CHAPTER 47

Thursday's wakeup call with my girls goes less than well considering three of them spent hours yesterday getting their new tattoos. We spend most of the morning having all my girls get themselves comfortable considering where they got their tattoos and I'm a little sore but I'm used to it after last year and considering it's a little lower than the rest I have Rachael pawing at my shorts every couple of minutes to look at it.

"Honey it's not done and if you keep picking at it then it can't heal," I tell her, getting a pouty face.

"You're just mad because I am not getting one," Rachael says mocking grumpy.

I'd be lying if I didn't say that her not getting her tattoo while here wasn't a downer but I'm hoping to speak with Randy when we get back up at the end of the summer. Natsuko comes to me around Noon and says she has an idea about approaching Steven.

"It'll work boss, just trust me and don't be you until we hear what you want to hear," my little Japanese assistant says before changing her clothes.

When you have a punk Asian girl around all the time usually wearing tight tops and cute shorts with her hair done in off the wall ways at times. So when I get to see her in a pale yellow sundress with a pretty pink floral pattern it's a bit of a big thing. I let the girls get her hair done up in a conservative style and she even got a pair of costume glasses from Lilly before grabbing her book bag and we headed out together on my bike. I head back to the mall where I met Imelda for the first time and where I saw Jackie the last time to start to search out Steven. I remember the pizza by the slice place he worked and decide to approach alone since I didn't see him. Some food later and some cash for Natsuko we discovered that he's the shift manager today and we move away from the food court to eat. Natsuko explains to me what she has planned and while I've heard worse plans it's the lack of me kicking the shit out of Steven that has me skeptical.

As we eat I get to see Natsuko as a sweet little girl instead of a very dutiful and sometimes a bit of a loudmouth. It's a refreshing change of pace when she catches thinking and watching her. I see her smile a bit and blush, she's got her game face on and it's about two in the afternoon when I spot Steven. He's a little wider since last year but still about an inch taller than me with curly hair in a net and I think he's trying to sport a mustache as he heads to work.

I let Natsuko move around and do some browsing while I head off to the other end of the mall and make myself scarce. I spend a little while texting my girls and they're constantly asking me for updates as I sit in a coin operated massage chair. I tell them that it takes time and we got here before he did, Imelda asks to be kept in the loop and mercifully the girls hop off for a bit. I get a message from Natsuko that it's show time and I head back to the food court to watch.

She's in the line and I'm watching from a distance with my hood up and watching Natsuko in line placing an order with a rather bored looking Hispanic girl. Something seems 'wrong' and she asks to speak to a manager which brings Steven out of the back. If you have never seen a girl play a guy then it's something like this, she is looking up at him, I'm pretty sure she blushed and even complimented him on how 'broad his shoulders' were. The Hispanic girl looks like she's going to vomit but Steven is flirting back and Natsuko finally gets her order before sitting down a couple tables away but right in his line of sight as he works. Thirty minutes go by and Natsuko is still sitting when I watch Steven grab a drink cup and plate before heading over to her table and asking to join her. She says yes and they sit across from each other and the small talk commences as I move behind Steven and sit down facing Natsuko.

"So how come I've never seen you around here," Steven asks politely.

"Oh I'm visiting the area with my family. They're all formal and I'm just looking to spread my wings a little and have fun," Natsuko replies smiling.

"That's nice, you have a good boyfriend back home," Steven asks while taking a drink of his soda.

"Oh no, I had a REALLY bad boyfriend back home. So angry and aggressive all the time, the next boyfriend needs to be a bigger guy but sensitive," Natsuko sweetly tells Steven," What about you, a big handsome guy must have a girlfriend of his own?"

"I did but we broke up a couple weeks ago," Steven answers, trying to brush off the subject.

"What happened, the girl just up and left you," She asks, praying for more information.

"No, I wanted more but she wanted to rush it. I liked her but she kept pushing for more out of me and I just couldn't do it so I said no more and shut her out of my life,"

Steven says taking the 'moral' high ground.

"Wow, some people just want to push everyone into doing things their way huh," Natsuko asks, feigning shock.

"No kidding, why can't they just for once understand that shit doesn't always revolve around their schedule," Steven says getting in on the bashing," It's not like I didn't give her anything but she was pressing to move in with me and then pressing me to commit. It was just a nightmare."

"Language mister," Natsuko says before slapping his hand playfully," And commitment is something a girl needs."

"Yeah but she's wanting the ring on her finger and she's only eighteen, I'm twenty two and I still want to have some freedom before I settle down with her," Steven says in his defense.

"Oh you do need to have freedom and marriage early can never end well," Natsuko says, being a dutiful listener before turning on the charm," So no other girls wandering around your life."

"Not until very recently, have I been keeping to myself until I find a girl to really appreciate," Steven tells her in a confident voice as I stand up and move around the table behind him.

"Maybe if you 'appreciated' the woman you decided to get pregnant you wouldn't be single Steven," I say, causing him to turn to face me then jump up from his chair startled," Because in MY opinion that is a really bad thing to do."

"Holy fuck, you're that guy from last year," Steven says backpedaling from me," Where did you come from?"

"As far as you know the pits of hell right past the nightmares and the damned. Now my walking pile of dog shit you will answer to me and you will answer now," I say massaging my hands for action.

"Dude we're in a mall and I'm calling the cops," Steven says, pulling out his phone only to have me slap it to the ground.

"All lines are currently down but if you really wanna save your ass there are three things you better do," I growl, backing him against a table and watching him sit.

"Anything, man , just don't hurt me," Steven says, very afraid.

"One, Where is Jackie," I ask glaring at him.

"What," he replies before I slap him like a bitch.

"I didn't realize you didn't speak English fuck face now answer the damn question," I tell him with authority.

"I don't know, I haven't seen her in almost a month. Last time was at my apartment but I turned her away," Steven says, scared of his own answers.

"Two, Identification," I say, holding out my hand.

I watch as he takes his wallet out before I quickly snatch it from his hands and using my phone take down his address before dropping the wallet at my feet.

"And three, I want you to learn something from this. I can take it all," I say walking over to the Hispanic girl who was pissed at Natsuko," Did you like me slapping your dipshit boss?"

I see her nod a little skeptically, her name tag reads Teresa. She's cute but a little worn down from working all day and I pull a napkin and a pen from the register and write my number down.

"I'm really busy down here but you call this number if you ever want to be shown what freedom and power are and I promise you it will be a time you'll never forget," I say handing it to her politely.

She takes the napkin and puts it in her pocket while blushing at me; I wink before heading back to the table Steven was sitting at and see Natsuko is still in her act of shy and sweet girl. I glare at Steven and grin menacingly before addressing my friend in disguise.

"You are going to come with me, I'm going to take you somewhere quiet and we're going to make it very loud," I inform 'sweet' Natsuko.

"Ummm, yes sir," she replies very submissively standing up and grabbing her bag," Sorry Steven, he's just so scary and sexy it's like my ex only more attractive."