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"What did you do, Evangeline?" I grin as I finish putting on Mr. Winters's shirt. I put my new leather jacket that smells like Mr. Winters over it.
"You'll see when you get there. Don't look until you get there, okay? Trust me, you're going to like it," I kiss him on the lips.
"Now come on, love. Let's get your hands bandaged before you go," I pull his arm towards the restroom.
I put ointment on his knuckles and put a dinosaur bandage on it. Mr. Winters chuckles.
"You still have the dinosaur bandages?" I look up at him while I wrap his knuckles with gauze.
"Of course! They're the best in the world," I finish wrapping his knuckles and kiss them.
"I think you missed a spot," I look at Mr. Winters confused.
"Where?" Mr. Winters leads my chin up with his thumb and index finger, removes his mask new bulletproof mask, and kisses me on the lips. I laugh.
"Perfect," I smile, looking into Mr. Winters's eyes.
"Mr. Winters, you have company!" I hear Mrs. Dontia yell from downstairs. Mr. Winters rolls his eyes.
"That must be Mrs. Waltons, waiting for me," I look at him sad.
"You're leaving already?"
"Don't worry, love. I'll be back before you know it," Mr. Winters kisses me on the lips and puts his mask back on.
I follow Mr. Winters downstairs. I watch as he walks towards Stephanie.
"Mrs. Evangeline Stone! It's a pleasure seeing you again," Stephanie looks me up and down.
"Especially in Mr. Winters's clothes. Me-ow. You know, Mr. Winters, if you brought Evangeline along, she could be our good luck charm," I roll my eyes, and Mr. Winters chuckles.
"I'm just saying we need all the luck we can get, since The Ancient Ones are going to be hard to persuade into partnership," I chuckle.
"I'm sure you would LOVE to bring me along, Mrs. Waltons, but I think I'll be too much of a distraction for the both of you. I think you're both going to nail this," Stephanie puts a hand on her chest.
"Damn, what a touching speech. Almost makes me want to stay here with you. Come along, Mr. Winters, before I decide to stay here and steal your woman," I chuckle as I watch Mrs. Waltons walk out the doorway.
Mrs. Dontia hands Mr. Winters his bag. I kiss Mr. Winters on his mask where his cheek would be.
"Be safe, love. Text me when you get on the plane and land," I hug Mr. Winters before he walks out of the doorway and gets into a limousine. I watch the three limousines drive away as I bite my lip, worried.
I turn around towards the empty house. I'm alone for a week with only the staff and the maid. What do I do now?
I walk to the kitchen and see Mrs. Dontia, smiling at me.
"You're moving in! I can't wait to see my little grandbaby running around the house! Come! You must be starving, come eat!" Mrs. Dontia nudges me towards a chair, and I sit down. She places three large plates full of food in front of me.
"Woah! This is a lot of food," Mrs. D chuckles as she sets down a cup of orange juice for me. I take a sip.
"This is for some of Mr. Winters's men, too," I widen as I swallow the juice.
"His men? I uh- what if I don't want to meet them?" Mrs. D laughs.
"Nonsense! They won't touch you. It'll be good that you meet em," I sigh.
"Okay," I watch Mrs. D walk towards the basement door and open it.
"Breakfast is done!" She yells down the basement stairs.
"So, do you have any plans for today?" I sip my orange juice as six men walk out the basement door and sit across and next to me.
"I- I- I planned on going to see my sister to get my things," I look at my food as I feel all the men's eyes on me.
"You're in my spot," I hear a deep voice behind me. I look above me and see a man towering behind me. My hands start shaking as I grab my orange juice, ignoring him while the rest of the men continue to eat.
"Little girl, this is the leader's spot, so either you move, or I'll make you move! I don't care what whore you are, you don't sit in my spot," I look around for Mrs. D and don't see her.
"Did you hear me, LITTLE GIRL?" I see the shadow of his arm raise, about to hit me, and another shadow arm stops it.
"You sure you want to do that?" I look next to me at the deep man's voice and see the familiar buffed man who was hitting Eric before Mr. Winters interfered.
"Perhaps, you should get to know the woman's name before you start to beat her," He places the other man's hands down.
"What the hell is going on in here!?" I turn towards the basement door and see Mrs. Dontia, holding a container of glass jars and cans of beans. She sets the container on the counter. I run up to her, and she hugs me.
"Somebody tell me what the hell happened, or all of you are banned from my kitchen forever!" The familiar man who helped me cleared his throat.
"Mrs. Donita, I came in here to stop Ronald from hitting Mrs. Stone because she was in his seat," Mrs. D's face gets mad as all the men's faces turn white as they look at me like they all saw a ghost.
"EVERYONE OUT OF MY KITCHEN, NOW! Except you two," I watch all the men get up from their chairs and walk back into the basement.
"Tell me what happened," I look at Ronald's face, white as a ghost, looking at me.
"I- I'm sorry, ma'am! I really am! I didn't know she was Winter's woman!" Mrs. D gives him the death stare.
"Don't EVER come back to my kitchen, or touch my cupcake EVER again. I'll let Mr. Winters deal with you when he gets back from his trip. Now, get out of my KITCHEN!" Ronald's eyes widen, and he starts shaking. He nods and rushes back to the basement.
"Are you okay, darling?" Mrs. D kisses my forehead, and I nod.
"Continue eating, and I'll be right here," I nod and walk to the familiar guy.
"Thanks for protecting me," I hear him chuckle.
"Anytime, Mrs. Stone. It's my job now. My name's Donny. I'll be your personal bodyguard assigned by Mr. Winters while he is gone," I roll my eyes. Of course, he would give me a bodyguard. Great.
"Oh, okay. My name's Evangeline. So, what does a bodyguard do?" Donny chuckles.
"I know who you are, Mrs. Stone. I'm assigned to watch over you and protect you when Mr. Winters isn't around. I'll be with you all the time. Just pretend I'm not here and do your normal routine. You can go back to eating if you want," I roll my eyes. Great.
"I can't eat anymore. My appetite is ruined. I'm going to go to my sister's house to pack. Are you following me the whole way?"
"I will be, ma'am," I sigh. Great. I'm sure Violet's going to love this.
"You're moving in with him?!" Violet yells at me as I pack my things into a box.
"Well, he is my boyfriend, and we've been dating for a while," I see Violet roll her eyes.
"Last I heard, Mr. Winters just got out of the hospital, and now, you're moving out?! What about Charlotte? You're just going to leave her here with me?!" I chuckle.
"She'll be fine with you. She watches your kids, and I'm mostly gone anyway, so why not? Plus, if you don't want her to live with you, she can get an apartment."
"We're splitting up?" I look at Charlotte in the doorway who has sad eyes.
"We haven't lived apart in five years! You can't be leaving me," I chuckle.
"I'm not leaving you. I'm just moving in with Mr. Winters. We can still hang out every day if you want, too. I'll just be living with Mr. Winters. I want to start my own family, and I feel Mr. Winters is the person to do it with. I promise I'll visit often, and we can have a girl's night soon," Violet looks at me madly.
"That still doesn't explain why there's a fucking random buffed hot guy standing in my house, watching over you!" I grab the pictures Mr. Winters and I took at the picture booth and smile, looking at it.
"Are you listening to me, Eve!?" I laugh.
"That random buff guy is Donny. He's my bodyguard. Mr. Winters assigned him to me to protect me while he's on his trip," Violet looks at me confused.
"Did he? Do the thing?" I look at her confused.
"What happened last time you talked with him?" My heart stops, thinking she knows about Mr. Winters's secret.
"I uh- Mr. Winters said he heard me saying I love him when he was dying on the concrete," Violet gasps.
"The L word?! So, he didn't-" I see Charlotte shake her head at Violet.
"What's going on with you two?" Violet smiles.
"Nothing! Nothing at all! Hey! I have a great idea! Let's go and have a girl's day to celebrate you starting your family! We could go eat, go watch a movie, or go to the salon!" I chuckle.
"Sounds great. Let me finish packing, and we can go," I shove clothes into a suitcase.
"So, Donny. How are you?" I roll my eyes, hearing Violet trying to flirt with Donny.
"You know, if you quit drooling over my bodyguard and help me, then this would be faster," I hear Violet laugh as I see her blush.
"I'm not drooling over him!" I roll my eyes.
"Sure, you're not. Donny, are you single?" I ask Donny as I pull the box labeled Mr. Winters out of my closet. I hear Donny chuckle.
"Why yes. Yes, I am, Mrs. Stone."
"Great! Donny, meet Violet Stone, my sister. Violet, meet Donny, my bodyguard. Now, you two are introduced to each other, invite me to the wedding," I hear Donny laugh and see Violet blush as I shove more things into my suitcase.
"Evangeline! You can't do me like that?!" I laugh.
"Why not? You obviously like Donny, and from the looks of it, Donny won't stop staring at you," I shove clothes into a suitcase, put the photo booth picture on top, and close the suitcase.
"There! All done!" I drag my suitcase off my old bed, onto the floor.
"Let me help you with that, Mrs. Stone," Violet drools over Donny as he grabs the two heavy boxes.
"Thank you, Donny. Don't worry about the suitcase, I can wheel it to the limousine."
"A LIMOUSINE?!" Violet yells as I show her the winter frost limousine parked in front of her house.
"Shh, keep it down! You'll get the whole neighborhood's attention. Yes, we're riding in a limousine because my car broke down, and Donny told me he has to drive me since Mr. Winters doesn't want me driving," Violet stares at the limousine with her jaw dropped. I laugh.
"You can close your jaw now. Come on, let's go inside," Donny opens the back limousine door for us.
"Thank you, Donny," I step inside and sit on the frost-white seats.
"Damn, this is nice!" I hear Charlotte say as she enters after Violet.
"Shit, if I had a man like Mr. Winters, I would rife in limousines all the time," I laugh.
"I'm not going to use Mr. Winters like that," I see Charlotte roll her eyes.
"Okay, your lost. You have all that treasure, yet you're not going to use it," I laugh as the limousine drives off.
"Tell me why you decided to talk me into doing this again?" I say as I watch the nail lady file my nails. Violet laughs at me as she and Charlotte are next to me getting theirs done.
"Because we need a girl's day and you deserve a break from work. What are you thinking about getting? I'm getting pink acrylics," I roll my eyes.
"I'd rather be in bed than do my nails if we're having a girl's day. Pink is a nasty color, I'm doing red. I think blood red will look good," Violet smiles.
"That's the spirit! We can get food, and go to your new place and watch a movie AFTER we get our nails done," I chuckle.
"Deal!"
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-End Of Chapter 41-
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