Extreme Denial by David Morrell

Author:David Morrell [Morrell, David]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9780446603966
Google: qPQ6jpdwvTcC
Amazon: 0446603961
Barnesnoble: 0446603961
Goodreads: 21847
Publisher: Warner
Published: 1996-06-01T04:00:00+00:00

5

“I’ll pay you to drive me to Santa Fe.”

Decker was outside a convenience store/gas station. Amid the harsh glare of arc lights, he spoke to three street kids who had just returned to their dark-windowed, low-slung bright red Ford, carrying two twelve-packs of beer.

“Man, we’re busy,” the first kid said.

“Yeah, we’re havin’ a party,” the second kid said.

“Yeah, we’re drivin’ around, havin’ a party,” the third kid said.

As one, the three of them snickered.

“You’ll be able to have a much better party with the hundred dollars I’m willing to pay for a ride to Santa Fe,” Decker said.

The three kids scowled at him.

“A hundred?” the first kid asked.

“You heard me.”

“It ain’t enough,” the second kid said.

“What is enough?”

“Two hundred,” the third kid said.

Again, they all snickered.

“All right,” Decker said.

The three kids scowled harder.

“Hey, what happened to you?” the first kid asked.

“I was in a car accident.”

“Looks more like you were in a fight,” the second kid said.

“Like you lost the fight,” the third kid said.

They bent over, laughing.

“Let’s see your money,” the first kid said.

Decker showed them the cash he had gotten from his bank’s automatic teller machine before leaving Santa Fe earlier in the day. “So are you giving me a ride, or aren’t you?”

“Oh, yeah, we’re givin’ you a ride, all right,” the second kid said.

But half the distance to Santa Fe, they turned off the interstate onto a murky side road.

“What’s this?”

“A detour.”

“Shortcut.”

“Rest stop.”

They snickered uncontrollably as they showed him their knives.

“Give us your money, man,” the first kid said.

“Not just the two hundred,” the second kid added.

“All of it,” the third kid demanded.

“You picked the absolutely worst time to do this,” Decker said.

He broke their arms, legs, and jaws. Leaving them unconscious in the darkness of the desert, he got in the car and revved the engine, roaring back toward the interstate, racing toward Santa Fe.

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