Too Many Rules by G.L. Snodgrass

Author:G.L. Snodgrass [Snodgrass, G.L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-04-06T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Austin

I couldn’t believe Casey was standing in my room. And she wasn’t freaking out or laughing her ass off. I’d been dreading this moment ever since she refused to get on her bus. Swallowing hard I put the storm lantern on the bedside table slash wooden crate and let her wander around the room. She stopped at my books and kneeled down to look at them running her finger along the spines.

“The library sells old books real cheap every month. I check out most of my books but when a special one comes up for sale, I can buy it for a buck. I like having my own books, you know. Someday I’m going to have my own library full of books.”

She looked over her shoulder at me and smiled that sweet Casey smile that let me know she didn’t doubt me for a moment. “Here,” I said pulling the office chair out for her to sit in. She sat down and twirled slightly then glanced up. I continued to stand there with both hands in my back pockets.

“I should have found another chair, but in all honesty, I never thought I’d be entertaining.”

“Haven’t you had people here before?”

By people, did she mean girls? “No, never, you don’t know who you can trust. There aren’t any back ways out. It’d be too easy to get trapped. The only protection is to not let anyone know.”

Casey bit her lip and narrowed her eyes for a moment then smiled to herself. “What now. How do we get Jeanie back? How do we find out where she is?”

“I know where she is,” I said with more confidence than I should have. “She’s in Dick Wad’s apartment.”

Her eyes grew larger. “How do you know?” She turned to touch the porcelain bowl.

I quickly peeled my bloody T-shirt off, pulling a blue sweater on while Casey had her back turned. “He was lying, I knew it. Don’t ask me how I know because I couldn’t tell you, I don’t know how but I can always tell when someone is lying to me. She’s in his apartment.”

“How are we going to get in or do we wait outside until she comes out.”

“I can get us inside, but not until tomorrow morning.” The fact that she would be spending the night here with me hung in the air between us like a heavy cloud.

She accepted my pronouncement about Jerk Idiot without question but seemed to be worried. I watched her look around the room. Taking in everything except the bed. Noticing her discomfort made me queasy. Was she worried about me attacking her? She should know me well enough by now to know I wouldn’t do that. Although, in reality, she didn’t really know anything about me. All she knew was that I got into fist fights, ran from cops, and was poorer than an East European farmer.

An awkward silence fell over us again. I felt as if the walls were closing in on me. She pushed a strand of hair behind her ears and smiled weakly.

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.