Chapter Twenty
David We went our separate ways; Nicole got off first in Chicago. She waited on the platform until the train left the station, and waved as we whizzed by. Anya insisted on going to Bismarck with me, which I didn't object to. We got off a while after Nicole had, and walked together out of the station. When we were in a cab, we drove past a hotel. A sign beside it said 'Congratulations Todd and Marie. Today: newlyweds sleep free. ' "Turn in here." The cab-driver obeyed my request and parked just outside the large building. After climbing out of the cab, I helped Anya out. "Come on, honey." I staged, pretending we were married. When her feet were out of the backseat, Anya used one of them to kick me in she shins. "Yes dear." She mocked. Luckily the driver didn't notice. When our backs were facing him, I grimaced. She had a hard foot. "What the hell was that for?" I asked, through tightly-clenched teeth. "What was what for, dear?" 'Oh God.' I'd created a monster. "'What was what for, dear?'" I imitated in a hushed tone.
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Nicole wandered about. I'd given her two hundred dollars, which was a third of what I had at hand, so she could find a place to sleep and get some new clothes, since we hadn't packed. She had become more.oh, what's the word...stable. She had almost stopped shaking entirely, which was a good thing, and her confidence in the plan had somewhat grown stronger. But what was she supposed to do by herself for two weeks?
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Calico I was frustrated. I had no idea where they'd gone. Alex told me in a rage of fury "I don't care anymore; I want them all dead. Now find them and take care of the matter!" "What if I don't find them?" I had dared to venture. "What if I get a little.lost?" "You will find them, and you won't get lost, even if it is a little bit! You will find them. You will kill them. You will get your money as soon as I have proof of their deaths. They're worth sixty grand to you, but only dead." With a sigh, I had considered. "I can guarantee to get Nicole and Anya, I know about them. I think I can find them pretty easily. But David.we've barely exchanged words. All I know about him is that he lives, or lived, across the hall from me, is a friend of Anya's.though perhaps more, and he's a fighter. From what you've told me, I also know that he's been fooling with your wife and that he 'has some sense, and spirit, and a very promising and useful background of lying.'" I smirked, noting that Alex did not like my quoting him. "But I can't tell from that where he might go when running.and that's the very and only thing I need to know!"
David We went our separate ways; Nicole got off first in Chicago. She waited on the platform until the train left the station, and waved as we whizzed by. Anya insisted on going to Bismarck with me, which I didn't object to. We got off a while after Nicole had, and walked together out of the station. When we were in a cab, we drove past a hotel. A sign beside it said 'Congratulations Todd and Marie. Today: newlyweds sleep free. ' "Turn in here." The cab-driver obeyed my request and parked just outside the large building. After climbing out of the cab, I helped Anya out. "Come on, honey." I staged, pretending we were married. When her feet were out of the backseat, Anya used one of them to kick me in she shins. "Yes dear." She mocked. Luckily the driver didn't notice. When our backs were facing him, I grimaced. She had a hard foot. "What the hell was that for?" I asked, through tightly-clenched teeth. "What was what for, dear?" 'Oh God.' I'd created a monster. "'What was what for, dear?'" I imitated in a hushed tone.
* * *
Nicole wandered about. I'd given her two hundred dollars, which was a third of what I had at hand, so she could find a place to sleep and get some new clothes, since we hadn't packed. She had become more.oh, what's the word...stable. She had almost stopped shaking entirely, which was a good thing, and her confidence in the plan had somewhat grown stronger. But what was she supposed to do by herself for two weeks?
* * *
Calico I was frustrated. I had no idea where they'd gone. Alex told me in a rage of fury "I don't care anymore; I want them all dead. Now find them and take care of the matter!" "What if I don't find them?" I had dared to venture. "What if I get a little.lost?" "You will find them, and you won't get lost, even if it is a little bit! You will find them. You will kill them. You will get your money as soon as I have proof of their deaths. They're worth sixty grand to you, but only dead." With a sigh, I had considered. "I can guarantee to get Nicole and Anya, I know about them. I think I can find them pretty easily. But David.we've barely exchanged words. All I know about him is that he lives, or lived, across the hall from me, is a friend of Anya's.though perhaps more, and he's a fighter. From what you've told me, I also know that he's been fooling with your wife and that he 'has some sense, and spirit, and a very promising and useful background of lying.'" I smirked, noting that Alex did not like my quoting him. "But I can't tell from that where he might go when running.and that's the very and only thing I need to know!"
