Melting Ice by D.J. manly

Author:D.J. manly [Manly, D.J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2011-01-16T17:28:34.981000+00:00

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D.J. MANLY

“The rest of the time you spent with the gang?”

“That’s right.”

“Where were you before Bulldog was killed? You weren’t here.”

“What is this, Fuller?” He narrowed his eyes.

“Maybe I want to know you,” I said softly. I don’t know why it came out that way, but it did.

He paused, then said, “Know thine enemy.”

“Right now, we’re not really enemies.”

“Historically, you are my enemy, Brain. You’re the enemy of the Diablos. You’re a cop.”

“I know what I am. What I can’t figure out is what exactly you are.”

He met my eyes for a minute, as if he were trying to figure out what to say, then he made a sound in his throat and looked away.

“What were you doing before? Where were you?”

“You’re the cop. You figure it out.”

“Military,” I said. “You had to be...”

He stood up abruptly, causing the other two at the end of the table to freeze. “Time to rock and roll,” he said. “Bring him to me.”

My eyes went from him to the two bikers at the end of the table. Ice looked over at me. “Remember I told you that I was going to show you how the world really worked, Fuller? Well, observe.”

I didn’t really have a hell of a lot of time to reflect on what he was saying. A few minutes later those same guys came bounding through the door to the dining room, and a body literally came flying down that long table, knocking off everything in its wake to land not more than a few feet away from me. I stood 54

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