Dig Your Grave by Steven Cooper

Author:Steven Cooper
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Prometheus Books

They drive in silence, but back at police headquarters, idling in the parking lot in a space beside Gus’s SUV, Mills says, “My son got caught having sex with his girlfriend.”

“Rite of passage.”

“You think?” Mills asks.

“Yeah,” Gus says. “But, you know, you can influence the passage. Talk to him. Give him a reality check about the consequences. He’ll be fine, maybe even more responsible.”

“We did. But I’m not sure whether anything we say will change his behavior.”

“You can’t control his choices,” Gus says. “He’s growing up now. You’ve been great parents. And no parents are perfect, trust me.”

Mills takes that in for a second. Mulls it over. “Fine. I will,” he says. “But now you trust me. Here’s the plan to avoid your stalker: You need to stay at your house in Phoenix. I’ll get PV to send me copies of their files, and I’ll make a case to get you a ‘special watch.’”

“What’s that?”

“It means putting some extra patrols in your neighborhood,” Mills explains. “I don’t know what the cops in PV are willing to do for you, but if you stay in Phoenix I’ll get you some coverage.”

Gus nods, wide-eyed. “Thanks. Let me know when I can help you next.” He opens the passenger door.

“Wait,” Mills says, looking straight ahead. “I’d like you to reconsider carrying a gun.”

Gus turns to him. “Wow, you too. The cops in PV think I should have a gun.”

Mills taps the steering wheel with his hands. “They’re right,” he says. “Unless you’re thinking of moving to Malibu full-time, you’re in danger here.”

Gus sighs heavily. “You really believe that?”

“Yup.”

Gus seems to let that soak in for a minute, but then he says, “I don’t do guns. I don’t want one in my house.”

“What about Billie? Does she carry?”

Gus laughs. “Absolutely not. She’s even more of a pacifist than me.”

“You say that like it’s a good thing.”

“It is, man. For some people.” Then Gus offers him a handshake and hops out.

Mills knows he’s not a psychic, himself, but deep in his gut, not his general gut, but that other place where he worries about the people he loves, he knows Gus should have a gun.

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