#9 :: The Contract Killer

10. Courtney

My phone rang, it was Hugo.

"Hello..."

"Come to the basement." He said then hung up.

He was still annoyed with me and still not talking to me. I really had had enough of this! It had been two months!!

I made my way to the basement.

"You rang?" I asked.

"You have a contract. Problem is they want to see you in person. Over there is a mans body that has been sculpted just for you. Here's a chewing gum as long as you keep chewing your voice will sound husky like a mans voice. I won't be coming in so make sure you know what you are doing Courtney."

I looked at him. He never calls me Courtney. All these years. He's refused.

He must really be mad.

I sat down staring at him.

"Why are you sitting there staring. You have a meeting in an hour." He said dryly.

"I just find it funny that you are not coming. You're still sulking, so you're leaving me to deal with shit on my own."

Hugo laughed.

"I can't come Courtney because they know me. If they see my face it won't take long for them to put two and two together. That's why I won't be coming. I never said I wasn't going I said I won't be going in. I'll be in the car. Yes I'm annoyed by your careless behaviour. But I wouldn't leave you to fend for yourself. When have I ever done that?"

"I wasn't careless."

"Yes you was. I don't want to talk about it."

"Well we are going to talk about it! Get it off your chest! Go on!"

"Courtney..."

"See! You're pissed! You NEVER call me Courtney! All these years I've been telling you to and you wouldn't now all of a sudden you are."

"Really? What do you want from me? You tell me to call you Courtney and not Karmen - I do that. You tell me to butt out and stop interfering with your love life - I do that and you fly to MEXICO!! So excuse me if all I'm doing now is my job! Which right now is to get you to this meeting!"

"How did you know I went Mexico?"

Hugo laughs again.

"I know everything. Never forget that Courtney."

"Stop! Stop calling me Courtney!!"

"What. The. HELL. Do. You. Want. From. Me?!" Hugo said through gritted teeth.

Hugo wasn't a loud man. He never had been. But I know I push his buttons.

"Call Me Karmen! Be interfering! Get on my nerves! Because then it's normal. That's normal! I need normality! This here... it's not normal!"

Hugo bursts out laughing.

"Why do you keep laughing at me?!"

"You're crazy! Just like your father. You remind me of your father. As much as you drive me mad and lord knows you do. That stubborn in you. The pride that you have, it's all from your father. Karmen, lets just move on. Just be careful. Now back to the matter at hand. This family are second in command. I don't know if they are trying to set you up or if they really want your help. We can decline this if you want. After all we never go in person. I just thought maybe you would be interested. If you are, the mans body is there."