“Sorry?” Cocking the gun, I broke some teeth as I shoved the barrel into his mouth and gripped his hair. “Say it.” I kicked dirt on him as he cried. “Say ‘Sorry, Laz, I lost your son.’”
“Please.” He managed around the gun with blood pouring from his nose and mouth. “Please don’t shoot me.”
“I’m not going to shoot you.” Derek’s shoulders slumped as I pulled the gun from his mouth. It was only when he looked at me with relief that I shattered what was left of his face with my fists, even after he took his last breath.
Satisfied with my fingers covered in Derek’s dried blood, I set out to multi-task and dialed Lucy. She answered on the first ring. “Yeah?”
“Get some of my clothes to the motel and get Perry there.” Perry was the motherfucker I should have sent to get the job done. He would never have let my son slip through his fingers. We worked together on a few jobs over the years when I was short on money, and he had a controllable habit and could keep his fucking mouth shut.
“What are you going to do for me, Laz?”
“Lucy, you are taking too many liberties with that fucking mouth. You should be more careful. But don’t worry, I’m going to remedy that. Tell him to meet me there in twenty minutes.”
“Fine.”
“Twenty minutes.”
Perry’s eyes closed as he gripped Lucy’s hair while she bobbed on his cock.
“Fuck yes, prom queen, suck it.” She began to choke as he fucked her mouth.
“Goddamn, Laz, get some of this.”
I tossed weighed bags aside and scraped the remaining powder onto a foil. I took a hit and watched Lucy squirm on her knees while she clawed at his thighs. “She’s baggage, man, all yours.”
Perry leaned down and winked at her as she tried her best to keep up with his hips. “Hear that, baby? You’re all mine.”
Perry would do. He had a similar build and enough ink, and with Lucy by his side and the right clothes, he could pass. I had no doubts Cedric had eyes on us, and I needed them both on board without too many fucking questions. I couldn’t let word get out that I was leaving. It was too risky with the amount of vultures after my supply. And with Perry, I could be at two places at once. He could also keep Lucy occupied.
“Fuck yes, bitch.” Lucy gagged as Perry wasted himself in her mouth and then pushed her to the floor while she gasped for air. “I’ve got a lot more where that came from. Hope you like the taste.” Lucy glared at him as he buttoned his jeans. With a lit cigarette dangling from his lips, he joined me at the table. “So, what’s all this about?”
“You know how you’ve been asking to get dealt in?”
“Yeah, man. I’ve been ready.”
“I’m about to give you a fucking hand of aces.”
“Laz, don’t move.”
“I’m not moving, Red.”
“I can’t do this. Please don’t make me.”
“The fuck you can’t.”
“I don’t want to hurt you!”
“Then don’t, baby. You’ve got this.”
The guys stood around me, laughing as she aimed the pistol.
Taylor’s eyes shot to them, and she shook her head. Her voice quivering, she said, “Laz, I can’t.”
“Look at me. Fuck them, okay? School them, baby, show them what’s up.”
Taylor aimed and shot the beer can out of my hand.
The guys quieted as she took aim again and hit it on the ground where it landed.