Jack.03.Secret.Vengeance.2011 by Wilson F Paul

Author:Wilson, F Paul [Wilson, F Paul]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0100-12-31T22:00:00+00:00

7

Between the final bell for dismissal and boarding the bus home, Jack squeezed in a trip to the boys’ room to unlatch the window. He didn’t know what he was going to do about Toliver’s latest lock, but if he came up with something, he wanted to be able to act on it.

As he exited the stall he let out a yelp of surprise when he almost bumped into Levi.

“How long’ve you been waiting here?”

“Long enough. Figgered this’d be your last stop. Listen, this ‘piney blood’ thing’s got me riled.”

It had been nibbling at Jack too. Gnawing was more like it. The whole episode had been majorly upsetting. But when he stepped back and took a hard look at it …

“How do you know there’s anything to it?”

“Saree said—”

“She doesn’t know. It’s just a feeling she’s got. She doesn’t know who, she doesn’t know when—”

“That don’t matter. She knows what she knows, and I gotta do something about it.”

Uh-oh.

“Like what?”

“Don’t know. First thing I do is ask around and see if anyone knows of a piney who’s been banged around by a towner. Second is, I join forces with you.”

“Oh, no,” Jack said, backing away. “No way.”

“Why not?”

“Because, like I said, it’s personal.”

“Well, hell, if he hurt a piney, it’s personal for me too.”

“You don’t even know if he really—”

“Pineys stick together—well, when they ain’t feudin’.”

Jack pulled open the door and stepped into the hall. “Sorry. Not gonna happen.”

Jack hurried for the bus, thinking how Levi Coffin was becoming a real problem.

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