Alone Again_After the Collapse by John Sullins

Author:John Sullins [Sullins, John]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2018-01-18T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 44

Later that night, he laid on the floor in front of the fireplace again but was unable to go to sleep. His mind kept repeating the number “two million” over and over again like it was a song that would not stop. He repeatedly asked himself, “Why did she have all of that cash in the house? What should I do with it? Should I tell Joni about it?”

He had no answers and the questions continued, over and over again. He finally gave up on sleep and began to wander through the many rooms of the big house again. There were two bathrooms on the first floor, two on the second and one on the top floor. He turned on the water in the sinks, tubs, and shower checking to see if they all worked. He searched the medicine cabinets but found nothing of interest except a very old bottle of a medicine he had never heard of, Rohypnol.

He searched inside the bedroom closets, shoe boxes, and in every dresser and desk drawer. He did not know what he was looking for, he was only passing time because he was unable to sleep. He was in the kitchen about to fix breakfast when he heard a knock on the front door.

As he passed a window he looked out expecting to see a car in the driveway but there was no car. He opened the door and saw Ed Roy with his hands in his pockets and a knit hat pulled down on his forehead and shivering.

“Come in, where is your truck?”

Ed Roy’s voice was quivering and he was barley understandable. “Ittttt’s dooown rooooad a couple a milesssss. It stoooopped ruuuuning.”

Keith held open the door and helped him take off his coat.

“Go sit by the fire. You look like you are half frozen.”

“I ammmm. I nneeeed hot coffeeeee.”

Keith picked up the blanket from the floor and wrapped it around him.

“I’ll go fix us some.”

Ed Roy was still shivering when Keith handed him a large cup. Some of the coffee spilled down his chin as he held the cup to his lips with his shaking fingers.

“Do you know what’s wrong with your truck?”

“It’s old, a junker, I need to find a better one.”

At that instant, one of his questions was answered.

“I’ll be back in a minute.” He went upstairs to the top floor and unlocked the file cabinet. He lifted out five stacks of the one hundred dollar bills. He picked up the key ring from the top of the cabinet, carried the money to the bathroom and wrapped it in a towel. He went down the stairs, out the back door to the barn, and searched the key ring until he found a key for the Cadillac. He was surprised when the car started quickly. He drove it out of the barn and parked it beside the back porch. He left it running and went into the house.

“Are there any open car dealers in town Ed Roy?”

“Only one. There used to be three, but only one now, why?”

“I need to take the white Caddy in for a repair.

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