' House

" So we've been up all night, and nothing's happened?" Tamsin asked Bo, who was still lying on top of her on the couch, when the rising sun shining through the windows.

" Maybe the ghost is scared of you..." Bo said. She just didn't want to get up. With the embrace and the warmth she had from the blonde, she thought she could stay like this forever.

The Valkyrie huffed out a light laugh. " Or, maybe it's not a ghost at all."

" What do you mean?"

" You do know that I can sense the death when I'm around it, and I sensed nothing here, except the trash can which should have been cleaned out maybe the day before yesterday..."

" So you don't think this house is haunted..."

" I didn't say that. You did see flying kitchenware and cabinets opening by themselves, didn't you? Something is definitely up here, but I don't think it's a ghost." Tamsin said to Bo as she caressed her face with her hand gently.

" Then what is it?"

" I don't know, but I'll help you figure it out."

" You mean you are gonna stay here with me tonight as well?" Bo said, smiling.

" Well, your human pet is in hospital, isn't she?"

" Oh my God, Kenzi!" Bo exclaimed when Tamsin mentioned Kenzi, " I should call in and check up on her."

Tamsin watched Bo calling Kenzi. She caressed the back of Bo's waist with her index finger, and watched the succubus quiver under her touch. She chuckled, using her other hand to caress Bo's neck line. She enjoyed the view where Bo had to bite her lips to stop from moaning while she was on the phone.

Bo stared at the blonde. It occurred to her that the Valkyrie liked to tease her more and more, and the best thing was that she actually enjoyed the blonde's teasing.

" So?" Tamsin asked Bo with her eyebrows raised, after Bo hung up.

" She's fine. She just needs some rest." Bo said.

" Ok, then. I'm going to work." Tamsin said as she sat up.

" You are leaving me like this...again?" Bo shot a stare at Tamsin. She knew that the Valkyrie was fully aware that she was turned on.

" Unlike you, I have an actual job to do, sweetheart." Tamsin said, " Now I have to go."

7:30 pm - The Dal

" I heard Kenzi was attacked. Is she ok?" Trick as Bo when he saw her sit down at the bar. He gave her a shot glass and a bottle of alcohol.

" Yeah, she's fine. Well, other than the bump on her head, she's fine." Bo smiled at Trick, reassuring him by gently stroking his hand, " I'll go back there and investigate more I guess."

" By yourself?"

" No...emm...Tamsin will go with me, since Dyson is gonna look after Kenzi."

Bo said, after hesitating for a while she decided that she should at least admit she would be with Tamsin on the case.

" Tamsin? You two seem to have grown really close lately..."

" What? No! We're not, trust me, we are not close." Bo almost choked in her drink. She quickly replied to Trick. Then she realized that she might have replied too fast, so she added, " I mean, we passed the stage where we wanted to rip the heads off each other." And entered the stage where we want to rip the clothes off each other. Bo said to herself.

" Didn't you two help Shingo on a couple of cases together?"

" Yeah, but that was because Shingo said I needed a female Fae to help me on that." Bo said, trying not to avoid eye contact with Trick because she knew if she did, Trick would feel something was wrong.

" Good to know you two are friends now." Trick said.

" Oh...we are barely friends..." Bo said. 'Cause we are way beyond it now...

" Honestly, I don't care, but at least she gave up on putting you in jail, right?" Trick asked.

" Well that page was certainly turned a long time ago." Bo said.

" How did you make her do that?"

" Hey, your lovely granddaughter is a succubus, she knows her way around people." Bo said. Then she realized that what she said was all kinds of wrong. " I mean, in general, not sexually..." She added.

" Wasn't referring to that either..." Trick said. He could sense that Bo was a little bit off when they talked about Tamsin, but he couldn't figure out why. Then he saw the Valkyrie walk in. She stood at the doorway with both of her hands tucked in her jacket pockets. She slightly nodded her head at Bo, telling Bo to come to her.

" Ok, I need to go, got a haunted house on my ass." Bo said as she downed her last drink. She stood up and walked to the blonde, reminding herself not to walk too fast.

Trick frowned. Then suddenly something occurred to him. At first he was surprised, almost shocked about the finding, but a few seconds later, he smiled with a relief. How could I have not noticed how her eyes light up when she sees Tamsin? Trick asked himself. He couldn't stop smiling.

8:20 pm - Tamsin's Truck

" So, how are we gonna figure out what is going on in that house?" Bo asked Tamsin as she buckled the safety belt on the passenger side.

Tamsin rolled her eyes. " You do know that I'm a detective, right?"

" I'm fully aware, detective."

" And what do detectives do?"

" They flash their badges and shoot people?"

" No!" Tamsin growled in frustration, " We investigate! We find clues, connect the dots, put things together and work out an explanation!"

" Alright then, let's go detective."

9:05 pm – The Clients' House

" How's your heart attack client?" Tamsin asked Bo while she was parking her truck outside the house.

" Still in hospital but stable now. His wife is with him I think. He couldn't remember anything though."

" Shame." Tamsin opened the door, looking around, " Seriously, this place needs some major cleaning..."

" I know, when was the last time they mowed their back yard, or cleaned their kitchen counter tops?" Bo said, pointing at the knee high weeds in the back yard behind the back door. She paused for a while, then said, " And look at those muddy footprints on the back side porch. I bet they are waiting for a shower to wash them off."

" You always have weird clients."

" Well, normal people go to the police, only weirdos come to me."

Tamsin chuckled, caressing Bo's face. " Detectives too, sweetheart." She said.

9:20 pm – In the Kitchen

" Are you really dusting for prints?" Bo asked Tamsin, watching her dusting for fingerprints on the cabinet door knobs.

" Better safe than sorry. Could be an invisible Fae, you know."

" Yeah, that would be super creepy, considering what we did last night..." Bo said.

" Relax, I think I can sense someone's presence, even if I can't see him, ok?" Tamsin said in a mocking tone.

" Well, are you sure? Because from what I've remembered, you were pretty carried away when you..." Bo said, pulling the blonde closer to her.

" I'm processing a crime scene. Succubus moves later, ok?" Tamsin held the dust brush up in her hand, so she wouldn't drop the dust on Bo's clothes. She gave Bo a light kiss and freed herself from Bo's arms. Bo laughed, going upstairs to look for clues.

11:30 pm – In the Living Room

After two hours of searching thoroughly inside the house, Bo and Tamsin came to a conclusion that there was nothing to be found. Not that they couldn't find anything, but the house was too messy to look for anything in particular.

" I sent the prints to the tech team. I doubt we'll get any results back before tomorrow."

" I guess we'll just wait and see if anything happens tonight?"

" See, this is exactly what I was talking about. I get stuck with you, and I get stuck in some weird place with some weird shit all the fucking time!" Tamsin said, rolling her eyes at Bo. She sat down on the couch and turned on the TV.

" Wow, sitting on the couch watching TV. God, we are so married." Bo murmured as she sat down on the couch beside the Valkyrie.

" In that case, why don't you go bring me a beer and go do the laundry?" Tamsin smirked, looking at Bo, trying hard not to laugh out loud.

" Who says I'm gonna be the one who does the laundry?" Bo stared back, inching forward to the Valkyrie. She pressed her lips on Tamsin's. They shared a sweet kiss, with the TV program babbling about the weather, "... are thrilled to welcome the first rain in two weeks..."

Bo grabbed the remote control from Tamsin's hand and turned off the TV. Before she could deepen the kiss, Tamsin frowned and pushed her back a little. Bo stared at her, confused.

" When was the last time it rained?" Tamsin asked.

" Emmm... I don't know, I thought the TV said something like two weeks before." Bo said, " Why?"

" If we haven't had any rain for two weeks, where did those muddy footprints on the back porch come from?"

" Could be more than two weeks old, you know."

" No. I checked those when you were searching in the bedrooms upstairs. They were only half dried, definitely not two weeks old."

" Then that's weird." Bo said, frowning, " There is no pond or other water source in their back yard..."

Tamsin frowned too, biting her bottom lip. " How tall are your clients?" She asked.

" The wife is probably about 5'10, the husband over 6', I think, why?"

" Then the footprints belong to neither. They are too small to be theirs."

" You think whoever left the prints caused the haunting stuff?"

" Haunted messy house, wet, muddy footprints...I think I need to call Trick to get a second opinion on this." Tamsin took out her phone.

" Why?"

" I think it might be a Kikimora, but I've never really seen one. I thought it was just legend."

" Ok, what the hell is a Kikimora?"

" Mischievous house spirit. If you keep the house clean they'll do housework and look after the animals for you, but if you don't, they'll break things and make noises at night. The ones that live in the swamps will leave wet footprints in the houses. Totall fits our profile." Tamsin dialed Trick's number and put him on speaker. She described everything to Trick, then she said, " There's just only one thing. I never thought Kikimoras were real."

" They are, but unlike other Faes, they have to be invited to appear in a human's house."

" Invited how?" Tamsin asked.

" By placing a doll under the main beam or under the front corner of the house." Trick said.

" Well, unless we tear this house apart, we would never find it." Bo said, " Are they dangerous?"

" No, generally not. They don't really kill people, but..."

" But what? By any chance they cause heart attacks?"

" No, but their presence can be...too strong for humans, causing a variety of problems, sometimes they can be fatal."

" So the husband had a heart attack from this...Kikimora?"

" Probably he saw her at night, and it was too strong for him to handle." Trick said," Luckily for you two, you are both Faes, you should be fine."

" How exactly is this too strong to handle thing?"

" When Kikimoras get angry, they release a great amount of energy, which can...knock you out. Humans are extremely vulnerable to this, Faes are much better at withstanding it, but still, you don't want piss off a Kikimora. She can easily take both of you down with a blink of her eye."

" Great, so how are we gonna get rid of her?"

" You can't. Once she's introduced to a house, you can't get rid of her."

" Well, there must be something we can do to..." Bo said.

" To please her?"

" Not the word of my choice, but yeah, how can we make sure she doesn't haunt the hosue anymore?"

" That's very easy. Clean up the place, and wash all the pots and pans in fern tea." Trick said.

" God you are not serious!" Bo exclaimed.

" Indeed he is." An unfamiliar voice came from behind the couch. Both Bo and Tamsin immediately pulled out their weapons and jerked up from the couch, preparing to fight.

" Who...who the fuck are you?!" Bo asked. She stared at the old lady, who was standing in front of them. She was skinny, with a long, pointy nose. It almost looked like a bird's beak. She was wearing a kerchief over her hair, and a matching dress with apron on the outside. Her clothing was old, but very clean and well-maintained. Every bit of her was clean, except her feet. They were wet and muddy, as if she just stepped out from a pond.

" I am the Kikimora." The old lady said, staring at Bo and Tamsin with her small yet sparkling eyes. She looked like a grandmother who had just caught her grandkids misbehaving.

" Oops, I guess I'll take that F word back then..." Bo said. She wasn't sure if she should kick her ass, or just let it go. The old lady was a little bit intimidating, but she didn't look dangerous. After hesitating for a while, Bo finally sheathed her weapon. " What do you want?" She asked.

" What do I want? I want this house to be cleaned!" The old lady waved her hands in the air furiously.

" Yeah, I understand, but...we are not the tenants here, Ma'am." Tamsin said. She still had her blade in her hand.

The Kikimora looked at them. A light laugh huffed out from her throat. " I don't care." She said, " I need this house cleaned up, and I need it now!"

" I would listen to her if I were you." Trick said on the other side of the phone.

The old lady looked at Bo's phone. Then her eyes moved back to Bo and Tamsin again. " He seems like a wise man. Now, kitchen, go!"

" We don't exactly have fern tea, so why don't you let us go out to get some first..." Bo said as she slowly moved towards the door.

" Nice try." The old lady stared at her coldly, tucking one of her hands in her apron pocket. She threw a bag of fern tea leaves to Bo and said, " Kitchen, now."

1:45 am – In the Kitchen

" Why! Why! Why on God's name am I washing someone else's dishes!" Bo exclaimed as she dipped the dishes into the soapy water in the sink.

" I told you nothing good happens whenever I'm with you!" Tamsin said as she scrubbed the pots one by one, " This is a fucking nightmare!"

" Less talking, more working!" The Kikimora slammed her hand on the countertop and yelled at both of them.

" Do we really need to do this by hand?" Bo turned around and stared at the old lady, who was sitting right behind them. She was watching them the whole time. " Seriously, they have a brand new dish washer! Right here!" Bo said as she kicked the door of the dishwasher.

The old lady sneered. " Witchcraft invented by humans. Over my dead body."

" Look, we really appreciate this...house keeping excercise...but aren't you supposed to go after the real owners of this house. Oh who by the way, had a heart attack." Tamsin said as she rinsed the pots under the water.

" He saw me spin. It's too much for a human to handle."

" Spin?" Bo asked. She almost dropped a plate from her hand.

" Yes, spin! You have a problem with that, young lady?" The old lady shot a stare at her, " When the house is messy, I get angry. When I get angry, I spin to pacify my anger."

" Good to know." Tamsin said, rolling her eyes behind the lady's back.

" Ok, all done!" Bo said, showing the Kikimora all the clean dishes and pots on the kitchen counter. " I'm so glad that she broke most of them last night..." Bo whispered to Tamsin when the old lady was looking at the dishes closely, trying to figure out if they really washed them clean.

A while later, the lady straightened herself and said, " Alright, you." She pointed at Bo, " Go clean the living room. And you-" She pointed at Tamsin, " Go clean upstairs."

" When this is done, I am so gonna kill you." Tamsin said to Bo, gnashing her teeth.

" Oh you don't need to, with this much crap in this place, I think I'm gonna die before I finish it." Bo said.

8:00 am – In the House

Bo and Tamsin had finally finished cleaning the house. They were both lying on the couch, exhausted. The Kikimora checked everywhere. " Barely satisfactory." She said to them, " I'll be back later."

" And we'll be long gone by then. You'll never see us, ever again." Bo said.

10:00 am – Tamsin's Apartment

" If I wasn't this tired, you would be so dead right now." Tamsin said to Bo as she opened the door to her apartment.

" I think I need a shower, then I'm gonna sleep for a whole day..." Bo said. She was not sure if she could make it to the bathroom.

" How about...a shower then a bath..." Tamsin said, unzipping Bo's jacket.

" I thought you were worn out..."

" By fucking cleaning, yes, but not by you..." Tamsin said, pulling Bo's jacket off.

" Oh, well in that case, I'd love to take a bath..." Bo said as she unbuttoned Tamsin's jeans. She was pulling her jeans off when Tamsin's phone beeped. The Valkyrie read the text and said, " Just as I thought, it was the renovation contractor who put the doll in the house, because he thinks that he was underpaid on the job."

" Well, thanks to you, another case solved." Bo said, grabbing the phone from Tamsin's hand and putting it away.

" Thanks to you, I did the fucking laundry, and it wasn't even for myself!" Tamsin said.

Bo chuckled. " Hmmm...I guess I really need to make it up to you then..."

" Yeah you do..." Tamsin murmured, taking off Bo's tank top and throwing it away.