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“Dude,” he called out, his voice wobbling. “Back the fuck up!”
“Good, now here’s what’s going to happen. I need a gun and you’re going to get it for me. Sig P365. Got it?” He nodded furiously as sweat beaded on his forehead, trickling down the bridge of his nose. “Tell them to get it now.”
“Someone get him the gun! You heard him!”
I didn’t need to look around to see how terrified they all were. On the streets, they had no fear, but they never came across someone like me, someone who didn’t play by their rules. It didn’t take long for one of the guys to return with my weapon. I removed the gun from the kid’s waistband and pointed it at him while taking the gun from the other guy.
“Do I need to worry about you jumping me again?” I asked.
He shook his head furiously.
“Good. All of you line up against the fence.”
They scrambled to line up, all of them looking for a way out. They weren’t going to find it. I looked over the gun, making sure it was in good condition. When I was satisfied, I pulled out the envelope and counted out half of what the street value was.
I tossed it at him, watching it scatter all over the ground. “If you had just given me what I wanted, you’d get the full price. Now, I’ll be taking this weapon with me also,” I said, holding up his gun. “Nice doing business with you.”
“Son of a bitch,”I muttered as I pulled down my road.
The moving van was a dead giveaway that I was screwed. Johnny standing on the front lawn glaring at me only heightened the fact that this operation was about to go south.
I pulled into my driveway, slamming the truck door as I got out and stomped to my front door, refusing to look back at the man invading my life. It wasn’t supposed to go this way. He was going to get both of us killed. The whole fucking point of me taking this job was to keep him out of danger.
I shut the door harder than necessary, pacing my small house as I tried to figure a way out of this. I didn’t have to wait long. The back door opened and Johnny strolled through, followed by Rae and Jason.
“What the fuck are you doing here?” I snapped.
“Finishing the job,” Johnny replied, his eyes checking me over carefully.
“I’m clean,” I snapped. I was on edge enough of the time without him wondering when the last time I took a hit.
“Let me see,” he said, nodding to my arms.
I stormed forward and shoved my sleeves up, showing him the evidence. I had scars, but no evident bruising or fresh needle marks. “Do you want to check between my toes, too?”
“Actually, yeah.”
Gritting my teeth, I tore off my shoes and socks, then sat down and waited as he inspected my feet. Satisfied, he stood and nodded to me.
“So, how’s it going?”
“Fucking great,” I snapped, snatching my socks off the floor and pulling them on. “Why are you here?”
“I already told you, we’re here to help.”
“You’re going to get yourselves killed.” I glanced at Rae, pissed they dragged her into this. “And why the fuck would you pull her into Rafe’s shit?”
“We didn’t,” Jason sneered.
“I volunteered to come along,” she said, moving closer to me. “I love what you’ve done with the place. It’s very…homey.”
“Interior decorating isn’t a high priority amongst criminals.”
“Not true,” she grinned. “I once met a man who lived the high life to hide his frequent criminal activities.”
“In case you haven’t noticed, this isn’t the neighborhood for that.”
“So, what are we looking at?” Jason asked, shifting us off topic. “What do you know about everyone?”
