Astrid finally finished pinning the last part of the girl's dress. Oh how she turned this lady around from a junkyard dog to a high class beauty. Truly amazing what a nice bath, a little bit of make up, and the right clothes can do. The only hard part was to get the clothes she had around these birthing hips that the girl was given.

Yet, no job was too hard for Astrid. She made it work and now her beautiful distraction was set up and ready to explode. They smiled at each other while they looked in the mirror. The girl bit her lip and looked over to Astrid.

“You know, I've never looked this pretty before. I just wanted to thank you before we started the job.”

Astrid looked into the girls eyes and gave her a loving hug. Even though they were about the same age, she felt like a mother figure. Growing up in a home where she took care of everything around the shop and house, like her mother taught her, it was only natural to want to take care of someone.

“I'll make sure we have a lovely night on the town then! So we can show off how gorgeous you really are to those men back there!”

Winking at the girl they stepped away from the mirror and headed out to the car. Both of them were dolled up and looking fantastic. Astrid had a good hunch where the car they were looking for would be. A lot of the high rollers visited the local casino where the young boys would park their cars, getting to dream big for those few seconds that they drove.

The drive there took a bit longer than expected, the traffic was quite terrible this evening, but that didn't matter. The casino was open twenty-four hours. Which they could see a few blocks down. The girl parked the car nearby so they could watch for the gem they were looking for. All the cars pulling up were diamonds, but they weren't the right one.

The two talked while they waited, catching up on their lives and how they became apart of this world. The girl was surprised when Astrid told her she hadn't been here long. She giggled and poked fun at her.

“Scriba must be quite fond of you then! To have done so much for you and already sending you out on jobs like this!”

Astrid glared at the girl and then they both laughed it off. Yet, the laughter soon died down as she began her story of why she was brought here. The girl's eyes turned from sparkling with laughter to concern and full of love. She hugged Astrid and apologized. Of course it wasn't that girls fault, but one couldn't help but feel sorry for her loss. Even if most people had dealt with the same thing, this was extremely fresh.

“You're really strong to have come back so quickly from a loss like that. Your parents must have been great people to have made you into who you are today.”

Smiling at the girl, Astrid thanked her for the compliment, but a lot of the times she only felt like she was wearing a mask to hide her pain. Although that moment didn't last long when she spotted the car they were looking for.

“Ellie, look sharp.”

She mentioned the girls name and both of them stared down the car. Smiling at each other they nodded. The time to put the plan into action was now. The two ladies got out of their loaner car and walked down the sidewalk. They held on to each other while whispering and letting out loud laughs. Their pace kept them moving forward at a good rate towards the entrance of the casino. Quite a few men whistled as they walked by. The girls pretended to by shy and played it off.

“Take care of my baby now, just picked her up a few days ago.”

The gentleman said to the valet boy and then handed him the keys. Once the man was inside the boy smiled and walked around the vehicle. He was going to enjoy this, but Astrid was going to make sure he never set foot in the car.

“Go time.”

Ellie let go of Astrid and walked over to the stairs of the casino, where she pretended to trip and fall. Her screams could be heard down the block. All the employees and men quickly rushed over to her. She was a good actress, Astrid had to give her that.

“Excuse me, excuse me! I'm sorry my husband left something in the car and I need to get it for him.”

Astrid ran over to the boy who held the keys. He looked at her a bit funny at first, he couldn't remember the gentleman getting out of the car with a woman. Yet, his eyes couldn't help but wonder up and down over her curves. He was at the ripe time in his life where women were becoming extremely attractive to him and all he could think about was one thing after that.

“Hello? Are you okay?”

The boy snapped back and checked to make sure nothing had risen in his pants, he was good and shook his head. He just couldn't shake this feeling that he shouldn't be letting this lady into the car.

“I've been here all day just waiting for him to arrive, he likes to drop me off early while he attends meetings, yanno...”

Astrid trailed off as if she knew what her “husbands” meetings really were about. The boy lowered his head and smiled up at her. He too knew what she meant, but they both pretended that they didn't. He handed her the keys and then looked over at all the men trying to help Ellie.

“Go check on her, I'll bring the keys back to you. She is close to your age actually and she could really use a fine man like you to check on her. I'm sure she is frightened by all those older men.”

Punching herself in her mind she couldn't believe what she just said, but it worked. The boy nodded and walked over to Ellie, pushing all the other guys out of the way. Shrugging, Astrid winked at Ellie to let her know she was good.

Then getting into the car she started the engine and drove off. Only one or two people really noticed her leave. She checked the rear view mirror to see that Ellie was brushing herself off and thanking the boy. His cheeks were bright red from blushing at how pretty Ellie was, she even gave him a kiss on the cheek before starting to walk back to their loaner car.

The plan worked perfectly, without a slip up, but Astrid knew that wasn't always going to be the case. She had a gun under her dress against her thigh, but that was a last resort at any time.

Ellie had beat Astrid back to the shop, but then again Astrid did get lost for a few minutes and started to panic. She had heard a few sirens going off near her and made a few wrong turns to try and avoid them. She had a feeling they were probably looking for the car she was in and couldn't risk being spotted.

“Sorry, dear, I had to take the long route.”

They both understood what she meant and wrapped their arms around each others side while walking back into the Philly Motors shop where Scriba was waiting.

Wild was charged with positive energy by the joy in that speech. 

I am a big fan of hugs myself Astrid, and I am always ready to make a lady happy by hugging her.