Go Dwarf Yourself by Martha Carr & Michael Anderle
Author:Martha Carr & Michael Anderle [Carr, Martha & Anderle, Michael]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: LMBPN Publishing
Published: 2020-10-03T07:00:00+00:00
Chapter Sixteen
In Johnnyâs hotel room, the bounty hunter sprawled on his bed and scrolled through his contacts again. Maybe I should go back to Ernieâs and ask him about the red boar now. I could get a lead or two if I can, then set it aside until after we get Amanda.
Rex crawled on his belly across the king-sized mattress and lowered his head onto his paws beside his masterâs thigh with a whine. âWhatcha lookinâ at, Johnny?â
He glanced at the dog and shook his head. Iâm not gonna talk about it now. And I canât go to Ernie now, either. I need to focus on the kid who still has everything to lose.
Lutherâs tail thumped on the carpet where he lay at Lisaâs feet, staring at her. âSheâs good with stuff, Johnny. Guns. Magic. Bombs. Computers. Real winner if you ask me.â
The dwarf tugged on his beard and leaned back against the mountain of pillows behind him.
âShit.â Lisa pushed the rolling office chair away from the desk and her open laptop. âThey made an update to the dark-web bidding.â
He sat and scowled at her. âSo now everyone knows?â
âUh-huh. Listen to this.â She turned to her laptop to read the updated description under Amandaâs photo on the dark web. ââUnregistered shifter. Star of this yearâs auction and Belle of the Ball after all bids are placed.ââ
âMotherfuckers.â He gritted his teeth and thumped a fist on the mattress.
âYeah. Now everyone knows and theyâre gonna make a huge spectacle of her at the Monsters Ball.â
âNot if I have anything to say about it. Whatâs the bid up to?â
Lisa blew out a frustrated sigh. âIt tripled in less than twenty-four hours. Two hundred and twenty-five thousand.â
Johnny grimaced and stared at the blank flatscreen TV mounted above the mini-fridge. âPut us down for three.â
âThreeââ Her eyes widened. âHundred thousand?â
âGood guess.â He nodded at her laptop.
âJohnny, thatâsââ
âNot even remotely what an innocent life is worth, Lisa. A childâs life. Make the bid.â
She raised her eyebrows and turned toward her laptop. âI guess itâs pointless to ask if youâre good for it, right?â
âAlso a good guess. Youâre getting better.â He scooted to the edge of the bed and leaned forward over his thighs. âMaybe these assholes will back off with this much money on the line.â
âI donât know.â Lisa typed quickly and entered their bid. âWeâre dealing with the East Coastâs biggest crime lords. Even half a millionâs chump change to these guys.â
âWeâll see.â
Two minutes later, the bidding updated again. She thumped her elbow onto the desk and rested her forehead in her hand as she stared at the screen. âLemonhead.â
âHe outbid us again?â
âYeah. Itâs up to half a million now. I guess I jinxed that one.â
The dwarf ran his tongue over his front teeth and sniffed. âSeven-fifty.â
âWhat?â
âDo it.â
Shaking her head, she added their next bid of seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars. The price updated next to their Bulldog username, and the seconds ticked past slowly as they waited for Lemonhead to give up or raise the price again.
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