brothers and bones by james hankins

Author:james hankins
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: crime drama
Publisher: Smashwords
Published: 2012-10-24T00:00:00+00:00

TWENTY-NINE

The first thing we did after leaving the Belmont cops we’d handcuffed was to steal another vehicle, adding yet another offense to my growing list of crimes. Because the cops got a look at the Ford F-150, we had to dump it. Before it could have been tied to us, it likely would have been just another stolen truck. But once it was known that we had it—a suspected murderer and his cohort, as well as the guys who jumped two cops—law-enforcement officers throughout the state would be focused on finding it. So we drove with our captive for a while, to put some distance between us and Belmont, and ended up in Somerville, where we finally caught a break. Fairly quickly we found a late-model Dodge Ram pickup, unlocked, with the keys dangling from the ignition. The owner probably weaved his way home from a bar or party, drunk behind the wheel, and staggered up to bed without thinking to take his keys with him, or even to lock his truck.

“Looks like our lucky night,” Bonz said.

I almost reminded him that there was a corpse in my apartment and a killer after us, and I was certainly wanted for murder, and would soon be wanted on a variety of other, lesser charges, and that all this happened on “our lucky night.” But I kept all that to myself as I followed Bonz for several blocks until we found a quiet street on which to transfer our captive to the new truck and dump the Ford.

“We should hole up somewhere for a little while,” Bonz said as we left Somerville, heading east.

“I know. I’m exhausted. If we’re going to stay ahead of the cops, the mob, everyone who’s looking for us, we need some rest. At least I do. Plus, if I want to have any chance of figuring out Jake’s clue about where to find—”

“Hold it,” Bonz said. “Cover his ears.”

I looked at the guy we had taped up and lying across the back seat of the truck. I turned, reached back, and pressed my hands over his ears.

I said, “I’ll need a clear head if I’m going to have a chance of figuring out Jake’s clue and finding that tape.”

Bonz nodded. “Sounds good to me. I know a place we can spend the night.”

“Not that drainage pipe.”

“No, not there. We should pick up some supplies on the way. There’s a twenty-four-hour Walgreens not far from here. We can get the supplies as well as some food. I’m starving.”

“I am, too,” I said. “What about this guy?”

“Fuck him. Who cares if he’s hungry?” Bonz’s head gave one of his involuntary little twitches.

“No, I mean, what are we going to do with him?”

“We’ll dump him right after you question him.”

“After I question him? I thought you were going to do that.”

“From what little I got from him before I stuck him in your trunk, I think you’re gonna be more interested in his answers than I will.”

“What do you mean?”

“Take off the tape and find out.

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