The Death Gods (A Shell Scott Mystery)
“The man’s voice was usually lower and more whispery, sometimes sibilant, but even when he was yelling in apparent surprise or even shock I knew that voice was Grinner’s.
Without moving my head, I slanted my eyes right to get a look at him. As I also looked at Grinner’s hard face with nothing pretty in it now, at both his muscular arms extended toward me with his left hand cupping the right holding a fat-bodies Colt .45 pointed at my teeth—I could still see those wild eyes in Guenther’s head, rolling, sliding and jerking and almost spinning. Spinning faster and faster.
Grinner said, “How the hell did you get in here?”
Clearly, for a fraction of a second, he really wanted to know. But, even more clearly, he wasn’t going to wait for an answer, because right after that he continued, almost whispering, “Never mind, Scott. Good—”
I knew he was already saying “Goodbye,” maybe already before squeezing the Colt’s trigger to blow me away, and even though my holstered .38 was only two feet from ...my right hand I also knew there wasn’t a chance I could reach it in time.MoreLess
Without moving my head, I slanted my eyes right to get a look at him. As I also looked at Grinner’s hard face with nothing pretty in it now, at both his muscular arms extended toward me with his left hand cupping the right holding a fat-bodies Colt .45 pointed at my teeth—I could still see those wild eyes in Guenther’s head, rolling, sliding and jerking and almost spinning. Spinning faster and faster.
Grinner said, “How the hell did you get in here?”
Clearly, for a fraction of a second, he really wanted to know. But, even more clearly, he wasn’t going to wait for an answer, because right after that he continued, almost whispering, “Never mind, Scott. Good—”
I knew he was already saying “Goodbye,” maybe already before squeezing the Colt’s trigger to blow me away, and even though my holstered .38 was only two feet from ...my right hand I also knew there wasn’t a chance I could reach it in time.MoreLess
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