P. N. Elrod - Vampire Files 07 by A Chill in the Blood

Author:A Chill in the Blood [Blood, A Chill in the]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2011-02-15T22:51:55.046000+00:00

Chapter Seven

They held to the blindfold routine all the way into the city. I didn't care much for it, but if they felt safer and left me alone, then I was willing to put up with the farce. It spared me from having to look at the drab streets again, but I found myself fighting an unexpected and embarrassing bout of car sickness. The vehicle's motion was silk-smooth, swaying only at the turns, which was enough to set me off. It had to mean I was tired, not so much physically, but certainly in the mind and soul. The night had been too busy already and wasn't nearly over yet.

A quiet bunch for the first few miles, Baker, who was driving, finally broke the silence. "You trust this Sullivan?"

Calloway didn't take much time to answer. "No. Can't trust any of 'em."

"Then why work for him?"

"Because we don't have a choice. We're in too far."

"What about the boys at the hotel? What if they screwed up or tip on us?"

"Then we say we don't know what they're talking about and stick to it, no more and no less. You guys got that?"

The men on each side of me in the backseat murmured agreement. I kept my trap shut and didn't join in the chorus. Now wasn't the time to play wiseacre. Swallowed some of my spit and took a deep breath, hoping my guts would settle soon. I'd read someplace that dizziness had to do with your ears, so why was it that your stomach was always the focus of all the misery?

"What about the punk, then? Sullivan doesn't trust him, why should we? All he has to do is blab in the wrong ear."

"Our word against his. We're safe. You hear that, Fleming?"

"I heard. I'm not gonna make trouble for you. I was straight up with Sullivan. All I want is out of this mess with a whole skin."

Another one of his short, unpleasant laughs. I knew I sounded like a sucker to him, but didn't give a tinker's damn for his opinion. He'd also just given me confirmation that letting me go free and clear wasn't going to happen if he had anything to do with it. Once the books were back with Sullivan, I'd be written up in them as a new liability vs. an old asset. Though I could hope to avert a major war between the gangs, I couldn't kid myself into thinking either side would let me loose with what I knew on them. The one thing in my favor was that Sullivan didn't quite buy Calloway's suspicions about me. All I had to do was ditch the cop, corner Sullivan alone for a private talk, and the world would be mine again, with me in charge for a change.

Of course, first I had to talk to Angela, since the same and more went for her. At some point before I saw her, Calloway would have to let me go, if only to avoid getting shot by her as a turncoat to Daddy Frank, then I could really get the show on the road.

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