Death Never Lies by David Grace

Author:David Grace [Grace, David]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781479403707
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
Published: 2014-06-02T16:00:00+00:00

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Like a light being triggered in a darkened room Kane found himself suddenly back in Tommy’s bar. In the shadows Sadie limped to the table where Big Jesse, Little Jesse, Denny and Phil were draining the last swallows from their mugs. On the other side of the room billiard balls made a ringing CLACK as Tweaker’s break sent them scattering over the felt. Across the table from him Tommy raised his beer.

“Tommy,” Greg said, “we’re close, real close to finding out what happened to Jason.” Kane smiled encouragingly but Tommy only frowned.

“And then what?”

“And then we’ll make the bastard who killed him pay.”

Tommy gave Greg a disappointed tilt of his head. “Will that make your life better?”

“He’s your son. Don’t you care about getting justice for him?”

“Are you doing it for Jason or for yourself?” Tommy asked.

Evil needs to be punished Greg wanted to scream but Tommy’s placid expression smothered the thought. Tommy paused then took a swallow of beer.

“If you catch this man, will you finally be happy?” Tommy asked.

“I’ll be happier,” Greg said and lifted his bottle in a little salute.

“And what will you do after that?”

“Then I’m going to find Farber’s boss and stop whatever scheme he’s running.”

“And then will you be happy?” Tommy asked in a soft voice.

“Life isn’t necessarily about being happy,” Greg snapped.

“You still aren’t listening to me, Greg.”

“What are you talking about?”

“A young man is on a horse, galloping down the road,” Tommy said. “As he nears the bend a traveler at the side of the road turns toward him and shouts, ‘Where are you going in such a hurry?’ and the young man shouts back, ‘I don’t know. Ask the horse.’“

“What’s that supposed to mean?”

“It means that you need to get off the horse.”

“Jesus, talking to you is like dealing with some fucking fortune teller. Can’t you just tell me something straight out instead of all this mumbo jumbo?”

“Do you remember when you got out of the hospital and they made you go to that anger-management therapist?”

“How could I forget twenty hours of concentrated bullshit?” Kane slugged down the last of his beer and waved the empty bottle in Sadie’s direction.

“Do you remember the little book they gave you to read?”

“That Buddhist crap? Again, how could I forget? ‘Practice mindfulness. Maintain a spirit of peace. Follow your breathing, in and out.’ Jesus!”

A look of infinite sadness filled Tommy’s eyes.

“That’s not what the book said. That’s what you wrote on the wall you built around yourself to avoid understanding what it said because you knew that if you could avoid listening to the book’s message then you wouldn’t have to change.”

“Who are you and what have you done with my brother?” Kane asked with a sour grin. “Jesus, tell me something that makes some sense. Where’s Farber? Where’s Munroe? Why did they disappear Brownstein? What are they planning? Tell me what I want to know.”

Tommy frowned then got a faraway look in his eyes. “All right, Greg. I’ll tell you something

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