Earthbound by Adam Lewinson

Author:Adam Lewinson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, scifi, action adventure, robots, montana, cowboys, westerns, scifi action, dystopian fiction, scifi action adventure

Gwen led us to a house where an old woman sold us some homemade gin for a gold coin. The stuff tasted like rocket fuel, whatever that might taste like. Then Gwen brought us to a park where people roughly our age hung out. If they weren’t busy being prostitutes and customers, of course.

We drank for a while. It became obvious that Gwen was a lightweight. Made sense. She had a small frame. And that homemade gin was powerful stuff. Gwen did a lot of giggling, a lot of hanging all over Pace. I found it kinda tiresome. And I kept waiting for Pace to indicate he wanted to be alone.

Later when she was really drunk, Pace was of a mind to ask the question we were both wondering about.

“I hope you don’t mind my asking,” Pace said delicately, “but is your line of work profitable? I mean, are you making a lot of money?”

She nodded. “Lots of locals. Some visitors from other settlements. Some of my Dad’s friends. That’s kinda weird, but I charge them double.” I almost gasped. That sounded horrifying.

“What do you do with the money?”

“Oh, I’m saving it.” She looked around for a second, making sure no one was eavesdropping. Then she whispered so low I had a hard time hearing her. “I’ve been collecting, saving for years now. I’ve got a long way to go, but maybe by the time I’m forty I’ll have enough to run away. Just don’t tell my dad, okay? He doesn’t know and if he found out he’d take all my money for sure!”

“Oh you don’t need to worry about us,” Pace reassured her.

Gwen grabbed him. “I can give you a free one if you’d like. Your friend too. Together if you’re into it.”

I immediately shook my head no on that one. Not into it.

I figured Pace would go off with her though. Whatever. But instead he didn’t seem interested in her anymore. Maybe he felt sorry for her, I dunno. He had something else in mind.

“I’m not your dad, I’m not your brother, I barely know you. But I do know there are other ways to make money. In fact, maybe you can help us. Want to make a little money?”

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