“Fine, fuckin’ touchy.” Jules snorted. “Well, you’ll get to meet Cold’s new boy at any rate.”
“He’s got a boy now?” Mickey raised his brow. “Now ain’t that some shit.”
“He’s in denial, but he’s got himself one. And he’s got it bad.” Jules smiled gleefully. “Wait ‘til you see ‘em. It’s fuckin’ cute.”
“Who is it?”
“Kid named Jimmy Poe.”
Mickey flinched.
Doc’s son was named Jimmy, but it couldn’t be…
“And it’s, uh… serious?” Mickey ventured.
“It’s like Alistair and Cold all over again. Except now Cold is Alistair. You dig?”
“Yeah?”
“You should have seen the look on Cold’s face. I ain’t never seen him like this. This crazy ass kid just offers himself up to get fucked, whatever Cold wants, and Cold fuckin’ agreed.” Jules cackled. “It was crazy.”
“And this Jimmy is coming to the party tonight?”
“Cold said he ain’t, but I would bet you every nut and bolt in my fuckin’ El Camino that he does.” Jules smirked. “When you see him, you pretend like I didn’t tell you nothin’.”
“Does Cold know his adopted daddy is a cop?”
“Hey.” Jules grunted in surprise. “Yeah, fuck, but how do you know that?”
“Met a guy inside named David Poe. Good man. We called him Doc. He talks a lot about his kid, a sweet little idiot named Jimmy who got adopted by the same pig who arrested Doc for killin’ his wife. Sound familiar?”
“Oh, yeah. That’s him.”
“It’s Detective Duplin.” Mickey slowed down to stop at a traffic light. “The fuckin’ prick who killed Roger’s little brother.”
“Yup.”
“What thefuckis Cold doing?”
“Whatever he wants. As usual.”
“Seriously.”
“Cold was working on Jimmy to put pressure on Duplin. Tried to make the kid squeal so he’d go running to Duplin for help, and we could make shit with Dickie go away.”
“And that didn’t happen?”
“Nope. Instead of wailing for his cop daddy, Jimmy offered up his ass.”
“Does Roger know yet?” Mickey hated to ask because he shouldn’t even give a shit, and he took off a little faster than he needed to when the light changed.
“Nope.”
“Guess he’ll find out tonight.”
“Keep your lips zipped,” Jules warned. “Cold is still gonna use Jimmy to get to Duplin, one way or another. He’s gotta be alive for that.”
“And Roger would be very eager to make him not alive.”
