Blind Luck by Dave Stanton

Author:Dave Stanton [Stanton, Dave]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bloodhound Books
Published: 2018-03-08T18:30:00+00:00

The sound of his ex-wife’s name made John freeze. Since the initial shock of seeing her in South Lake Tahoe a week ago, he had shoved all thoughts of her aside. She was an intangible problem he didn’t want to address unless he had to.

“She walked up to me at this bar in the middle of nowhere,” Jimmy said. “And she had these two big dudes with her, like they were bodyguards or something. I’m sitting there having a drink, and she just walks right on up.”

“What—what did she say?”

“Well, we sat at a table, and these guys with her, they sat away, far enough so they couldn’t hear us. Then, she goes into this story, and I’m still trying to figure out what to believe or not. She tells me a dude I once stole some coke from was dealing for a Mexican drug cartel, and now, these badass Mexicans know I won the Lotto. So, they tracked Sheila down, and told her to make me this offer: pay two million to settle the score on the rip-off, or they’ll come after me personally.”

John blinked, trying to organize his thoughts. “Did you really steal some drugs?”

“Yeah. I was pretty down and out at the time. I was working a temporary job and met this dude named Sanzini, who’s got the IQ of a rock. I mean, if he was any dumber, he’d need to be watered twice a week. He starts bragging about how he’s a big-time dealer, and we end up at his house, and I took off with about an ounce of his blow.”

“Do you think he was really connected with Mexican cartels?”

“I doubt it. He’s not Mexican, and he was just a low street dealer. But I saw him talking to some cholos in a lowrider…”

“Huh,” John sputtered, and started pacing the floor. “Did Sheila say the Mexicans contacted her directly?”

“Yeah. She said Sanzini brought them to her apartment. They supposedly offered her a chance to save my ass, is how she put it.”

“What about the two men with her?”

“She claims they were associates of the Mexicans, hired by them to make sure the money gets back to the cartel safely. While we were at the bar, Sheila went to the bathroom, and then, these guys came up to me and said some threatening shit, like I better cooperate, or else.”

“My question is, why would the Mexicans go to Sheila?” John said. “If they wanted to find you, why would they need her?”

“She said she got involved to look out for my best interests, to prevent them from hurting or killing me.”

“I don’t think that makes sense, do you?”

Jimmy considered this before answering. He originally had thought his stepmom might well have a soft spot for him, given their night of passion. But he realized that was probably a vain notion—especially since she was telling him he needed to hand her $2 million in cash.

“She’s expecting me to pay her today. She took the keys to my car.

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