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Authors: Ashley Claudy
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“Oy,” Demetri hollered, keeping me from raising my gun. “Your phone is ringing again.” He raised it up, showing me.
I spun towards him and reached for it. I hadn’t seen my phone since he took it on Friday, three days ago.
“It’s the prison, it’s called before.”
I shot him a stern look as I clicked the answer button. How was I supposed to know when he had my phone?
An operator notified me that a prisoner, James Baker, wanted to speak with me. I agreed to wait while they put him through. My feet stuck in the ground the instant his voice came through.
“Regan? Shit you’re hard to get a hold of.”
Demetri was watching me, not even pretending to give me space for this conversation.
“I didn’t have my phone. What are you doing in jail?”
“I told you the cops were all over my apartment. They found a bunch of stuff, violated my probation so I got locked up. But listen, that’s not why I called. You need to call Miguel, he has some news you need to hear. About Nan.”
“Um,” I swallowed, clearing my airway. “All right. What’s his number?”
***
Miguel didn’t want to talk on the phone, so we made arrangements to meet at the library later. Demetri approved the location and set himself at a table to watch over our conversation.
I met Miguel in between two rows of reference books.
He tugged at his dark hair, making it stand up in a wild wave. “I talked with James and I know what he wants with Damien. Hell, I don’t blame him. It’s awful what happened to Nan.”
I crossed my arms, keeping a lock on the sadness that Nan’s name provoked.
“But Damien says it wasn’t him.” Miguel’s eyes widened as he whispered these words that stung me.
I shook my head, unbelieving. “You talked to him? And you believe him?” I seethed. Who cares what Damien says, of course he would deny it. Wouldn’t he?
Miguel stepped back, hands up. “He came to me, I wouldn’t have looked for that psycho. But he told me to tell James that he didn’t do it. He said he was giving James this one chance to call off whoever he has after him, out of respect for his sister. But, if it’s not called off, Damien will strike back.”
Miguel grabbed my arm, with panic. “I’m just delivering the message so Damien knows I did my part. James said I had to tell you since he hasn’t set up anyone to go after him, it had to be you.”
I stepped out of his grasp. “Message delivered. Now you can go.”
“Regan, he’ll kill James if you don’t stop whatever you’re doing. And if he finds out it was you, he’ll kill you too.”
Not if he was dead, he couldn’t go after anyone then. That thought kept replaying in my head, and it was so close to happening.
An angry confidence filled me and I nodded to Miguel. “I’m not doing anything.” What I meant was I wasn’t stopping anything, but I wasn’t about to admit that to him.
I turned and walked out the front of the building with Demetri following close behind.
7: There You Are
THE MOMENT DEMETRI CLOSED HIS CAR DOOR I turned to him, barely containing my anger. “You need to fill me in now. How does Damien even know someone’s after him?”
Demetri grunted, turning on the car. “I don’t take orders from you. I don’t need to tell anything.”
I was about to fly across the seat at any moment and strangle him. “I hired you. And I’m paying for it. Tell me what’s going on.”
His lip curled as he laughed low. “Finally, there you are. I wondered how long.” He shrugged his shoulder as he lit his cigarette. “Don’t know how Damien knows. News to me, but it does change things.”
“What does it change?” My mind was clicking, perhaps Gage had done something that tipped him off. Gage needed to know that Damien was aware that people were after him.
He slowed to a stop at a red light, the road empty around us. The lit end of his cigarette burned bright as he sucked in, he pulled it from his mouth and exhaled a cloud
***
“Oy,” Demetri hollered, keeping me from raising my gun. “Your phone is ringing again.” He raised it up, showing me.
I spun towards him and reached for it. I hadn’t seen my phone since he took it on Friday, three days ago.
“It’s the prison, it’s called before.”
I shot him a stern look as I clicked the answer button. How was I supposed to know when he had my phone?
An operator notified me that a prisoner, James Baker, wanted to speak with me. I agreed to wait while they put him through. My feet stuck in the ground the instant his voice came through.
“Regan? Shit you’re hard to get a hold of.”
Demetri was watching me, not even pretending to give me space for this conversation.
“I didn’t have my phone. What are you doing in jail?”
“I told you the cops were all over my apartment. They found a bunch of stuff, violated my probation so I got locked up. But listen, that’s not why I called. You need to call Miguel, he has some news you need to hear. About Nan.”
“Um,” I swallowed, clearing my airway. “All right. What’s his number?”
***
Miguel didn’t want to talk on the phone, so we made arrangements to meet at the library later. Demetri approved the location and set himself at a table to watch over our conversation.
I met Miguel in between two rows of reference books.
He tugged at his dark hair, making it stand up in a wild wave. “I talked with James and I know what he wants with Damien. Hell, I don’t blame him. It’s awful what happened to Nan.”
I crossed my arms, keeping a lock on the sadness that Nan’s name provoked.
“But Damien says it wasn’t him.” Miguel’s eyes widened as he whispered these words that stung me.
I shook my head, unbelieving. “You talked to him? And you believe him?” I seethed. Who cares what Damien says, of course he would deny it. Wouldn’t he?
Miguel stepped back, hands up. “He came to me, I wouldn’t have looked for that psycho. But he told me to tell James that he didn’t do it. He said he was giving James this one chance to call off whoever he has after him, out of respect for his sister. But, if it’s not called off, Damien will strike back.”
Miguel grabbed my arm, with panic. “I’m just delivering the message so Damien knows I did my part. James said I had to tell you since he hasn’t set up anyone to go after him, it had to be you.”
I stepped out of his grasp. “Message delivered. Now you can go.”
“Regan, he’ll kill James if you don’t stop whatever you’re doing. And if he finds out it was you, he’ll kill you too.”
Not if he was dead, he couldn’t go after anyone then. That thought kept replaying in my head, and it was so close to happening.
An angry confidence filled me and I nodded to Miguel. “I’m not doing anything.” What I meant was I wasn’t stopping anything, but I wasn’t about to admit that to him.
I turned and walked out the front of the building with Demetri following close behind.
7: There You Are
THE MOMENT DEMETRI CLOSED HIS CAR DOOR I turned to him, barely containing my anger. “You need to fill me in now. How does Damien even know someone’s after him?”
Demetri grunted, turning on the car. “I don’t take orders from you. I don’t need to tell anything.”
I was about to fly across the seat at any moment and strangle him. “I hired you. And I’m paying for it. Tell me what’s going on.”
His lip curled as he laughed low. “Finally, there you are. I wondered how long.” He shrugged his shoulder as he lit his cigarette. “Don’t know how Damien knows. News to me, but it does change things.”
“What does it change?” My mind was clicking, perhaps Gage had done something that tipped him off. Gage needed to know that Damien was aware that people were after him.
He slowed to a stop at a red light, the road empty around us. The lit end of his cigarette burned bright as he sucked in, he pulled it from his mouth and exhaled a cloud
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