He shook his head. “Baby Momma? No…girl.” He sighed. “I don’t know the words you people use. But I know that Master Tanner is very fond of you. And I can’t let anything happen to you.”
“Aww, that’s so sweet,” said Chastity.
He put his finger to her lips. “Hush, child. I don’t know who you are.”
She licked his finger.
He yelped.
Stop it, Chastity.Couldn’t she see that her flirtations weren’t working with this guy? “I have one more question. And then I swear we’ll both be quiet.”
“Splendid,” Nigel said. “What is it?”
“What’s Tanner’s secret?” Honestly he probably had too many secrets to count. But I was hoping Nigel would just spill the biggest. The vampire one. Because I’d had a lot of time to think this over on the ride back here with a bag on my head. Angel had implied that Tanner was a one-night stand kind of guy. And I was thinking that Tanner definitely had tons of one-night stands because that was all that was possible…since he killed all the women he slept with right after he came. It was genius really. Everyone loved a good snack after sex. I preferred ice cream, but Tanner clearly preferred blood. Sometimes I wanted something salty like cheese. But never blood. Not even once.Vampire!
“Secretses?” Nigel shook his head. “No, we have none of those. We’re very normal boys.”
The fact that he’d just said that wasn’t normal.
“How about I draw the two of you a bath to help you calm down?”
Chastity laughed. “You want me and Ash to hook up in front of you, you little perv?”
“No. Baths are for relaxation purposes only. They’re not sexual. They’re soothing. Let me draw you one so you can see. And I’ll stay with you the whole time to make sure the temperature of the water stays consistent.”
That sounded very sexual to me. He wanted me and Chastity to bathe together? And he wanted to watch the whole time? “That’s okay, Nigel,” I said. “We don’t need to bathe.”
He shrugged. “Millennials.”
Really, a millennial dig? He looked the same age as us. What was his deal?
“How about some green juice then?” he asked. “I make a juice that will fix all your ailments. It should calm you both down. Maybe even put you to sleep.”
I was actually quite calm despite being tied up. A little less so now that it seemed like he wanted to drug us.
“We don’t have any ailments,” Chastity said. “Just questions.”
Nigel pretended to zip up his lips and then swallow the key. Which made no sense. None of what he did made any freaking sense.
But that was a good thing. Nigel was all over the place. And maybe if I started asking questions about something besides Tanner I could slowly trick him into giving us more information. “Do you know Ocelot?”
Nigel just stared at me.
“He was at Club Onyx tonight. Big hair. Kind of a diva vibe. Anyway, it seemed like he had a crush on Tanner. He even said he was in love with him.”
“He did?” asked Chastity.
I nodded and turned back to Nigel. “Is Ocelot in love with Tanner?”
Nigel rolled his little eyes. “Nonsensical. Ocelot is an odd little boy. He does not know the difference between love and in love with. Like…I love baths. I’m not in love with baths. Ocelot doesn’t understand the distinction. Although he does look like he appreciates a good bath.”
Okay.“So he isn’t in love with Tanner?”
“No. Ocelot is straight.”
“What? How is that possible? And why does everyone keep telling me that?”
Nigel ignored me.
