Run (A Suspense Horror Thriller & Mystery Short Story Novella) by Jeremy Bates

Author:Jeremy Bates [Bates, Jeremy]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Ghillinnein Books
Published: 2015-03-15T04:00:00+00:00

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While Tony paid the driver, Charlotte stood on the sidewalk, her arms folded across her chest, looking about nervously. Then the taxi drove away, and Tony took her hand. “Relax,” he said, leading her across the street to his building. “There’s no way he knows where I live, Char.”

“He followed me to the bar, and to do that he had to be following me all day, from when I left my house in the morning. Who’s to say he’s still not following us right now?”

They reached the opposite sidewalk and stopped. Tony glanced up and down the street. “I don’t see him anywhere.”

Charlotte almost felt like crying. “What am I going to do, Tony?”

“You’ll be fine here.”

“But what about tomorrow? You’re going to Charleston.”

“Oh shit,” he said, frowning. Then he shrugged. “Guess I won’t be going anymore.”

“No, Tony. It’s your sister’s debut. You can’t miss it.”

“Of course I can. Luke threatened to kill you, Char. By the way, what was that he said on the way out? Something about running?”

“‘Better start running, bitch,’” she said, recalling Luke’s words.

Tony shook his head. “Who the fuck does this guy think he is? He’s like Dirty Harry’s evil twin or something.”

“That’s why you don’t need to get involved in this.”

“I already am. He tried to break my nose.” He flourished the blood-soaked dishrag as proof.

Charlotte said, “He might try to kill you too.”

“You really believe that threat?”

“You saw what he’s become like.”

“Beating up the guy screwing his girlfriend, to paraphrase his words, isn’t the same as trying to murder him.”

“I don’t think he looks at killing the same way you or I do anymore.”

Tony thought about that, then nodded. “Okay, how about this—you come to Charleston with me. You’ll be away for the weekend. The police will probably have picked him up by Sunday. And if not, we can stay with my sister longer. She has her own house. She won’t mind.”

“Really?” Charlotte said, liking the idea immediately.

He nodded. “Actually, why don’t we just leave tonight? I have a friend in Colombia who I was going to visit this weekend anyway. I’ll give him a call. We can crash at his place tonight. It’ll break up the drive, two hours tonight, two tomorrow morning.”

“He won’t mind?”

“We’ve known each other since we were kids. He’ll be stoked.”

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