arguing. It really looked like she was ripping him a new one. All at once, the kid turned and walked away, and the woman was left standing there with her head bowed. Just then her head snapped back up and she squared her shoulders. Then, to his astonishment, she turned around and started walking back toward them.
“Heads up G, she’s coming back.”
This immediately made Gemariah stand at attention and turn around to watch her approach. When she stopped in front of the two of them, Gemariah crossed his arms over his chest and scowled down at her.
Clearing her throat, she glanced away before looking back at them. “I have it on good authority that you two dropped these in the store earlier.”
When she was done talking, she held out two wallets. Hot damn, but they were theirs. They were both so caught up in what was happening that they didn’t realize they were missing.
They each grabbed their own wallet from her hands. Malachi immediately put his in his back pocket, but Gemariah looked inside his to make sure everything was there. When Gemariah opened his mouth to say something, she beat him to the punch.
“Good day.”
With nothing but those two little words, she turned on her heel, and walked away.
What the hell was that?
Chuckling at his friend’s words, Malachi spoke out loud. “I’m not exactly sure, but I do know you have your wallet back and I still need coffee. Let’s go!”
Chapter 3
Malachi couldn’t believe it. A full day had gone by and there was no call to say he was needed to come into work or go on a mission that night.
He knew of the meeting that was planned for the next morning though. There was no way he could break free that long. Apparently there had been elevated conflict on the east side of the city. The meeting tomorrow is to discuss the strategic maneuvers to observe for a possible demon entity.
Today though, was different. Besides the whole situation at the coffee shop, today was kind of a mellow day. He tried to relax and do nothing after Gemariah left, but that never works out well for him.
Gemariah stayed just for a little bit longer, but Malachi could tell that he was still going over everything from this morning. More than likely, when he left, he would head home to cook something up. Cooking is his way to unwind just like working on his motorcycles is for Malachi.
That is precisely what Malachi did too. It had been a long time coming since he managed any time for them, therefore it didn’t take too long to end up in the garage.
Nephilims always needed an outlet. It is what helps to keep them sane. They all had the deep down urges of their demonic sides and found that it’s easier to suppress them when they have a specific thing to focus on. His is the inner and outer workings of the bar and shield motorcycles. When the urge to possess and turn rears its ugly head, he works on his bikes to diminish it.
They have been his saving grace. He has two different ones and when he needs to be somewhere else other than the real world, he comes to his garage. The black Springer is for his every day driving, but the Knuckle is his baby. His mood is what determines what bike he messes with that day. With being as distracted and worn out as he was today, he didn’t want to get near the Knucklehead.
Of course once he got in the garage, Malachi lost track of time and spent longer in the garage than he planned on. This wasn’t an unusual occurrence, but he was still shocked at the time tonight. It was just about 1opm and he still hadn’t eaten anything. That’s what actually drove him out of the garage, his growling stomach.
Heating up some leftovers was perfect for him tonight, he thought. No fuss…heat and eat.
Wanting to just kick back and unwind, he decided to eat in the living room. He quickly scanned his recorded list to see what he had, but nothing stood out. He finally landed on the History channel. That was something he liked to watch every once in