Black Wolf Rising (Prequel to the Bernadette Callahan Mystery Series) by Lyle NIcholson

Author:Lyle NIcholson [NIcholson, Lyle]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Red Cuillin Publishing
Published: 2017-05-15T16:00:00+00:00

17

Bernadette stood at the corner watching the two boys. Had they seen her? Were they about to move away? They stood midway up the block, smoking and watching the road ahead. They were waiting for something.

A car drove slowly by and then stopped in front of them. Bernadette crossed the street, making like she was heading somewhere else. She found a large mailbox to hide behind and watched the boys.

No one got out of the car; instead a hand reached out with a package. The larger boy, Bernadette remembered was Leo, took the package and jammed it into his jacket. He looked up and down the street. He didn’t see Bernadette.

The car drove away. Bernadette watched it go down the street. She memorized the car and the license number. Who would these boys know who drove what looked like a late model Cadillac?

Checking her watch, she realized she needed to get to class. These boys were no longer anything but a hindrance between her and an essential math test. This was mid terms and she needed to get this test done or she could lose whatever marks she already had.

She moved out from behind the mailbox and started to walk down the street. She made it a few hundred metres when she heard the words, “Hey, it’s the Karate Kid.”

She continued walking, head down, concentrating on walking on the icy sidewalk.. If she was lucky, whatever they just received from the car was more important than her.

“Hey, I’m talking to you,” one of the boys said.

She heard their footsteps running across the street. They stood in front of her. Leo stood tall, his lower lip showing attitude, dominance. He crossed his arms to show he wasn’t about to let her pass.

Bernadette stopped, eyeing Leo and the other boy. “I need to get to class; please get out of my way.”

“Ha, you can’t take on Susie, how you gonna take me on us, you little shit?”

Bernadette eyed both the boys. There was no talking to them, and there was no way she could outrun them.

She rooted herself, making her stance square with her palms raised. Her eyes flicked over Leo as he approached.

“Oh, my, I’m so scared,” Leo said. He looked at his sidekick. “She got some kind of Kung Foo, or Hai Karate moves, don’t she, David?”

David smiled and nodded. “I heard she’s been studying some new moves. Maybe she’ll show you some?”

Bernadette focused on David for a second. His eyes were glazed, his pupils large. She looked back at Leo. His were the same—she knew the look, she’d seen it on the Cardinal boys: they were both stoned.

Her best guess was marijuana would make them slower. She was going to find out.

“I ain’t scared a’ no Kung Fu horse shit,” Leo said, walking towards her, his right hand balled into a fist.

She waited for Leo to get into her striking range. She deflected his fist with a left arm block. His swing brought him in close. Her hand had already gone into a chambered position.

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