“Maybe things closed early.”
“Yeah?And why the fuck would they do that?”
“I don’t know.I don’t know what the city does.”
Grant looked in his mirror at the car behind them.It was a plain car.Perfect for either a hit or a cop.Whichever it was, he couldn’t stick around and find out.
Grant hit the gas and turned away from the bridge.There was no traffic to worry about, but the car behind them followed him.
“Fuck.”
“What the hell are you doing?”Kiernan asked.
“I don’t know, little brother.What am I doing?Did you set me up?”
“What?Why would you ask me that?Again.”
“Not a fucking answer.”Grant took a turn and lost the sedan, but he knew they wouldn’t be lost for long.He took the next turn and circled back around to the bridge.He hit the gas and sped forward.
“Shit!”Grant shouted as he saw the spikes in the road.He slammed on the brakes, but he was going too fast.The darkness concealed the spikes too long, and he rolled right over them, all four tires going flat in seconds.
“What was that?”Kiernan asked.
“It’s the fucking cops.Let’s go.”Grant grabbed the briefcase and got out of the car, running toward the bridge.
Kiernan was slower than Grant, but he caught up in a minute, then passed Grant.“Stop, Stu.”
Grant froze, looking up at his little brother.“What the fuck are you doing?”
Kiernan pointed a gun at Grant.“This has to end, Stu.”
“You’re working with the fucking cops?”
Tears fell from Kiernan’s eyes.“The CIA found out about the diamonds.They came after me.”
“And you handed me over?We’re blood, Kiernan.Family.”
“That’s why I asked to be the one to get you to stop.They will shoot you, Stu.”
“Don’t fucking call me that,” Grant growled.
“Please put everything down.Turn yourself in.”
“And what?I get a nice cell to live out my days in?”
“I don’t know, but they’re not going to let us go.”
“Us?There is no fuckingus, Kiernan.You betrayed me.You worked with cops.You were willing to sell out your own brother to buy your freedom.Who the fuck isus?”
“It wasn’t like that.”
Kiernan tried to defend himself, but Grant didn’t fucking care.All he cared about was the one person he thought he could count on was a fucking liar.“Fuck you, little brother.”Grant walked toward Kiernan.
“They will shoot you,” Kiernan said.
“What about you?Will you shoot me?Are all your CIA friends watching us right now?”
“It’s just us.”
