Guns For Angels by Viviana MacKade

Author:Viviana MacKade [MacKade, Viviana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-06-03T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

It was Ann’s turn to be disappointed. She’d expected papers or some black book where Mary chronicled her wild life, not a fat stack of money and a shiny black box no bigger than Mark’s palm. “What’s that?”

Mark grabbed the steely little box with no regard. “A hard drive.”

She scoffed. “I know it’s a hard drive. I mean… a hard drive? That’s it?”

He slipped their treasure into his pocket, headed for the door. “What did you expect, a letter with a name on it, ‘This is the bad guy, throw him in jail?’”

“No, I guess. But it would have been a lot easier and more romantic.”

“Yeah, technology killed romance.” From the doorframe, his glance raced to her and then back to the deserted hall. “Come on. Take the money in the safe and let’s go.”

“Do I have to?” Her hands dove into her pocket. “It seems wrong, like I’m taking advantage.”

“You do realize you’re Mary’s only living relative.”

“So?”

“So this is all yours, club, money, house. Yours.”

“Oh.” She stared at the stash of money, crossed her arms. “I know, you’re right. It’ just that–”

“We can’t hit an ATM, but we have to eat.” Mark’s patience never lasted too long. “You don’t do it, I will. Decide real quick, angel.”

“There’s no need to growl. I was just trying to explain–”

“Do you want to meet our friends? Because any moment spent here increases the chances of it. Move!”

“We have to work on your temper,” she said, snatching the money as if the stacks of bills burned and strolling regally past him. “We really do.”

Back at the hotel, they went straight to the computer room. The rattling noise of machine guns and young laughter mingled up in an odd mix. Mark cursed. Four boys were playing, crowded in front of one computer. “We’ll come back,” he muttered.

Silence walked with them as they got to their room. Speculations about the disk's content, and hopes the little box would steer them to a turning point secluded them.

With nothing left to do but guess about the hard drive's content, Ann sat at the window.

The sky was so huge, so close. Heat warmed her face, but remained out of her reach. She was trapped like a big cat at the zoo: she couldn’t tell her sister she missed her, and she couldn’t tell Mark she loved him. He had enough trouble dealing with their attraction, talking about feelings would just make him more tense. She couldn’t go home – if she still had a home at all. She couldn’t even take a walk outside for fear of being shot at. She would give everything to have that muggy heat on her skin, the slap of unfiltered sun, the sweat soaking her t-shirt and prickling her back. At the other side of her invisible barrier, people strolled on the sidewalk, hurrying up to the safety of the next AC unit. Did they realize how lucky they were?

Mark’s hands on her shoulders made a lot of sense in that moment of misery.

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