One by One by Robert Enright

Author:Robert Enright [Enright, Robert]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-06-12T23:00:00+00:00

The line went dead and Curtis walked away from the phone, his hands pressed against his head in frustration. It was a foreign feeling to not feel in control and he took calming breaths as he pulled his eyes shut. Tommy ended the call on his phone, slipping the device back into his pocket. Matt flicked the butt of his cigarette to the floor and pushed himself off the chair, smoke drifting up around him. He strode to the door silently.

“Where do you think you’re going?”

Curtis didn’t move, his voice resonating as if from a statue.

“Back to my life. Just stay the fuck out of it!”

Before any response was thrown, Matt unlocked the glass door and threw it open. He’d disappeared into the dark of the wet night before it even closed.

Curtis rubbed his temples, extending every effort to stay calm.

“I swear to God one of these days I’m going to kill him!”

“Matt’s his own man, always has been. But unless we deal with the problem at hand, you might not even have to.”

Curtis spun, his eyes open, shooting daggers at his brother. Tommy’s calm demeanour stoked fires of anger within him.

“You think I’m going to let this guy lay another finger on a member of this family?”

“Calm down.”

“Calm down? Did you even listen to this guy?” Curtis gestured wildly with flailing arms.

“Yes I did. And do you know what I realised, Curtis?” Tommy waited, not expecting a response. “He was calm.”

Curtis looked at his hulking sibling, awaiting further elaboration. Tommy obliged.

“This isn’t some idiot stepping out of his comfort zone. This is a man who knows exactly what he’s doing. He knows what we did.” Tommy shook his head. “He is going for the throat, Curtis. He won’t stop and that’s why he’s calm. He knows he can’t afford to not be.”

“So what do we do?” It surprised Tommy to see his brother so distraught now they were alone. The lights of the room burnt down on them both.

“Well I’m going to call Ashley, let her know what’s going on. Hopefully she can find out where this is with the police tomorrow, there’s no way this won’t be priority number one by the morning.”

“Just make sure she’s safe. I want ten people shadowing her at all times until this is over.”

“No problem.” Tommy replied reassuringly.

Curtis’s shoulders hunched forward and he took a few slow steps towards his brother. He patted him on the side of his enormous bicep before trudging towards the door to his office. He looked at the shattered shards of phone on the floor, his head down.

“You think I’m scared don’t you?”

Tommy didn’t answer as he retrieved his phone from his pocket. Curtis turned, his face interrogating Tommy as it landed on him.

“No. You think I deserve this.”

“It was only a matter of time before something came back on us.”

Curtis only stared at him, the emotional weight of the evening visibly taking its toll on him. Tommy returned the look, the phone ready to dial in his hand.

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