Total pages in book: 72
Estimated words: 74324 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 372(@200wpm)___ 297(@250wpm)___ 248(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 74324 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 372(@200wpm)___ 297(@250wpm)___ 248(@300wpm)
I picked up the bag that he’d thrown on the floor.
“This weighs more like a pound. What the hell does two ounces have to do with anything?” I fumed.
But before I could hand the money that I’d just ripped out of my pocket over to the man, Mig stopped me in my tracks.
“Call Griffin and get him here,” Mig ordered, handing me his phone.
I took it and opened it, then began searching through his contacts for Griffin.
I didn’t dwell on the fact that I had to pass an Angel, Barbara, Brianne, Cathy, Caty, DeeDee , Diane, Dora and Giselle to get to Griffin, though.
Okay, maybe I did a little bit.
If the first seven letters in his phone book had seven women in it, how many did the rest of his phone hold?
Once I found Griffin’s name, I hit call and held the phone to my ear as I watched Mig continue to question the man.
“Yeah?” A rough male voice grated from the other end of the line.
“Umm,” I hesitated. “This is Annie. Mig asked me to call you and ask you to please come out here.”
Griffin snorted. “I’m sure he asked real nice, exactly like that, too,” Griffin laughed. “Where are you?”
“The mall,” I answered.
“The actual mall in Marshall or the mall in between Jefferson and Uncertain?” Griffin clarified.
“The one in between Jefferson and Uncertain,” I answered quickly, flinching when Mig hauled the man up by his shirt and shook him. “And you might want to hurry before Mig goes all hardcore on this man.”
“Be there in fifteen, maybe less,” Griffin rang off, and I shoved the phone into my back pocket.
“He said he’d be here in fifteen minutes,” I answered, deciding to leave off the ‘maybe less.’
Mig didn’t acknowledge me, and I wondered idly whether I should call the police or not.
I decided against it, however, when Mig started to punch the man.
I bit my lip and watched.
I was ashamed to admit it, but the sight of Mig being so upset and bothered about me nearly being hurt was really turning me on.
I watched as the muscles in his arms bunched and released.
Mig’s grip on the man’s shirt loosened, but only long enough for Mig to put his entire hand across the man’s neck and squeeze.
I don’t know why I wasn’t more worried than I was.
I knew Mig wouldn’t hurt him too badly.
And he sure wouldn’t kill him.
“I asked you to tell me what you meant,” Mig ordered slowly.
The man started to cry.
“I was trying to buy drugs!” The man finally wailed. “Coke, man. I was trying to buy some fucking coke!”
I blinked.
He thought I was a drug dealer?
“Why would you think she was giving you drugs? She showed me the post. Nowhere in that post are drugs ever mentioned or even hinted about,” Mig snarled, leaning close.
I wanted to laugh as the man started to cry.
I was such a bitch!
“She used the code! Wrapping it. ‘Got it. Red tissue paper.’ She said that in her reply, man!”
I wanted to throw my hands up in exasperation.
Seriously?
I’d used the code back to him?
I’d been teasing about how I had to wrap it, never even realizing that I’d inadvertently set up a drug deal!
“I thought you weren’t working today,” Griffin said from behind us, making me squeak in surprise.
Mig looked up at Griffin and glared. “I haven’t had the chance to do what I needed to do yet because of this little shit head.”
Mig shook the man for emphasis.
“What’s going on?” Griffin asked, making no move to stop Mig from hitting the man one more time.
“Motherfucker tried to hit Annie when his supposed drug deal went south. Annie had no clue she was agreeing to deliver drugs. Seems the garage sale site she uses sets up code words in the posts to place their order and set up the deal. They settle on a meeting place, and the seller uses the code phrase in the reply,” Mig answered, standing up.
When the man tried to stand up as well, Mig fixed him with a stare.
“Stay where you are.”
The man flopped back onto the ground, and I would’ve laughed had this situation not been scary.
What would’ve happened if I had been by myself like I’d originally intended?
Would I be dead?
Chapter 5
I used my manners today. Bitch, please is adequate, right?
-Annie’s secret thoughts
Annie
If you’d have asked me two weeks ago what I would be doing today, it would’ve never been what I was doing.
“Are you sure this is legal?” I asked once more.
Mig glared at me.
“Yes,” he insisted. “It’s my car!”
“Actually, it’s your wife’s car,” I informed him. “And what are you hoping to accomplish by having me move it?”
“I’m hoping that she’ll try to call someone,” he informed me, shutting the door on my retort.
I moved his wife’s car behind the building, parked it in the back behind a dumpster and got out.