“Huh.”
“Try not to worry too much,” Christine said, offering a semblance of a friendly smile. “It’s gonna be fine.”
“Right.” Jimmy tried to smile back. He felt a buzz in his pocket, pulling out his cell phone to find he had several text messages from his father.
roderick was arrested????
call me ASAP slugger
what is going on i love u
at maurys and he says theres feds??? call me now
“Well, shit.”
Chapter Seven
“What the heck is goingon?” David demanded the moment Jimmy walked in through the door of Maury’s pawn shop. “It’s all over the news! I even saw you on there!”
“I’m so sorry, Dad!” Jimmy urgently began, trying to explain himself as quickly as possible. He didn’t realize how close he was to tears until they were already spilling out. “Everything’s been so fucked up, and I know you were busy working at the prison!”
“Son, it’s all right!”
“But Dad, Rod got arrested! The cops? They came and they raided the freakin’ house, and Mr. Waugh, God, poor Mr. Waugh.”
“Hey, hey!” David quickly pulled Jimmy into a firm hug. “First things first. Are you okay, slugger?”
Those words took the air right out of Jimmy’s lungs. “No... No, I don’t think I am,” he croaked.
“Fuckin’ cock-gobblin’ pigs!” Maury’s charming voice bellowed out from the back of the shop. “Tryin’ to get their dick up in my ass business with no dinner, fuckin’ turd-suckin’ bastards!”
There was a disastrously loud clang followed by several beats of silence.
David and Jimmy looked at each other quizzically and froze when they heard more aggressive pounding. Everything was quiet for several more seconds before Maury called out, “Oh! Hey, Jimmy! How’s yous doin’?”
Laughing weakly, Jimmy groaned, “I’m sooo not okay right now.”
