Bad Radio by Langlois Michael

Author:Langlois, Michael [Langlois, Michael]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2011-08-20T22:00:00+00:00

24

Dominic stood up gingerly, his left arm dangling grotesquely from his dislocated shoulder. “There really was no need for all of this. When the silent alarm went off, I came here to offer to help you, maybe atone a little for helping Peter. Anything he wants, I don’t want, you know?”

“How did you know it was me? Maybe it was a regular burglar.”

He grinned tightly. “Son, I can promise you no burglar is going to set foot anywhere near here unless it’s to ask me for work. No, I knew it was you because of something Peter said. He said that you couldn’t help but be drawn to him, like you didn’t have a choice. Since I’m the only person you know that has Peter’s location, and you’re the only person I know that’s dumb enough to actually break into my office, it wasn’t exactly rocket science to figure it out.” He shifted his weight and sucked in a breath as his arm moved. “Do you mind?”

I leaned in and grabbed his arm and his good shoulder. He clenched his teeth and looked away. When I shoved his shoulder back into the socket, bits and pieces of a scream escaped his control, but he recovered his composure surprisingly quickly.

“Son of a bitch, that hurts.” He sat down on the couch and wiped away the sweat that had beaded across his forehead and upper lip. “You had me pretty worried when you attacked me. I could see in your face that you have some of the same crazy in you that Peter has. It’s pretty obvious that the two of you are connected by more than just circumstance.”

“That’s not really your business, is it?”

He gestured to his office, and the injured men on the floor. “I do seem to be involved.”

I had to smile a little at that. I learned in the war that the ability of someone to earn your respect had very little to do with whether they were your enemy or not. “Let’s just say that something happened to me the first and only time we ever met, and I’m still figuring out the extent of it.”

I suddenly had a sense of what this conversation must look like to an outsider. Here I was, having a pleasant chat with the guy who had paid men to kill me and my friends, while his henchmen writhed in pain on the floor not ten feet away. I guess I’d been away from life for so long, I’d forgotten how relentlessly strange it was.

Dominic continued, “So Peter was right, then. You have no choice but to find him.”

“There are two options, kill him or keep him away from those altar pieces. I didn’t do so well on B, so I guess I’d better start working on A. If I don’t, it’ll be bad. For everyone.”

“You believe that?”

I shrugged. “Feels right.”

“Alright, I’ll give you directions, but it’s a drive of several hours to get there. You moving out tonight?”

“We need to sleep for a few hours first, but yeah.

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