~ Once finding a changing room inside. I entered it first so Maria closed the door.
Then she turned to face me. "Can you hold Samuel for me?" Asked Maria.
I looked at her nervously in full embarrassment. "U-umm," I murmured. "I've never actually held a baby."
Confessing this was rather difficult for me but Maria only giggled.
"It's easy once you learn." Maria instructed. "Just sit down on the bench behind you and I'll show you. It's not hard."
Once I sat down on the bench from behind me. Maria said, "Ok let me unwrap him."
After unwrapping the carrier blanket Samuel laid comfortable in from crossing over her shoulder and back. Now holding the newborn cradled in her arms. She placed her infant son in my arms as she guided me. "Ok, hold his head between your forearm and his body will just lay cradled in your arms."
After Maria made some adjustments, she wrapped the carrier blanket over my shoulder and back for extra support. Now I looked into Samuel's light grey eyes. Samuel was wide awake looking at me while I gleamed back at him. I felt this bright smile forming on my lips. He was so tiny and warm to me while he made these light infant cooing sounds. The baby completely melted my heart. For the first time, I can't believe I am holding an infant!
From the looks of him, he might be only two or three weeks old. Yet, I knew nothing about babies nor have I ever held one. I wasn't raised to be a caregiver to little ones. I was raised to entertain a single hybrid-man who wasn't yet married. Once my masters' took a wife. I knew it wasn't long until I'd be sold to my next master.
Looking downward at the two of us, Maria said happily smiling, "Perfect! I'd say he likes you. I'll say you do have some hidden motherly instincts within yourself."
"Very funny, Maria." I laughed at her remark.
"Hey, you know what happens after marriage. Usually, the baby comes next." Maria said teasing at the same time, I knew she wasn't joking.
"Maria, you can stop now," I said playfully yet I am still being serious here.
Pushing my buttons enough, Maria giggled, "okay, I'll stop."
Then she tried on her dress and took a selfie of it and sent it to her husband. Fairly fast, he replied in a text.
Reading his message, Maria had an annoyed tone speaking to me "Ugh! See this is what you'll be dealing with after you're married! Men for ya!
"What did he say?" I asked confused with a chuckle.
Sorta blushing, Maria rolled her eyes and said tossing her phone on the bench behind her. "I asked John, what his thoughts were of the new dress. But he only wants a nude pic!"
Now I laughed extremely hard as I heard Maria's phone go off again on the other bench across from me. "Sounds like he texted you again?"
After Maria got her shirt and jeans back on she grabbed her phone and looked at it. "Yup, it's him. She said Puffing, "He said he loves the dress on me." Annoyed Maria, folded her phone back up perfectly to fit inside her jeans pocket. "What a jerk! I'm not replying!"
I only giggled seeing Maria was very mad at him. Mad enough that she didn't say anything back to reply. Afterward, we left the changing room. Where we found the men chilled outside chatting.
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Once Maria bought her dress then we continued shopping around different compartment stores. As Mike and Matt followed behind us going wherever we went. Eventually, I bought a pretty butterfly short-length necklace and a black spaghetti-strapped above the knee-high floral dress covered in tiny blue and purple flower prints on it.
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After shopping for a bit. We went back to meet the guys at the side street benches. Some of the men were standing around. Others were sittings on the benches but I noticed they were talking to a different group of fifteen guys.
Maria looked ahead and said, "Well looks like Cory's up to his business." Randomly, Matt and Mike walked ahead of us.
"Sally, walk slower." Maria leaned into my ear and whispered.
"Why?" Softly, I asked worried, "What's wrong?"
In a soft cautious voice, Maria said, "I'm making sure their business is over. Those guys right there talking to Cory, my husband, and our Primaries are very dangerous. Therefrom another Kingdom their Primary King is allied with Cory. Although, I don't see their Primary King just his men and one Primary speaking with Cory and the guys. Amelia's family side isn't happy with their friendship. They're known to do dirty business that's why they're more dangerous." Now I expressed some fear to Maria. "Don't worry however dangerous their Kingdom is, our Kingdom is far more dangerous. Cory has a lot of high respect around here as much as he's hated and feared."
"That's right, Sally. You don't need to worry. You're in good hands. Oh, and you can come over. We were just finishing up." Maria and I about jumped out of our skin from this masculine voice that traveled somewhere from behind us. Making us both flinch our bodies. Until we calmed down to realize it was Jay who startled us. Maria and I gave him a dirty look but he only started to chuckle unthreaded by it.
"You can calm down, it's just me. Said Jay beaming from sneaking up on us.
After cooling done her raced heart, Maria giggled and said. "Now we can see that!" She took her hand away from her chest. "After you nearly scared us to death! I thought we are trying to get Sally comfortable around here?"
Jay chuckled, "Sorry ladies. You know we come in all directions out of nowhere. I feel Sally learned that as of a few days ago."
"Indeed. You guys are like ninjas assassins." I boldly told him rolling my eyes.
Maria and Jay laughed hysterically over my comment.
Jay said çhuckling as he walked beside us, "You could say we are ninjas assassins. We are slick and sly. We know all a lot of different forms of karate combat skills."
"Along with being extremely fast and strong!" Maria added with a serious voice.
Jay laughed saying nothing else while we walk closer to the guys. Until five men blocked our pathway from allowing us passed them. Their eyes shifted to me. This twisted flirty grin curled their lips which made me feel very uncomfortable...
[Author's note~Nope these aren't just any kinda advantage phones. There technically are highly advanced and durable.]