Marvel's Cloak: Shroud of Darkness

Chapter 9 - Tyrone's Shopping and Tandy's Watching

Tandy exited the bathroom and entered the room after making sure that Kevin was not inside. Very sneakily, Tandy dumped all the shopping bags inside the room onto the bed, hoping that there was something extra-sexy to wear amongst the pile.

Finally, Tandy settled on two black panties but she just couldn't decide which to wear without first admitting to herself why she was taking her time to choose so carefully.

It was easier to stomach the thought of seeing Tyrone when Tandy convinced herself that she was just trying to look as beautiful as any other day, but choosing panties made her confront the idea that she was hoping for just a bit more than an 'innocent' interaction between old lovers.

"Tyrone doesn't like strings... he is more of a Hipster kind of guy... but last night Jessica wore a thong under the negligee so... maybe he has changed his tastes a bit... so I need Brazilian Laced Panty just to be safe..."

Finished with her careful selection of underwear, Tandy moved on to bras and then shoes and then hairpins and then earrings and then necklace, and then she removed everything and started again.

Ultimately, she chose to wear plain panties and everything else was a basic black color – black T-shirt, black skinny jeans, black hairpin, and black sketchers.

"Are you dressing for something in particular?" Kevin asked, startling Tandy as he stood by the door.

"How long have you been there?"

Kevin shrugged "Just now... why?"

"Then I am not dressing for anything in particular... we forgot to visit that restaurant yesterday and I want to wear my favorite color when I see my favorite flowers." Tandy created a plausible excuse with little effort.

"We're late again..." Kevin pointed out a bit helpless at a woman's preparation time.

Tandy shrugged "I don't mind being fashionably late today... you don't have to come if you don't want to... I plan to donate more funds to the Outreach Center. The funds might take a couple more days to go through so we might have to stay a couple days longer..."

"Fine with me..." Kevin replied, closing the door and walking into the kitchen to wait.

Couple Hours Later at Farewell Ceremony ---------

Tandy and Kevin arrived at the party in a car he bought the previous day. Tandy wasn't sure why Kevin felt the need to waste half a million on a new car when a cab was fine, but she gave up trying to understand his thought processes a long time ago.

"I don't mind being flashy but it's such a waste." Tandy murmured, exiting the vehicle.

Kevin sighed in defeat and admitted "That Timmy kid wants me to show him a better car than the one he will bring... I just brought it to shut him up... Besides, I wanna show off to my soon-to-be wife and he also said something about needing my help to teach that 'black-kid' a lesson."

"Hahahahhahaha..." Tandy burst out laughing at the 'lesson' part "I wouldn't help him if I were you."

"Why?" Kevin asked upset "You don't believe I can beat a street kid with my black belt in Karate and my training in Krav Maga?"

Tandy sighed and rubbed Kevin's shoulders in mock sympathy "Martial Arts is like mathematics in school... you just don't use that shit in real life... computers do the work like bodyguards do the work... that 'black-kid' you're talking about would beat Timmy's ass, beat your ass, and then he would beat your ass again just because you're standing next to me... do yourself a favor and don't show any aggression whatsoever later. Don't look at him in the eyes either... for some reason, on the street when you look at someone directly in the eyes, it's an offense or something!"