- Sail Cat Road continues now. #
- Jimmy drove. West was always a good direction. East was the Atlantic, and worse, thought Jimmy, Georgia. He had never liked Georgia. #
- The space between him and Gus seemed wider than measurement could account for. Gus shook his head and pounded the dash with his fist. #
- “They would have killed you in that hospital,” said Jimmy. “Bren’s dead now.” Jimmy’s sentence seemed to lack sympathy, so he ended it. #
- “Dammit, Pop,” said Gus. “I lose everything I want and keep everything I hate. I wish I had died back there.” Tears blurred the road ahead. #
- “It ain’t over yet, son.” Said Jimmy. “You just might get your wish. We all might.” #
- “It ain’t over yet, son.” Said Jimmy. “You just might get your wish. We all might.” #
- Sail Cat Road returns now. #
- Jimmy gave Gus space and let him wrap his mind around what had happened. The pain confused him. It was a feeling Jimmy had not known often. #
- Jimmy gave Gus space and let him wrap his mind around what had happened. The pain confused him. It was a feeling Jimmy had not known often. #
- Jimmy knew what loss looked like and had only recently begun to understand what it felt like. He looked at his face in the rearview mirror. #
- Jimmy knew what loss looked like and had only recently begun to understand what it felt like. He looked at his face in the rearview mirror. #
- “They cut her up. Left her behind the sheriff’s office like a note for me,” said Gus, his teeth grinding. He choked into silence. #
- “They cut her up. Left her behind the sheriff’s office like a note for me,” said Gus, his teeth grinding. He choked into silence. #
- “Killing them won’t bring her back,” said Jimmy. “But we will kill them. And they will understand every moment of it. Even the small parts.” #
- “Killing them won’t bring her back,” said Jimmy. “But we will kill them. And they will understand every moment of it. Even the small parts.” #
- Sail Cat Road will continue. Thank you for following. The prequel is at http://www.nogoodend.com. More stories at http://terrytaylor.posterous.com #
- Sail Cat Road will continue. Thank you for following. The prequel is at http://www.nogoodend.com. More stories at http://terrytaylor.posterous.com #
- Sail Cat Road, Chapter 18: http://sailcatroad.posterous.com/sail-cat-road-chapter-18 or http://terrytaylor.posterous.com #
- Sail Cat Road, Chapter 18: http://sailcatroad.posterous.com/sail-cat-road-chapter-18 or http://terrytaylor.posterous.com #
- Sail Cat Road continues now. #
- Gus turned full face to Jimmy and set his jaw for a mouthful of anger. Jimmy saw it coming, expected it, was immune to it. #
- “You have been nothing but a curse in my life. All of this is because I got tangled back up with you,” said Gus. “Ab died because of you.” #
- Jimmy let the comment go. The past was over. He lived in the brutal present. Gus was allowed to remember. Jimmy did not have that luxury. #
- “I drew the shittiest hand of cards in the world by getting you as my father,” said Gus. “You know that? Yes, you do know it.” #
- “I know it,” said Jimmy. “I’ve known it all my life. You ain’t the only one who drew the shit cards from the deck. We all did.” #
- “Why is that? Why does anybody who comes near you get hurt and dead and live in fear?” Gus wiped his pouring nose on his sleeve. #
- Two customers left the store and looked at Gus yelling at Jimmy and slamming the dash with his fists so hard he began to bleed. #
- “Maybe we can save Jolene from this,” said Jimmy. “I know she is a lot like me. But she can be more like you. She can be a decent person.” #
- The smell of fried food filled the cab of the truck. Calille’s was up ahead. Crawfish, shrimp, hushpuppies hiding a bite of strong onion. #
- Gus wiped his face on his sleeve again. “This is what being a decent person gets you. Being an asshole is how you survive. And thrive.” #
- Jimmy turned into the parking lot. Some gumbo groused up by a woman who knew the art of rue and the filet finnese my settle Gus’ tenure. #
- “Gumbo always smoothes things over,” said Jimmy. “A good bowl of well constructed soup can turn sorrow to joy. Just need a deep spoon.” #
- Sail Cat Road will continue later. Thank you for following. To read the first Twitter novel, No Good End, go to http://www.nogoodend.com #
- More stories at http://terrytaylor.posterous.com #
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- Sail Cat Road continues now. #
- The sky seemed heavier than usual, but not from rain. It was the pewter-tinted front pushed by the wind. Paper blew across the road. #
- “Paper truck have a wreck around here?” said Jimmy. A contract full of 8 ½ x 11’s had fallen off the roof of a lawyer’s car long gone. #
- Gus was in no mood for small observations, nor was he interested in Jimmy. He was digesting anger in a way that made him sweat. #
- “I’m used to being blamed for people dying, but I didn’t kill Bren. I loved her since she was a child. People around me do die, though.” #
- Jimmy lost himself in the sentence – a rare moment of reflection for a killer who didn’t look back because it made no sense to him. #
- Sail Cat Road will continue. Thank you for following. http://terrytaylor.posterous.com http://sailcatroad.posterous.com http://www.nogoodend.com #
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