Bad Wolves

On time or not?

Haley's Pov

Nia and I get dressed and head off into town to buy a red dress, I suppose. Why would he demand I buy a red one? Maybe I want a blue one or a white one. I smile inwardly to myself, I want to get under his skin and decide I will buy any color except red. I will not let him intimidate me like he does his whole family.

We stopped at Nias' favorite shop. We went straight inside, passing a few onlookers. I checked my watch and it was already after noon. We are not going to be on the boat by two if we don't get the lead out.

Inside the shop are various items: dresses, shoes, sashes, whatever a girl could possibly need. I have always loved the clothes Nia wears but I find it very hard to spend hundreds of dollars on just one dress that will probably only get worn a handful of times. I checked the price tag on a pretty pale yellow dress as I was deep in my thoughts.

"Seven hundred dollars!" I said a little louder than I meant to.

The store clerk looks at me, as does everyone else in the shop. My cheeks went red instantly because I knew what they were all thinking.

I just smile and move to another rack of dresses, Nia comes over and whispers into my ear.

"Do not worry about the price. It's paid for. Get whichever dress you want."

"No, Nia. I am not letting you buy me a dress. Where is the sales rack?"

"I didn't buy it. Hunter called the store. He said it is on him this time for both of us since we agreed to be his guests this weekend."

"Ah so he needs us for something and this is his way of paying us?" Nia shrugged her shoulders and said "So what if it is? Just please get a red dress as he asked, since he is being nice enough to buy both our dresses."

"Fine"

I made my way to a rack that held several shades of red. I picked a few and headed toward the fitting room. Of course, not one of them fits me right. I groaned and checked my watch again twelve thirty and still not even close to finding a dress. I go back out and search for another few red dresses and pray this time I have found one.

It's hard to find fitted clothes as an adult when you weigh a buck ten and only stand a little over five feet tall. Hopefully, one of these will work.

Thankfully, the third dress I tried fit. I hurried and changed out of it not even really caring how I looked in it, all I cared about was how it fit, and it did!

Smiling, I exited the fitting room and went to find Nia. She had also found a nice red dress similar in shade to mine but different enough, so we didn't look like we were trying to match.

We made our way to the counter where the nice store clerk wrapped our dresses up for us. When she was done, we thanked her and made our way to the car. I checked my watch again and it was after one pm at this point and we still had to go back to the apartment to grab our bags we had packed earlier.

"We are not going to be on the boat by two."I looked at Nia as she was driving.

Laughing, She said "What are you so nervous about? It's not like Hunter will kill us if we are a few minutes late."

"I don't know, have you seen how he looks at me? It's like he just wants to tear my head off my shoulders."

"Oh Honey, That's not what that look means at all." She said, laughing louder this time.

all I could do was raise an eyebrow at her.

I turned the radio on because I was confused and was too embarrassed to ask anything further. I mean, no, I'm no virgin but Thomas was my only experience and look how I misread him. He was having an affair right under my nose. Confusion about men is about all I have. We finally got to the apartment and we hurried inside to grab our already packed bags from this morning and check one last time for anything we may have forgotten.

I checked my watch again, fifteen till two with a twenty-five minute drive ahead of us. "Ugggg, we're so going to be late and if Hunter tries to kill us, I'm pushing you to him first, so I at least have a chance to run." I joked.

Nia stops and gets a serious look on her face. "Haley, don't let this scare you but never, and I mean never, run from Hunter."

"OK, I was just trying to make a joke, I mean he's not super human, he isn't going to really kill us if we are late."

At least now I hope he isn't. I have never really seen Nia get so serious before. "Maybe I just shouldn't go."

"Then you will see Hunter kill someone and that someone will be me, if you are not on that boat at some point."

I shrug as we throw our bags in the back seat and get into the car. "Well, here we go to our impending deaths."

Nia rolled her eyes and sped out of the parking lot. I looked at my watch once more, five till two. Yeah, death by Hunter the sexy brother awaits.

We pulled onto the landing at exactly two-fifteen. we made the drive in twenty minutes instead of twenty-five and that was only because Nia said she didn't want to kill me in a car accident.

We hurried and got our bags and ran at full speed to the dock where a very pissed off Hunter was waiting.

He looked at his watch and then at me. Why me? I wasn't driving. Ugg Here we go death by Hunter. He didn't say a word, just shook his head before turning and walking off toward the boat. We followed, not bothering to say anything. Once on the boat, we settled in for the forty-five minute ride to paradise. Since I'm not dead now, I can get excited about the big comfy beds again. I smile and close my eyes, day dreaming about just that.