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from the ground up and some suit with a stick up his ass isn’t gonna get the best of us Fenton County hardscrabble boys.”
He nodded gruffly.
“See you in a few days,” I said, then bolted out the door.
I skipped my own car in the parking lot and headed for an older pickup I didn’t recognize. The sheriff’s deputies would be looking for my car. A stolen truck wouldn’t last me long, but long enough to get out of the county.
After I got it hotwired, I grabbed a cowboy hat off the seat and crammed it on my head, then drove out of the parking lot. As I headed toward Little Rock, a swarm of sheriff’s cars rushed toward me, heading in the opposite direction. My heart slammed into my ribs, but they sped past, pulling into the pool hall parking lot several hundred feet behind me.
My cell phone rang and I answered it without looking at the screen, expecting Jed to respond. “Yeah.”
“James.”
Icy cold fear washed through my veins, quickly followed by the heat of rage. “J.R.”
“I warned you that you’d regret crossing me.”
“Don’t mess with me, J.R. I’m not the kid you took in years ago. I fight back now.”
He laughed. “You think you can fight, but in reality you’re a man who’s about to learn a painful lesson.” Then he chuckled. “And I’m going to enjoy watching you learn it. I’m taking you down, boy.”
Not if I got to him first.
Thirty-Five and a Half Predicaments
November 3, 2015
He nodded gruffly.
“See you in a few days,” I said, then bolted out the door.
I skipped my own car in the parking lot and headed for an older pickup I didn’t recognize. The sheriff’s deputies would be looking for my car. A stolen truck wouldn’t last me long, but long enough to get out of the county.
After I got it hotwired, I grabbed a cowboy hat off the seat and crammed it on my head, then drove out of the parking lot. As I headed toward Little Rock, a swarm of sheriff’s cars rushed toward me, heading in the opposite direction. My heart slammed into my ribs, but they sped past, pulling into the pool hall parking lot several hundred feet behind me.
My cell phone rang and I answered it without looking at the screen, expecting Jed to respond. “Yeah.”
“James.”
Icy cold fear washed through my veins, quickly followed by the heat of rage. “J.R.”
“I warned you that you’d regret crossing me.”
“Don’t mess with me, J.R. I’m not the kid you took in years ago. I fight back now.”
He laughed. “You think you can fight, but in reality you’re a man who’s about to learn a painful lesson.” Then he chuckled. “And I’m going to enjoy watching you learn it. I’m taking you down, boy.”
Not if I got to him first.
Thirty-Five and a Half Predicaments
November 3, 2015
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