Santa Fe Rules by Stuart Woods

Author:Stuart Woods
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, pdf
Publisher: Harper
Published: 2008-12-30T06:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER

27

The door slammed behind Wolf, and the noise echoed down the hallway. He had never known jail cells were so small.

He looked around the room. Three walls, a folding sink in the corner that emptied into a toilet—no seat—and two steel bunks attached to the wall. The cell was no more than six feet by eight and was lit only by the light of the waning moon through a steel-slatted window. He looked out the window: a view of a row of barred windows across a yard.

The top bunk had a sheet, an army blanket, and a pillow resting on it. There was movement in the lower bunk, and a pair of high boots swung over the edge and landed on the concrete floor with a slap. “Welcome to purgatory,” a hoarse voice said.

“Thanks,” Wolf replied.

The man stood up and stretched. Wolf made him to be at least six-four and two hundred and fifty pounds. He was dressed in his boots, greasy black jeans, and a studded leather vest. No shirt.

Biker, Wolf thought. Oh, shit.

“Who are you,” the man said. It wasn’t a question.

“My name’s Wolf.”

The biker burst out laughing. “I like it, I like it!” He stuck out a hand. “I’m Spider.”

Wolf shook the hand and found it softer and gentler than he’d feared.

“I like it! The Spider and the Wolf!” He indicated the lower bunk. “Take a pew, Wolf. Let’s talk; it’s been three days since I talked to anybody but a screw.”

Wolf was tired, but he didn’t like the thought of sitting next to Spider on a bunk. He walked to the window and turned, leaned on the wall. “Thanks, but I’ve been sitting for the last hour. I need to stretch.”

“Sounds like they been talking to you.”

“Right.”

“What you in for, Wolf?”

Wolf hesitated, then realized this might be his best card. “Triple murder,” he said.

“No shit!” Spider said, awed. “Did you do it?”

“The two guys I just talked to think so.”

“They offer you a deal?”

“Yeah.”

“Did you take it?”

“No.”

“Smart, like a wolf.” Spider laughed. “Never take a deal; that’s my policy. Tough it out.”

“What’re you in for, Spider?”

“Aw, they say I hit a guy upside the head with a bike chain a few times. It’s a bullshit rap. If I’d hit the guy upside the head with a bike chain, he wouldn’t have a head no more.”

“They offer you a deal?”

“Sure, sure, second degree assault, down from assault with a deadly weapon. One to three, they said.”

“What’ll you get if you’re convicted?”

“Two to five, since I’ve got no priors. Oh, I been busted, but I never done no time. Don’t worry, I won’t do none this time, neither.”

“How come?” Wolf was interested. He’d never met anybody who was experienced with the system in this way, let alone a biker.

“Because when they talk to the guy, he’s not going to point the finger at me.”

“They haven’t talked to him yet? I thought you said you’d been in here three days.”

“Oh, yeah, but last I heard, the guy hadn’t come around yet.

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