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“And where do you live?”
“Nautilus Street.”
The cop looked up. “That’s just a street over.”
“Yep. Our parents made me come get him when he called saying he’d had too many. I’ve been studying all night. I haven’t been drinking.”
“Studying?” the cop asked, his tone more curious than accusing. “What are you studying?”
“Marine biology.”
“Oh yeah?” He gave me half a smile. “Like with whales and stuff?”
I nodded. At least this lie I would be fluent in. He could ask me absolutely anything about that profession, and I’d be able to answer every single one.
Holding my stare, he sighed and put away his notebook. “Count to ten for me and rouse your brother to confirm what you said, and I’ll let you drive him home. Only home, mind you. It’s late.”
Smiling with as much innocence as I could, I reeled off the numbers he wanted then jiggled Ethan and pinched him in the side. “Wake up, brother. This nice cop wants to talk to you.”
“Wha—why?” His eyes cracked open and true fear flashed over his face. Fear from raping Neri? Fear that he’d been caught?
What a shame he didn’t know that being caught by the police would end far better for him than with me. He hung in the arms of his murderer, and he didn’t even know it.
“Officer...” He smacked his lips and stood a little taller, giving me a break from his weight. “What...?”
“What’s your name?”
“Ethan.”
“Are you feeling okay, Ethan?”
“Yeah...drank too—too much.”
“Do you just need to sleep it off or do you need a hospital?”
Ethan recoiled and shook his head. “Nah, no hospital. Just bed, mate.”
The officer watched him for a moment then nodded and stepped out of my way. “Have a good night, gentlemen.” He marched away without another word.
Relief almost buckled my legs.
Two run-ins with the law and I’d remained a free man.
I took that as a sign that I was doing the right thing.
That I was allowed to kill this bastard.
That I was supposed to do this for Neri.
Dragging Ethan to the Jeep, I opened the back door and shoved him face first inside.
He tried to sit up, glaring at me. “What the fuck? I don’t know you. What the hell is going—”
I punched him square in the jaw all while my eyes shot to the cop to make sure he hadn’t seen. No one looked my way. No one cared I kidnapped a rapist right beneath their lawful noses.
Ethan’s eyes rolled back.
He collapsed against the seats.
