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to go to the police . . . I . . .” I tried again to hand the bag back to her.
“Yes, it does, but it can’t come from me or Bear.” She wrapped her hand around my upper arm and turned me back to the door. “Rory, Bear was so high off of his ass last night he didn’t know which way was up. He may have walked into the middle of a fucking crime scene. They will tear him apart questioning him.” I could hear the concern for Bear in her voice, but what she was asking me to do was . . . “I’m asking you to basically break the law here, I know, but Bear wouldn’t hold up to questioning, let alone jail time.”
“Do you know for a fact that Bear had nothing to do with Drew’s death? Why would he have been out there anyway if he lives all of the way over here?” I looked at her for answers. “Stixx?”
“He grows his weed at the edge of the woods. A little here, a little there. He has it planted so it blends in and you can only really see it if you are looking for it.” She stood with her hand on her hip and sighed. “And no, I don’t think he had anything to do with Drew being killed.”
“It wasn’t a drug deal or anything like that?”
“Bear is a pothead, yeah, but he’s no killer. He doesn’t have it in him. He is a good guy. He just had lots of shit happen to him and it makes him feel safer being high than actually living his life.” I looked into her eyes and she was telling the truth.
“You’ll tell me another time?” I looked back down at the bag in my hand.
“I’ll tell you this.” I stepped down from the trailer and looked up at her. “Bear didn’t lose his pinky in a bar fight. He had it chopped off.” I gasped and covered my mouth. “Bear’s mother was an abusive bitch. One day she was drunk and got mad at him for something he didn’t do, so she chopped it off. She was going for the next one when Cyber walked in and pulled her off of him. He was twelve.” She sighed. “Bear is a good kid, but he had a fucked up childhood. He lives in his video games and does his web shit to make his rent, but he is no killer.” All I could do was nod.
“I’ll tell the police I found it just outside of where they taped the area off.” I sighed. “And you are going to help me get Bear help . . . cut back or even get off the pot.”
“We’ll work on it.” She smiled and moved to pull the door closed. “I have to get back before they finish without me.”
“Oh, and sorry about walking in.” I looked down at the ground.
“No worries. You aren’t the first and probably won’t be the last. Cyber likes an audience.” She laughed and closed the door.
As I ran back to the road where I had parked the golf cart, I heard what sounded like a man shouting “fuck yeah!” I couldn’t help but laugh. They were able to just get right back into what they were doing and finish before I even got back on the road.
“Gotta love a Happy Ending here at Happy Endings Resort.” I laughed shaking my head as I slid onto the cushioned seat of the golf cart and headed over to the taped off crime scene.
Chapter Nine
“SORRY,” JASON LAUGHED as we continued to make our way around the roads to Betty’s cabin. “I should have warned you that if Cyber’s motorcycle was parked outside, then you might not want to go right in.”
“That would have been nice. I mean the door was unlocked.” I shivered at the memory of what I had seen going on in Stixx’s trailer. “If they were having sex you’d think they’d lock the door.”
“Nah, they like getting caught. They like an audience. Trust me, the neighbors are all used to it. That's why they are where they are.” He waved at a couple of people as we passed by in the golf cart. “Bear doesn’t really care and the neighbor on the other side is blind so he doesn’t see anything. He certainly hears them, I’m sure, but he doesn’t see them.”
“What about the other guy? Who was that?”
“Probably a friend of theirs or someone
“Yes, it does, but it can’t come from me or Bear.” She wrapped her hand around my upper arm and turned me back to the door. “Rory, Bear was so high off of his ass last night he didn’t know which way was up. He may have walked into the middle of a fucking crime scene. They will tear him apart questioning him.” I could hear the concern for Bear in her voice, but what she was asking me to do was . . . “I’m asking you to basically break the law here, I know, but Bear wouldn’t hold up to questioning, let alone jail time.”
“Do you know for a fact that Bear had nothing to do with Drew’s death? Why would he have been out there anyway if he lives all of the way over here?” I looked at her for answers. “Stixx?”
“He grows his weed at the edge of the woods. A little here, a little there. He has it planted so it blends in and you can only really see it if you are looking for it.” She stood with her hand on her hip and sighed. “And no, I don’t think he had anything to do with Drew being killed.”
“It wasn’t a drug deal or anything like that?”
“Bear is a pothead, yeah, but he’s no killer. He doesn’t have it in him. He is a good guy. He just had lots of shit happen to him and it makes him feel safer being high than actually living his life.” I looked into her eyes and she was telling the truth.
“You’ll tell me another time?” I looked back down at the bag in my hand.
“I’ll tell you this.” I stepped down from the trailer and looked up at her. “Bear didn’t lose his pinky in a bar fight. He had it chopped off.” I gasped and covered my mouth. “Bear’s mother was an abusive bitch. One day she was drunk and got mad at him for something he didn’t do, so she chopped it off. She was going for the next one when Cyber walked in and pulled her off of him. He was twelve.” She sighed. “Bear is a good kid, but he had a fucked up childhood. He lives in his video games and does his web shit to make his rent, but he is no killer.” All I could do was nod.
“I’ll tell the police I found it just outside of where they taped the area off.” I sighed. “And you are going to help me get Bear help . . . cut back or even get off the pot.”
“We’ll work on it.” She smiled and moved to pull the door closed. “I have to get back before they finish without me.”
“Oh, and sorry about walking in.” I looked down at the ground.
“No worries. You aren’t the first and probably won’t be the last. Cyber likes an audience.” She laughed and closed the door.
As I ran back to the road where I had parked the golf cart, I heard what sounded like a man shouting “fuck yeah!” I couldn’t help but laugh. They were able to just get right back into what they were doing and finish before I even got back on the road.
“Gotta love a Happy Ending here at Happy Endings Resort.” I laughed shaking my head as I slid onto the cushioned seat of the golf cart and headed over to the taped off crime scene.
Chapter Nine
“SORRY,” JASON LAUGHED as we continued to make our way around the roads to Betty’s cabin. “I should have warned you that if Cyber’s motorcycle was parked outside, then you might not want to go right in.”
“That would have been nice. I mean the door was unlocked.” I shivered at the memory of what I had seen going on in Stixx’s trailer. “If they were having sex you’d think they’d lock the door.”
“Nah, they like getting caught. They like an audience. Trust me, the neighbors are all used to it. That's why they are where they are.” He waved at a couple of people as we passed by in the golf cart. “Bear doesn’t really care and the neighbor on the other side is blind so he doesn’t see anything. He certainly hears them, I’m sure, but he doesn’t see them.”
“What about the other guy? Who was that?”
“Probably a friend of theirs or someone
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