Jack In The Box

Chapter 42

Riley

“Do you think I’m scared of your threats?” Ezra asked. “You can try pulling the trigger, and forget about saving your brother or mine.”

My fingers on the gun faltered for just a fraction of a second and then tightened around it again. I pressed the gun to his side. “Keep driving to the location.”

Ezra opened his mouth to say something, and then thought better of it and pressed his lips together. His eyes straight ahead of himself. And then I noticed as he slowly reached for his phone that was wedged between the seat and his thigh.

“What the hell are you doing?” I demanded.

“We need backup, we don’t know how far this guy has gone to set us up for a trap in that abandoned place so unless you want us all to be toast, you would let me call Agent Flint.”

I thought of that for a moment. Was Ezra telling the truth? What if he called Flint just so he could hand me over to the agent so he could be free to go there alone?

“You’re lying.” I said.

“Think what you want to.”

“Call Agent Flint and put him on speakers.” I said because I wasn’t confident that Ezra wouldn’t act smart.

Ezra pressed speed-dial. Flint answered the call on the first ring. “Ezra.”

“I want you to come to Boulder Street, Garden Avenue. It’s a ghost town. Take position outside of house number zero-seven-two. And be discreet about it. Park your car at a distance and walk the rest of the way. No one should see you.” Ezra explained.

“And why exactly am I taking orders from you?” Flint asked.

“Because you need the promotion and you wanna go to Washington D.C, which I don’t.”

Flint was quite on the other line for a second because Ezra had pointed out his weakness. “Care to fill me in on what’s going on?”

Ezra told Flint about the message I received and that he was going to help me end this.

“I’ll ask Scott to accompany me.” Flint said.

“No, don’t bring your partner. You have to come alone. And bring a gun with you.”

“Roger that.”

in line too. A single mistake would cost us a lot and I knew Ezra would never risk Jack’s life. Then again, the brothers had competitive behaviors. Both of them at one point had suspected the other for the killings and I

brewing in the atmosphere. “Do you

gave me one sharp look and that told me I’d hit the bulls-eye. “Don’t even think about it for one second. My brother

so.” I

down. We argued in the car for five minutes, it was mostly him coaxing me into sitting in the car with all the doors locked but I reasoned that I wanted to be there to help him. He continued to glare at me until he finally gave up and told me to

behind him to keep up with

that gun. I have no doubt you can pull the trigger when you need

turned. He walked back to me, placed his hands on

better than you watching your brother or your boyfriend walking to court each day and having the media, the judge; the people take hits at them? Can you sit in the same court and face all the loved ones

throat was clogged with emotion. Ezra patted my head. “I know you don’t want that either, and so

always walk me down the aisle. It’s something we did for fun. And then one day, I saw him crying. We were just kids, he was six at that time and I was nine. I asked Ken why he was crying, and he said he was upset because I would leave him eventually and we wouldn’t be together after I got married. That made me sad, Ezra. I want him to

all this, Riley. I wish things were different

factory. Several hundred people died, or were permanently disfigured, babies born prematurely. And eventually, people moved out. No one wanted to live in the

numerals zero-seven-two. I opened the rusted gate and walked inside. The lawn was overgrown, and all I could see was the dark windows of the house staring back at us like two accusing eyes. The French windows were almost broken from their

me to stay behind him as he walked to the front porch of the house. He nudged at the door which gave away

any sound.” He warned me before we crossed the threshold and entered the

I pushed the door, the room plunged into darkness; the only light was the moonlight streaming from the open windows. The wooden floors creaked as we walked further into

isn’t Jack here?”

as confused as I was. “Let’s check all the

go upstairs and I’ll

die here if we’re not careful. There’s absolutely no sound here and that’s even more sinister. He gave you this

landing. The banisters all covered in dust and some of the wooden planks for the steps had caved in. Ezra would have to do some acrobatics to get to the floor. He had a

would cave in more due to his weight, and plummet down into the basement. “Maybe

He said and then scratched his head and tried to hide a smile. “That sounded wrong. I wasn’t making any crude jokes with my

hit him playfully. “Alright, I’ll

I’ll be there in

“Aye aye, Captain.”

and left me all alone on the floor. I blew out a breath and looked at the

kept going because the lives of the two men I loved were in

wanted to finish

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