- Sail Cat Road continues. #
- Gus took a deep breath. “Why are you spending time with me? To torture me? To beat me down and humiliate me? What is it?” #
- “I love you,” said Jimmy before he could think about his response. “You and Jolene are all I have left. I won’t lose either of you.” #
- Gus had never heard Jimmy say the word love before. The shock of that coming from his father was as confusing as Bren’s death. #
- “We have to go back and deal with this,” said Gus. “I have always been too nice to people. You have been heartless. I can see why.” #
- Jimmy grimaced at the implications of his good son becoming bitter. “Don’t loose your soul to hate. It won’t give you joy. It takes it.” #
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- Sail Cat Road continues now. #
- Jimmy thought of his brother, Gerald. He had not seen him since Gerald got out of prison. Hate wedged them apart. Blood held them together. #
- He would talk with Gerald and Shewl, set things straight, ask for forgiveness – another word he had never used. How would he start? #
- He would try to act like Gerald’s years in prison did not happen, but that would not last. He would have to face it right up front. #
- Jimmy seldom thought about his actions. He just did them. But age was watering down his concentrated callousness. He was becoming human. #
- It was hard for him to grasp frailty. Admitting mistakes was no way to start living at the end. It would make pulling a trigger tougher. #
- Just apologize and leave it at that, he figured. Gerald knew Jimmy well. It would be enough. Just a simple, direct “I’m sorry.” #
- He would never get the chance. #
- Sail Cat Road will continue later. Thank you for following. The prequel, No Good End, is at http://www.nogoodend.com #
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- Sail Cat Road, Chapter 19: http://sailcatroad.posterous.com/sail-cat-road-chapter-19 or http://terrytaylor.posterous.com #
- Sail Cat Road continues now. #
- Mikal Ritko traveled alone. Things had gotten out of hand. Bren was abducted and killed. Gus had jumped the hospital and fled with Jimmy. #
- Gus had jumped the hospital and fled with Jimmy. They likely drove west toward a story that would end badly for someone, maybe even them. #
- Agent James died in the door of the ER in Andalusia. Duware was good at his job and willing to do anything to get the job done. Anything. #
- In this case, dressing like a woman and shooting Agent James in the unpleasant daylight. It piled up in his head, ugly and unorganized. #
- Lemuel Zapata was still alive, probably. He had a talent for it. His son, Zeke, however, had not been so fortunate. Duware was culling. #
- Zeke lay cooked in cooling wreckage under a pecan tree towards Mississippi. Zapata had lost Bren and Zeke to the same piece of business. #
- Fussell Duware was still working, a murderer with intentions to kill everyone involved in his perceived slight. Ritko was on that list. #
- Jolene was out in Texas or Louisiana somewhere, probably killing people who deserved it. Ritko’s office called so much he tossed his phone. #
- He did not need it anymore. Silence would serve him better than the complication of communication. He stripped his life part by part. #
- Sail Cat Road will continue later. Thank you for following. Chapters 1-19: http://sailcatroad.posterous.com No Good End: http://www.nogoodend.com #
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