AND I’M GLAD I FOUND IT,
because I’m gonna need it,
I explained.
Shawn’s dead now.
No need to tiptoe around it.
Plus, I figured Buck already knew.
Figured dead know dead stuff.
Damn. (Dumb thing to think.)
Happened last night.
Followed him from the store.
Caught him slippin’,
gave him two to the chest right outside our building,
I said,
anger sour in the back of my throat.
But I know it was the
Dark Suns. Riggs and them. Had to be.
Buck folded his arms.
I see,
he said, shaking his head,
his mouth fading into frown.
So what you ’bout to do?
My eyes turned to razor blades.
I’m about to do what
I gotta do. What you woulda done.
I squared.
Follow The Rules.