Quick Fix (The Reluctant Hustler Book 1) by J. Gregory Smith

Author:J. Gregory Smith [Smith, J. Gregory]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: RedAcre Press
Published: 2018-07-15T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

Ratigan’s Room, Residence Inn; Valley Forge

“You’re delusional.” Bishop said. “Mind if I get up off the floor?”

“I prefer visionary,” Ryan said.

“It’s Kyle, right?” Ratigan spoke to me.

“Yeah.” I said. We’d never actually met.

“I saw you have the keys, can you unlock me?”

I saw Rollie give a tiny shake of his head and already knew what Ryan would say if asked.

“Sure.” I walked over to him and pointed to my face. “I’m surprised you knew who I was, I usually don’t look like this.” I unlocked the cuff around the sofa bed bar.

Ratigan stood up and held out his arm for me to free the shackle on his wrist.

Instead I yanked on the free cuff and when the skinny guy was off balance slammed him to the floor next to Bishop. I was careful not to bruise his face, but didn’t bother being gentle when I grabbed his wrist and locked him to Bishop’s arm.

“What the fuck, Kyle?” Bishop reached in vain for the keys.

“Let’s practice a little teamwork, shall we?”

“Who put you in charge, asshole?” Bishop asked while the two struggled to their feet.

“Same guy that has you by the balls, got it?” I said.

“You still don’t get it,” Bishop said. “Maybe this could have gone smooth like we planned, but obviously these two pricks decided to get cute and go for two bites at the same apple. And it backfired on all of us.”

“We didn’t know—” Ratigan started and Bishop smacked him in the gut mid-sentence with his cuffed hand.

It looked like an older brother making a sibling hit himself with his own hand.

“You could have asked me,” Bishop said. He glared at Ryan. “You too, Buckley. I would have told you the risk wasn’t worth it.”

“Thanks, Professor Hindsight,” Ryan said. “It was worth the risk and we almost pulled it off.”

“Bullshit.”

“It was the Cartel who figured it out,” Ryan said.

“And that makes it better?” Bishop asked. “Because they are known for just letting stuff go?”

“No.” Ryan didn’t have a snappy comeback to that one.

“Here’s how the shit rolls downhill,” Bishop said. “The Cartel boys spotted the fakes and gave Sheehan a life or death ultimatum. He could pay the cash back with interest or they could have a little war on the streets of Philly.”

“We know Sheehan did something to calm them down,” I said.

“You don’t know shit,” Bishop shook his head at me. “You punks have been too busy running all over town, but I happen to know that Sheehan doesn’t have that kind of cash on hand. He had to borrow it. Any guesses? Wasn’t Wells Fargo.”

Rollie spoke up. “The real bosses, obviously?”

“Yup. This was Sheehan’s play to break into the big time, and thanks to you wonderful people, he fucked it up royally.”

All I could see in my mind’s eye was that look on a young Sheehan’s face when he got angry. “So they’re all after us?”

Bishop gave a little laugh. “Oh no. Not yet, anyway. They put all of it on Sheehan to fix the mess he created.

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