shoulder; he
really didn’t know why his friend had not put out the warm welcome mat like he
deserved.
“Let’s step outside and I’ll refresh your
memory.” Nick shoved Brandon towards the back door. As they stepped into
the small alleyway, both lit a cigarette.
“Now,” said Nick, “Do I really have
to inform you as to why I did not put out the welcome mat upon your return
buddy or are you just pretending to be a dumb fuck?”
“Alright, alright, I understand
Nick but it's been almost two years buddy and the police ain’t working the case
no more. Besides, I couldn’t tell you then but I can tell you now, my old man
took care of everything, he got rid of the Escalade man, he took care of it
all. He's even been keeping tabs on the wife. That’s why he made us get the
driver’s license info pal; it was so he could cover our asses.”
“How the hell does he know that she won't find
out exactly who we are and what we did and fucking come after us Brandon? Huh?
You killed her husband and son and I was the fucking accomplice! Answer me
that, you stupid fuck!”
“Nick, Nick, calm down! You’re
gonna make yourself crazy and besides, if she knew who we was she would have
gone to the police already man, chill.
I told you my old man's got his own
investigator, and the guy gets paid to follow her everywhere she goes, there
isn’t one thing that she does that my old man don’t know about so calm the fuck
down, everything is under control buddy. Why do you think I came back? Because
my old man said it was safe. Don’t you see? So you’re worrying for
nothing Okay buddy. It's all in the past and the old man's got her in check, so
CALM down.”
“And why is it your old man don’t tell us who
she is so we know who to look out for Brandon? Don’t you think that would be
the smart thing to do Brandon? So we know who is coming after us?”
“Nick man, my old man says it’s better that we don’t know who she is see? That way we
ain't so involved anymore, it's all on him he told me. Nick man you gotta
listen to me, my old man ain't gonna let nothing happen to us, his entire
career is on the line and he ain't gonna do nothing to jeopardize that Nick,
nothing. So calm down, everything is gonna be Okay buddy you'll see.”
Nick wasn’t sure if things were
going to be okay, ever since the accident he's tried to keep tabs through the
internet but working for DiNunzio was a 24 hour job, one that couldn’t be put
on hold to surf the web. Once when he was able, he found news footage of the
accident showing pictures of Stephen along with his wife and son.
The images of Stephen's wife were
blurry and her head was partially obscured by a smiling Teddy sitting upon his
father’s shoulders. He wanted to make sure there had been no surprise witnesses
and so far, there weren't, thank god.
He kept on checking the internet
for two years, and for two years he found less and less about the accident,
until finally the police announced that it was cold. It hadn’t stopped the
nightmares though, seeing that little boy’s body lying so still would haunt him
for the rest of his life, of that he was sure.
There was also another thing he was
sure of, Brandon's father had far too much to lose were he or his son
ever found out and for Nick that meant he had the upper hand. He was pretty
sure that Jonathan Caruso would pay just about anything to keep his secret
safe. But for now he would need to appease Jonathan’s son.
“Yeah, you better be right buddy, you better
be right,” said Nick as he straightened out his friend’s jacket and put on his
most believable smile. It was the same smile he used to convince his victims
that he was going to let them live, right before he killed them.
“Come on back inside buddy, and
welcome home. Let me buy you a drink and maybe a little something to take the
edge off huh?” He said to Brandon as he handed him a small vial.
It was the end of her work day when
Adam once
really didn’t know why his friend had not put out the warm welcome mat like he
deserved.
“Let’s step outside and I’ll refresh your
memory.” Nick shoved Brandon towards the back door. As they stepped into
the small alleyway, both lit a cigarette.
“Now,” said Nick, “Do I really have
to inform you as to why I did not put out the welcome mat upon your return
buddy or are you just pretending to be a dumb fuck?”
“Alright, alright, I understand
Nick but it's been almost two years buddy and the police ain’t working the case
no more. Besides, I couldn’t tell you then but I can tell you now, my old man
took care of everything, he got rid of the Escalade man, he took care of it
all. He's even been keeping tabs on the wife. That’s why he made us get the
driver’s license info pal; it was so he could cover our asses.”
“How the hell does he know that she won't find
out exactly who we are and what we did and fucking come after us Brandon? Huh?
You killed her husband and son and I was the fucking accomplice! Answer me
that, you stupid fuck!”
“Nick, Nick, calm down! You’re
gonna make yourself crazy and besides, if she knew who we was she would have
gone to the police already man, chill.
I told you my old man's got his own
investigator, and the guy gets paid to follow her everywhere she goes, there
isn’t one thing that she does that my old man don’t know about so calm the fuck
down, everything is under control buddy. Why do you think I came back? Because
my old man said it was safe. Don’t you see? So you’re worrying for
nothing Okay buddy. It's all in the past and the old man's got her in check, so
CALM down.”
“And why is it your old man don’t tell us who
she is so we know who to look out for Brandon? Don’t you think that would be
the smart thing to do Brandon? So we know who is coming after us?”
“Nick man, my old man says it’s better that we don’t know who she is see? That way we
ain't so involved anymore, it's all on him he told me. Nick man you gotta
listen to me, my old man ain't gonna let nothing happen to us, his entire
career is on the line and he ain't gonna do nothing to jeopardize that Nick,
nothing. So calm down, everything is gonna be Okay buddy you'll see.”
Nick wasn’t sure if things were
going to be okay, ever since the accident he's tried to keep tabs through the
internet but working for DiNunzio was a 24 hour job, one that couldn’t be put
on hold to surf the web. Once when he was able, he found news footage of the
accident showing pictures of Stephen along with his wife and son.
The images of Stephen's wife were
blurry and her head was partially obscured by a smiling Teddy sitting upon his
father’s shoulders. He wanted to make sure there had been no surprise witnesses
and so far, there weren't, thank god.
He kept on checking the internet
for two years, and for two years he found less and less about the accident,
until finally the police announced that it was cold. It hadn’t stopped the
nightmares though, seeing that little boy’s body lying so still would haunt him
for the rest of his life, of that he was sure.
There was also another thing he was
sure of, Brandon's father had far too much to lose were he or his son
ever found out and for Nick that meant he had the upper hand. He was pretty
sure that Jonathan Caruso would pay just about anything to keep his secret
safe. But for now he would need to appease Jonathan’s son.
“Yeah, you better be right buddy, you better
be right,” said Nick as he straightened out his friend’s jacket and put on his
most believable smile. It was the same smile he used to convince his victims
that he was going to let them live, right before he killed them.
“Come on back inside buddy, and
welcome home. Let me buy you a drink and maybe a little something to take the
edge off huh?” He said to Brandon as he handed him a small vial.
It was the end of her work day when
Adam once
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