Page 171 of Ready to Cash Out

Trev grimaced. “That is fucked up.”

Juicy grinned. “He had his ways about him, that’s for sure.”

Trev sighed heavily. “He’s a real treat. Loves parties.”

“Oh! You’ve met him?”

“Yeah.” Trev shrugged. “You guys apparently have the same nurse or something. Did you know that?”

“When did I get a nurse?”

“Yup. That’s what I thought.” Trev glanced at the door with a scowl.

Opening it and just trying to walk out was probably ridiculous.

Okay, but it was worth a try, right?

Trev took the knife from his sleeve as he hopped off the desk. He crept toward the door and then carefully turned the knob, trying not to make a single sound that might draw any attention.

Juicy was right behind him, asking, “What are you doing?”

“Shhhh!” Trev waved at him frantically. “Will you be quiet? I’m trying to get a better look around! Maybe there’s another way out of here!”

“There’s not. I looked.” Juicy blinked slowly. “I saw a door… garage doors. A door that was boarded up. That’s it.”

“Wait, wait, so did you see two doors or three doors?” Trev let go of the knob, turning to address Juicy. He knew this conversation might ultimately be pointless, but he was willing to try just in case.

“There are…”

“Yeah?”

Juicy grinned. “Five.”

“Five. How the fuck do you figure five?”

“The three garage doors for the bay, the one that’s boarded up, and this one here to the office!”

“Shit.” Trev grimaced.

He already knew that, so that was less than helpful.

Juicy frowned. “Was that not the right answer? Okay! Then there are six doors.”

“Are you just saying that?”

“No.”

Trev scowled but he focused back on the door, slowly turning the knob. He moved as silently as he could and once the knob could not be twisted more, he opened the door a tiny crack to peek out into the garage.

Three garage doors, the boarded up door, and…

Nothing.

Unless there was one hiding from his line of sight directly to the left or right from this door, there were truly only five doors inside this building, which meant no magical way out of here.

One of the suited men spotted the office door opening. “Hey! Shut the goddamn door before I pump you full of fucking holes!”

Trev grimaced and slammed the door shut.

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