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said, staring straight ahead at Ana and Alejandro.
“Bullshit,” I said.
“This is your job.”
“What are you talking about? I was told we were going out to get the girl. Not kill someone.”
“We do what the client wants.” He clenched his jaw in either pain or anger.
“Yeah, well I didn’t hear him ask us to murder anyone.” Electric lights came on illuminating the deck. It was slick with blood. The sky was dark and the sea black but the coast was bright with the twinkling of humanity.
“What are we going to do?” Ana Maria asked me.
I looked up at her. She had a streak of blood across her cheek and the bottom left corner of her white shirt was drenched with it. I clenched the straight razor in my hand.
“How’s Alejandro?”
“He needs a doctor.”
“Watch him,” I told Blue, pointing at Blane. Alejandro leaned against the base of one of the computer consoles. His face, drained of color, was set in a grimace. He clenched at his stomach with both arms. Alejandro looked up at me but didn’t say anything. A trickle of blood seeped out of the side of his mouth. When a person gets shot in the abdomen they can live for hours or even days without medical attention. Or they can bleed out in a matter of seconds. Only time would tell us Alejandro’s fate.
“Do you know how to drive this thing?” I asked Ana Maria.
“I think so,” she said. I turned to look at her. Ana Maria’s eyes were wide and bright. She looked at me waiting for direction.
“All right, get us home now.” I crossed to one of the consoles.
She joined me at the computer. “It’s already set to get us back to the dock,” she said.
I knew there had to be a radio on the boat, but I didn’t know how I wanted to do this. Getting the police involved seemed inevitable but was bad for everyone involved. Except Alejandro. I looked over at him. His breathing was uneven and rasping. He was probably going to die. That sound, the noise that blood makes when your body is trying to breathe it, isn’t known as the death rattle for nothing.
I went over to Blane. He was still lying on the ground being as still as possible while Blue watched him. “What do you want to do?” I asked.
He shifted his gaze from Blue to me. “What are you talking about?”
“How do you see this ending?” A rogue wave hit the boat and I stumbled a little but quickly regained my balance. Ana Maria screamed. I turned to see Alejandro slumped to the side, his arms still wrapped around his belly, his eyes open but unseeing. Ana Maria ran to his side and was trying to sit him up while she sobbed uncontrollably.
Basically what I had here was a fucked situation. Blane, my so-called boss, was injured but alive and there was no way he was going to just let this go. What I didn’t know was whether this was his personal plan or if we were really supposed to kill Alejandro. I couldn’t imagine that Ana Maria’s parents, any parents, would want their daughter to witness her cousin’s murder. And what would be in it for Fortress Global Investigations?
“Was this your idea?” I asked Blane.
He laughed. “Are you crazy? This was so not my plan.”
“I don’t mean the way things went down, I mean killing Alejandro. Did the Vargas’s really want us to murder him in front of their daughter?”
Blane laughed again. “I’m not telling you shit.”
“If you want to live you’ve got to.”
“Please, you’re not going to kill me.” He smiled up at me and I knew he was right. But I wasn’t going to let him know that. I dropped to my knees and pushed his razor up under his chin. His eyes got wide but he didn’t really look afraid.
“Don’t you know about me?” I asked. He didn’t answer. I pushed the blade harder into his neck. He leaned his head back trying to get away from it. “I’ll kill you. And I’ll sleep like a baby afterwards.” I pushed harder and felt the blade cut into his skin.
“She’s the reason you’re on this case. We were
“Bullshit,” I said.
“This is your job.”
“What are you talking about? I was told we were going out to get the girl. Not kill someone.”
“We do what the client wants.” He clenched his jaw in either pain or anger.
“Yeah, well I didn’t hear him ask us to murder anyone.” Electric lights came on illuminating the deck. It was slick with blood. The sky was dark and the sea black but the coast was bright with the twinkling of humanity.
“What are we going to do?” Ana Maria asked me.
I looked up at her. She had a streak of blood across her cheek and the bottom left corner of her white shirt was drenched with it. I clenched the straight razor in my hand.
“How’s Alejandro?”
“He needs a doctor.”
“Watch him,” I told Blue, pointing at Blane. Alejandro leaned against the base of one of the computer consoles. His face, drained of color, was set in a grimace. He clenched at his stomach with both arms. Alejandro looked up at me but didn’t say anything. A trickle of blood seeped out of the side of his mouth. When a person gets shot in the abdomen they can live for hours or even days without medical attention. Or they can bleed out in a matter of seconds. Only time would tell us Alejandro’s fate.
“Do you know how to drive this thing?” I asked Ana Maria.
“I think so,” she said. I turned to look at her. Ana Maria’s eyes were wide and bright. She looked at me waiting for direction.
“All right, get us home now.” I crossed to one of the consoles.
She joined me at the computer. “It’s already set to get us back to the dock,” she said.
I knew there had to be a radio on the boat, but I didn’t know how I wanted to do this. Getting the police involved seemed inevitable but was bad for everyone involved. Except Alejandro. I looked over at him. His breathing was uneven and rasping. He was probably going to die. That sound, the noise that blood makes when your body is trying to breathe it, isn’t known as the death rattle for nothing.
I went over to Blane. He was still lying on the ground being as still as possible while Blue watched him. “What do you want to do?” I asked.
He shifted his gaze from Blue to me. “What are you talking about?”
“How do you see this ending?” A rogue wave hit the boat and I stumbled a little but quickly regained my balance. Ana Maria screamed. I turned to see Alejandro slumped to the side, his arms still wrapped around his belly, his eyes open but unseeing. Ana Maria ran to his side and was trying to sit him up while she sobbed uncontrollably.
Basically what I had here was a fucked situation. Blane, my so-called boss, was injured but alive and there was no way he was going to just let this go. What I didn’t know was whether this was his personal plan or if we were really supposed to kill Alejandro. I couldn’t imagine that Ana Maria’s parents, any parents, would want their daughter to witness her cousin’s murder. And what would be in it for Fortress Global Investigations?
“Was this your idea?” I asked Blane.
He laughed. “Are you crazy? This was so not my plan.”
“I don’t mean the way things went down, I mean killing Alejandro. Did the Vargas’s really want us to murder him in front of their daughter?”
Blane laughed again. “I’m not telling you shit.”
“If you want to live you’ve got to.”
“Please, you’re not going to kill me.” He smiled up at me and I knew he was right. But I wasn’t going to let him know that. I dropped to my knees and pushed his razor up under his chin. His eyes got wide but he didn’t really look afraid.
“Don’t you know about me?” I asked. He didn’t answer. I pushed the blade harder into his neck. He leaned his head back trying to get away from it. “I’ll kill you. And I’ll sleep like a baby afterwards.” I pushed harder and felt the blade cut into his skin.
“She’s the reason you’re on this case. We were
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