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no talking to strangers. Starting from today, anyone you don’t know, male or female, could be out for blood. If you’re approached or contacted by anyone you don’t know, you tell me right away.” another pregnant pause ensued.
    “Third, if I tell you to move or get down on the floor, you’re gonna do it immediately. No questions asked. Otherwise, your pretty little head could be gone in a second.”
    I blinked twice, surprised and confused that he’d apparently tossed me a compliment, but then dismissed that possibility. The jerk was only looking for new ways to piss me off.
    “Is that clear?” he looked me full in the face.
    “Crystal clear. ” I almost choked on the words, “If you're finished with your monologue, I've got stuff to do. I guess you’re in love with the sound of your own voice, but I’m getting pretty sick of it.”
    I turned around and started to leave the kitchen with my coffee when a thought struck me and I stopped at the door.
    “By the way, there’s a small problem with your outstanding plan to be my ever-present shadow.” I called over my shoulder.
    “Oh yeah? What’s that?”
    Putting on a show of looking indifferent, he lifted his legs up onto the chair I’d just vacated and, without paying any attention to me, picked up a newspaper that was folded on the table. It stood to reason that an arrogant asshole like him would not allow for the possibility of being wrong about anything. I had experience of that, Tyler having been a prime example of the bigheaded-arrogant-asshole species.
    “Since only students have access to the university building, I’ll be spared your presence for at least part of the day.”
    I raised my nose defiantly as I waited for a reaction, but was disappointed when he didn’t so much as bat an eyelid.
    “Then it's a good thing Nikolai fixed it in good time for me to be among them. He did have some difficulties in putting me in the same group as you, though.”
    Stunned, I just stared at him for a few seconds, wishing I could convince myself this wasn’t true. Going to the store with a monkey on a power kick was enough to throw me off balance, but having a nanny following me wherever I went?
    “What?!”
    “You heard. From tomorrow we’re classmates.”
    “You're too old to be a student. How old are you anyway? Thirty?”
    He raised his eyebrows and threw me a loaded stare, letting me know he wasn’t fooled by my bluff.
    “I don’t mind if you wanna start calling me ‘Sir’.”
    “Hell will freeze over first. ”
    “Too bad. ” he shrugged and went back to leafing through the newspaper. “Anyways, it’s never too late to learn new stuff. Who knows, maybe some of it’ll be useful later on…”
    I glanced at his mohawk ‘do’, his eyebrow ring and his rough features, then my eyes came to rest on his inked arms and hands. He reminded me of the lead singer of a punk band I’d seen a while back, and I started to smile in spite of myself.
    “ And… did Nikolai tell you what is my major at university?”
    “No. ” he said, putting the newspaper down, “Why?”
    I looked him in the eyes and tried to act serious but it was all so ridic ulous that laughter overtook me and I had to cover my mouth as I failed to control it. The cup in my hand was waving around too much, so I set it down on the counter rather than spill its contents all over the floor. The muscles in my stomach started to ache from all the cackling and I leaned my hands against the wall, dropped my head so that I faced the floor and breathed in loudly, trying to recover myself.
    “Sorry. ” I said when I was able to catch my breath, “I was trying to figure out how that new academic knowledge might be of use to you. Considering your line of work, I mean. Unless Nikolai’s about to branch out.”
    “What do you mean by that?”
    “Well... Correct me if I’m wrong, but Art history doesn’t have much in common with illegal arms trafficking.”
    Several emotions played