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DAN
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Good,the bitch isn’t here, so I don’t have to look at her or listen to that screaming brat all day long. I thought she’d be gone by now. There was no more money, only a life insurance policy that only Mom knew about, so Deidre couldn’t get her hands on it by killing me, something I am very sure she’s capable of.
Speaking of which, I need to update the thing when I get a chance. Mom has been hounding me about it for so long that I ended up lying to her that I’d taken care of it, but I hadn’t gotten around to it because it wasn’t important right now, and there was time enough to change it down the line.
I must’ve fallen asleep because the next thing I knew, she was moving around the house, having another one of her fits. I opened my blurry eyes and yelled at her to turn off the light that was hurting my eyes.
She ignored me as usual, which only pissed me off, and that started another argument. I never miss a chance to tell her how much I hated her or how lacking she was compared to my ex. “Look at this house, you fucking pig. And where’s the kid that you wanted so much? Did you pawn him off on my mother again, you worthless bitch?”
“Worthless? Worthless? At least I gave you a kid when that cold bitch couldn’t.”
“Don’t talk about her like that; she’s better than you in every way. It’s because of you, all because of you. I never should’ve touched you in the first place; look at you.”
I was feeling angry and hurt because Mandy had moved on, so I lashed out more and more against the woman I held responsible for taking her away from me. I don’t even know half of what I said, but it felt good to finally get most of it off my chest.
All the hate and anger I felt inside came pouring out in a drunken rage that seemed to go on forever. She came yelling and screaming at me with her eyes looking wild and crazy. No doubt she was high on something. I rolled over and faced the back of the couch to ignore her, and that must’ve been too much because she started screeching and punching me.
I was too drunk at first to realize that there was something in her hand, and by the time I did, it was too late. I felt myself going in and out of consciousness as I begged her to stop, but by then, it was too late. I thought I heard raised voices just as the darkness took me.
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THUNDER
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I had just droppedAmanda off at the bakery when my phone rang. “Yeah, Jake, what’s up?”
“What the fuck, Thunder, what the hell did you send me into?”
“What? Don’t you handle drug busts?”
“Yeah, but not attempted murder.”
“What the hell are you talking about?”
“She was in the middle of fucking killing him when we busted down the door. What the fuck? Who are these people?” It took me a minute to quell the laughter that would be so misplaced here, not that Jake would care; he’d seen it all. I guess he was pissed about the paperwork.
“Now I have to write this shit up, and it’ll take for fucking ever with court dates and bullshit.”
“Sorry, Summers, that you have to do your damn job.”
“Fuck you, say hi to Amanda for me, I gotta go.”
What the hell happened? Damn, now I have to scramble to get the rest of my shit done. She only attempted to kill the fuck, so he wasn’t dead, more is the pity. But what the hell happened in that house? I sent Jake after the drugs I’d had Kieran plant there, but I had no hand in whatever the hell he’d walked in on. Oh, to be a fly on the wall.
If I cared, it might’ve put a crimp in my sails, but I was more of the mind to strike while the iron was hot. I called Kieran since he was the one closest to the situation and was good at this shit with his used car salesman bullshit.
“You ready? There’s been a bit of a development. They’ve been arrested, but he’s in the hospital fighting for his life.”
“Did you….?”
“No, you fuck. I was at home with my wife.”
“Okay, just asking to be sure. So we don’t need to call in the cleaner?”
