Black Orchid Blues (2011)
“Another large man waited inside. Within seconds, I was cuffed and blindfolded. The cuffs were heavy. They weren’t tight, just cold, and at least they’d cuffed me with my hands to the front.
“Where are we going?” I asked.
They said nothing.
“Are we going far?” I asked.
They said nothing.
Suppose this was a trap? Was Jack-a-Lee really just a convenient go-between, or was he working for Stax? He’d given me Olmo’s name. He wouldn’t have done that if he’d been working for Stax, would he? Maybe that’...s it. He’d asked around, gotten too close, and now Stax had him. Maybe he’d made the call under duress. But no, he hadn’t sounded nervous. He’d sounded just fine.
I tried to clear my head. These men who picked me up had not been rough, simply efficient and silent. Their demeanor revealed nothing about Stax’s intent.
If Stax meant to kill me, then what would I do? What could I do? Panic surged through me once again. What in the world had I been thinking? Getting into a car with some strange men, heading off to see a kidnapper—a killer—with no word to Sam or the newspaper.MoreLess
“Where are we going?” I asked.
They said nothing.
“Are we going far?” I asked.
They said nothing.
Suppose this was a trap? Was Jack-a-Lee really just a convenient go-between, or was he working for Stax? He’d given me Olmo’s name. He wouldn’t have done that if he’d been working for Stax, would he? Maybe that’...s it. He’d asked around, gotten too close, and now Stax had him. Maybe he’d made the call under duress. But no, he hadn’t sounded nervous. He’d sounded just fine.
I tried to clear my head. These men who picked me up had not been rough, simply efficient and silent. Their demeanor revealed nothing about Stax’s intent.
If Stax meant to kill me, then what would I do? What could I do? Panic surged through me once again. What in the world had I been thinking? Getting into a car with some strange men, heading off to see a kidnapper—a killer—with no word to Sam or the newspaper.MoreLess
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