Total pages in book: 41
Estimated words: 38741 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 194(@200wpm)___ 155(@250wpm)___ 129(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 38741 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 194(@200wpm)___ 155(@250wpm)___ 129(@300wpm)
We pulled onto the driveway and she stopped me halfway. “It’s right here daddy stop.” She waited for me to come around and get her before walking over to the hedge.
It was a plant, a very pretty plant. “The leaves are the best daddy.”
“What is this?”
“Oleander. It takes four days to work.”
I don’t even want to know how she knows this shit. I pulled my phone and called mom.
“Elena, did you know your hedge is a poison?”
“What?”
“This pretty pink flower, did you know it’s poisonous?”
“Where are you?”
“In your driveway.”
“Well what are you doing there?”
“Just answer the question Elena.”
“Your father said something about it once but I didn’t pay it no mind. I think you have to eat a lot of it or something like that.”
“Okay thanks.”
“Are you coming in?”
“Nah I got some stuff to take care of.” I hung up with her and turned back to the other one.
“Okay kid, tell me how to do this.”
“You can use any part daddy, but the leaves are the best. If you take too much it’ll kill you. But if you take just a little bit it’ll make you think you’re dying you’ll be so sick.”
I picked some of the shit and put in a bag making sure not to touch it because the way she talked sounded like this shit would do me in if I even inhaled too deep.
I kept a wary eye on her as we drove back home. She was clutching the bag with the poisonous shrub in her hand even though I told her to put it in the backseat.
She carried on a running conversation about the best ways to use the shit. According to her you could use an extract but it wasn’t so easy to get since it was so toxic.
“Gimme that.” I took it from her when we reached the house. “Don’t tell your mother about this. In fact don’t tell anyone.” She nodded her head and waited for me to come get her.
“This mean you owe me daddy.” Well I knew that shit was coming.
“I feed you, I don’t owe you jack kid.”
“Okay!” Now I see why her mother’s afraid of her.
Somehow that easy acquiescence did not make me the least bit comfortable. I was proved right as soon as we walked through the door. “Mommy, guess what.”
I pulled her ass back by her collar. “Fine, what is it that you want?” This fucking kid is gonna end up on somebody’s most wanted poster. I refuse to swallow in front of this kid.
“I’ll think about and tell you later daddy. Daddy.” She looked up at me with big eyes. “What is it baby?”
“Don’t forget, don’t let any of that get near your mouth.”
“Roger that.” I high fived her before making my escape and letting her get back to whatever the hell she was up to earlier.
I didn’t waste any time texting Jared and asking him for an update. Obviously they would’ve called had that been the case. But it’s one of those things we do.
After hearing that there was no movement from the perp, I turned my mind to ways to bypass his booby-traps. If I get a nail in my foot I’m likely to kill the fuck before I get the chance to question him. That shit hurts like a bitch on meth.
I stayed awake long after everyone had gone to bed; big whoop, nine-thirty is the cut off time in this house for all but Kat and I.
It was about ten when my boys were on the move. I saw the tracker on their truck start to pull out five seconds before I got the text.
I ran upstairs to kiss my wife and tell her I’d be back. Thank fuck her ass was half asleep and she didn’t know what the fuck!
“Where is he headed?”
“We’re heading towards the Dairy Queen.”
“Okay stay on him do not approach.” I fiddled my thumbs as I headed in their direction.
Ten minutes later I got the call that the hump was heading back to his place. “Cut him off, don’t let him get back onto his property.”
I heard the squeal of tires and saw the confusion of headlights up ahead when I turned the corner onto the street before the turnoff to asshole’s place.
Thank fuck the area was pitch black and the homes were so nicely spread. The neighbors might’ve had heart attacks if they looked out their windows and saw the two men dressed in black shoving another one into the back of an SUV.
Chapter 13
I rode up and around them and headed back the way I came with them following close behind. We didn’t need to talk, we all knew where we were headed. I got there before they did and opened the security gate.
I turned on only the bare bulb overhead light leaving the rest of the room in shadows. I kicked a chair into the middle of the room and waited.