“What the f**k is she doin’ here and what’s with the dog?” he asked.
Well, hello to you too.
Luckily, I thought it but didn’t say it.
Lee and Eddie had both turned to look at Darius.
“Do we have time to explain?” Lee asked.
“Don’t know, had business take me away for a minute and couldn’t watch the house,” Darius replied. “I know I don’t have all day to waste on this shit.”
“Where is he?” Eddie asked.
“Third door up,” Darius answered.
Lee was focused on something beyond me, out the back window.
“We gotta move, someone got here before us.” His voice had changed, sounding clipped and urgent. His eyes cut to me. “Stay down, out of sight. Jesus Christ, how’d I let you talk me into this shit?”
“I was cuffed to the bed,” I reminded him, speaking automatically and not really processing what was going on, just realizing that the vibes had turned bad.
“Lucky f**k,” Eddie muttered, opened his door and then he was gone. I swear to God, he disappeared into thin air. One second, he was exiting the car, the next second he was nowhere in sight.
“Your Dad teach you how to handle a gun?” Darius was talking to me and I looked at him. His eyes were cold and it was so wrong in his face, a face I’d once known so well, that I felt it in my gut.
I nodded to him.
Lee was leaning forward, reaching under the driver’s side seat. He came up with a gun and handed it to me.
“Show me,” Lee demanded, his voice sharp.
Shit.
Under pressure.
It was a Glock, Dad had a Glock.
“Safety lever in the trigger,” I murmured then dumped the magazine, I pulled the slide back and a bullet flew out of the top. I snatched the bullet up, clipped it back into the into the magazine and shoved the magazine back into the gun.
I looked back at them, I didn’t know what else to do.
They didn’t say a word, they both opened their doors and were gone.
Poof.
Vanished.
Just like Eddie.
I pushed Chowleena down on the seat. She didn’t seem real concerned about the drama, she thought it was time for a nap. I could have kissed her.
I took one look at door number three, Rosie’s door, before scooting down in my seat.
Then I shot back up and stared into door number three’s window.
Ally was in there with Rosie.
I’d only seen a flash of her but I knew she was there.