Muscle and Blood (Hal Taylor Book 1) by Neal Bailey

Author:Neal Bailey [Bailey, Neal]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Treadwell Enterprises
Published: 2017-06-04T00:00:00+00:00

After I give Keyes the hurry-up-and-come-along with my arm, he follows me in the Nissan for a few blocks. He doesn’t like it, but it’s clear he doesn’t think he can do much else. I pull over and once more become his passenger, sitting and pondering this mess and the awful state of Billy’s rear bumper. Does that bumper sticker actually say Enya? Can’t be. But may it be.

“Here’s what I’m thinking.” I tap my chin. Ponder. “To find Mercy, we have to establish where she isn’t, right? Do we know if the letch has her?”

“I think if he did, he’d have called to gloat by now.”

It’s not Enya. It’s the end of what once read Kenya. Jesus Christ. It’s a political bumper sticker from 2008. “Can you call him?”

“I could try.”

“Try.”

Keyes dials. Hold the phone up to his ear. Lowers it. “No answer.”

“Give me my pistol back.”

“What if they come for me?”

“Go buy one in the morning and stay in a motel tonight. I need it.”

“I gave you a thousand dollars. Go buy one yourself.”

“To say nothing of waiting periods, I am legally prohibited from purchasing a weapon, let alone owning one. I had to call in favors to get this one. So gimme.” I snap my fingers.

He hands it over. “Where will you go?”

“Process of elimination, and two birds, one stone. Finding Mercy, killing the letch. I have to go to the source. The compound.”

“They’ll kill you before you reach the gate.”

“Maybe. But they’re threatening my Gramma, they’re threatening me, who knows what kind of crazy revenge the letch is going to take when he finds out that his boys are dead? Time is of the essence here. Where is it?”

Keyes shows me on his phone. It’s much farther than it seemed in the trunk, but time does have a way of moving faster when you’re on the way to die. I throw the door open and hand his phone back.

“You’re crazy. He’ll kill you.”

“Remember, Taylor Park. With a Y. Not like the man who killed seven flies in one blow.”

Keyes doesn’t respond, or doesn’t know how. I make for the car.

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