Deadly Reckoning by Robin Mahle

Author:Robin Mahle [Mahle, Robin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HARP House Publishing, LLC.
Published: 2018-03-21T06:00:00+00:00

15

A gangly man, not more than twenty-two, pushed back his unwieldly blonde hair from his face and surveyed the street ahead. Just bare trees and dirt roads. No other cars. He walked to his car and stepped inside.

“This is all they got.” He held a baggie containing several pills.

“What about what them FBI people said last night? About not buying no more drugs from around here.”

“Look, I got no reason not to trust these guys. I bought from them before. You don’t got to take them if you don’t want to. But I’m gonna. Shit, those cops don’t know nothing anyway.”

The woman next to him was younger, perhaps still in her late teens. She began licking her lips and clicking her tongue as though she was parched. “Can’t we get some Big H instead?”

“Don’t you think I tried that? Nobody’s got none right now. This is it.” The man swallowed down two pills.

“It’s gonna take forever to get a high that way,” the woman said.

“You got a better idea?” He shoved his hand toward her. “Just take the damn pills and stop your bitchin’. We got to get out of here before someone sees us.”

She took the pills and swallowed them down.

“There. All better.” He started up the engine and pulled away. As he made his way through the side streets of town, a car pulled up behind him. He checked the rear view. “Hey, you know who that is behind us?”

The woman turned. “No.”

“Don’t turn around!”

“What? You asked if I knew who it was. Don’t need to be a dick about it.”

“Never mind.” He verified the car was still following. “I’m taking you home. I don’t know who the hell that is back there, but I best get you back. Maybe they’ll turn off somewhere else.” He pulled into the Sunny Hills trailer park and stopped at number 4.

She exited the car, but stopped when he hadn’t moved. “Wait. You ain’t coming in? I thought we was gonna, you know, get high.”

“I gotta go.” He peered over his shoulder, noting the car no longer trailed behind. “I’ll see you later.”

“That car’s gone now. What are you going to do? Might as well come in.”

“Just get the fuck out. I gotta go.”

“Fine. Asshole.” She slammed the car door shut.

He drove out of Sunny Hills and returned to the main road, veering right. That was when his chest started to feel heavy and nausea whirled in his belly. “Shit. Shit. Shit.” Sweat poured down his brow and he grew lightheaded. The car swerved erratically. “No. This can’t be happening.”

The all-too-familiar feeling had happened twice before. Each time, he’d pulled through. But this time felt different. Worse. Much worse. The gag reflex kicked in and made him convulse. His vision blurred as he continued to drive, attempting to reach the nearby hospital. But it was too late. He lost control of his limbs and yanked the wheel. The car turned sharply off the road, skidding to a stop. He threw open the

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