Nocturnal Meetings of the Misplaced by R.J. Garcia

Author:R.J. Garcia [Garcia, R.J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-88-275-7307-5
Publisher: The Parliament House

Chapter 28

Words

Tommy

I always tried to choose my battles wisely. I didn’t willingly fight if I knew I couldn’t win. I never made the mistake of thinking that I had any real power. Once, I had talked a few gang members out of kicking my ass and talked more than one landlord into giving us another week to come up with the rent. Now again, all I had to get out of this were words. I thought best under pressure. Reminding myself to breathe, I leaned forward and coated my comment with approval. “I’m glad to see you are working on the case, even this late at night.” I asked, “That’s why you were here, right?”

He hesitated for a heartbeat, and he picked up the bone I threw him. “Yeah. I’m not going to sleep until I get the rat-bastard who did this to my boy.” He made a couple of annoying clicking sounds with his tongue. “Why were you here? Getting some action while Finn’s out cold?”

“Well I’m gay, sir. I was here for the same reasons you were, for information.”

“No news flash there.” I couldn’t see his face, but I could hear the disdain in his voice. “I think you better stick to interior design and leave the police work to me, kid.” He turned the cruiser down a side street. I still wasn’t sure. We turned down another bumpier, dirt road. The tires jostled along the rutted surface while the moon cast hues of blue and grey over a cornfield. I recognized the field from the bus route. It was the long way, but we were now headed in the direction of our houses. I felt a surge of relief.

After we pulled into the driveway, Polar Bear turned around. “I won’t tell Holden, this one time,” he said, “Don’t let me catch you sneaking out again.”

“Thank you.” I was actually thanking him for not killing me, which was a little messed up. The door clicked open and I hurried out, but Polar Bear jumped out too. I was just about to run for it when his hand shot out, my cell phone clenched in his fist. His eyes narrowed and peered at me. Only then he released the phone to me. My head jerked in a kind of grateful nod. I cut across to my yard and climbed in the window without looking back. Probably everyone would think I was full of crap. Yet, I knew if I hadn’t given him the excuse for being at Silence’s, he would have killed me that night.

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