Lucky Break by Mark Stone

Author:Mark Stone [Stone, Mark]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sunday Dinner Press
Published: 2019-07-28T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

“This isn’t really what I thought you meant when you said we needed to move quickly,” I said, holding up a glass filled nearly to the brim with mojito and watching as the mint leaf danced around the edge. After jumping onto his golf cart, Parker, Davey, and I hauled ass up to the huge white and red beach house at the end of the winding driveway. The beauty of a place sat right on the beach, and looking through the window of what I was told was Parker’s father’s library, I saw a cabana full of Parker’s family. “Also, I didn’t know your entire family was going to be here.”

Parker shook his head, looking at the gun and blood-stained towel which I’d pulled from my backpack the instant I was sure we were away from any prying eyes. It wasn’t that I was uneasy with guns. After all the time I’d clocked in the army with a gun strapped to my back, it almost felt natural at this point, like an extension of my own body. There was just something about this gun that I didn’t want anywhere near me. It was like it was a living thing, a trickster that was trying to pin some evil on me that I’d had no part in.

“They figured that after everything that happened, it’d be nice to get away from the city for a bit. We’ve had this place for a couple of years now, and we’ve never been here at the same time all at once before.” He grinned at me. “This was supposed to be a relaxing family getaway. Try not to feel too bad about crashing it.” He downed nearly his entire mojito in one gulp and wiped his mouth when he was finished. “And if this isn’t your idea of moving quickly and getting down to business, I don’t think you’ve been rich nearly long enough.”

“Amen to that,” Davey said from behind me. “I’ve been telling this stubborn bastard we needed to be rich for years now.” he shook his head at me disapprovingly. “Took him forever to listen.”

“I’m all for having fun, especially when there’s rum involved, but can we be serious for a second?” I asked, looking from one of the men to the next. “Someone is trying to set me up for murder.”

“Set us up,” Davey corrected me, popping a couple of mini sausages that Parker brought into the room with the mojitos into his mouth. “Also, these things are delicious. Much better than full-size hot dogs.”

“So glad you’re enjoying yourself,” Parker muttered before laying a glare into me. “And don’t think just because I’m not pulling my hair out by the roots that I’m not on top of thus. You guys made about six mistakes in bringing these to me.”

“You told me to bring them to you,” I reminded my lawyer.

“Because you had already left the house with them,” he answered. “And I certainly didn’t tell you to press them up against Davey’s junk before you handed them off.

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