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his chin.
“We can’t just take him out the front door and onto the lawn. Do you know how many nosy people live around here?” Kari’s family didn’t have an attached garage, but… “I’ll get the lights. Just a sec.” Flipping off the porch lights would be less suspicious than two people dragging a body down the stairs. It’d make it difficult for us to work, but not as hard as if cops surrounded us because of someone’s frantic 911 call.
Time had become tighter because of the body. Accidents sucked. I approached Sheldon on legs that didn’t want to work. He’d tried to hurt me. What if he wasn’t really dead? Squatting down, I grabbed under both ankles and tugged. “Crap. He’s heavier than he looks.”
“That’s why it’s called dead-weight.” Deegan grunted as he hoisted the larger part of the body over the side of the couch. I followed, Sheldon’s ankles positioned at my waist. We shimmied and pushed and pulled his body out of the house, struggling at the door and down the steps. I tripped on the last step. Dang, it was dark.
On the grass beside the old Chevy I dropped Sheldon’s feet. Huffing, I rested my hands on my hips. “I need to start lifting or something. Whew.” I looked around for any bystanders. As long as I pretended Sheldon hadn’t died, that Deegan and I hadn’t made some kind of silent agreement we were in it together from there on out – whatever it was – I could maintain my sanity. I didn’t need to know what would happen to the body once Deegan drove away with it. If I kept in mind that the situation with Sheldon had gone the way I hadn’t wanted it to go and that I hadn’t planned his death – how could I? Deegan had planted that fist – I could keep my shaking and shivering in a more manageable state.
Deegan let Sheldon fall , the thump similar to a pumpkin as it plopped from someone’s grasp. He opened the passenger side door. I expected a dome light to turn on, but nothing. Deegan ducked his head into the car and pushed a pile of items onto the floor. “Okay, let’s shove him in here. Oh, no.” He jerked out of the front seat, waving his hands in wide arcs. “That is just wrong.” He manually rolled down the side window.
The odor wafted toward me, attacking from all sides. I scooted backward on my butt. “Holy crap, Deegan, what is that?” We kept our voices low, even filled with indignation.
“I’d guess it’s a mix of pot and, I don’t know, maybe he used the car as a toilet?” Deegan grabbed Sheldon’s arm and muscled him into the front seat. Slamming the door shut, he jumped when Sheldon’s head hit the partial piece of glass. “Can you get home alright?”
I pushed myself off the cooling grass. “No problem. I’ll meet you at the cinemas in an hour?”
He nodded, but stopped when I put my hand on the bend of his elbow. I wanted to kiss him but would die of embarrassment. “Be careful.”
“Always, doll.” And his wink again warmed me while speeding me into a jog. He winked a lot, but oh man, I loved it!
I had to hurry, if I wanted to get to the cinemas in time.
Deegan and I had our first date – true, we wouldn’t be watching movies together or anything, but I just wanted to refer to it like that.
I could handle the happenings of the night. I’d store the memory away with the ones of Bobby. I’d run off the pain and hurt with Deegan. Maybe he and I were going to become something, like dating or something. Giddiness lightened me and I flew home instead of jogging – well, it seemed like it.
Oh, crap. Somehow I’d figure everything out, but not right then. According to my watch, I was late getting back by almost thirty minutes.
Chapter 6
I ignored my mom’s questioning glance when I strolled through the living room after my shower. I had less than twenty minutes to meet Deegan. “How was the movie?”
“We started another one, Cass. Did you have to run so long? It was really good.” Kari waved a licorice rope at the
“We can’t just take him out the front door and onto the lawn. Do you know how many nosy people live around here?” Kari’s family didn’t have an attached garage, but… “I’ll get the lights. Just a sec.” Flipping off the porch lights would be less suspicious than two people dragging a body down the stairs. It’d make it difficult for us to work, but not as hard as if cops surrounded us because of someone’s frantic 911 call.
Time had become tighter because of the body. Accidents sucked. I approached Sheldon on legs that didn’t want to work. He’d tried to hurt me. What if he wasn’t really dead? Squatting down, I grabbed under both ankles and tugged. “Crap. He’s heavier than he looks.”
“That’s why it’s called dead-weight.” Deegan grunted as he hoisted the larger part of the body over the side of the couch. I followed, Sheldon’s ankles positioned at my waist. We shimmied and pushed and pulled his body out of the house, struggling at the door and down the steps. I tripped on the last step. Dang, it was dark.
On the grass beside the old Chevy I dropped Sheldon’s feet. Huffing, I rested my hands on my hips. “I need to start lifting or something. Whew.” I looked around for any bystanders. As long as I pretended Sheldon hadn’t died, that Deegan and I hadn’t made some kind of silent agreement we were in it together from there on out – whatever it was – I could maintain my sanity. I didn’t need to know what would happen to the body once Deegan drove away with it. If I kept in mind that the situation with Sheldon had gone the way I hadn’t wanted it to go and that I hadn’t planned his death – how could I? Deegan had planted that fist – I could keep my shaking and shivering in a more manageable state.
Deegan let Sheldon fall , the thump similar to a pumpkin as it plopped from someone’s grasp. He opened the passenger side door. I expected a dome light to turn on, but nothing. Deegan ducked his head into the car and pushed a pile of items onto the floor. “Okay, let’s shove him in here. Oh, no.” He jerked out of the front seat, waving his hands in wide arcs. “That is just wrong.” He manually rolled down the side window.
The odor wafted toward me, attacking from all sides. I scooted backward on my butt. “Holy crap, Deegan, what is that?” We kept our voices low, even filled with indignation.
“I’d guess it’s a mix of pot and, I don’t know, maybe he used the car as a toilet?” Deegan grabbed Sheldon’s arm and muscled him into the front seat. Slamming the door shut, he jumped when Sheldon’s head hit the partial piece of glass. “Can you get home alright?”
I pushed myself off the cooling grass. “No problem. I’ll meet you at the cinemas in an hour?”
He nodded, but stopped when I put my hand on the bend of his elbow. I wanted to kiss him but would die of embarrassment. “Be careful.”
“Always, doll.” And his wink again warmed me while speeding me into a jog. He winked a lot, but oh man, I loved it!
I had to hurry, if I wanted to get to the cinemas in time.
Deegan and I had our first date – true, we wouldn’t be watching movies together or anything, but I just wanted to refer to it like that.
I could handle the happenings of the night. I’d store the memory away with the ones of Bobby. I’d run off the pain and hurt with Deegan. Maybe he and I were going to become something, like dating or something. Giddiness lightened me and I flew home instead of jogging – well, it seemed like it.
Oh, crap. Somehow I’d figure everything out, but not right then. According to my watch, I was late getting back by almost thirty minutes.
Chapter 6
I ignored my mom’s questioning glance when I strolled through the living room after my shower. I had less than twenty minutes to meet Deegan. “How was the movie?”
“We started another one, Cass. Did you have to run so long? It was really good.” Kari waved a licorice rope at the
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