Fool Me Twice by Jeff Lindsay
Author:Jeff Lindsay [Lindsay, Jeff]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2020-12-02T00:00:00+00:00
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Ãtienne did not like this American. To be fair, Ãtienne did not really like anyone. But Americans in particular rubbed him the wrong way. They all moved through the world with a kind of ignorant arrogance, as if every flower would open for them if they smiled and waved a credit card.
This one was a perfect example. He seemed to have no memory at all of his previous trip in chains, when Ãtienne had beaten him. No, he came aboard as if he were on holiday, and he wore a stupid blue cap, the kind Americans always wore. It had the crest of some idiot sports team on it. Baseball, almost certainly, a game for cretins. And he was always getting in the way, asking questions, acting like he had a perfect right to do whatever pleased him, always with the same idiot smile. He behaved as if it was a pleasure ride on a hired boat, as if coming here, to Ãle des Choux, was something he could do whenever he wished.
And this was the man who boasted that he always found a way? He acted like he could not find the way out of a public pissoir. But no, he must put it about that he always found a way. Eh bienâÃtienne would show him that this time, there was no way but Ãtienneâs. Ãle des Choux was not one of his stupid amusement parksâthere was no mouse, no roller coaster. Ãle des Choux was so far beyond his naïve American experience that he would be dead in less time than it took to spit. He would never be able to survive hereâhe could not even get on the île alive, without Etienneâs help!
Always a wayâfeh! Did he think he could come here, and without Ãtienne? There was no way. And so as they approached the island, Ãtienne took some pleasure in pointing out all the horrible things that would happen to him if he ever tried to cross Ãtienne or his employer, Monsieur Boniface.
âLook,â Ãtienne said. âYou think you find a way, ah? Perâaps in a teeny submarine? Lookââ He pointed down below the surface of the water, where a series of dim shadows were just barely visible. âFor submarines? Electronic mines. Anything come closeââ He waved a hand. âBoom.â He smiled happily.
âReally?â the American said, nearly as happy. âWow, so those are whatâmines? Electronic mines? Is that what you said? Hey, theyâre not gonna go off, are they? I mean, you know, blow us up?â
Ãtienneâs smile morphed into a sneer, an expression he had a great deal more practice with. âYou are so stupid you think so?â he said. âYou should be glad Ãtienne is not so stupid as you.â He tapped a black electronic box beside the steering wheel. âThees give a signal so we are not explode. Only Ãtienne has thees box.â
âWow,â the American said. âThatâs really cool. And thatâs for all the other stuff, too, right? I meanâmissiles and booby traps and all that?â
Ãtienne snorted.
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