Solomon' Daughters

Chapter 26

"So we meet again," said the guy in front who was apparently the leader of the group. Anthony recognized him immediately and stiffened. Eliza feeling the change in his body looked at him in concern and fear jolted through her. His gaze was locked on the leader of the men. She didn't know why he was angry but his rage filled stare was focused on the man in front and his eyes were glowing. They looked like two glass orbs filled with an inferno and they didn't leave the man confronting their sisters.

"What are you a cartoon villain. Are we supposed to say this town ain't big enough for the both of us," Liz shot back. Eliza afraid that Anthony might leap across the intervening space and rip the man apart leaned in close his face.

"Anthony calm down your eyes are glowing," she whispered to him. With a shudder he closed his eyes. A second later they opened again and all the emotion dropped from his face and his eyes stopped glowing. Eliza was impresses at the ease with which he did that, she made a mental note to ask him how he did it later. Anthony's glowing eyes having distracted her they had missed some insult exchanging between the two girls and the jocks. It looked like the jocks were closing in on the two girls and the people around them just veered around the group not wanting to get involved, Anthony was disgusted with them all.

"Looks like there is no principal here to save you now b***h but no need to worry we aren't going to hurt you just strip you naked and sent you home in your birthday suits," John said to Sar-Rah as his team mates began to converge on them.

"These two belong to me so I won't be allowing you to set your filthy eyes or hands on them," said a voice from behind Liz and Sar-Rah who had brightened at the familiar sound. John's eyes went to the man who had spoken and his eyes widened in shock.

"Yeah I'm surprised to see you too John. I was certain you would have dropped out or been sent to prison for r**e by now," Anthony said.

"I am not a r****t," John snarled at Anthony. Anthony shot a confused look at Liz and Sar-Rah before shifting his gaze back to John.

"Didn't I just hear you say you were going to strip my fiancee and my sister against their will? Beside we both know that once you only said that you wouldn't hurt them to try and get them to come with you without a fight.

Once you got them alone who know what scum sucking losers like the lot of you would have done."

John sputtered trying to come with a come back to what Anthony said.

"Look the sight of you turns my stomach so move the f**k out of the way or I am going to call the cops for attempted s****l assault," Anthony said to the gathered football players as he pulled his cell phone from his pocket.

"This isn't over," spat John hatred in his eyes. He turned and left the other players split and went there

separate ways.

"Tah-Dah," Anthony said motioning to Eliza as he turned back to Sar-Rah and Liz. Liz flung herself into his

arms and Sar-Rah did likewise to Eliza. Anthony squeezed Liz tight and held her there against his chest. The thought of her being injured or harmed in anyway made his vision go red. Sar-Rah began excitedly telling Eliza about her release from the bottle and then all that had happened until this point. When she finished Eliza then told Sar-Rah how her day had gone so far.

"You really have a thing for showers don't you," Liz asked Anthony with a smirk. The other two girls paused, hearing her question, to listen to his reply.

"Yes, I just love to get beautiful women wet and slippery," he said grinning at her. They all moved once more toward the bus stop. They arrived only moments before the bus and boarded.

Anthony unlocked the front door and allowed the girls to go in ahead of him. Anthony headed to the kitchen to make dinner and opened the fridge to see what ingredient he had available. He realized the fridge was nearly empty along with the cabinets. They had maybe enough food to get through another day. Pulling a couple boxes of noodles from a cabinet along with a bottle of tomato sauce and some ground beef from the freezer he began making spaghetti. While the water for the noodles and in a separate pot the sauce heated he sat at the table. Lowering his forehead to his hands and tried to figure out a way to arrange the finances to get enough money for more people. He pulled out his balance book and began to go over the numbers to see if there was anything they could do without.

Behind him through the doorway the girls stopped their conversation noticing the weary slump to his shoulders. Sar-Rah and Eliza watched as he scanned the little book. They shared a confused look and turned to Liz who was watching her brother's back with a sad look in her eyes.

"What is he doing Liz," Sar-Rah asked her voice pitched low so Anthony wouldn't hear.

"He is going over the finances. For some reason he is worrying about money," she replied never taking her sad gaze from Anthony's back.

"Why is he worried? Does he do this often," Eliza asked.

"No he doesn't do this often. He only does it when we have to have money for something. Since he was happy until he went in there to cook dinner, I'll guess it is food. With two more mouths to feed and five more coming he is probably in there mentally freaking out right now. That is not to mention the fact that you all will need clothes and other things. This has probably all occurred to him already and he is trying to find a way to juggle the bills and everything to provide for us," Liz said.

"Why didn't he say anything I could do something about the food and clothes," Sar-Rah asked trying to

understand why he didn't rely on her. Liz turned to look at her incredulously and shook her head.

"You have been around him for days now, have you ever heard him complain about anything? He is the suffer in silence type and besides he would never want to worry anyone else over problems he believes are his responsibility," she stated returning her gaze to her brother. Sar-Rah moved into the kitchen and walked up behind Anthony wrapping her arms around his neck from behind and kissed his neck.

"Don't worry about food or clothes. I will handle both of them so don't stress about the money," she whispered into his ear. Turning his head he gave her a soft kiss on the lips and then returned to scanning the book.