His Taste Box Set: The Complete Pine Grove Series by B. B. Hamel

Author:B. B. Hamel [Hamel, B. B.]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2019-08-13T16:00:00+00:00

15

Dawson

A few hours later, we ditch the truck and stand in the shadow of the biggest grocery store in town.

I send one text. That’s the first part of my plan. I text the number that Marcus had been messaging me from. I’m not positive he’ll get it, but I’m hopeful. If he doesn’t, we’ll have wasted a night and I’ll come up with something else.

But if he gets it…

I type the message and show it to Celine.

“Hammy’s bar,” she reads, “three tonight. Leave the girl alone. We’ll finish this.” She looks at me, confused. “I thought I was part of your plan?”

“You are,” I say, taking the phone and hitting send. “We can’t be honest with him though, can we?”

Marcus answers almost right away. I’m sure he’s been waiting all day for this text.

“Come alone,” is all he says.

I nod and slip the phone into my pocket. It’s midnight and although the grocery store is open all night, it’s mostly empty.

“What now?” she asks.

“Now we wait,” I say.

She laughs a little bit, but I can hear the nerves in her voice. “It’s always waiting with you.”

“Told you. Most of this is waiting. Most of it is boring.”

“Some of it is explosive, though.” She smiles, trying to sound brave.

I can see through her. She’s exhausted and terrified. All she wants to do is to go home and forget all this happened.

But she is brave, that part is real. She’s probably the bravest girl I’ve ever met. I think most people would turn and run the fuck away if any of this happened to them, but not Celine.

She’s hanging in. She has skin in the game now, and she wants blood.

I admire that about her. She’s so much like me, it’s shocking. I can’t believe I found this girl, fierce and intense and incredible, hiding away in this small town.

But I’ve found her now. And I intend to keep her.

“You still haven’t told me what we’re doing. I mean, we’re not really just going to show up, are we?”

“Yes and no,” I say.

She raises an eyebrow. “What do you mean?”

“We’re showing up, all right. But I’m not showing up alone.” I take the gun from my jeans and hold it up, grinning.

“I don’t think that gun’s going to do much for you,” she says.

“We’ll see.” I slip it back into my pants and gaze out at the parking lot. “You know, you don’t talk much about yourself.”

She raises an eyebrow. “Not much to say. I’m boring.”

“Oh, I doubt that.”

“My dad left when I was young. My mom got sick when I was in high school. I worked all the time, took care of her, barely got my diploma. When she passed away, I came here.” She shrugs. “That’s pretty much it.”

“That’s a lot. Not many teenagers have the strength to take care of a dying parent, you know.”

She sighs, staring up at the sky. “At first, I hated her for it,” she says softly. “I hated myself for hating her. I was just so angry all the time.

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