Protected?

Guard down

     I woke up and Toni wad gone. I saw a note on the nightstand.

" Sorry you had to wake up alone. I forgot I had to go in early. I'll be back to check on you around noon. Stay safe. Love Toni."

     Well now that I knew where he was I wandered around his apartment. It was messy but clean. Hard to imagine I'm sure, but that's what it was.  I went into the kitchen and made some breakfast.  I still didn't feel safe. It's weird, your boyfriend is supposed to be the one who would die for you.

     But something wad off about Toni. I shook that out of my head when someone knocked at the door. 

" Hello, are you Ms . Holland? "

It was the guard. 

" Yes. You must be my 'body guard'."

" Yes ma'am.  Now I'll just sit outside of the door for today if that's okay with you. "

     " Of course.  And your name is...?"

" Malcolm ma'am.  Just Malcolm. "

" Well thank you Malcolm. "

I closed the door and found some clothes that I could work with. Toni had a too small dress shirt and shorts that I turned into skirt.

     Around noon I wondered if my guard was hungry. So I made him a BLT with iced tea and potato chips. 

" Here Malcolm.  I thought you might be hungry. "

" Thank you ma'am. "

" You can call me Alli. No need to be formal."

     " Okay. Thank you Alli."

He took the plate and glass and I closed the door.  Then I made myself the same thing.  When I finished I walked into Toni ' s home office.  It had a gorgeous view of the city.

     It made me miss my view back at my place.  I was looking through some of the papers when I heard shouting outside the door.  I recognized Malcolm but not the other voice.  I realized what happened last night and hid in the closet. 

     Then the door busted open and I heard footsteps.  I steadied my breathing and the intruder left. Once I heard the door slam again I got out of the closet.  I opened the door and saw Malcolm on the ground.  He wasn't dead cause he wore a bullet proof vest but he did scare me. 

     After an hour, there were more police and detectives at Toni ' s place.  But no Toni. I was even more scared. He said that he would never let anything happen to me.

" Well looks like you did the right thing by hiding in the closet ma'am.  But now he knows where to find you. I'm afraid you have to move to the witness protection program. "