Beautiful Devastation (Degenerates and Sin Book 2) by CM Wondrak

Author:CM Wondrak [Wondrak, CM]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-06-30T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten – Rick

Eastcreek was such a small town. It had its own festivals and street fairs. The street fairs were always an excuse for the townies to ride a few rides and eat some greasy fair food without actually going to a county fair. Usually they doubled as fundraisers for the local fire department or the school, and they were always held on the main street, right in front of the station. The fire department and sheriff’s station faced each other across the street.

It was a city-wide event that typically lasted at least three days, Friday to Sunday. The road got closed down, and it was pretty much from sun up to sun down, save for Friday, in which case it started in the afternoon.

Me and the boys took turns walking the street fairs, making sure everything was in order. The others liked going with their families and their girlfriends, but I hated the entire thing. There was nothing to celebrate, and I sure as hell wouldn’t contribute to any fundraiser.

No, my money was purely my own, and I’d been stashing it to get out of here someday. Hopefully. Alistair couldn’t own me for the rest of my life, could he?

Don’t answer that.

It was Friday night, and the street fair was hopping. It always got busy once dusk fell. Parents got home from their jobs and they brought the whole gang to it, parking in the local park and walking to the main street. The kids separated from their parents usually, going to hang out with their friends, like they hadn’t just seen their friends in school a few hours ago. There was food, carnival games, even a dunk tank where you could pay to dunk one of the teachers from the middle school—one that was widely hated, by the sound of it, due to the sheer amount of math homework he assigned each and every night, so it was a popular stand.

In the past, Alistair came on Sunday, the final day, to hand whoever was hosting the street fair for fundraising a big check. He always got rounds of applause, like he was the savior of the town, the only reason it was still here.

He kind of was, in a way, but I didn’t think anyone else knew the true depths of what he’d done here. Everyone was in his pocket, in one way or another. If you were anybody important, he either bought your loyalty, found something to blackmail you with, or got you fired and one of his loyalists took your job. It’s why I’d gotten head sheriff so young; Montgomery money. Never, ever underestimate the power of money.

But things were different now. As I walked along the fair, making sure everybody was doing what they were supposed to, I spotted Alistair and his new wife chatting to the fire chief just in front of the station. Neither he nor Nicole looked like they belonged in such a homey atmosphere. They both wore fancy clothes. He

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