Back at the ambulance, Zander is putting the stretcher back in with clean linens on. He sees something on the floor. Bending down he picks it up. It's a book. Not just any book by the looks but an old leather bound book, gold lock, and a silver necklace attached to it. He puts it in his bag before getting up front with Kris.
While up front he keeps touching his lips over and over still able to feel her kiss. Kris see's this; however, she just ignores it and drives them back to HQ. "why did you touch her and wish her farewell"?
"I read somewhere that you touch them from head to toe down the middle line of the body to send them off to a better life. Personally I believe in a higher power and something just told me to touch her one last time".
"She had nice breasts though am I right"?
"Sure. I mean they weren't saggy or nothing. They were pretty perky for a 55 year old. You think she had a skincare regime"?
"I'm a Tom boy so I don't fuckn know. I hope my breasts look as good as that next year".
"Show me yours now and in a year and I'll let you know. Hahahaha".
"Hahahahahahaha. Dream on Mr. Marine gamer. I'm not that desperate".
They both LAUGHING the rest of the ride trading banter back and forth.
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Later at home Zander is laying in bed tossing and turning. He goes back to Sarah in the ambulance 'it is done. Take care sweetie.' Yelling to one. 'WHAT IS DONE...IT..IS..DONE. WHAT'S DONE?!' An image of Sarah hovers over him then kisses him on the lips again. She speaks 'Don't worry. It is done. Take care sweetie. You'll found out in due time.' He has the book he took from the ambulance on his desk next to his computer. The necklace glows blue, purple, then red before fading.
His phone goes off. "Buzzzzzzzzzzzzzz".
Rolling over he answers in a wide awake voice. "Kris you either show me your body or I hang up. I was sleeping you ass".
"Fine. Get down to The Last Joker Bar and fuck this guy up that won't... (toilet flushes and a sink runs). I need you to go all Marine on his ass for me. He says my... flat pancakes... ugly feet. I'll owe you one ".
Zander was already in his Subaru "what about your body? Kris, KRIS!" Throws his phone into the passenger seat, slams his car into 4th gear and speeds off to the bar running red lights. His fuzz buster never once goes off only showing that he's doing 100mph in 5th gear.
2 minutes later he slams the car into park, jumps out, then he runs into the bar. He looks at the bar tender and he nods to Zander that the guy is in the female bathroom. Zander "angle shot with lime." Goes into the bathroom while the bartender disappears.
Banging on the stall door, the man is yelling "OPEN THE FUCKN STALL DOOR NOW YOU BITCH! YOUR RUINING THE DATE WITH YOUR ACTIONS YOU STUPID BITCH!!" BANGS more. In a nasty tone. "Get the fuck out here you flat breasted, ugly footed heffer! You're not even worth the MONEY I'm putting out on you for this DATE you BITCH! I told you to wear something nice, red, short, revealing! No wonder you suck at your job. A trained monkey can do better than you"!
The whole time Zander was walking up behind him. He pulls the guy by his arm, spinning him around at the same time he throws a right hook to his face smashing his teeth in. "Who's the BITCH! now you pussyfoot." Zander slammed him up against the stall door causing it to bowl from the impact. "You know, I could take my thumb and really hurt you if I wanted to".
The enraged man takes a swing at Zander who manages to block it with his arm ducking down at the same time Zander lets another punch fly to his diaphragm following up with another to the solar Plex. The enraged man falls to his butt. Taking the opening before the man can even move, Zander knees him in the face knocking him out. Just to make sure he's knocked out, Zander slams his head into the sink. "That will teach you to fuck with a Marine you little BITCH!" Saying the last word with hate filled intent. He throws the body out of the girls bathroom into the bar. The fight is over in under 30 seconds. "Kris, it's safe to come out now".
The bathroom stall opens and she runs into his arms. She is dressed in a black cocktail dress that shows off her cleavage and black high heels that show off 98 percent of her feet. "This hug never happened. Also what I'm about to do for you never happened too".
"Kris don't worry. Let's get you home".
Walking out of the bathroom 4 cops approach them. Seeing that Kris is leaning on Zander they stop.
Female cop to Kris "you okay miss?" Then motions to the others to pick up the knocked out man.
Kris nods. "My partner saved my life from that sick scumbag on the floor. If it wasn't for him going all Marine on his ass I'm sure I'd be dead by now".
Female cop to Zander. "You're the one that asked for the Angle Shot from the bartender"?
"Yes ma'am I did. I didn't want the whole bar to know something was up and ruin their business so I used the code. Am I free to take my partner home? We have to be back in the field tomorrow".
The cops look at each other. 2 of them have already walked off with Kris's date. They nod to Zander.
Walking out of the bar, Zander opens the door to his Subaru and gets Kris in the car. He takes off. She takes off her shoes since they are killing her feet. She rubs them and then speaks. "Can I stay with you tonight? I don't want to go home since I don't know if that creep will show up and try to either rape me or kill me for what happened to him tonight. I'll give you anything if you continue to protect me tonight." Shaking a little bit now that the adrenaline dump has happened. "Please Zander. I'll let you take a picture of any part of my naked body! I'll let you have your way with me! Please just let me stay with you for the night." She finally brakes down CRYING. Her hard badass facade is gone replaced with that scared little teddy bear she really is. Through the tears "please Zander, I'm scared." She grabs his hand and moves it towards her.
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Later back in his bed, Zander is holding the now passed out Kris on his chest. He is stroking her hair looking down at her. He remembers back to the past few hours.
Earlier: He parks the car and carries Kris in his arms as she's to scared to walk. He holds her close and walks her into his living room. He places her shoes by the door and places her on the couch. He walks into the bathroom for a minute. Kris has gotten up and looks for him. He comes back out. She runs into his arms again and won't let go. Picking her up, he walks her back to the couch and trying to place her down she shakes her head no grabbing tighter around his neck. He gives up and walks her to his bed. Places her down and then get in with her holding her close.
Present: looking over at her, she is asleep still covered with the blanket. He moves his hand down and rubs her naked back. She moves in closer on his chest and mumbling "thank you babe".
Zander speaks to himself 'well that's not at all what I expected'. He falls asleep with a smile on his face.
"RING" "RING" "RING"
They both wake up. Kris stands up letting the blanket fall. She grabs it and runs to the bathroom. His phone BUZZES with notifications from Kris. Looking at the phone he can see multiple pictures and a message. 'These pictures never happened. Last night never happened. I promised to pay you for protecting me. Promise me'. Zander closes the phone with a smile. He gets out of bed and ready for work.
Sitting at his desk he is still mystified by the book. Closer inspection revealed nothing about how to open it. The silver necklace wasn't the key. It was just the medical symbol so he puts it on. The golden lock has no holes and the necklace didn't work on the lock. What he can see is that the page's are gold leafed and appears extremely old. Still stumped he puts it back into his bag as Kris walks out of the bathroom dressed and towards the front door. "Come on Mr. Marine and knight in shining armor. Let's go. You need to take me home so I can get to work. Oh yeah, and punch it".