Janette gave a confused brow at her boyfriend at the fact that he was using something like himself as bait. To which he just chuckled at.
Juniper took the meat and looked it over. "Mmm, good meat. And judging by it, it's fresh. Didn't take ya as a hunter!" Juniper replied.
Alastor smiled simply. "You'd be surprised what I can do. Hunting is one of my favorite hobbies."
"He's not kidding either. Seen him in action once." Henry grumbled.
"Guy's crazy good at it." Angel piped up.
"You gentlemen flatter me." Alastor teased.
"He~y!!! A fellow hunter! Last time I went hunting was almost two years back in Iraq! They have some limited game over there, but I'm always up for some preservation and elimination of animals if you catch my drift. A local who was also our translator showed us how to hunt in the environment and introduced us to the local cuisine. I think I liked hunting the hares and boar's the best and their Masgouf is divine!" Juniper said as she held the piece of meat ready for Sal who looked both delighted and patient.
She then held it up in the air and then as if they had some mutual understanding, she let go of the meat as soon as he jumped up and consumed it whole. Giving the illusion that he almost took her fingers off.
"Ta-dah!!!" She joked as she patted Sal on the hindquarters.
It impressed Husk who clapped at her little "trick".
"Thank you thank you~ Alright you overgrown lizard! Go on about your way and I'll see you soon!" Juniper waved him off. Sal seemed indignant about the nickname but he just slunked his way back to his pond.
"Alright. Well I think the most important thing is for him to have enough fish and game for him to hunt in. And if he's not doing that and he still needs to be fed, then you can call me. I also noticed that he's getting a bit of some sort of rash on his underside. It looked nasty. So tomorrow I'm going to need a blood sample to see if what he has is infectious. If it is then he'll need to be isolated from any LIVING people or animals. And that's only if it's treatable. I don't want to be the one to give the bad news if he has to… you know…" she made a cross on her chest. "But let's hope it doesn't come to that, huh? Could be a nasty sunburn. Won't know till tomorrow. If anything's wrong you can call me on my cell or home phone." Juniper handed her business card to Janette and then to Husk.
"That's for you to call me to have a good time later on. K, magic man?" She teased casually with a wink as she jumped over the fence.
Husk’s eyes flickered from her to the card and to her again. “Wait ya serious?” ‘Me? Seriously? I’m just some drunk demon asshole.’
"Wouldn't have given it to ya if I wasn't serious Magic Man!" She laughed at his response. Juniper turned to Theressa. "Hey, were you recording the whole thing?"
"Yes! I gotta say. This is some of your best work right there." She spoke with her British accent.
"Nah! That was just establishing our standing with each other. An introduction." She said as she patted her back roughly, to which she let out an "oof!"
"Anywho! It's getting late! I need to head on back to feed the pack." Juniper checked her phone with the nanny cam on her pack of dogs.
"I have to go as well. I gotta get up early to finish some of my orders." Theressa said as she checked her watch. But not before Angel caught up to her.
“Hey! Will I be seeing you around, Teri?” He asked with slight hesitance.
Meanwhile Husk had jumped the fence back over to the safe side.
“You have an admirer, Henry~” Alastor teased.
“Shut up, don’t call me that..!” Husk hissed.
Theressa looked a bit surprised. "Um, well now that I know where Janette is, I can come over more often. How long are you staying?"
Alastor chuckled at how Husk bristled. And decided to answer Theressa's question.
“My companions are spending the week here, they live rather… far… from here.”
"Oh… okay… um… do you want… to trade numbers? Then we can hang out when I can give you a call?" She offered with a small smile.
“Yeah.. Yeah I’d like that.” Angel agreed, whipping out his phone faster than anything he’d done before in his work as a pornstar.
"I like your phone! It's cute!" She said as she repeated her number to him and he did the same.
“Th-thank ya, Doll- S-sorry! I didn’t- ah crap..” Angel blushed, averting his eyes.
She giggled with a small blush. "It's okay. My mother used to call me that. I'm used to it by now." She said as she gave him a peck on the cheek.
Angel blushed more, his hand gingerly touching where she kissed. “O-oh, o-ok…” He stammered.
Alastor was giving one hell of a smile.
Janette giggled. "I'll walk you two out." She led the two women to the massive off roader black pick up.
“Congratulations gentlemen, you may be getting laid within the week.” Alastor stated, heading to the house.
“Like Hell, I don’t deserve a woman like her, whether I’m a demon or not.” Husk grumbled.
“Oh shit- That’s right.” Angel was pretty upset about that "small" fact.
“You never know, boys, you never know.” Alastor chuckled before disappearing.
Janette came back inside and shut the door. She then went to Sarah pond and called for her.
"Hey Sarah?!" She called.
Sarah was there, sniffling and trying to make the rash go away. “I wanna make him better..”
Janette gently patted her on the back. "It's okay Sarah. Juniper will help. She's been doing this for a while. Actually she wanted me to give this to you…" It was a small silver dog chain silver necklace that had a dog tag that said WARRIOR with fancy but bold engravings of font and had two stars on either side. "I also have a necklace for Ben, but she wanted me to tell you that you're a real trooper and that she respects that in a woman even if you're still a little girl."
“Al says I’ll be a little girl forever… Was Juniper the one I thought was hurting Sal?” She asked, looking up with wide eyes.
"She was. But if she hadn't done that, then we might've not known that he was sick. And he would've gotten worse. And she says that you and Sal are really brave." Janette reassured.
She blushed, swaying from side to side gently. “Um… you should thank her for me..” Sarah took the tag from Janette, putting it around her neck.
Janette smiled. "Will do Hun. You take care okay?"
She then walked back into the house. "Ben?! I got something for you!" Janette called.
“He’s over here!” Husker called, the child once more clinging to the annoyed avian feline.
She chuckled at the sight. She bent down and tapped him on the shoulder. "Hey Ben. I got a present for you. It's from Juniper." She held the silver dog chain necklace that had the words "SOLDIER BOY" on the camo print dog tag.
“The lady man?” He asked curiously, peeking at tags.
“She’s a woman, kid.” Husker grumbled.
Janette chuckled. "Yes, her. She wanted to give this to the plucky and gutsy little man that has a heart of gold." She said as Ben grabbed the necklace.
“COOL!! Hear that?! She thinks I’m gutsy! What’s plucky?” Ben asked Husk, who was trying, and failing, to ignore him.
“Plucky is another word for determination and courage.” He replied, sighing.
Ben seemed a little perked up at that! And then continued to hug Husk. But he wanted to know when she'll be back.
“Hey when’s “Juniper” coming back? Why’d she leave? Can she stay forever?” Ben asked. Husk didn’t have an answer for him.
Janette chuckled and looked at Husk with a sly eye. "Well that really depends on a few factors, one, she'll come back to feed and treat Sal. Two, it depends if Husk grows a spine and calls her." She chuckled.
“Not gonna happen. She can do better.” Husker replied sulkily.
"Now Husk. She wouldn't have given her number to you if she didn't see something in you. Besides~ I saw that hungry look in her eyes when she saw you the first time~." She teased with a serious look in her eyes and a cheeky smile.
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