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baby on the monitor? Isn’t that more important than revenge? I’d love to see Rabbit get his. I’d love to see him arrested, believe me. You’d be surprised by the ugly things I imagine happening to him.”
“I can’t just let it go,” I said through clenched teeth.
“This isn’t you. You’re the man who kept that pet fish. You’re the man who pays for tutors and for summer camp for his niece and nephew. Loves his family. Loves me. You’re not this man who seeks violent revenge. Don’t become him.”
My voice cracked with raw emotion. The girl was going to break my heart. “Please, just stop.”
“I’m with you either way,” she said, “Much as I may hate it. I’m just begging you to think it through.”
I’d done nothing but think about it. Imagine it. Obsess over it. What more did she want from me? She wants me to be safe. She wants me to be whole, and to come home to her .
I didn’t have any reply. I couldn’t offer her any comfort. I still didn’t know what I was going to do. All I knew was that it had to happen soon. Revenge had consumed me for far too long, I wasn’t going to let it continue poisoning my life.
It was time to end it. But how?
CHAPTER 10
I was exhausted after my shift. Twitchy. Overcaffeinated and overexcited. Mallet clamped a hand down on my shoulder. “Be cool.”
We were waiting. Lurking, really. Mallet stood to one side of me, Surly to the other, while we watched Rabbit’s gym from the opposite corner. We hid ourselves from plain view behind the stairway of an old brownstone apartment building.
“Is that him?” Surly asked as a tattooed man passed us by and stepped out into the intersection. He was heavily muscled, thickly inked, and carried a gym bag - but he wasn’t Rabbit.
“Not him,” I said. He entered the building. I wondered if he knew Rabbit. I wondered if he would cause any trouble today.
Another man approached, this one from the other direction up the street. Dark tattoos, but none that extended onto his neck. “Not him either,” I said.
Things were going to get tricky if he showed up much later. Right now it was still early enough in the morning that the streets weren’t busy. Once people started their morning commutes?
“How did you guys even find where he works out?” Surly asked.
“I cut a deal with Lee,” Mallet said, “I owe him one.”
“Owing Lee is never a good thing,” Surly grumbled. “Let me know if I can help pay him off.”
“We’ll see,” Mal said absently, most of his attention on the streets around us.
There. Fuck, there he is . He approached from the other side of the gym, facing in our direction. I could see him clearly. In fact, I could see him so clearly that everything around him blurred - and it blurred red.
“That’s him,” I croaked, my mouth suddenly dry.
The police officer waiting behind us spoke into his radio. “Move in.”
Rabbit was swarmed before he knew what was happening. Three policemen descended on him from three different directions. He froze, his body jerked once as he tried to find an escape route, but the officers had him cuffed and were stuffing him into a car before he could even pick a direction.
It was disappointing. I’d been hoping he’d try to run and get himself tasered.
“Good find, guys,” the officer that remained with us said. “He’s had a warrant out for ages, since way before he attacked you.”
I elbowed Surly. “Maybe we can look at bounty hunting as a second career.”
The officer chuckled, but his eyes strayed to my boot. Oh. Right .
“Did he really escape jail?” Mallet asked, gracefully changing the subject.
“Naw,” he said, “Dumb rumor. He did successfully resist arrest, though. Story was, the detective that had him was just too out of shape to chase him down.”
The police car pulled away.
“Okay guys, we’ll contact you
“I can’t just let it go,” I said through clenched teeth.
“This isn’t you. You’re the man who kept that pet fish. You’re the man who pays for tutors and for summer camp for his niece and nephew. Loves his family. Loves me. You’re not this man who seeks violent revenge. Don’t become him.”
My voice cracked with raw emotion. The girl was going to break my heart. “Please, just stop.”
“I’m with you either way,” she said, “Much as I may hate it. I’m just begging you to think it through.”
I’d done nothing but think about it. Imagine it. Obsess over it. What more did she want from me? She wants me to be safe. She wants me to be whole, and to come home to her .
I didn’t have any reply. I couldn’t offer her any comfort. I still didn’t know what I was going to do. All I knew was that it had to happen soon. Revenge had consumed me for far too long, I wasn’t going to let it continue poisoning my life.
It was time to end it. But how?
CHAPTER 10
I was exhausted after my shift. Twitchy. Overcaffeinated and overexcited. Mallet clamped a hand down on my shoulder. “Be cool.”
We were waiting. Lurking, really. Mallet stood to one side of me, Surly to the other, while we watched Rabbit’s gym from the opposite corner. We hid ourselves from plain view behind the stairway of an old brownstone apartment building.
“Is that him?” Surly asked as a tattooed man passed us by and stepped out into the intersection. He was heavily muscled, thickly inked, and carried a gym bag - but he wasn’t Rabbit.
“Not him,” I said. He entered the building. I wondered if he knew Rabbit. I wondered if he would cause any trouble today.
Another man approached, this one from the other direction up the street. Dark tattoos, but none that extended onto his neck. “Not him either,” I said.
Things were going to get tricky if he showed up much later. Right now it was still early enough in the morning that the streets weren’t busy. Once people started their morning commutes?
“How did you guys even find where he works out?” Surly asked.
“I cut a deal with Lee,” Mallet said, “I owe him one.”
“Owing Lee is never a good thing,” Surly grumbled. “Let me know if I can help pay him off.”
“We’ll see,” Mal said absently, most of his attention on the streets around us.
There. Fuck, there he is . He approached from the other side of the gym, facing in our direction. I could see him clearly. In fact, I could see him so clearly that everything around him blurred - and it blurred red.
“That’s him,” I croaked, my mouth suddenly dry.
The police officer waiting behind us spoke into his radio. “Move in.”
Rabbit was swarmed before he knew what was happening. Three policemen descended on him from three different directions. He froze, his body jerked once as he tried to find an escape route, but the officers had him cuffed and were stuffing him into a car before he could even pick a direction.
It was disappointing. I’d been hoping he’d try to run and get himself tasered.
“Good find, guys,” the officer that remained with us said. “He’s had a warrant out for ages, since way before he attacked you.”
I elbowed Surly. “Maybe we can look at bounty hunting as a second career.”
The officer chuckled, but his eyes strayed to my boot. Oh. Right .
“Did he really escape jail?” Mallet asked, gracefully changing the subject.
“Naw,” he said, “Dumb rumor. He did successfully resist arrest, though. Story was, the detective that had him was just too out of shape to chase him down.”
The police car pulled away.
“Okay guys, we’ll contact you
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