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Chapter 10 - I am your bodyguard

Mr. Weird interrupted my lunch date with GG with a letter from his boss. He was to be my bodyguard till the current situation blows over. I have a running price on my head. Each one is trying to put me in the morgue in their unique way. I have to return to New York before things out of hand. So I waved him off respectfully. He seemed offended that I was showing no interest. He waited till we were done and followed us to my estate.

The guards at the gate wouldn't let him in even though he had legitimate papers. In the end, it was Gordie (Sembi's best friend) who got him in.

He talked my charges and they seemed skeptical. Gordie asked Magenta (Agnes, a CIA agent who owes Gordie many favors) to investigate him well and thoroughly. She promised to have answers within the hour. She sent her report and a family hearing began. Everyone wanted the new guards to look after me as well as the old. I explained that I am going to Aspen with Arden (James Goldberg, an ex-boyfriend my family seemed to adore), they seemed to like the idea. They volunteered to chaperone us. This seemed to annoy Weirdo, but he kept his temper under control.

He cornered me as I strolled towards the back garden. He wanted a list of people who wanted me dead. I called Philip who arrived post-haste to give him the details. He seemed extremely stoic but I can see in his eyes. He was like a boiler about to blow. He asked about the countermeasures placed to ensure my safety. To which Phillip replied he is an assistant, not part of my security. Phillip was busy helping with the internship program that I had initiated. Also, he was charged with helping veterans who were homeless. A few of my friends and I had started this after we saw a soldier commit suicide after he was denied medical care.

I packed my things and got in the car to go to L.A. instead of NY when Weirdo came and asked me if I could stay here. My family was livid, they won't tolerate me being bait. They threatened to make calls and he obediently followed us to L.A. He had complaints when we got there. He didn't like that they put Avocado in stuff, he hated the place was littered with paparazzi. He tries to stay within arm's length of me but that is not always possible.

My uncle Jeffrey came to see me. He was a junkie who would always beg my dad and others to clear his gambling debts or give him drug money. He came to see GG and Hattie had him removed immediately. Dementia hasn't gotten her completely. She made it clear that he must never return or the police will deal with him. He left yelling that he will find a way to stay with us.

We left the next day for Florida and we stayed for a week before decided to come home. And somewhere along the way Edge broke up with his girlfriend and decide I should be his girlfriend. We have had this conversation since we hit puberty. Yes, our parents decided that we should be husband and wife when we turn twenty-one. But I was never on board. He was a college professor but he likes to cheat on his girlfriends. I refused his advances and told him to grow up. He finally gave up and turned his attention to one of his ex-girlfriends. I was watching the news when I got a call that my stepsister MIA (short for Monster In Action) was in town. Bats is gonna turn into a tank.

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