When a call came in late last night from a frantic woman saying her ex-husband was watching the house and making threats against her and her daughter, she was adamant she needed around the clock security, and she needed the best. That meant her first port of call had to be SecuriCorp.
At first, Lucas and Dylan had turned it down. They wanted to be with me, they said, but I'd insisted they take the job. I didn't want to see them lose out on a good payday just to watch that piece of shit Mario get put behind bars.
“You can head on home,” I told Jackson. “You should be with Gabby. What if she needs more ice cream?”
“I don't wanna leave you here alone.”
“I'm fine. Besides, I've got Herbert nearby.”
“That doesn't count. The doddery old fucker has no idea what's going on half the time.”
He stood up and dusted off his pants. Outside, the sun was still shining, but it was beginning to dip in the late afternoon. In a couple hours, the cabin would descend into pitch darkness with nothing but the light of the fireplace to keep me company.
“Honestly, just go,” I told him.
He hesitated, shuffled his weight from one foot to the other then approached me. Laying a hand on my back, I sensed his uneasiness.
“I'll be fine,” I insisted. “Honestly. Don't worry about me.”
“I can't help it. You're my little brother.”
“I'm not that little anymore.”
“You shouldn't be on your own.”
“Says who?” I asked. “I'll be fine. I actually enjoy being alone, and the silence too.”
“Yeah, well I enjoy being in the real world. You're gonna have to come back eventually.”
“Eventually,” I replied. “But not yet.”
He gave me one last pat on the back then walked away, loitering in the doorway for a second.
“See you in the morning?” he asked.
“I'll be down at the diner first thing.”
He smiled and gave me an affirmative nod.
“Behave yourself up here,” he said with a wink. “Go easy on that bourbon.”
I watched him leave, walking as slowly as he could back to the truck. From where I sat, I could just about make him out through the window, sitting in the driver's seat waiting, as though he hoped I'd change my mind and go with him.
After a few moments, he drove away, and I was finally alone. The heat from the fire was making me sleepy already, and the shot of bourbon had gone to my head. It also didn't help that I'd not slept for a second the night before. I'd spent the entire night staring at the ceiling, waiting for the moment I'd step into the courthouse and watch Mario get sentenced. I'd been waiting months to hear those magic words; life imprisonment.
But now it was all over, and the last of the Giannis was gone, it was time for Station Springs to resume normal life.
A yawn escaped my body as my eyes grew heavy. Staggering over to the bed, I fell into it and let the heat from the fire wash over me.
I'll just close my eyes for a few minutes, I thought.
When I opened them again, it was dark outside, and the fire had burned away to embers.
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