Total pages in book: 22
Estimated words: 19898 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 99(@200wpm)___ 80(@250wpm)___ 66(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 19898 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 99(@200wpm)___ 80(@250wpm)___ 66(@300wpm)
On the one hand Shaw has been her friend forever and there’d never been anything romantic between them. Until this shit happened I’d never really got the feeling that he wanted to go there, she was more like a kid sister to him. But why would Brenda go to these lengths? What’s in it for her? It didn’t make any sense. I’d rebuffed her a time or two and had thought that that was the end of it. I never even told Maddy about her freakish come-ons because they just hadn’t been that important, maybe that was my mistake.
I walked up on him keeping my gun trained now at his heart. “Who?”
“That chick with the red hair, I can’t remember her name.”
“Try fucker.” A hard poke in the chest with the business end of a nine-millimeter ought to jog anybody’s memory.
“Brenda okay, it was Brenda. Stupid bitch.” The last was mumbled but I heard it all the same.
“And why did she need it did she say?”
“No man I swear; I asked her ya know. Usually it’s guys buying that shit but she said she needed it for something else so I didn’t push.” I looked him in the eye for a long minute letting the fear set in before stepping back.
“We never had this conversation.”
“So we’re cool, you won’t get me involved in this shit? Whatever she did I had no part in it man I swear.” If he only knew how close he came to losing his fucking life just then. No part in it? He’d supplied the drug that could’ve harmed my unborn child not to mention the shit they’d done to my wife.
Chapter 12
I called Silas as soon as I made it back to my truck. I didn’t tell him who had been the buyer but I filled him in on what had gone down. I had no doubt he’d coordinate with the local authorities in this town and take care of this piece a shit. I should get my guys on it but there was no time. I had to plan my next move carefully, had to find out Shaw’s part in all this. If he was innocent, well! I still wasn’t apologizing to his ass. He’d kissed my fucking wife; the fact that he was still breathing was apology enough.
I wanted to rush home to her and hold her the rest of the day but first I had to tie up all the loose ends. I’d spent the time waiting to hear from Garret lining shit up. I knew what I was going to do to all the players involved according to their level of guilt. I have a kid on the way and a wife that needs me, and who truth be told I need just as much. I can’t put a bullet in Brenda and spend the rest of my life away from my family as much as I’d like to, but there were other ways to make that bitch suffer. First things first.
I found Shaw at his office in the savings and loan place in town. He didn’t look too happy to see me, which was understandable considering. I held up my hands so he’d know I came in peace. “Is there somewhere we can talk?” He looked around at the others who were trying hard to pretend disinterest. That’s one of the perils of living in a small town everybody knows everybody else’s business. He nodded towards his office in he back and I followed him.
“I need to hear your side of what went down the night you kissed my wife.”
“Look I didn’t…”
“That doesn’t matter now, I’d as soon not even talk about that part and who kissed who. I just want you to tell me what happened.”
“Okay, but you can’t use this against her I think she was just too drunk or something.” He seemed to be waiting for my reassurance so I gave it to him.
“She wasn’t herself, I don’t know how else to put it. I’ve known her ever since we were kids and I’ve never seen her act like that. She’s usually quiet and reserved when we hang out in public, you know. But for some reason that night she was clingy and weird. She started out okay; I picked her up because she said you didn’t like her driving down the mountain at night. Brenda had been on my ass all day about hanging out which I found strange, but then she said that it was for Maddy, that Maddy was feeling down because you were gone so I gave in.”
“They were there when we got to the bar, Brenda, Donna and some of the others. Brenda had bought Maddy her first beer and had it waiting so I went to the bar to grab one. I thought I’d hang out there for a bit and give the girls some time alone together but Brenda came and dragged me back to the table. I didn’t think anything of it when she kept insisting that I dance with Maddy, I thought she was just trying to cheer her up.”