Page 37 of Marked for Execution

“Eliseo! Who do we have here, hmm?” The sound of the doctor’s voice soured my mood.What the hell was he doing out of his hole this early?

Fitri’s body tensed in my periphery, and it put me more on edge.Had he done something to her? Why would she react like that?

“What do you need, doc?”

“I wanted to see if I could have a word with you, Eliseo. Samuel just left.” His smile didn’t reassure me one bit.

“I thought you got everything you needed last time?”

“Ah yes, well, there have been some new developments and I might need you guys to go out to find me something.” His eyes drifted to the side of me. “Who is she? I don’t recognize her, though she looks familiar.”

“She’s none of your damn business. A resident. She’s been here a while. What do you need us to look for?” I tried to redirect the conversation away fromSili. I didn’t like the way he was looking at her, like he was hungry for something more carnal.

“Why don’t you two come inside, and I’ll explain further?” His smile was off-putting, to say the least.What the hell was crazy Otis up to this time?

“Eliseo, I need to put the food away,” she whispered.

“Doc, we’ll be back in about twenty, alright?”

His goggles were down, but I could just imagine how wild his eyes were to have more people in his bunker for who knows what. “I’m counting on it.”

We continued our way toward Fitri’s home. She put the vegetables on the kitchen counter and began to wash them. Sitting down on her chair, I was surprised she hadn't tried to kick me out.She was getting used to me.Good, because I planned on being wherever she was. Crossing my arms, I watched as she put things together and brought it over in two bowls.

“I don’t like him,” she mumbled into her food.

“No one does.”

“What does he do to you down there?”

I smiled. “You worried about me,Sili?”

“No.” She refused to look at me and continued to eat whatever the hell kinda rabbit food she made for us.

“It’s alright for you to care, you know. Don’t be shy.”

“Shut up, Eliseo.”

“You can shut me up in other ways.” Images of my face buried between her legs made my dick twitch under the table.

“I’m serious Eliseo. There’s something about him.”

“You keeping more secrets from me,Sili?”I challenged. “We never did finish our conversation the other night.”

“No.” Her retort came out too quickly, and I raised my eyebrows. She realized her mistake and shoved more food into her mouth. I let her off the hook for now. But Iwouldfind out everything about her if it was the last thing I did.

We finished up and headed out towards the doctor’s bunker. I was glad she wanted to be with me, but I was wary of what her presence would do down there. I hadn't heard or seen anything in regard to the Doc and the women of this place. I assumed his crazy experiments got him off plenty.

“You sure you want to come with me?” I askedSiliwhen we made it to his yard.

“Eliseo, I don’t trust him. You need someone to watch your back.”

And like that my chest felt tight. This little woman had wormed her way into my life when I least expected it, one fist to the face at a time.

Slamming the ground door open, I let her go ahead of me so I could close it back up. Walking right behind her, I touched her shoulder to let her know I should go down the stairs first. She nodded and I cautiously looked around, straining my ears to listen for anything out of the ordinary.

It was the cackle that told me the good doc was in the middle of whatever he was doing.

“Doc!” I called out.