Four Point by Max Ellendale

Author:Max Ellendale [Ellendale, Max]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-09-16T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Maggie, with her hair a mess on the pillow and delicately strewn tattoos on her skin, slept contently beside me in bed while I watched her. Our guns sat on opposing nightstands like royal guards to the palace. It'd been years since I awoke beside a naked woman. Honestly, I didn't think it'd ever happen again before Maggie.

She stirred and tucked her hands under the pillow, revealing my name scripted on her side. The Catcher in the Rye wasn't my favorite book, but my English teacher of a mother loved it enough to name me after the author. My sister's name, Harper, needed no explanation either. I ran my fingers through Maggie's hair. Darker against the white pillowcase and silky with recent conditioning, I could barely believe I'd even taken the time to notice her hair. Why did she give a shit about me? She didn't have to. While we tracked down Four Point, following his new string of black-haired, blue-eyed professional female victims, I… My brow furrowed as I looked at Maggie. A lurch stabbed my stomach just as the bedroom door opened.

"Sals," Ben said, walking into the room. I rolled over to face him and pulled the sheet over my middle. "There's no— Are you naked?" His eyes widened when he glanced between Maggie and I.

"Shh." I waved him out of the room as I slid from the bed then grabbed my sweatshirt from the foot of it. I found my jeans on the floor and scooped them up before shoving him out of the room. I closed the door behind me then tugged the shirt over my head. Ben's eyes lingered on my chest and I punched him. "Let her sleep. And quit staring at my tits."

"What? They're nice tits." He shrugged then grinned. "Are you fucking her?"

"You're an asshole," I said, stepping into my jeans and leaving them unbuttoned as we headed to the kitchen. I dropped into the chair beside an ashtray and lit a cigarette from the pack next to it.

"Shit, Sal." Ben sat adjacent to me. "Are you?"

"What do you think?" I asked, lifting my heel to the seat and resting my elbow on my knee. I sent a puff of smoke in his direction when he continued to stare at my midsection. He coughed and met my gaze again.

"I think Sals is back in the saddle if she's fucking random women again," he said, nodding toward the fridge. "You hungry?"

"Yeah. And she's not random women, Benji. Quit being so crass about it," I said and flicked my stick in the ashtray.

"Well sorry, grumpy. Jeez." He shoved my head when he walked by. "Scrambled or fried?"

"Scrambled." I grumbled at him. "Will you take me somewhere today? Maggie's got work."

"Yeah. Where?" He glanced over his shoulder at me as he cracked an egg into the bowl.

"Doctor appointment."

"Anita?"

"Yeah and the clinic doc."

"You on meds?"

"No, but I have shit to do there, all right?" I jabbed the butt into the bottom of the ashtray while I watched him.

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