Vengeance is Mine by Reavis Z Wortham

Author:Reavis Z Wortham
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press
Published: 2014-04-29T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-nine

Griffin had been on Tony’s mind a lot since that afternoon when he stood in handcuffs on the side of the road. The frog gigging trip took his mind off of it only as long as they were floating down the creek. The puzzle of Griffin’s appearance in Vegas resumed the moment they pulled the flat bottomed johnboat onto the muddy bank.

He remembered the sheriff sitting in the restaurant that night in Vegas. Of course the man looked different, dressed in a business suit and tie, instead of his Stetson and khakis. The puzzle was the relationship between Griffin and Best. Tony couldn’t believe his bad luck, running into probably the only man in Texas who knew the same mob boss that put out a hit on him.

Tony’s biggest worry was a simple phone call. If Griffin remembered Tony from that night, he could drop a dime on him and Best would be overjoyed to send a few professionals to his front door.

He had to find out what was going on.

It wasn’t too late when the float was over and Ned picked them up not far from the confluence of Sanders Creek and the Red River. He plucked at Pepper’s wet shirt in the fading light of dimming flashlight batteries. “I can’t wait to hear why you’re all wet.”

She laughed. “It was funny! Mr. Tony thought he got a snake down his back, but it was only a stupid little ol’ lizard.”

She and Top took turns telling the story while they loaded the boat into the back of the truck using Ned’s fresh flashlight. He shook his head. “I wouldn’t expect anything else from this crew.” Once it was secured, the adults squeezed into the cab and the kids once again rode in the back. They dropped Cody off to get his El Camino, and drove on up to the house.

Despite the hour, Miss Becky was waiting when they pulled up the drive. Yellow light from the windows spilled onto the porch when she opened the door and stepped outside. The kids boiled out of the back, shouting stories.

Cody stopped beside Ned’s truck. He reached in and lifted out the ’toe sack full of frogs. “Now the messy part, Mr. Tony.”

“What’s that?”

“We have to clean them before we can be through.”

Tony shrugged. “It shouldn’t take long to wash them off.”

The adults exchanged looks, then burst out laughing. Miss Becky gave him a pat on the shoulder. “Oh, Hon, what Cody means is that we have to cut their legs off and get ’em ready for the skillet.”

He grimaced. “You know, I don’t think I have the stomach for that.”

“It’s part of it,” Top explained. “You have to finish the job.”

Miss Becky gave her grandson a light shove toward the house. “You two go in and wash up. You don’t get to tell adults what to do. Pepper, you need to get out of them wet clothes before you catch double pneumonia.”

They went inside without argument. “Uh, if you don’t mind, I’d rather not stay for this part.

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