Chapter 12 - Here comes the...
"Henry" said Mike nodding in his direction.
"Detective" replied Henry with a small incline of his head. "Congratulations are in order on your promotion I believe".
"All good things come to those who wait and work hard, how is the comic book business going". Mike was baiting him but just couldn't seem to stop. Old habits die hard.
"Mike stop it" replied Vicki getting between the two of them and pressing back against Henry's chest.
"Henry you to" she said poking a finger into his chest as he was still glaring at Mike for some reason. "Do you know your now talking to my new boss" said Vicki smiling up at Mike. "I finished the paper work last night"
"Before or after we made love" said Henry still glaring at Mike
Mike's eyes went from Henry's back down to Vicki's, his mouth pressing into a thin line. At that he turned on his heel and walked off.
"That... was really classy Henry, what are you going to do for an encore, throw me up against a wall and ravage me. What has gotten into you!" Vicki moved away from him turning to go after Mike.
Henry grabbed her arm before she would leave. He need to ask the question no matter how much it hurt. "Vicki do you still want to get married" Henry replied in a hushed pain filled voice.
"Ah, well, god Henry why here why now?" she replied not quite meeting his eyes, all thoughts of Mike forgotten.
"Vicki I now only have one lifetime left, just like Mike, I want to spend that with you. I know you'll never be the white picket fence kind of girl but I'm not that guy either. Lets try to meet in the middle". Henry took a deep breath before continuing to quell his fear.
"Fine, I accept the police force is where your heart lies but could you at least pretend to involve me in the decision making process." Henry lifted his hand to her hair and gently brushed back a strand that had escaped hoping his touch could tell her so much more than his words.
"Everybody loves a lover"! explained Bruce walking up to Henry and Vicki and grabbing each of their arms.
"The WEDDING, oh my god I'm so excited. I can't tell you how rare it is for me to get to be a wedding planner and get to kill an assassin all at the same time. My GOD I think I going to faint with the excitement of it all"
"FLOWERS we must talk about flowers" Bruce continued to ramble at both of them about all the thousand and one details they would have to attend to. Vicki smiled at Henry above the planners head.
...assassin...
The assassin had found all 4 victims. A blond, young firm, a blond older fit still sexy, a man dark athletic, a blond man tall handsome. They all lay so quitely against the wall the basement. Just like pretty little dolls. He loved to play with dolls, so many possibilities, so many pretty things to do. All he had to do was wait for them to open their little dolly eyes and then the fun would begin.
...crime scene...
"Oh my god, oh my fucking god yelled the first officer called to the scene" falling to his knees and vomiting up his breakfast.
The second one soon joined him wiping away the vomit with one hand and called in the homicides. He didn't know how many victims there were from the tableau of human remains before him.