Unbelievable by Cindy Blackburn

Author:Cindy Blackburn
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Tags: Unbelievable
ISBN: 9781502855961
Published: 2014-11-07T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 28

“He barks,” I said as my father decided what exactly to stare aghast at.

He took in his dog, his daughter, and Ross the Boss, but somehow settled on Janet. On her forehead, to be specific. “What happened to you?” he asked, and her husband shot up.

He extended his hand. “Ross La Ba—”

“What the hell?” Dad asked. In case you haven’t quite caught on, he had just noticed the gun.

“It’s Janet’s,” I told him.

“Well I know it isn’t yours, girl! Where’s the wine?”

I stood up and limped toward the kitchen, but Ross jumped ahead of me. “Allow me!”

Whatever. When I turned around, Dad noticed the limp. “Sit!” he ordered, and Charlie and I both sat.

“What happened to you?” My father knelt in front of me, and I showed him my boo-boo. He poked at it. “Does that hurt?”

I yelped, and Charlie barked, and about then, Joe Wylie walked in.

“Is everything o—”

He dropped the black case he was carrying. “—kay?”

***

I guess it depends on what you consider okay.

Ross was at the kitchen counter pouring drinks, Dad was kneeling on the floor poking at my leg, Charlie continued enjoying the barking phenomenon, and Janet was barking orders at her husband to serve her more sherry, pronto.

Have I forgotten anything? Oh, yes. The gun.

“May I take care of that?” Joe asked.

“Please,” I said, and he picked it up and walked back outside.

I didn’t see him do it, but I know where that gun landed.

Ross handed my father his wine as Joe came back inside. “That’s a Glock,” he told him.

“Correction. It was a Glock.” Joe pointed to Dad’s glass. “May I have some?”

“She’s got bourbon,” Ross said.

“Even better.”

“And I’m still waiting for more sherry, if anyone cares,” Janet said.

No one did.

“You guys know each other?” I asked, and Janet snarled.

“Mr. Wylie, the mechanic,” she said.

“Engineer,” Joe corrected. “I have a PhD, Janet, as you know.”

“And I suppose you think you’re a real doctor, too? Just like Miss Looney Tunes.” She pointed at me, and Joe glanced over.

“Are those your pajamas?” he asked.

About then, the FN451z decided to belt out a little ditty from inside its carrying case. Everyone jumped ten feet in the air, and Charlie resumed barking.

“Son of a bitch,” Janet hissed, and Ross took a gulp of bourbon straight from the bottle.

Joe scowled at Charlie. “You bark?” he asked, and everyone but Charlie told him to get with the program.

I waved at the black box. “I thought she used electricity?”

“Or batteries.” Joe seemed pleased with my interest and glanced around the room. “Any other questions?”

“What is it?” That was Ross.

“It’s the FN451z.” Surprisingly, that was Janet.

“Is it legal?” Ross asked.

“You-hoo?” Maxine Tibbitts called from the porch. “Anyone home?”

Why she was wondering, I really can’t say. I also can’t say why she chose to snap my picture when she came through the door. Because, trust me, there were plenty of other things to catch her attention. And by now you can probably list them with me—Charlie barking, the FN burping, Janet son of a bitching, Ross and Joe swigging bourbon at the kitchen counter, Bobby jabbing at my bruise.

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