Nightwise by Belcher R. S

Author:Belcher, R. S. [Belcher, R. S.]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
ISBN: 9781466842748
Publisher: Tom Doherty Associates
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

FOURTEEN

One cab ride, a shave and trim, and a quick stop at a thrift store to grab some clothes, and I was back on the job. I didn’t want rest; I didn’t want to go inside anywhere if I didn’t have to for a while. A gentle snow was falling, and I felt like a kid again. I bought a throwaway cloned cell phone off a street hustler and made my way up to Brooklyn Bridge Park. One of the best views in the city. I leaned against the railing and enjoyed the city’s lights and the cold, quiet snowfall.

I called the Dreamtime and asked for Didgeri. The bartender screamed to be heard over the noise of the club. After a moment I was transferred from the rumbling bar phone to a private office. Didgeri’s warm, mahogany voice kissed me. I said hi.

“You’re alive,” she said. “I don’t believe it! How do you do that?”

“Luck of the hillbilly, darlin’,” I said. “This line clean?”

“Silly boy, do you even need to ask?” she said.

“Magdalena with you?” I asked.

“Yes,” Didgeri said. “She came to me after Grinner and Christine left town. I’ve been letting her stay with me. Delightful young lady. She’s been very worried about you. We thought you were dead and gone.”

“I was,” I said. “I got over it. I need you two to meet me somewhere. New York is going to get a lot of heat very soon, and we all need to change venue for a bit.”

“Where to?” Didgeri asked. “Rome, Paris, Ibiza?”

“Harrisonburg Virginia,” I said. “Farm country.”

“Oh. Well,” she said, “and you are sure this is preferable to imprisonment, torture, and death?”

“Nice,” I said. “There’s a place down there called Foxglove Farm. I need you two to meet me there in about two days.” I gave Didgeri the directions, just as Grinner had given them to me.

“Any idea how I can get hold of Grinner?” I asked her. “I need him.”

“No, but Magdalena knows. She wants to speak with you,” Didgeri said.

“No, just…” I said.

“You okay?” Magdalena’s voice now. “Grinner said you had some real badasses on your tail. You shake them?”

“Eventually,” I said. “You okay? Didgeri been taking good care of you?”

She laughed. “Yes. Very. Now what’s this about you sending us to some chicken ranch in Virginia?”

“The city is going to get hot. Regular cops and cult shields are all going to be looking for me, and they will make their way to you two. I need to get to Foxglove too, but I need to make a side trip first.”

“Where?” Magdalena asked. “And why can’t we all go together?”

I sighed. I fished out the last partly crushed Red-weed cigarette and found the white lighter in my new thrift store army parka. I cradled the bootleg cell phone between my ear and neck as I lit the joint.

“Because I am going to go do something bad, and possibly bloody, and I don’t need a fucking audience for that.”

“Audience?” Magdalena said, contempt dripping from her voice. “I figure you need help.

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