force of his gaze, her skin feeling
as if it would crawl off her body, but refused to cover herself with her arms.
The man was looking at her like a meal to be eaten, not with anything she
recognized as lust and her gut told her he would be more excited by her fear
than the sight of her naked body. Besides, if Kelly was his type, the man liked
big, buxom women, not tiny things with boyish figures. Summer had never thought
she’d be grateful for her barely there breasts, but at the moment she thanked
god for them.
“Jake, baby, couldn’t we just get the money and go? If they’ve
really called the cops—”
“They didn’t call no cops.”
“There’s an APB out on Kelly right now. I used to be on the
force and you can be damn sure every cop in this state is looking for—”
“I said no talking, homo. I guess you want to get shot.”
“Please, baby, don’t shoot him. If you fire the gun somebody’s
going to hear and then we’ll get caught for sure. I don’t want to go to prison
somewhere and never get to see you again,” Kelly said, her words coming out in
a breathless rush.
Summer silently thanked Kelly. For a second there, it had
looked like Jake was really going to pull the trigger, but now he hesitated.
“Nobody would hear if some dumb bitch hadn’t lost my
silencer,” Jake said, shrugging off the hand Kelly had put on his arm.
“I’m sorry. He shot the gun out of my hand. I swear to god.
You think I’m lying about how this happened?” Kelly held up her right
hand. Summer gasped before she could help herself. Kelly’s hand was covered in
blood and her thumb not much more than a bloody stump. Surely Aidan would have
told her if the officers had found part of a thumb on her studio floor.
“The rest of your hand is already on ice down at the
station,” Aidan said. “If you hurry, the med team might even be able to
reattach it for you before it’s too late.”
So much for trusting him to give her all the facts.
Summer knew she should have stayed with Aidan and the officers after she gave
her statement. Disgusting or not, she would have liked to have known there had
been a body part on her floor. Not to mention exactly where that body part had
landed so she could scrub down the wood a few thousand times.
“You’ll never be able to fight that kind of forensic
evidence, Kelly,” Aidan continued. “The best thing you could do is turn
yourself in.”
“Shut up, homo! Nobody’s turning anybody in.”
“They’re going to catch her eventually. It would be better
if they could see the state she’s in. It might help her case.”
“My case? I don’t want to have a case. Fuck, baby. You said
we’d never get caught, you said that—”
“Shut up. He’s just fucking with your head.”
“Listen, Kelly, it’s obvious you’re on something tonight.
That can go a long way to getting you a good deal and it’ll be even better if
you voluntarily turn yourself in. Just go down to the station—”
“Nobody’s going anywhere!” Jake screamed.
“Please, Aidan—” Summer began, but he cut her off before she
could finish.
“Let them run a blood test, Kelly, to show exactly what you’re
on and how much of it you’ve—”
Kelly screamed as the report of the gunshot filled the room,
but Summer suddenly found herself incapable of making any sound at all. Every
last bit of air seemed to be sucked from her body as she watched Aidan’s
shoulder explode in front of her eyes. Bits of frayed rope, blood and what
could very well have been bone splattered across the right side of her body,
but she hardly noticed the sting as something sharp flew into her eye.
All she could think about was catching Aidan, stopping the
momentum of his body before he hit the hard floor.
“Don’t touch him, girl, or you’re next. I owed him one for
Kelly, but I’ll shoot you too. Wouldn’t bother me at all,” Jake said, his voice
calm, more in control than it had been before. It seemed shooting
as if it would crawl off her body, but refused to cover herself with her arms.
The man was looking at her like a meal to be eaten, not with anything she
recognized as lust and her gut told her he would be more excited by her fear
than the sight of her naked body. Besides, if Kelly was his type, the man liked
big, buxom women, not tiny things with boyish figures. Summer had never thought
she’d be grateful for her barely there breasts, but at the moment she thanked
god for them.
“Jake, baby, couldn’t we just get the money and go? If they’ve
really called the cops—”
“They didn’t call no cops.”
“There’s an APB out on Kelly right now. I used to be on the
force and you can be damn sure every cop in this state is looking for—”
“I said no talking, homo. I guess you want to get shot.”
“Please, baby, don’t shoot him. If you fire the gun somebody’s
going to hear and then we’ll get caught for sure. I don’t want to go to prison
somewhere and never get to see you again,” Kelly said, her words coming out in
a breathless rush.
Summer silently thanked Kelly. For a second there, it had
looked like Jake was really going to pull the trigger, but now he hesitated.
“Nobody would hear if some dumb bitch hadn’t lost my
silencer,” Jake said, shrugging off the hand Kelly had put on his arm.
“I’m sorry. He shot the gun out of my hand. I swear to god.
You think I’m lying about how this happened?” Kelly held up her right
hand. Summer gasped before she could help herself. Kelly’s hand was covered in
blood and her thumb not much more than a bloody stump. Surely Aidan would have
told her if the officers had found part of a thumb on her studio floor.
“The rest of your hand is already on ice down at the
station,” Aidan said. “If you hurry, the med team might even be able to
reattach it for you before it’s too late.”
So much for trusting him to give her all the facts.
Summer knew she should have stayed with Aidan and the officers after she gave
her statement. Disgusting or not, she would have liked to have known there had
been a body part on her floor. Not to mention exactly where that body part had
landed so she could scrub down the wood a few thousand times.
“You’ll never be able to fight that kind of forensic
evidence, Kelly,” Aidan continued. “The best thing you could do is turn
yourself in.”
“Shut up, homo! Nobody’s turning anybody in.”
“They’re going to catch her eventually. It would be better
if they could see the state she’s in. It might help her case.”
“My case? I don’t want to have a case. Fuck, baby. You said
we’d never get caught, you said that—”
“Shut up. He’s just fucking with your head.”
“Listen, Kelly, it’s obvious you’re on something tonight.
That can go a long way to getting you a good deal and it’ll be even better if
you voluntarily turn yourself in. Just go down to the station—”
“Nobody’s going anywhere!” Jake screamed.
“Please, Aidan—” Summer began, but he cut her off before she
could finish.
“Let them run a blood test, Kelly, to show exactly what you’re
on and how much of it you’ve—”
Kelly screamed as the report of the gunshot filled the room,
but Summer suddenly found herself incapable of making any sound at all. Every
last bit of air seemed to be sucked from her body as she watched Aidan’s
shoulder explode in front of her eyes. Bits of frayed rope, blood and what
could very well have been bone splattered across the right side of her body,
but she hardly noticed the sting as something sharp flew into her eye.
All she could think about was catching Aidan, stopping the
momentum of his body before he hit the hard floor.
“Don’t touch him, girl, or you’re next. I owed him one for
Kelly, but I’ll shoot you too. Wouldn’t bother me at all,” Jake said, his voice
calm, more in control than it had been before. It seemed shooting
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