Hand Sanitiser: A Short Story

12. Hand sanitiser Sanitise: To delete specific material or revise a report or other document to prevent the identification of intelligence sources and collection methods "Thanks for having us over for lunch, mom" I said, taking a seat at the table. It had been hard getting out of bed, because we had stayed up the night before as well. "No worries, honey. Did you say you wanted to talk to Claire?" She asked. I nodded and Claire looked up at me. "What did you want to ask?" I stuffed a fry into my mouth. "Food first, talk later." Blake rolled his eyes. "We didn't sleep very well and we missed breakfast." Claire winked. "Wonder why you guys couldn't sleep." "Ew, gross" Jeremy said, taking a bite of his burger. I rolled my eyes before taking …show more content…

"English, please?" I asked, making her sigh. "Mason, why are you so grumpy?" She asked. "I'm not grumpy, I'm just not happy" I said and Blake rolled is eyes. "Mason please, stop it" he said and I growled. "Fuck off, Blake" I said, getting up, grabbing my burger and leaving the house. I was halfway down the road when I realised that I was in my socks and had left my jacket back at the house. I shivered, rain seeping into my socks, but kept walking. I walked into the shopping centre and people were staring at me, my hair wet and walking shoeless. I felt a body smash into mine and I stared up from the ground seeing that Nash had knocked me over. "You're Claire's brother, aren't you?" He asked and I stood up, trying to establish dominance. "Yeah, who the hell are you?" I asked, despite knowing everything about him, where he went to preschool and what time he was born. "Claire's boyfriend" he stated and I narrowed my eyes at him. "Oh, really? And how old are you, 40?" I asked. I knew that I should've shut my mouth, but I couldn't seem to be controlling what I was …show more content…

Jeremy's expression changed. "Who is it?" "Okay, Claire, don't freak out, but it was Nash who has been following you guys. I think dad sent him" I said and Claire rolled her eyes. "See, dad still cares. He sent someone to look after us" she said. Mom stayed quiet and I growled. "Do you want to know how we caught him, Claire? When I was dressed up as a girl, he agreed to come back to my apartment, wanting sex. Jeremy warned you about him and you didn't listen. I know Nash meant a lot to you, but he told me that you two were only a one night stand" I said, getting frustrated with her. She looked up at me. "I knew that he was the one stalking us, I knew that he was in prison with dad. I'm so sorry." "Why the hell didn't you say something? Blake and Mason have been here working so hard to figure out who had been after us and you knew this whole time!" Mom said, finally speaking. "Don't act like you care, Mom. You even said it yourself, Mason doesn't belong here" Claire replied. "Stop it! Both of you! Just shut up! Who cares that Mason got a a little grumpy this morning? Doesn't mean he doesn't have a right to be here. Claire, you should've told us, hell you shouldn't have gone out with him in the first place" Jeremy said, face red and