Dead America - El Paso Pt. 5 (Dead America - The Third Week Book 2) by Derek Slaton

Author:Derek Slaton [Slaton, Derek]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-05-23T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINE

Clara sat cross legged, staring down at her hands as the gunmen held her at bay. The silence was tense at best, and the minutes dragged on as they waited for Andrew.

Finally, a beat up old pickup truck rumbled down the road, stopping behind the barricade where the crucified men were. A tall cowboy stepped out and hopped the barrier, strolling over to the group.

He stared down his nose at Clara. “I have to say, I’m disappointed to see you again,” he said, shaking his head. “I thought we had an understanding.”

“We do have an understanding,” she began.

He crossed his arms. “Obviously not.”

“As I was saying,” she growled, and her voice rose, “we do have an understanding, but this is a special circumstance.”

He rolled his eyes. “Let me guess, you need something from us.” He sneered. “Food, medicine, I really don’t care what it is, because we aren’t giving anything up.”

“You’re half right,” she shot back. “I do need something from you, but it’s none of what you mentioned.”

He sighed and waved his hand at her. “Go ahead, tell me what you want then, so I can get back to doing what I was doing.”

“We need one of the Cartel corpses,” Clara said, pointing to the grisly scene.

There was a moment of silence as all of the gunmen, cowboy included, stared at her with blank faces.

Andrew shook his head as if to clear it. “I’m sorry, I must have had a stroke just now, because it sounded like you said you wanted a corpse?”

“Yep,” she replied with a firm nod. “I need one of those Cartel corpses.”

“What in the world for?” one of the gunmen blurted.

Andrew held up a hand. “Let me guess, you cut a deal with the Cartel, huh?” he demanded. “You bring back a corpse as proof we killed their men, and you get a reprieve from whatever they’re doing to you. Meanwhile, me and mine get attacked.” He pulled his gun and aimed it at her face.

Clara immediately put out a hand to make sure that Trenton stayed down, and then slowly got to her feet.

“Give me one good reason why I shouldn’t put you down right here and now,” Andrew snarled.

She grabbed the center of her shirt and began to pull it up out of the waistband of her pants. After shimmying the hem out, she grasped it and began to pull it up over her head.

“Sex isn’t going to save you,” Andrew snapped.

She scowled as she pointed to her left breast, pulling the cup of her bra down just enough to show the large A carved into her flesh.

“The day after the Cartel arrived in El Paso, some men cornered my friend and I in an alley,” she began. “They picked her up and started to carry her away, and when I fought back, they pinned me down and held me there as Angel Rivas, the boss’s son, came over to me. He pulled out his knife and held it to my throat, threatening to give me a Colombian Necktie if I didn’t calm down.

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