The Devil’s Share
“Sandoval was behind her, looking out the window. All the weapons were disassembled and back in the tac bag, along with the balaclavas and jumpsuits.
A car passed them in the opposite direction, didn’t slow. She flipped down the visor, watched Sandoval in the mirror there. If they planned to kill her, he’d be the one to do it. A shot to the back of the head, then her body dumped in the desert. The last witness to what happened back there, what they’d done.
He saw her watching him, leaned forward..., touched her shoulder.
“Hey,” he said. “I’m sorry. I got a little rattled back there, that’s all. We all did.”
She drew away from his hand. “Rattled? That what you call it?”
“Hey, he called the play. We told him to stop. He didn’t. There wasn’t much choice.”
“We could have caught him,” she said. “Brought him back.”
“Maybe, maybe not. But we’d all be fucked if he made it into those hills, wouldn’t we? We’d never find him. I did what I had to do.”
“No one wanted it this way,”MoreLess
A car passed them in the opposite direction, didn’t slow. She flipped down the visor, watched Sandoval in the mirror there. If they planned to kill her, he’d be the one to do it. A shot to the back of the head, then her body dumped in the desert. The last witness to what happened back there, what they’d done.
He saw her watching him, leaned forward..., touched her shoulder.
“Hey,” he said. “I’m sorry. I got a little rattled back there, that’s all. We all did.”
She drew away from his hand. “Rattled? That what you call it?”
“Hey, he called the play. We told him to stop. He didn’t. There wasn’t much choice.”
“We could have caught him,” she said. “Brought him back.”
“Maybe, maybe not. But we’d all be fucked if he made it into those hills, wouldn’t we? We’d never find him. I did what I had to do.”
“No one wanted it this way,”MoreLess
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