Sneak Peek: unlocked
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- Chapter 1 -
I like burgers and
friesI leaned down, dropped a knee into his chest, and pressed my gun into his forehead right between the eyes. "Don't kill me, I have a wife and kid."
"Do what I say an' you'll see 'em again."
He was large, big boned, had a red beard, like a lumberjack. He was six inches away from death, the length of my gun barrel. If he flipped out, or my finger twitched, I'd have a dead body under me.
"It's a robbery. I want your truck, not your life."
"No!" he screamed. "I don't wanna die!"
He knocked the back of his head against the metal floor and swung his meaty arms, batting at the gun. His knuckles grazed my chin. I pushed his arms away, then jammed the barrel of the gun into his mouth. "You don't want to die, huh? Then shut the fuck up!" He shook his head. His teeth scraped against the steel, his lips sealed around the muzzle. He had to taste the weapon to know he didn't like it.
I let the steel sit between his teeth. When I pulled the gun back he looked disappointed. The gun controlled him. He didn't trust himself to behave without it. I think he wanted me to shove it back in his mouth, to save his life.
"Turn over."
"Don't... shoot...me," he gasped. His coffee breath blasted me in the face.
He was afraid to turn over, afraid I'd finish him off execution style.