Run Kindle Edition
by Sam Wolfe (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
A walk to fight off boredom puts a young man in a position he may die getting out of. He finds himself in the middle of a criminal act he can only wonder at the origins of. In any case, he is now a part of it until the end of what ever it is…
… He was breathing hard. “We got to kill some time: Find a place.” He looked at the girl. “What the f*ck is it you want, manita?” He showed her the 45 just in case she hadn’t seen it.
She turned and looked to the back of the lot, motioning with one hand as she did, and spat out a stream of Spanish that was lost on me. At the end, I caught the gist of it, she was asking for a ride. I expected the Mexican to tell her no, maybe even shoot her: The guy had a bullet hole in his head and he was walking around. What could you expect from a guy like that?
When she finished she planted her feet firmly and locked eyes with him, occasionally turning to include me in her stare down.
“Okay, okay, manita. You are a little… What the f*ck is it,” he turned to me smiling, ”Loca? …”
“Crazy,” the girl said, but she laughed.
A big dead rat, and a few even larger rats were breakfasting on him.
And, suddenly, just like that, I was done. #CrimeFiction #CrimeReads
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