Hired Muscle by Edwards Hank

Author:Edwards, Hank [Edwards, Hank]
Language: nld
Format: epub, pdf
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 6

I knelt before the chair and looked up at Vinnie

sitting above me. The hiss of the radiator and the bitter

howl of the wind were the only sounds in my darkened

room. In the cold, suffused light of the lamppost outside

my window, I saw Vinnie's jaw clench. His eyes hid in

the shadow beneath his brow, but I could stil feel the

heavy weight of his stare. "Dammit, Barry. Why'd you

folow me?"

"I—I don't know, realy."

"You don't know?"

"No, I don't. I wanted to see what you did." I

dropped my gaze to my hands clutching the stil-damp

material of my pant legs. "I kept thinking about it, trying

to imagine what you did, and I couldn't, you know?

You work for Don Lombardi, I know that, but I can't

see you wilingly hurting anyone. I couldn't imagine you

doing anything vicious and I had to see for myself to

know it was real. I had to know that part of you." I

looked up at him with my stomach in knots. "Does that

make sense?"

Vinnie looked out the window. He stayed silent

for a long time. My legs started to cramp, but I ignored

the pain because I wanted to remain close to him for as

long as I could. For al I knew, this might be the last

time we'd be together.

Finaly, however, I could take no more and got

to my feet. I crossed the room to my chest of drawers

and switched on the lamp, my chest releasing a breath

at the warm yelow glow. He made no protest at the

light, and I went about gathering towels and bandages

as he sat and stared out the window.

"Did you fix the heat?" I looked at him over my

shoulder and gestured to the radiator.

He looked at me and nodded. "I may not be

able to read real good, but I'm good with engines and

stuff." The statement fired off a pain inside him that I

saw reflected in his eyes, and it puled me toward him. I

pushed apart his strong legs to kneel between them,

clenched my hands into tight fists that I rested on his

muscled thighs, and stared into his eyes as they filed

with tears.

"Vinnie? What is it? What's wrong?"

He shook his head and turned away.

"Come on, talk to me. Are you angry because I

folowed you?"

A quiet bark of a laugh told me I was wrong

even before he shook his head. He took a breath and

turned to stare down at me again. "I am angry at you for

doin' that, but only because you coulda been hurt. Do

you know how fuckin' scared you made me when those

goons ran out after you?"

My stomach twisted. "You recognized me?"

Vinnie reached down to take me under my

arms and puled me up into his lap. He kissed me and

stroked my cheek, his eyes moving over every inch of

my face. "Course I recognized you. I been seein' your

face in my dreams since the boss first went to

DuMochele's, you think I didn't recognize the quick

glimpse I caught of you in the window?"

My body reacted to the nearness of him, to his

touch. I hardened as his blunt fingers moved over my

face and through my hair.

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