- Sail Cat Road continues now. #
- “Watch this guy,” said Jimmy. “It’s his game to lose. He’s waiting for her. The other one is outside. A double up. Quick and clean.” #
- That man looks nervous as a whore in church,” said Gus. “Look at Jolene out there. She’s calm as hell. You think she knows?” #
- “See what happens when she comes in,” said Jimmy. “Just have your gun ready to join the concert. Go ahead and move over toward the corner.” #
- “You setting up an angle?” said Gus. “They got their cross fire working better than both of us being in here.” He knew this could get ugly. #
- Jimmy surveyed the room: truckers, plumbers, construction guys, a family next to the window, a blue-collar business meeting near the door. #
- “We got to spread out some,” said Jimmy. “Get some separation between us so we ain't sitting here like a grouped target. That's too easy.” #
- “And the odds of him getting us is?” Gus chewed on his straw and looked between the cars and trucks carefully. “I don’t see him out there.” #
- “May not be a him,” said Jimmy. “Could be a her. And the odds of them getting us?” He paused. “None at all if we pull it off right.” #
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- Sail Cat Road continues now. #
- “And how do you know this?" said Gus as he got up from the booth and looked toward the corner. "You been in a situation like this before?" #
- “I have,” said Jimmy. His eyes squinted into slits. His brain was evaluating equations. His hands were cold steady. #
- “They have cafes like this in Nam?” said Gus with a grunt. He did not like the layout of the place. He did not share Jimmy’s optimism. #
- “I just like to play the odds now and then to make sure there still are odds," said Jimmy. "I live inside a series of careful calculations.” #
- “And people die outside your equations,” said Gus. His heartbeat made his ears hurt. “I feel thickness in the air. Pressure, like a storm.” #
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- The man at the door of the café rubbed the top of his head with his palm and leaned from side to side impatiently. Jolene did not move. #
- “He’s watching us. You in particular,” said Jimmy. “He aint’ stupid. But he ain’t smart either. Just dumb enough to be dangerous.” #
- “He ain’t looking at us,” said Gus. “He don’t even know who we are. He’s watching Jolene out there. It’s coming down. I smell it.” #
- “That’s blood,” said Jimmy. “You can smell it even before it starts pouring out of people. I’ve smelled my share.” Jimmy planted his feet. #
- A woman in the next booth stopped talking and started sliding under the table. She pulled her child under with her. A fork hit the floor. #
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- The door opened. Jolene stayed in the parking lot. Another couple came in. It shielded her move. Confusion stirred at the cash register. #
- “That man has a gun!” yelled a woman, pointing at the sockless man. People jumped and dropped and did what people do when caught and scared. #
- Jolene was behind the man before he saw her. She held her 9 mm under his ribs. “You won't be collecting that contract money today.” #
- He instinctively reached for his gun. Jimmy leaped from the booth. The man stopped his hand as Jolene's trigger finger tightened. #
- “It’s all good,” said Jimmy calmly. “I’m a police officer.” He held up a badge. It was Gus’s old badge from Alabama. “Settle down ma’am.” #
- He walked straight to the sockless man. “We got it under control,” He looked at Jolene. Her eyes were wide. Gus was already raising his .45. #
- “Let these folks eat,” said Jimmy. He pulled the man’s .45 from under his coat and nodded to the cashier. “Call the police." #
- The manager had already called 911. Jimmy pressed the man past Jolene. “Get the car.” He whispered. “We’ll handle this down the road.” #
- Gus saw the short man out the window first. He knew they would not get the opportunity to handle this anywhere but here. #
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- Door glass splintered the entrance. Gus ducked. Jolene rolled out and slammed against the bumper of a truck, her gun raised and searching. #
- Another bullet caromed off a metal pole beside the bent awning. Jimmy held the sockless man straight, shoving him into the parking lot. #
- One side of the man’s head vaporized from the third shot – the right side. This told Jimmy the shooter’s location. He dropped the body. #
- Two gray sneakers slid behind a Buick in the position of a crouching shooter. Jimmy yelled for Gus to stay low. Jolene watched Jimmy’s eyes. #
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