One false move, my house of cards will tumble down around me, and she’s already made the move I didn’t anticipate.
17
KOEN
Burgers eaten, Greer and I watch as the packed house chatters and mills around us. Unbeknownst to her, most of these people are among the seediest she’s likely ever known.
My target entered about twenty minutes ago, and doesn’t seem aware he’s being hunted.
I have the best fun when they’re unaware.
If Greer notices I’m watching someone, she hasn’t let on. She’s had enough drinks to dull whatever worry she’d entered Sip with. She’s slowly rocking from side to side to the music, its notes lulling her as she grins drunkenly.
“You want to dance?” she asks me, her glassy eyes tugging my lips into a smirk.
“No.”
“You’re in a horrible mood.”
I’m not. I’m thrilled and ready to kill.
But she doesn’t need to know that.
My target moves toward the bathroom, and a few eyes watch him knowingly before darting away quickly.
No one here wants to be an accessory. Not when they’re all just as off-grid as I am.
“I’ll be right back,” I tell Greer, standing. Thinking better of bounding toward the bathroom, I turn back. “Do not move. Do not speak to anyone.”
She stiffens. “Okay…”
The music softens through the pounding pulse in my ears as I approach the bathroom door.
The room is small, with only one toilet and sink inside.
He locked the door, so I had to use the key to get inside.
“Hey! Someone’s in here!”
“I know.” Shutting the door behind me, I watch him shove his dick back in his pants before turning around.
“You can’t wait your fucking turn?”
“No!” I sneer, pulling the gun from the back of my waistband.
I twist on the silencer from my pocket, watching his eyes grow wide, and his hands raise in defense while I do so.
“Hey, man. I was just kidding. There’s no need for all this.” His stammering has laced fear, and it almost makes him seem human.
But it’s been years since I looked at targets like human beings. If ordered to eliminate, I do so quickly and efficiently.
“I have no use for your pleading.”
“Man, come on. I have a family. Whatever issue you have with me, we can settle it like men.”
A sadistic laugh spills out of me as I step toward him.
The back of his knees hit the toilet.
