Redline by Alex Van Tol

Author:Alex Van Tol [Tol, Alex Van]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: C429, Extratorrents, Kat, JUV032100, book
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Published: 2011-09-30T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

I’m waiting when Mark and Bibs pull in. Cody follows a few minutes later. I’ve parked just off the shoulder, like everyone else.

I lean against Cody’s car, and we watch a few races. Mark and Mike. Bibs and some new guy, Doran. The guys are always careful to make sure the road is clear before they take off. From the starting line, you can see almost a mile in each direction. When there are no lights coming, they go. And they rotate the lookout every couple of hours. No one wants the cops hassling us.

Cody hands me a new beer every time I finish one. With him, it seems drinking isn’t really an option. It’s more like an expectation. I think he’s on his fifth.

He’s standing beside me now, his arm draped carelessly around my waist. I kind of like it. The beer has loosened me up, worn down my sharp edges. I find myself shrieking and laughing every time the cars peel off the line in a scream of rubber.

After my third beer, my vision has grown fuzzy. I reach for my cigarettes and light up. I hadn’t planned on letting Cody in on my dirty little secret, but I’m feeling good tonight. And I feel like having a smoke.

I take a drag, careful to blow the smoke away from Cody. I hope he doesn’t say anything.

Maybe I’ll offer him one.

I take another puff and turn to see his hand moving toward my face, fast. I flinch backward. My other hand comes up to shield my face.

Cody laughs. The sound is hard. He takes the cigarette from my mouth with a sharp little yank. “Relax, Jenessa,” he says. “You’re so tense. Did you think I was going to hit you or something?”

Funny, that’s exactly what I thought. My heart is racing.

“You shouldn’t smoke. It’s bad for your health.” He holds the burning cigarette just out of reach.

Now it’s my turn to laugh. His words are absurd. “Oh, and drinking and driving isn’t?” I say. It spills out before I can stop it. But I’m pissed that he scared me like that.

Cody looks at me for a moment, then throws the cigarette onto the pavement. He ignores my question. “Put it out,” he says. His face is dark. “That shit’s toxic. I don’t want it stinking up my stage.”

I can’t believe this. Stinking up his stage? Who does this guy think he is?

I don’t like being pushed around. “I’ll go finish this somewhere else,” I say, bending down to pick up the smoke. “Where it won’t bother you.”

He lowers his boot onto my hand. Gently.

“I said, put it out.”

The other guys are watching, shifting nervously. My face reddens with shame. But I don’t want to make him angrier.

“Okay.” It comes out sounding weak. “Okay,” I say, louder. “Get off me.”

He takes his foot off my hand. I stand up without looking at him. I step on the burning end and grind it out with my shoe. I want to

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