Flesh Bargain: A Tale of Horror & Suspense by Iain Rob Wright

Author:Iain Rob Wright [Wright, Iain Rob]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Ulcerated Press
Published: 2024-01-16T00:00:00+00:00

Jake and Maggie left the girls alone to chat for a minute, the sound of them giggling in the room behind them like music. Despite Lily being worse for wear after last night’s intoxication, her mood had lifted as soon as she had hugged Emily. It was a relief to know their sisterly bond remained intact.

Jake smiled, almost gushing with joy, so brimming with relief.

Emily’s better. Just looking at her, I can see it clearly. Her cancer’s gone.

Mr Cho was everything George had claimed him to be.

I need to do something for George. If not for him…

Maggie shoved Jake in the arm as they rounded a corner and entered a small waiting area with vending machines. “Who the hell do you think you are?” she growled, venom in her glare. “Our daughter takes drugs and you try to hide it from me? How dare you? How fucking dare you?”

He jolted, blindsided by her vitriol. “W-what? Maggie, I thought we were okay?”

“You think a group hug fixes everything? Jake, I can barely even look at you right now.”

“Wow…” Not knowing how to respond, he moved past his wife and went over to the vending machines.

That blasted thirst still hadn’t gone away, so he keyed in the number for a bottle of water and swiped his debit card against the payment sensor. Standing patiently, he watched while the metal arm twisted and slid a bottle forward. The tiny motors inside made a droning noise that set his teeth on edge.

The bottle hit the glass and wedged in place.

“Are you serious?” Jake growled in frustration, striking the see-through panel with his palm. The glass cracked. The bottle fell free.

“What the hell?” Maggie moved up beside him and stared at the broken pane in horror. “What the hell is wrong with you?”

Jake studied his palm to see if it was bleeding. It wasn’t. The spiderweb crack on the glass pane was small, no longer than his index finger, but it was the kind of rupture that would probably gradually increase until the whole thing shattered. “The panel must be weak,” he said, pulling the bottle of water out of the drawer. “I barely pushed on it.”

Maggie shook her head and reached out to take the water from him. “Can you get another bottle? I’m thirsty too.”

“Sure thing.” He paid for another bottle, and this time it fell into the chute without issue. Taking it from the drawer, he immediately twisted off the cap and downed the contents in one go, gasping when he was done. Maggie eyed him suspiciously.

“I was thirsty,” he explained.

“Are you hungover? I swear, if you spent last night drinking⁠—”

“I didn’t have a drop,” he snapped. “I don’t know what’s wrong with me, Mag. Just can’t seem to get rid of this thirst.” He scrunched up the plastic water bottle and tossed it across the room right into a bin.

Maggie’s eyes narrowed. “Jake, you don’t seem right. You’re all on edge.”

How could he possibly tell her what had happened last night?

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