Eyes Of Danger by M. Garnet

today.”
    As I left the office, he was already on the phone. I felt sorry for him, but I was glad to get the spotlight off me for a while. I really wasn’t worried about my computer, but I was wondering what they were looking for. Was it something about me or were they hoping that I would lead them to Tim? Or did Tim work for them? I knew nothing, and that left me really scared. You are more frightened about the unknown.
     
    After work, I decided to stop for groceries. This would be a normal activity except, now, nothing was normal in my life as I became aware of everything and everyone around me. It didn’t take me long to know that I was being followed. It was a dark sedan with tinted windows. I took a couple of turns that had nothing to do with where I was going. The sedan made the same turns. Okay, these guys weren’t trying to be too discreet.
    I got to the store, but drove around and around the parking lot. Then, I found a spot close to the entrance. I went in to stand inside the doors so I could watch through the glass. The sedan sat in the parking lot, not pulled in, just waiting. I decided this was going to be the longest shopping trip I had ever done for groceries. I went up and down each aisle. I had five items in my cart. I went to the bathroom, staying for a half hour. I couldn’t stay any longer with the antiseptic smell and the pieces of paper towel on the floor.
    I went to the deli asking for two slices of six different items. The butcher thought I was nuts and he was really having trouble keeping a smile on his face. I felt sorry for him so I finally quit ordering.
    I pushed my almost-empty cart to the front to see the sedan still sitting, but it had moved closer to the doors. They were watching for me to come out. I went to the magazine and book section. Picking up one Gossip journal, I read several magazine articles until a stock boy looked at me strangely. I figured I had to buy the damn thing even though I would probably throw it away on leaving the store.
    I went to the pharmacy, sat in a seat, and waited. After almost forty-five minutes, one of the girls behind the counter came out to ask if she could help me. “Nope, I am waiting for my Aunt who said to meet her here. I guess she isn’t going to make it. I will call her and check to see what the problem is.” I pulled out my cell as I pushed my cart away.
    Okay, I had managed to be in the store for three hours. It was starting to get dark out as I went up one more aisle to pick up a scarf, then back to the pharmacy section for some cheap reading glasses. I couldn’t think of anything else I could buy in the store that would help serve as a disguise. In the checkout lane, I bought a green carry bag and put my small purchases in the canvas bag, then went out the IN door and stood to one side in the storage area for carts. I put on the scarf and the glasses, letting the glasses slide down on my nose.
    I slid through the maze of carts until I reached an exit area. I fell in close with a couple and walked with them in the opposite direction of my car. I went around the corner of the building, then turned to walk out into the parking lot, going down between cars away from the sedan. I was ducking around parking signs and light poles until I had almost made it back to my car.
    I felt the tingle on the back of my neck, but I knew I had a pretty good idea where the sedan was sitting. I stepped back around a large truck that took up two spots, using it to hide me. Suddenly, a steel band went around my waist, pulling me tightly up against a solid chest. I gasped, but didn’t let out a yell as the arm around me turned me.
    I looked up into black eyes. I stood pinned against him as he looked over my head in the direction I came from. He moved backward and I had no choice but to move with him. We went around the truck before he loosened his grip on me, but still clutched my arm. He started pulling me away from the sedan and my car.
    “Where are we