Geek Mafia by Rick Dakan

Author:Rick Dakan
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, pdf
Tags: FIC000000
ISBN: 9781604861310
Publisher: PM Press
Published: 2008-01-03T10:00:00+00:00

Chapter 19

WHEN he woke up the next morning, Paul’s mouth tasted like he’d swallowed a pound of raw cotton. He was in a bed. Chloe’s bed. He tried to recall how he’d gotten there and couldn’t quite put all the pieces together. It took another moment to realize that he was still wearing all his clothes, sans shoes. That meant it was unlikely anything had happened between him and Chloe last night, which was probably for the best, since if something had happened, he would want to remember it. He heard the unmistakable sound of someone peeing from behind the bathroom door, followed by a flush and then the shower being turned on. He assumed that was Chloe.

Paul wondered once again just what the hell he was doing here. Things with Chloe weren’t proceeding the way he wanted. At least not at the speed he wanted. Although, as he remembered the pills he’d taken last night, Paul realized that there was a good chance that this most recent romantic setback might have had more to do with his inability to handle his drugs rather than any lack of interest on her part. Still, he needed to take some initiative here—push things forward or get out of Dodge.

A few minutes later the shower stopped and Chloe stepped out into the bedroom. An oversized green towel was wrapped around her torso and she rubbed her short hair vigorously with a smaller white towel that had once belonged to a Holiday Inn. She noticed Paul looking at her.

“Hey there, sport. Finally awake, huh?”

“Yeah,” Paul croaked, his mouth still dry. “I was really out of it, huh?”

“Fucking right, you were. Anyone ever tell you that you snore like a motherfucker?”

“I do have that reputation.”

“Fortunately you respond well to a sharp elbow and the occasional shove, so I didn’t lose too much sleep.” She sat down on the bed next to him, tossing the small hotel towel to the floor.

“What’d Bee give me that knocked me out like that?” Paul asked as he levered himself up into a sitting position, rubbing the sleep out of his eyes and blinking to moisten his contacts.

“It was just some X. The same thing everyone else took. I dunno why it knocked you on your ass like that, although I’m guessing it was all the beer, not the drugs.” She felt his forehead briefly. “You feeling OK?”

“Yeah, yeah, I’m fine. Just thirsty.” He swallowed a few times, trying to work up a coating of saliva in his dry throat.

“Lemme get you a glass of water,” said Chloe. She hopped up and went back into the bathroom to fill a glass from the sink. “Listen, Paul, again, I’m sorry Raff pulled you into that job like that. I chewed him a new asshole, last night, I tell you.”

“I keep trying to tell you, it’s OK, Chloe, really it is.” The cool glass of water brought instant relief, and he sounded much more awake now. “I actually enjoyed it.”

“You enjoyed getting beat down by an old guy? I knew you were a kinky little fuck.

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