Patience County War (Madeleine Toche Series) by Soren Petrek

Author:Soren Petrek [Petrek, Soren]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781619145207
Publisher: Soren Petrek
Published: 2011-12-10T05:00:00+00:00

Doc and Billy sat in a thicket of brush swatting flies and kept an eye on Henry the Head’s trailer. It was a miserable excuse for any kind of structure, much less a dwelling. They had been sitting there awhile and the flies seemed to be getting thicker. Doc moved the metal lawn chair he had appropriated from a near-by home as far from Billy as possible. Virgil lay prone, watching the trailer through cheap binoculars. Doc had cut Billy off from any meth until after their little meeting with Henry. He was beginning to question the wisdom of his decision. He was sure Billy was picking and eating the scabs on his arm, searching for a little taste of meth to tide him over. He couldn’t believe it, but he had seen a meth addict do that once during a short stay in a county jail in Iowa. The guy had not only eaten every one of his own scabs, but had offered to purchase another inmate’s for consumption. After seeing that, he never had to remind himself how really bad meth was.

To avoid puking himself, Doc was considering giving, Billy the Scab Cannibal, a mini-dose to guarantee his attention. The need immediately disappeared when Billy saw Henry ride up on a bicycle that seemed to be at least two sizes too small for him. Billy charged before Doc could even stand up. Despite his considerable mass, Billy moved like an orca attacking a seal. He flew into Henry, smashing him to the ground.

“Don’t kill him, Billy,” Doc said.

Billy looked up at him with vacant eyes as he sat on Henry the Head’s head.

“That’s all I know. All I said was that those two dudes were coming later. I don’t know anything about you guys and I don’t want to know,” was the muffled plea from Henry.

“The Sheriff, Sam Trunce, and a giant black dude? The sheriff maybe, but a giant black guy?” Doc said skeptically.

“Wait until you see the dude. You’ll need an army if you go after that monster. I’ve heard lots of stories about Trunce. He’s flat out crazy. The last guy who tried to sell anything other than pot over there ended up in the nut house, babbling about being chased by wolves and African warriors. When they found him, it was only because they finally allowed him to escape after two full days of being hunted through the woods. The guy looked like he’d been through hell. Not good.”

“Sounds like the sheriff thinks he’s a vigilante, or Buford T Justice. We’re still not sure how the van blew up, but I can tell you the higher ups are wild about it,” Doc answered.

“What about me?” moaned Henry.

“You disappear,” Doc said.

“Shit!”

“Not like that, you get your ass on the Dog and get gone.”

“The dog?”

“The Greyhound Bus.”

“Can I get up? He’s shitting on my head.”

“Billy has the worst ass gas going. Must be all the fast food and sugary junk he eats, when he eats. Now get going.

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