Darwin by Mike Barker

Author:Mike Barker [Barker, Mike]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-11-05T22:00:00+00:00

13

What Happened to Darren?

Shortly after they got back Aedan made a trip to the Hole in the Wall and quickly sold every bag of dope he’d bought from Darren.

He returned to Eva's place triumphant. “Look at this,” he said smiling, flashing $300 in cash from his night's work. “Half of that is profit. I just made a week's wages in two hours.” Eva smiled cautiously.

Missing her reaction, Aedan continued excitedly, “And they want more. One of the blokes reckons he could get rid of ten bags at his work alone every week.” He looked at Eva, and said in a serious tone, “Want to go back out to Darren's tomorrow?”

Eva looked down, shaking her head. “I told you I’ve got a bad feeling,” she said.

“No, those guys are cool Eva,” Aedan tried to reassure her.

“It's not that. My intuition is telling me something’s wrong, and this time, I’m going to trust it.”

Aedan couldn't hide his disappointment. “Ah shit, Babe, I’m just trying to get ahead. I’m on a roll here.”

Eva sighed and grabbed his hand. “I'll come with you, but we have to be very careful. Keep an eye out for anything strange, or anyone who doesn’t belong.” She shook her head slowly, “You know, I would have loved to get Darren out of there, but…” her voice trailed off.

“Why didn’t you?”

“Because he’s a typical male. He thinks he can handle anything.” She noticed Aedan looking a little embarrassed, “I’m not referring to you, you’re young and to be honest, you are naïve sometimes.”

Feeling insulted Aedan lowered his eyes. When he looked up again Eva was watching him. “I liked the sound of ‘typical male’ more than ‘young and naïve’.”

Eva laughed and Aedan joined in, then she stopped and laying her hands on his shoulders, looked him in the eyes. “Look, you can handle yourself and so can Darren, but the people who are coming are on a different level altogether.”

“I hope you're wrong,” Aedan said, but he’d never known Eva to be wrong yet. He had an idea. “Maybe I can talk to him. Maybe he’ll listen to another man. Maybe we can still help him.” He went on to tell Eva about the AK-47 he had at Stumbo's house. To his disappointment, she didn’t seem surprised or even interested and she still didn’t think Aedan was on the same level as the people who were coming. He wondered why her reaction was so half-hearted. Did she read my thoughts about the gun already? He searched his mind wondering if he had thought about it.

“We’ll go down there for you,” she replied after a while, thoughtfully, “but there’s probably not much we can do. Once the spinners have spun your fate...” Aedan looked puzzled, so she continued. “It’s a Viking legend, a pagan thing. I’ll explain it another time, but for now, let’s just enjoy our time together.” She laid her head on his shoulder and Aedan quickly forgot how small she’d just made him feel. He rested his head against hers, his arm around her shoulder.

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