The Keepers (The Alchemy Series) by Donna Augustine

Author:Donna Augustine [Augustine, Donna]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Strong Hold Publishing
Published: 2013-04-11T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

Ever since I’d gotten stuck to the ceiling last night, I’d been terrified to go outside. The only thing I could imagine was floating away into the clouds. No one had been guarding the door to the penthouse all day, it was the perfect opportunity to get of there, and now, instead of making a dash for it, I was afraid of turning into a helium balloon and popping. This was beyond Murphy’s Law. Lately, I felt like Murphy had written my entire life’s script.

I was staring out the windows in the living room when Dodd strolled in.

“Hey, Jo! What are you up to?”

I kept looking at the pretty clouds, wondering how far up I’d get before I’d drop. “Why do you keep talking to me like we are friends?”

“You can seriously hold a grudge.”

“Only when I’m crossed.”

“Okay, let’s just settle this already. Here!”

I turned, just as he threw a gun at me. I screamed but caught it anyway. “Is this loaded?”

“What’s the point of carrying otherwise?”

I looked at him, wearing a large sweatshirt and jeans. He looked like a kid.

“Hey, psycho, maybe you shouldn’t throw it?”

“If five right to the noggin didn’t take you out, do you really think a stray would do it?”

He made a good point.

“Now, shoot me.”

“It’s not the same. You know you won’t die.”

“Yes, that’s true. But it doesn’t make it pleasant.”

I pondered the idea for a minute, and found I liked it. “Fine, but this doesn’t make us even.”

I looked him over, deciding on where I was going to take my shot.

“Hang on, let me go stand near the bar where it’s tiled. I don’t know how many more couches Cormac has in storage.” He crossed the room and stood there, arms out, and motioned that he was ready.

I aimed and shot him in the kneecap, and he immediately collapsed on the ground groaning.

“Really? The knee? That was just mean!”

“What’s going on?” Buzz walked into the room and looked at Dodd on the floor and then to me.

“I let her shoot me to even up,” Dodd said still groaning from the floor.

Before I even thought about it, I shot Buzz in the knee, and then the other one, before he’d even had time to collapse.

“Awww! Why did I get two?” Buzz said, now lying next to Dodd.

“Because you pulled the trigger.”

“Gotta give it to her, she’s got a lot of natural talent,” Dodd said, as he lay near Buzz.

As I watched them both squirming on the floor, I realized I did actually feel better. It probably wasn’t the therapy a professional would recommend, but it worked better than I could have imagined.

Three hours later Buzz, Dodd, Ben and I were playing Texas Hold’Em and doing shots of tequila. I still didn’t trust them. I wasn’t even sure if I liked them, but I decided I didn’t hate them.

We’d had a long heart to heart after they had eventually been able to get off the floor. In their minds, they had done what was needed to keep everyone safe.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.