will be empty.” As he was walking away, he called over his shoulder, “Including me!”
Dave the cop was on the dock and heard everything Bill said. He went to Nikki and said, “Don’t worry about what Bill said. I’ve heard nothing about Glenn so far. If I do, I’ll tell you.”
Nikki thanked him, and they walked down the dock together. Just then they heard a gunshot coming from the “Major’s” boat, so Dave, not on duty and half drunk, knocked on the side of the “Major’s” boat and called out his name a few times. When he got no answer he boarded. By this time there were several people gathered around from the other boats. Dave came up, went to the railing, and threw up.
“Nikki, call the cops, and don’t come on this boat. The “Major” put a 12-gauge in his mouth and pulled the trigger. His head is everywhere. He’s all dressed up and sitting on his bed with no head. Don’t come on this boat,” he said and went to the rail to throw up again.
It was several hours before the cops and coroner were done. The “Major” had left a note for his brother. The cops told Nikki to stop by their office tomorrow, and they would give her a copy of the brother’s phone number. They told her that she shouldn’t go on the boat because it was a real mess.
Nikki went and had a drink on Don’s boat. Glenn was already there.
“What else can happen to me? Two people on the dock died in two weeks, I’m getting divorced, the dock’s got four slips empty and the marina is in foreclosure!” she said.
Just then, Bill came back from getting groceries downtown and found out about the “Major” from someone the second he stepped on the dock. He went to Don’s boat where Glenn and Nikki were and said, “Hey Nikki! What are you going do now, asshole? Not only do you have two renters on the dock dead, but you have a boyfriend that’s a smuggler and his best friend’s been killed!”
With that said, Glenn leapt off the boat and went after Bill. Bill dropped the sacks he had in his hands to get ready for the onslaught from Glenn. They were both very strong, six feet tall, and fast with their hands and feet. Glenn hit first and took out two of Bill’s front teeth. Bill went down and Glenn was on him like white on rice. Glenn straddled Bill on the ground, pounded him until his nose was broken and more teeth came out. Glenn finally stood over Bill who was out cold; his face looked like hamburger. He gave Bill three or four kicks, one that crushed his wedding ring flat on his finger and the others to break some ribs to make sure he couldn’t get up to fight again.
Many people don’t know that most fights last twenty seconds or less. Most people didn’t know that he who lands the first punch or kick likely wins, and most people don’t really want to hurt the other guy. They have never taken out eyes or knocked out teeth because they have never had to fight to stay alive or keep from going to the hospital for weeks at a time. Both men had experienced this, but Glenn got there first.
Glenn went to his apartment to wash up and change. Nikki went to Bill to see if he was still alive. He started to come around as four or five people stood around him to help him to his feet and take him to the Broward where he was living with Cynthia. He was bleeding profusely and was really messed up. One of the men got his bags and brought them to his boat.
Cynthia went nuts when she saw Bill. Teeth missing, bleeding, all swollen up and black and blue. She cried and screamed that she was going to call the cops, but everyone knew that Bill would talk her out of it. He knew he should have kept his mouth shut around Glenn, and he also knew that you didn’t call the cops here. You took care of things yourself, but you never called the cops or cried to your Mamma.
Nikki went to see Glenn, but by the time she got to his place, he was already gone. She went back to her office, made some calls, caught up with the books, and then went to
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