Page 3 of Gator: One Love


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The man looked like he was about to roll his eyes, but he stopped and said, “Well, it’s not in the kitchen.”

“We’d be fucked if it was,” Gator said, and he laughed. He looked at Sylvie and expected to see her laughing too but she had the same sour look on her face as Mr. Asshole had. “You know…you look familiar. Do I know you from somewhere?”

“Nope.”

“Well, that a solid answer. Anyways, I’d better get on out and deal with my friend out back.”

“You’re serious?” Asshole said.

“About what?” Gator asked.

“You come to handle a gator…on a Harley?”

“What’s the diff how I arrive?” Gator said.

“You’re not going to take him away somewhere else?” Asshole asked.

“Nope. Never had a gator on the back of my bike,” he said. “Only time I ride two-up there’s tits in my back.”

Asshole looked at Sylvie with a pissed-off look. When Gator looked at her, she looked scared, so he said, “I’d better get on out and get done.”

“You didn’t tell me how the fuck you’re going to get it gone.”

“Come outside and watch then,” Gator said. “Maybe you’d like to help. Big tough guy like you could help me wrestle her down.”

“How do you know it’s female?” Sylvie asked. Asshole gave her a shitty look, like she wasn’t supposed to talk, but Gator ignored him as he turned to her and said:

“’Cause she’s pretty.” He gave her a wink and her eyes shot to Mr. Asshole.Fuck, he’s a fucking problem.Gator could feel the tension in the room so he stepped back slightly so he could talk to them both at the same time. “She’s only ten-foot so she could be a ‘he.’ They grow to fifteen or so, but the girls, they stop at about ten. I’m good at sorting the girls from the boys,” he said as he raised his eyebrows at Mr. Asshole. Asshole looked like he was about to speak, so Gator carried on. “To be sure I’d have to stick my finger up it.” He held his pinky up to Asshole and smiled.

“We don’t need a fuckingNational Geographiclesson. Just get rid of the gator,” Asshole said.

“Sure.”

Gator started for the back door that led out to the yard when he heard Asshole say, “What’s it gonna cost?”

“A glass of homemade lemonade will do when I’m done,” he said. He’d seen the jug on the bench when he first walked into the kitchen. It was as hot as hell today and he’d imagined it sliding down his throat. He couldn’t think of anything better to quench his thirst.

Asshole scoffed as he dug into his pocket and pulled out some bills. “Tough guy likes kiddie drinks.” He counted a few off and held them out to Gator. “Here…you can buy your own.” Gator took them, then Asshole added, “Somewhere else.”

Gator nodded. He didn’t thank him, and he didn’t count the money. They already didn’t like each other, and Gator didn’t like the way Sylvie was obviously uneasy and embarrassed around the asshole.Maybe I’ll see what the fuck’s going on there.He turned and walked out the door, letting the screen door slam behind him as he went.

Asshole walked over to the door and crossed his arms as he looked at Gator getting ready to jump on the back of the big animal.

Asshole’s cell phone rang and when he pulled it out of his pocket and looked at it, he said, “Fuck. Fucking work.” He only said a few words to the other person on the line and then finally he said, “I’ll be there soon.” He ended the call then and said to Sylvie, “Make sure he fucks off as soon as he’s done. I’ll be back to check.” She just nodded, so he said, “Got it?”

“Yes, I got it.”

He leaned in to give her a kiss and she turned her head away.

He frowned and she stepped back and crossed her arms.

She watched as he walked out the door and got on his bike and rode away. Then she walked to the back door and opened it, stepping out onto the rotting wooden deck and sat on the wooden steps that led down to the yard. She was mesmerized by the way Gator was maneuvering his way around the deadly beast.

The beast was snapping sideways at Gator as he moved from one side to the other in front of it, like he was taunting it. She wondered whether he was putting on a show just for her, because he would look back at her and smile when he’d jump out of the way of the wild animal’s jaws. She saw him reach down and pick up something from the ground. It looked like a rock, but she couldn’t tell from where she was seated, and besides she was so focused on him…his rippling muscles and wild hair…that a bolt of lightning could have struck the ground and she would barely notice.

He tossed the rock…she could see that now…to the far side of the alligator and when it turned to snap at that, he threw his leg over it and grabbed it with a big hand in front of each of its back legs and then pulled himself up on its big body and sat down on its back. He covered its eyes then with his hands then pushed down on its open jaw with one big hand closing its mouth. Once its jaw was pinned closed on the ground, he grabbed the front of its snout and held it closed while he pulled its head back up towards him.

Its tail was flicking from side to side, but he didn’t seem concerned about that. She thought it could break her leg if she’d been standing there.

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