finally found the lock button. After I pressed it I heard the horn blow. "Good! Now go!" Rico yelled as he swung me around and pushed me ahead in front of him.

I looked around to see if anybody was witnessing what was happening. Sure enough there were a few people staring in my direction with a puzzled look on their face. They quickly realized what was going on when the noticed Rico's uniform. I entered back through the sliding glass doors, and this time I wasn't greeted by anybody. "Keep walking!" I heard from behind. I looked back to see Rico whispering something into his coworker’s ear. His coworker looked at me with a menacing smile. I had a feeling that something was about to happen, and the cops weren't going to be called.

A knot formed in the pit of my stomach. I knew I fucked up this time. I was led to the back of the store and into the security office. It was a pretty small room. I saw a couple of security cameras in the corner, different images splashing across the screen every few seconds. Surprisingly there wasn't anybody else in the room. Just me and Rico. "Sit over there!" Rico instructed as he pointed toward a chair against the wall. I sat now quietly not saying a word. Rico walked over to the desk setting the headset by the keyboard. He then walked back over to the door and locked it. My heart jumped as I heard the lock clicked. I feared what was going to happen next. I didn't know what Rico was going to do.

"You really thought you could get away...huh?" Rico asked while sitting down at the desk.

"Not really" I managed to respond back. "How did you know I took it?"

Rico paused and then looked at me and chuckled. "Hahaha. I saw the way you looked at me when you walked in. You couldn't keep your eyes off of me. I saw that you kept looking back as you walked further into the store. I knew you were up to something." Rico explained as he fiddled around with the headset. "I actually followed you around the store, but you didn't see me"

"Obviously..." I mumbled unconsciously. I tried to catch myself, but the word already came out.

"What!? Don't get smart with me!" Rico snarled as he straightened up in his chair. It looked like he was about to lunge at me.

"Sorry...."I quickly apologized.

"You know...I should call the cops right now," Rico taunted.

Sweat began to drop down my forehead. I knew it would be over for me if he called the cops. "But I won't!" I looked up at him. He had his arms folded across the desk as he leaned over. He had a big grin on his face. This sent shivers down my spine. I knew he was up to something and I feared to think about what. "I am going to teach you a little lesson!" Rico yelled as he jumped up. He immediately ran over me and grasped the front of my shirt with both fists and hoisted me up toward his face. It happened so fast I didn't have time to react.

There we were face to face. His hot breath attacking my face. Every-time I inhaled I could smell the faint scent of alcohol on his breath. I knew this wasn't going to be good. Right then