Let There Be Linda by Rich Leder

Author:Rich Leder [Leder, Rich]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Laugh Riot Press
Published: 2016-06-30T23:00:00+00:00

THIS IS WHAT INSANITY MUST FEEL LIKE

Competing with the grief and emptiness he felt for his mother, the befuddlement and rage he felt for being fired, the exasperation and fury he felt for his idiot, irresponsible brother, the apoplexy and terror he felt for the bat-shit crazy Judd Martin, and the confusion and fear and incredulity he felt for Jenny, the Cowgirl Stripper who brought dead dogs to life, competing with all of this was the muscle memory of his high school wrestling moves.

Ankle picks and arm cuts and Piute rolls and cradles. Arm drags and takedowns and half Nelsons and full Nelsons. Mike and Danny rolled across the kitchen, covering themselves with spilled milk and soggy Frosted Flakes.

“How do you know Gary Shuler?” Danny said, leaning a forearm into Mike’s throat.

“How do you know him?” Mike said, executing a reverse and shoving Danny’s face into the floor.

“I signed him to a ninety-day deal,” Danny said, reaching back and digging his fingers into Mike’s face, looking for an eyeball to poke. “He’s a new client. He followed me to the track.”

Mike chomped down on Danny’s middle finger, which, instead of an eyeball, had found Mike’s mouth—a super personal fuck you. Danny screamed and pulled his hand away.

“Why did he follow you to the track?” Jenny said. The Frosted Flakes had landed at her feet. She lifted the box and snacked on the dry sugary cereal.

“To keep me alive. He thought I’d lose the money and then Harvey and Omar would kill me,” Danny said, punching Mike while shooting his legs around and sitting up in such a way that Mike was behind him, his arms wrapped around Danny’s waist

Mike groaned and grunted and strained to control his brother, leaning into him, pulling him one way and then the other, muscling him back down on his stomach. “You would’ve lost the money. You know why? Because you’re a loser. You’ve always been a loser. When you were six years old, you were a loser. And every year after that you became a bigger loser than you were the year before. It made me sick to my stomach to grow up in the same house as you. All my life, I’ve wished you were never born.”

“I mean this from my heart, Mike. I’ve wanted to kill you since Dad left,” Danny said. “I fantasize about killing you. Killing you would be better than sex. Every night, before I go to bed, I pray to God that one day he lets me kill you.”

“Who are Harvey and Omar?” Jenny said.

Danny threw an elbow that caught Mike in the ear. It hurt like hell, but Mike refused to let go. The last time they had fought like this, they were fifteen and twelve and Danny got the upper hand and made Mike cry uncle. There was no goddamn way he was crying uncle this time. They smashed into the overturned table and then crashed into the lower cabinets. This is what insanity must feel

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