The Wheelman
“—“BABY FACE” NELSON Ink and Blood WHEN LENNON WOKE UP AGAIN, HE WAS TIED TO A chair, and his throat was sore.
Other people were in the room. Which was not the room he’d fallen asleep in. The last thing he knew, he had been given a shot of painkillers. He didn’t want the doctor to give him something that would render him unconscious. “Don’t worry,” the doctor had said. “This’ll just take the edge off.”
Lennon’s vision focused a bit. He saw Katie in the corner of the room. Her hands were behind... her back. She was wearing stark white lipstick, and her eyes looked puffed shut. Somebody held a gun to her head.
Now somebody slapped him in the face.
“Hi, Dillinger,” a male voice said. He had said it the correct way—Dill-ING-er. Most people thought it was dill-IN-jer, like the pistol. “Glad you could join us.”
Lennon tried to count the people in the room. Aside from his sister. He got up to five before somebody slapped him again.
“Stay with us,” said the same voice.MoreLess
Other people were in the room. Which was not the room he’d fallen asleep in. The last thing he knew, he had been given a shot of painkillers. He didn’t want the doctor to give him something that would render him unconscious. “Don’t worry,” the doctor had said. “This’ll just take the edge off.”
Lennon’s vision focused a bit. He saw Katie in the corner of the room. Her hands were behind... her back. She was wearing stark white lipstick, and her eyes looked puffed shut. Somebody held a gun to her head.
Now somebody slapped him in the face.
“Hi, Dillinger,” a male voice said. He had said it the correct way—Dill-ING-er. Most people thought it was dill-IN-jer, like the pistol. “Glad you could join us.”
Lennon tried to count the people in the room. Aside from his sister. He got up to five before somebody slapped him again.
“Stay with us,” said the same voice.MoreLess
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