Scorpions (Never Tell collection) by Rachel Howzell Hall

Author:Rachel Howzell Hall [Hall, Rachel Howzell]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Amazon Original Stories
Published: 2024-03-19T00:00:00+00:00

Two days ago

Once you reach the spot, descend forty feet below the surface . . .

I’ve come up with a plan to keep me alive. With the help of the Jeep’s winch, Shane and I will wear harnesses and rappel down into the hole. I’ll point to the spot that Shane should dig, and he’ll remove the rocks. I’ll return to the surface, since there’s not much space down there for him to work. Once the safe is exposed, Shane will return to the surface, and I’ll go down and open the safe. I’ll come up, and Shane will go down and unlock the padlock to the money bag. He’ll resurface, and I’ll descend to open the final lock of the second money bag.

Smart for real for real, Mom.

Rather than watching House Hunters International in the Mayers’ motel room, I sleep in my car. But since I can’t sleep, I go over the map in my mind and then swipe through HomeGoods to furnish my Tarpits-adjacent studio apartment with money that’ll soon rain down through the windows of heaven.

I’m on the Sharper Image website, looking at a video camera bird feeder, when someone raps on my driver’s-side window.

Shane’s peering at me again.

Morning has broken. The time is nigh.

I roll down my window.

Shane says, “Ready?”

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