Breaking Cover (Tony WolfTim Buckthorn) by Rhoades J.D

Author:Rhoades, J.D. [Rhoades, J.D.]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: Thriller
Publisher: Polis Books
Published: 2015-08-03T16:00:00+00:00

I OPENED the door, then went back to the car to bring her back in. I struggled a little with her dead weight but finally got her inside and dumped her on the bed. I arranged her in the recovery position, on her side so she wouldn’t choke to death if she threw up. I thought of undressing her to make it seem as if we really had had sex, but I was just too damn tired. I went out and lay on the living room couch. Tired and wiped out as I was, sleep wouldn’t come. I kept feeling the sensation of Furry’s severed tongue on my arm. I was shaken and sick. I wanted more than anything else in the world right then to talk to my wife, to be with her, to know there was one sane thing left in the world. It wasn’t a good idea, not with someone in the house who could wake up and hear me. Still . . . I looked at the bedroom door. I could hear Fiona snoring. I got up and crept as quietly as I could into the room. Moving as slowly and carefully as a cat burglar, I took the cell phone out of its hiding place. Fiona didn’t stir as I tiptoed back out. I took the phone out on my front stoop.

The sky was beginning to get light in the east. I checked the time. It was almost dawn. I looked at the phone, then opened it and dialed. It rang three or four times; then a sleepy voice answered. “H’lo?”

I closed my eyes. It was so good to hear her voice. “Hey,” I said. Kendra’s voice suddenly was a lot more alert. “Tony?” she said.

“What’s wrong? Are you okay?”

There was a sudden flare of headlights at the end of the street. Shit.

“Yeah,” I said. “I’m okay. Sorry to wake you.” She started to say something, but the headlights were getting closer. “I’ve got to go,” I said. “Sorry.” I snapped the phone shut. There was no time to raise up and stick it in my pocket. I shoved it under my leg.

The black Suburban pulled up, and Johnny Trent got out. He raised a hand in greeting. I waved back. He came over to where I was sitting. I slid over a bit to let him sit next to me.

“Heard you left with Fiona,” he said. “Yeah,” I replied.

“Good choice,” he said. “She’s a real screamer when she gets going.”

I didn’t answer.

“We took care of Furry,” he said. “Took him and his bike to the overpass on Highway 9. Shoved ’em both over. Furry was drunk and cranked enough that the ME’ll rule it a drunk driving accident.”

“I feel pretty ungrateful asking this,” I said, “but why?”

“What do you mean, why?”

“Furry was a full member,” I said. “I’m just the new guy. Why take me off the hook for what happened?”

Johnny gave me a hard look. “Are you questioning my judgment?”

“No,” I said. “I’m just kind of confused.

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