Netted- Inside Out by K. T. Rose

Author:K. T. Rose [Rose, K. T.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-04-29T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

The ride had been quiet on the way up to King Copland’s Burger Stand out in Hell, Michigan. To Jessica’s surprise, the town was as desolate as Allegan Township. It was as if only broad white fields lived there. Even the burger place was empty and closed. Abandoned from the looks of it. But up close, hours were plastered on the door, too small for her to see from their spot nearest its neighbor, a snowy, old plow. But she could make out the obnoxiously huge message in the window. In big, bold letters, it read, ‘Closed Until April 2019.’

“He should be here,” St. Pete said, frustration erecting a thick vein across his forehead.

As he huffed and ground his teeth, the door of the said abandoned building swung open and a man wearing a top hat and a thin mustache over his thin lips and under his ivory, button nose came out with a leather suitcase in his hand. Jessica was surprised he could fit through the doorway with all his height.

“Who the fuck is this hack?”

Jessica huffed.

“Is that all you have to say?” St. Pete asked. “Fuck, you suck, can’t even talk to you for shit. Wish Haze was here.” He grunted.

No matter how long the ride was or how long she’d known St. Pete, it was impossible to make small talk with someone who was…well…a dick. She’d even gone out of her way to sit in the back, as far from him as possible.

The man’s smile seemed to widen with every step. He tightened the collar of his peacoat as his silver scarf skirted in the heavy winds. He pulled the door opened and let himself inside, tossing his briefcase onto Jessica’s lap, who shoved it on the floor.

“I’m so honored that you chose my letter,” he said, as he closed the door and buckled himself in. “I’m sure you get tons.”

Already, this guy was a weirdo. First off, who buckles themselves in when they were on their way to be murdered? She glared out the window. The whiteness of the outside passed in a blur. For a second, she could’ve been stuck in space with one question swelling in her mind. “Are we bad people, Miss Olive?” Afraid of the truth, she lied through her teeth to the first real friend she’d made on that black hole of a compound.

“I left my daffodil garden to my mother, along with the money for my sacrifice. Oh, I can’t wait to enter those pearly gates!”

He tapped Jessica on her shoulder. “Do you know what I mean?”

She smirked and turned away. She hadn’t seen Tilly since the night before. She only hoped he was in the school trailer pissing those rotten kids off. Not standing before Father Paul and Hazel explaining why he was out late last night, playing in the woods. Did Hazel catch Tilly last night? Jessica’s stomach turned. She felt safe around Tilly. Herself. He made her miss Brandy more and more with every second that passed since then.

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