Chapter Four

I woke up early the next morning to the smell of something amazing cooking. I pulled a sweatshirt on and I walked out of my room and went towards the kitchen. I heard sizzling sound along with some humming coming from the stove.

"Good morning, sunshine, I thought you would have been asleep for another half hour or so." Harvey said as he shoveled some eggs and bacon on my plate.

"Sorry, I smelled something delicious and it's been a while since I had your cooking." I said taking a bite.

"Are you still going to the bank?" Harvey asked grabbing his own plate of food and started eating.

"I am; I figure I'll go shopping so I can pick up more professional clothes." I said putting my fork down. "I also want to see what Destin and Alieze are doing and maybe hang out with them."

"Okay, I have a case in an hour so I'm going to be off now. I love you, call if you need anything." He said standing up and kissing my head.

"Yeah you know showing the love by making me do the dishes. Thanks uncle Harvey." I smirked. "But, I love you too, and kick some ass today."

"Brat, just load the dishwasher, and I still have no idea where you got that language from." He laughed.

"Uh huh, have a great day uncle." I said as he walked out of the room.

I loaded the dishwasher and went up to my room to get changed. I pulled out a pair of faded jeans and a green long sleeved shirt that had my sorority letters on the front. I took my clothes and went to my bathroom to get showered and changed.

I walked out into my bedroom and turned my phone on. There were a few text messages from my childhood friends Alieze and Destin asking if I was back yet and if I wanted to hang out if I was. I sent off a quick reply to meet me at the mall at noon so we could get lunch and go shopping.

I dreaded the other text messages however. I opened up the first.

"Will you please talk to me! I made a mistake, I swear it was only a one-time thing! I love you so much Misha and this just proves that I was an idiot that didn't know what he could lose. I miss your voice and seeing your messages come on my phone." I could practically hear the desperation in his words. I ignored the other messages.

I quickly put on my shoes and grabbed my purse. I walked out in the foyer and entered the elevator when it got to the floor. I rode the elevator down and requested to have my car brought around to the front of the building. My phone buzzed in my pocket while I was waiting.

"Hey, if you give me a half hour we can hang out sooner." I smiled as I read the message from Destin. He was such a sweet guy; too bad he swings for the other team or I would have made a claim on him a very long time ago.

"Sure, I'm waiting for my car, I'll pick you up." I sent back just before I saw my car being pulled around.

I thanked the valet and gave him a tip and hopped in my car. I put the hood down and turned on my radio driving towards where Destin and his boyfriend, Quin, lived. I sang along to the song that came on the radio and was glad to see that there was hardly any traffic out.

After driving about fifteen minutes, I pulled up to a nice looking apartment building and parked out front. I put the hood back up and got out of my car. I went up to the door and rang the doorbell that had their names on the label.

"Hey, Mi, Destin just got out of the shower and is getting dressed. Come on up." Quin said through the speaker. I heard the door unlock and I walked to the door and knocked, it didn't take long until I was scooped and pulled in.

"I missed you too Quin," I gasped out. "Can't breathe though!"

"Ugh, what can you expect? You left us for how many years and you expect me to not squeeze the life out of you?" Quin sighed but eased his hold on me. "How have you been buttercup?"

"Good, besides for the cheater of an ex I have messaging me. He is truly driving me insane!" I exclaimed.

"Oh, honey, he's just realizing that he is such an idiot for letting you go! Or for thinking with the brain in between his legs!" I laughed.

"Is that our Mi Mi I hear?" a voice said coming from the bedroom.

I turned and smiled at the source of the voice. "Hey, Mar, how are you?"

"Get that tiny arse of yours over here!" I laughed again and ran over to him, jumping up and wrapping my arms around his neck and legs around his hips.

"You are so lucky I am not the jealous type or my kitty claws would be out." Quin smirked.

"Ew, that would be like me being in love with my brother." I scrunched up my face in disgust.

"And honey, I do think a certain part of the female anatomy has teeth." Destin scoffed. "And you little miss lawyer are never allowed to leave us again, or I'm tying you to a chair and never letting you leave!" He said jostling me.

"What is up with the men in my life wanting to kidnap me! First uncle Harvey, now you, what the hell?"

"Then don't leave again, easy answer." Destin said letting me down.

"Okay well I'm off to work, love you honey," Quin said giving Destin a kiss goodbye. "And you'll have to come over for dinner a night, I'll make veggie lasagna." He said giving me one last hug. "And welcome home again, Mi."

"Well, how about we go, I'm sure Alieze is waiting for us." I said to Destin.

"I agree," we walked out of his apartment and followed me to my car. "Jesus, can your uncle adopt me too, because that is a sexy car!"

"Sorry I think the two of us together on a twenty-four-hour basis would send my uncle to Arkham!" I laughed and unlocked the door.

"True, the slumber parties were enough with the three of us growing up!" he chuckled. "But, I do miss the puppy piles we always ended up in in the living room!"

"I'm sure he doesn't, I think for the longest time he thought we were doing a lazy version of a ménage-trois." I said shaking my head. "You don't understand how relieved he looked when he found out you came out of the closet!"

We caught up with each other while we were driving to the mall and soon enough we were there. We went to the food court where we were all meeting up. Soon enough I saw a flash of red and soon I was enveloped in a bone-crushing squeeze complete with screaming in my ear.

"I missed you too Alieze, are you going to be the third person within twenty- four hours to threaten to tie me to a piece of furniture if I leave again?"

"No, well maybe, is it wrong to have missed my best friend while she was training to be a kick ass lawyer like her uncle?" she said letting me go and flipping her hair over her shoulder.

"No, but, come on let's eat, I'm starving!" I said grabbing the two of them and pulling them to the pizza place.

We ordered our food and sat at a table catching up. I told them how Rick wouldn't leave me alone and how one of our stops was going to be to the phone place so I could change the number.

After we were all done eating we picked up the trash and started walking toward the phone place. After I talked to a sales person about my issues my number was changed and I texted the people I still wanted to have my number. We walked around the stores and I picked out some new dress suits for my new job.

I looked at my watch and saw that it was around two pm. I sighed and told my friends that I still had to go to the bank.

"I'll go with you," Destin said grabbing some of my bags. "We all need to hang out again soon." We all hugged and Destin and I went off.

"I don't think it will be too long." I said as I turned on the radio. There was a news report on some crack-pot that seemed to get a kick out of dressing like a clown. "Wow some people are freaks."

"Yeah, well, Batman will get him soon enough. Oh the things I would do to that man!"

"Jeez, now we're depending our lives on a man who gets a kick out of dressing like a furry, flying rat." I sighed.

"He did clean this place up though." Destin pointed out.

"True," I said just as we pulled up to the bank. I parked a little farther down and I grabbed my purse out of my backseat.

We linked arms and walked into the bank, getting in line. We stood there talking about Batman and pretty much anything else when we heard the shots.

"Everyone down on the ground!" I grabbed Destin and dove on the ground.