On the Hit List by Timothy Dalton

Author:Timothy Dalton [Dalton, Timothy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Timothy Dalton
Published: 2016-11-15T00:00:00+00:00

22 The Plan

“Man – shit, Ellis,” Chester says. “How are we gonna do that? I had to rub one out last night just to go to sleep, I was so stressed.”

“I know, I could hear you.”* (To be honest, I probably should have done the same too. I didn’t sleep a wink.)

Taylor steps in closer and crosses his arms. “So what’s the plan? And it can’t be illegal.”

I have to start spitballing ideas, so I just let them roll out. “We could sell your car. It’s paid off. We can’t ask your parents for the rest, though; they wouldn’t go for that. Ummm … we could even try selling all of Chester’s old Pokémon cards. They might be worth something.”

“Screw that, bro. I had to search for years for some of those,” Chester says, crossing his own chunky arms like a mirror image of Taylor.* (This is not true. Chester will never be a mirror image of Taylor.) “Sorry dudes, I’m dunzo with all this madness. Seriously. Bye Felicia!”

“So now we’re quoting Friday?” I ask.

“Hellz, yeah. It’s only the greatest adventure of ethnic proportions,” Chester says.

I let out a laugh. “Don’t you mean epic?”

“Nah. I keep things on the real when it comes to that –”

I shoot him a look and he shuts up.

“Wait a second. What about that property that’s in my name?” I ask Taylor.

“What about it?” He shrugs, not knowing where I’m going with this.

“Can’t I fill out some paperwork with the bank? Tell them I’m remodeling a bathroom – or better yet, a kitchen? I should be able to pull out some equity, right?”

“That would still take time. It would be more than a week to get funds. And it doesn’t work out quite like you think. They won’t just dump money into your bank account.”

“That’s it!” I say with shrill excitement. “A bank account! If Sammy pulled that identity scam on me, wouldn’t he open an account in my name to prove I had assets or even collateral?”

“Maybe. But he would also put himself on the account. Which means if you try to pull out a large sum, he would have to be there too.”

“I wonder if any of that info is in the paperwork we took from The Sub Shop.” I rush over and begin sifting through all the papers. “Statements. We’re gonna want to find a statement.”

Taylor and Chester start going through them as well.

“Chaaaaa-ching!” Chester says, handing a paper to Taylor. “Found one.”

“Wrong one,” Taylor says. “That’s just for the shop. We need one with Ellis’s name on it.” He tosses it on the desk, away from the others.

“Hold on.” I stop and scan a piece of paper I just found. “I think we may have a lead.”

I mull things over. If Sam is alive, he’ll probably be hiding out and laying low. I try to put myself in his shoes, but it’s difficult, because I don’t like Crocs or Birkenstocks.

“What’s that?” Chester asks, interrupting my fashion dilemma.

“It’s an expired insurance card for one of Sam’s cars.

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