Hometown Hitman by Jacob Chance
Author:Jacob Chance [Chance, Jacob]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-08-20T18:30:00+00:00
12
LYNCH
âWhat is he doing?â
âHeâs signing,â Ricky explains, as if I'm serious. âBruno will translate when heâs finished.â
âNo, I mean what the fuck is he doing? Because thatâs definitely not sign language.â
I watch as Cha-cha waves both of his arms around in what seems to be a random manner, that is when heâs not giving what looks like the middle finger with both hands over and over again.
âGive it a second.â Ricky seems confident. âI love watching them talk.â
I turn to Wayne, who also offers words of encouragement. âIt is pretty cool.â
Cha-cha continues to flail his arms in a long series of non-repeating gestures that seem to have no discernible pattern.
Bruno, for his part, has remained locked in on his silent friend as if he understands every ridiculous movement. He nods occasionally in agreement but never interrupts.
According to my cousins on the ride here, Cha-cha and Bruno are old friends of my uncleâs from his gangster days back in Boston. They arrived up here a year after I left and have been in the Cove ever since. Cha-cha oversees all of the growing and Bruno supervises the rest of the mostly seasonal farmhands.
We were all close back in Boston, but I donât remember them, which isnât saying much. My uncle had a large circle of friends, so thereâs no way I could have known them all.
Cha-cha abruptly stops tossing his arms around, leans against the barn door, and stares at me.
Bruno approaches me and speaks softly. âHe says you look just like your father.â
Wait, what?
âHe knew my father?â Iâm stunned.
âWe both did.â Bruno smiles at me. âAnd heâs right, you do look just like him.â
Iâm not sure what to say. I never saw this coming. âI think I may have some questions for you both.â
âIâm sure you do.â Bruno nods his head. âYouâre father was like family to us, even closer. Weâd be happy to answer anything we can.â
I spend the next few minutes grilling Bruno until Iâm satisfied he's telling the truth.
Cha-cha spends the entire time silently leaning against the barn door, smoking a joint and smiling at me like a long lost family member.
âYou know so much about my father. Why havenât I heard of you or met you before now?â
âAfter your father was killed, we learned you were here with Max. We wanted to come and see you and make sure you were doing well, but by the time we arrived you were already gone.â
What? This makes no sense. âI was here for four years.â
âWe were in jail.â
âFor?â
âFor the armored car robbery that cost your father his life.â
I raise my eyebrows. âYou were there with him?â
Bruno looks to Cha-cha, whoâs already laughing.
âAlways. We never pulled a job without him.â
âBut you were there the day he died?â I persist.
Both their smiles fade.
âWe were,â Bruno confirms.
Itâs hard to know how to feel or what to say at this moment. My fatherâs death is a piece of my life that I needed to tuck away a long time ago. Without any hope for answers, there was never any point in even thinking about the questions.
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