Lucille Pfiffer Mystery Series Box Set by Tanya R Taylor

Author:Tanya R Taylor [Taylor, Tanya R]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-03-21T22:00:00+00:00

They skipped breakfast and hurried me out of the house and into the car. But not before they’d collected a few guns from the pantry in the other bedroom — two handguns and two rifles to be exact. I kept my cool as I saw them bring their weapons to the car.

The drive over that gravel road was rougher the second time around. Sal had just left and was already driving like a maniac.

Jake sat in the backseat with me; his arm stretched across my shoulders. Those guys knew absolutely nothing about proper hygiene. Nothing! This, in itself, was torture enough! Good thing the scent under his arm wasn’t too unbearable. Sitting there with me, he was clearly ensuring that there was no way their meal ticket would get away from them. We made our way out of that district and headed south, moving farther away from my side of town.

Jake looked at me as I sat there quietly. “Nervous, huh?”

“Me?” I replied. “Don’t know what the word means.”

“I’d be nervous for sure…” Sal started from the front seat “…if your guy doesn’t show up on time with that cash.”

“Don’t scare, Lucille,” Jake said. “I’m sure the great Mickey will be there just like he said he would. I doubt he'd let his client down.”

I knew what they were doing. They were doing it from the beginning – playing “good guy, bad guy”.

“Whatever you choose to believe is fine with me,” I said. “You guys will get the money and you’d better keep your word about letting me go. I don’t play around in life and neither will I in death.”

Jake chuckled and I noticed the grin on Sal's face. They obviously thought I was kidding, but I was as serious as a heart attack.

“Are you threatening to come back and haunt us if we killed you?” The smile on Jake’s face was sickening.

“Read through the lines. I didn’t stutter.”

He removed his arm from across my shoulders. Seemed like he suddenly got an uneasy feeling about the topic.

“You sure are a clown, lady,” Sal said. “I don’t think any man could’ve understood what went on inside that head of yours.”

“Donnie did. That’s for sure. No other man matters.”

“Not until…”

“Sal!” Jake interjected. He had a sterner expression now. “Just drive, will ya?”

Sal obeyed like a good minion would.

Maybe Jake was suddenly feeling edgy. I’d heard criminals are often nervous in these types of situations, yet that fear - be it slight or immense never seems to deter them.

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