Exposed: A Book Bite by H. D. Gordon

Author:H. D. Gordon [Gordon, H. D.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-01-02T22:00:00+00:00

10

3:30 p.m.

It takes me longer than perhaps it should to connect the dots.

The story George told us about Karen’s husband and son showing up with that huge bouquet of balloons and flowers, Karen refusing to see them, and the subsequent altercation between them and Vince… The affair Karen and Vince might have been having.

This is not a random act of violence. What’s worse; the shooters are familiar with the building. I’d managed to put out the son for a while, but the husband could run a muck before the authorities got here if someone didn’t stop him.

As if the thought has summoned them, a swat team bursts through the lobby doors, geared the fuck up, ordering us to put our hands in the air.

Once they see the unconscious gunman on the ground, they aim their guns at him, despite the fact that even if the shooter did wake up, he would have a hard time seeing through all the blood on his face.

I hadn’t held back when I’d punched him. Now I just hoped he’d end up being okay. Not because he deserved it, but with all the mess going on in the courts at the moment involving supernaturals, one of my kind killing a human would not be taken lightly, even if it was justified.

One of the officers restrains the shooter’s hands with a zip-tie while another calls in a paramedic. Karen hisses at them to be careful.

Ah, the sweet advantages of having been born a white human male. The police were killing my kind during routine traffic stops, while this fool gets an immediate call for paramedics?

“There’s another shooter,” I tell them. “He’s on the second floor. He’s got an AK-47.”

Karen flashes me a look of hatred before exiting with her psycho son, who has been loaded onto a stretcher. I resist the urge to stick my tongue out at her. Her precious baby had nearly shot me in the damn face.

Gods, humans could be so fucking crazy sometimes.

The swat team splits into groups, some taking the stairs we’d just come down, and others heading toward the other staircase.

The rest of us file out the lobby doors, where the summer sun shines on indifferently. A few people are sobbing, while others look as shocked as an outlet.

We are greeted by a host of red and blue flashing lights, guns pointing in our direction, and cops shouting orders.

We comply and are soon deemed not to be a threat.

Then there is nothing to do but stand there and wait while the police do their thing.

Lucy joins me on the sidewalk across the street from our building, the only person who will approach me, as if I was the one toting a gun in the office. The two of us stand shoulder-to-shoulder, watching the rest of the situation unfold.

More co-workers run out of the building, and Lucy and I sigh in relief as we confirm certain people are safe.

Then, it hits me, and I feel like a shithead for not thinking of him sooner.

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