I have a couple chapters for tonight and then I swear I will get to Rhodes. I can't wait to hear what you all think about these chapters!
Chapter 33:My Love –The Bird and the Bee
Sookie
Sookie finished cleaning around 3:00am and then crashed, falling asleep on her couch, which wasn't the most comfortable place to fall asleep. She didn't even wake up when Lafayette woke up and came down the stairs.
She slept through noon, but just after that her stomach growled so loudly that she woke up. She was starving.
Sookie went to the bathroom and emptied her full bladder and brushed her teeth. She found a plate of wrapped up chicken fried steak in the fridge and unwrapped it, putting it in the microwave.
She waited for it to ding, unloading the dishwasher as she waited. She grabbed the plate out of her food and bit into it. A lot of the time Sookie found that the leftovers were just as good when the food was made fresh. She gobbled the rest of the leftovers down and rinsed her dishes and put them in the dishwasher.
She then ran up the stairs, but just as she got to the top step she heard her doorbell ring and she descended the stairs, scanning who it was.
It was someone who kept thinking about Pam and Eric. She crossed the foyer and opened the door.
This is who the master has chosen? I thought he was above going for the blond hair bimbo stereotype, he thought nastily. Sookie jutted her hip out and did not pretend to even be polite. "How can I help you Mr…?"
"You can call me Bobby. I am here on behalf of Miss Pamela Swynford De Beaufort. She asked me to deliver this to you for the plane ride to Rhodes this evening. Mr. Northman requested that I give you this."
He spoke in an exaggerated slow voice, pointing theatrically to each item. One was a huge box with a big bow on it and the other was an envelope with Eric's handwriting.
Sookie took both of them and said, "Anythin' else?"
He shook his head slowly, looking at her wondering if she understood what he had said. "I understand you perfectly, Mr. Burnham. I must say I don't think this is what Eric had in mind when he said to deliver these items and be polite."
With that she slammed the door on the shocked and even fearful face of Bobby Burnham. Sookie walked the items to the living room and sat them down on the coffee table. She started with Eric's letter.
Lover,
I hate even the idea of sleeping without you. I hope that Bobby, my official Day Man, has been polite and helpful. If not, please let me know and I will have a chat with him.
Tonight, Pam and I will come for you and then we will go to Bill's for the airport. We should arrive about a half hour after sunset, but I will call you when I rise to confirm. Please remember to eat and get enough sleep my Sookie.
Know that even as I rest I am dreaming only of you and miss you terribly.
Love,
E
Sookie smiled and slipped the card back into envelope and placed it gently on the table, as if afraid to hurt it. She then turned to the box Pam had sent. The box was gray and on it was a big shiny black bow. Sookie thought it looked so beautiful she almost didn't want to open it.
She did though. On top of the tissue paper, Sookie saw a note from Pam that read,
Mistress,
This is the outfit you are to wear for the trip to Rhodes. Be in it by the time we arrive. I have also included new makeup and the accessories for this outfit. Don't disappoint me.
P
Sookie smiled and lifted away the tissue paper. She gasped as she lifted out the short fur coat. It was a leopard and Sookie's head swam with guilt as she realized the cost and that it was probably an endangered species.
She lifted it out and all thoughts flittered. It was too beautiful to even think of anything else. She then lifted out a plain, but high quality white shirt, along with a pair of dark blue skinny jeans and beautiful black Louboutin heels. Sookie also saw bags of what looked like very expensive jewelry. Sookie gasped as her mind tried to tally how much everything had cost Pam. She didn't want to think about it.
Sookie placed everything, including Eric's note, into the big box and ran up the stairs. She set the box on the bed and hung all the clothing on hangers, leaving them out since she was going to be wearing them soon. She then opened all the accessory bags.
Inside the first she found an almost nude pink lingerie set. It was sheer and lacy and very pretty. Sookie set the set aside thinking how Pam had thought of everything.
She then moved to the next bags and found enough MAC boxes to last her lifetime. Brushes, foundations, cover-ups, lotions, every shade of eye shadow a girl could want plus a few extra, mascaras, eyeliners, false eyelashes. It was all there. Sookie did wear makeup, but she had no idea how to put on this makeup.
Sookie took the bags and set all the new products on her vanity to open and try out later. She then went back to the big box and grabbed for the last bag.
This was a black velvet bag and Sookie knew she would find jewelry inside.
She undid the ropes on the bag and slid the contents into her hand. She gasped as she saw the contents. There was a skinny diamond wreath necklace with matching earrings. She placed those back in the velvet bag.
She was not accepting that. She would not. As beautiful as it was, it was too extravagant.
She then fingered the platinum necklace. It was a long chain and at the end was a pendent that had an ornate 'E' on it in an old English font. It was stunning and would rest near her heart. She would accept this one. She slipped it over her head and admired it, even with her sweats on.
Sookie then removed it and gently laid it on her dresser. She also placed the velvet bag holding the precious diamonds with it to return later.
Sookie decided to finish up the cleaning. She only had a couple loads of laundry to do, so it wouldn't be long. Then she would shower and get ready for the trip, eat, maybe take a nap, and then get dressed.
Having a plan, Sookie went to work, stripping all the beds and bathrooms of the linens. She double checked all the hampers to make sure she had everything and then began loading the washer.
She then walked through her immaculate home and scanned it to see if she had anything else she needed done. Sookie knew it was ridiculous, but she wanted to leave and then come back to a clean home for her own peace of mind.
Finding all the surfaces gleaming and the air thick with cleaning chemicals, she walked up the stairs to her bathroom knowing her Gran would be proud.
Sookie then stripped herself of her dirty clothing and then hopped into the shower. She thoroughly scrubbed, buffed and shaved. She then jumped out and dried herself. She then grabbed her lotion and rubbed it into her skin.
As she finished with her hands and feet, she heard her front door open and scanned finding Lafayette and Jason. She threw her robe on and picked out some other yoga pants and a tank top. She wasn't risking getting her travel wear dirty.
She then walked down the stairs after she towel dried her hair. She had her dirty sweats in hand and threw them in with the other loads to be washed.
Lafayette called out to her and she hollered back, "Comin'!"
She walked into the dining room and found a spread from Merlotte's. Jason was in uniform and he held a Styrofoam box with a Lafayette Burger, bowl of chili, and some cornbread. Sookie looked at the clock and saw it was already five. Pam and Eric would be here in a little over an hour.
She inhaled deeply and sat and ate with Jason and Lafayette.
"So, hookuh, shoppin' didn't go well? I didn' see no bags."
Sookie swallowed the bite and replied, "No, it actually went well. Pam does not shop like we do."
She then went through everything Pam and she had done that night, describing the way she had shopped. Lafayette begged her for a detailed description of every outfit, but after the first five or six items Sookie couldn't remember.
"Well I's expect a fashion show when y'all get back," Lafayette said. Sookie nodded as she took a bite of the chili. She popped the last bit of cornbread in her mouth and stretched. She had overeaten. But at least now Eric wouldn't be after her. Neither would Lafayette.
Jason had been quiet the entire time, but suddenly something seemed to sink in and he asked, "Sook, you are leavin' tonight?"
She nodded. "Well, how am I gonna get ahold of ya if I need ya?" he asked, beginning to looked panicked. Sookie peeked in his mind and saw all the trouble she had gotten into in Dallas and he was worried about a similar situation happening.
Sookie reassured him and said, "I will be with Eric the entire time, so nothin' will happen. If ya need me you can call the hotel. I left all the information on the fridge. And also at your office. It should all be fine."
He nodded and gave the goofy Jason smile, then stood and rubbed his now full belly.
Sookie chuckled. She looked at the clock and gasped. "Shoot, I better start gettin' ready. Pam and Eric will be here soon."
Sookie grabbed all the trash and walked it to the kitchen putting it in the garbage. She noticed it was full and bagged it up and took it out. She walked it down to the trashcan by the shed and sensed the void before she could turn around to see who it was. Sookie screamed as the individual roughly grabbed her from behind, causing her to scream.
This could not be happening to her again, she thought as panic began to pump through her system.
Don't kill me! And review! Who do y'all think it is?