Love or Money by Elizabeth Roderick

Author:Elizabeth Roderick [Roderick, Elizabeth]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781680583618
Amazon: 1680583611
Goodreads: 28173723
Publisher: Limitless Publishing, LLC
Published: 2016-01-02T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Mishmash listened to their tale soberly, stroking his mustache, then pulled out his phone and started texting. “I don’t know what the hell happened,” he said, his face pale. “Fat Matt told me he’d be working yesterday, seven to two, and never sent me a message saying otherwise.”

“And it was weird,” Riel said. “They had no real reason to pull us out of the car anyway, right?”

“Yeah, it did seem weird,” Evan said. “It’s like they were waiting for us.”

Mishmash frowned, tapping his phone against his knee. “I’m really sorry that happened. Working for me isn’t usually like this, Riel.”

“I’ll vouch for that,” Evan said. “Mishmash usually has everything laid out smooth like a slip-and-slide.”

Mishmash looked at the screen of his phone again. He sighed. “Anyway, I’ll make double sure it doesn’t happen again. I won’t send you on another run until I’ve got it all figured out.” He glanced around the hotel room. “How long you have this place for?”

“Just one more night,” Evan said. “We’re going to look for an apartment.” He smiled at Riel, taking her hand.

“How about a house?” Mishmash said, and they both looked at him. “I just had one of my rentals come open. Little two-bedroom, has a yard and everything. It’s in an okay neighborhood. I think you’d like it.”

Evan raised his eyebrows. “How much?”

Mishmash grinned. “For you two lovebirds, thirteen hundred a month.”

Evan and Riel exchanged a glance. “That’s not bad,” Evan said.

Mishmash slapped his palms against his knees. “Let’s go look at it, see what you think.”

Evan and Riel exchanged another glance, and Evan shrugged. “Sure, why not?”

They headed out into the warm night, transferring the product from the Mustang to Mishmash’s little Honda before climbing into their cars. Riel and Evan followed the Honda out of the parking lot and onto the highway.

“Why do you think he’s giving us such a deal on a house?” Riel mused.

“My theory is he wants us to do some dealing too, and he just wants us by the balls a little tighter.”

Riel rubbed the back of her neck. “Or maybe it’s just a complete dump.”

“Could be. We’re about to see, I guess.”

They pulled off at an exit, entering a quiet residential neighborhood. Then Evan frowned at the rearview mirror. “Are we being followed?”

Riel glanced behind them, and saw the headlights of what looked like an SUV and at least one smaller car behind it. “I don’t—” she began to say, adrenaline numbing her tongue.

The SUV turned its brights on and revved up fast behind them, just as two other cars sped around it. One of them skidded to a halt in front of Mishmash’s car, which fishtailed into an angled stop. Evan slammed the brakes, just barely missing the Honda as he also screeched to a stop. The third car pulled up beside them, the windows down, and Riel got a glimpse of faces, a flash of something silver.

Gunshots rang out. Riel screamed and ducked. Rapid-fire pistol shots. Crack, crack, crack.

Evan cursed and pushed her down, her head smacking the dashboard.

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