Mad Dog Justice by Mark Rubinstein

Author:Mark Rubinstein [Rubinstein, Mark]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Thunder Lake Press
Published: 2014-08-21T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 19

On this gray winter morning, Roddy leaves the Marriott and heads toward the Court Street subway station.

Yesterday’s phone conversation with Danny echoes in his thoughts. How did everything get so screwed up? Danny wanting to see a priest … confess … contact Morgan and blow it all wide open. A ponderous load of guilt must be weighing him down. Dan setting a one-week time limit before he goes to Morgan and tries to arrange a deal—absurd. Nothing but self-immolation.

And Dan’s last words to Roddy keep reeling in his thoughts. “I’m gonna do what I gotta do. If you don’t like it, well, you do what you gotta do.”

When Roddy called Nutley last night, Tracy wouldn’t talk to him, but he spoke with the kids. Sandy’s voice trembled.

“Daddy, is that fat man coming back?”

She was on the verge of tears.

“No, sweetie. He’s not coming back.”

“I’m scared.”

“There’s no need to be scared, sweetie. He’s never coming back,” Roddy said, shuddering inwardly.

No … Grange is gone for good … and maybe my life is gone, too.

“When can we go home?”

“Soon. I promise.” But he wondered how he’d make good on such a pledge.

Speaking with Tom, Roddy detected a hint of apprehension in his son’s voice. How much fear was the kid trying to mask?

Roddy’s thoughts return to Tracy. He realizes how empty his world is without her, how diminished and alone he feels, and he knows he would do anything to get her back.

“Roddy, we’re so over.”

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