Page 31 of Jase
“Oh my God. Turn it off.Turn it off. You’re crazy!”
“You’re laughing. And running.”
“I can’t believe you just did that.”
“I can do almost anything. Are you hungry?”
“Are you asking me to dinner?”
He let out a sound. A sigh? “As if you’d go. I’m ordering takeout. I figure by the time you get home it’ll be ready. What do you like?”
I jogged to the next block, slowing back down as I hit the sidewalk. “Chinese. Beef fried rice. Eggrolls.” I paused through thinking. “An extra fortune cookie.”
“I’ll get you two.”
“J?”
“Yeah?”
“The detectives called me yesterday to tell me about David. They went through his house too and…I guess it’s been handed off to the FBI. I know you probably heard. I didn’t say anything new, but what if they catch you?”
The line got silent. Too silent. I pulled my cell back, seeing that it was still connected.
“J?”
“They won’t catch me. Even if they did have a suspicion, that’s all it would be. Evidence wouldn’t exist for them. The results would never stick. So long as I have breath and the web, I’m safe.”
“Okay. Good.”
“Yeah—”
The way the word broke off sounded wrong.
“Are you okay?”
“Hold on.” He cursed. “What the hell?”
“What is it?”
“I don’t know. There’s someone in your place.”
“What?”
A pause. “You see that department store you’re coming up on? Go into it.”
“J, what’s happening?”
“I don’t know. Whatever it is, it doesn’t look good.”
My steps were fast as I headed for the door, pushing to go inside. The shop was a small boutique, specializing in clothes I couldn’t begin to afford.
“What does the person look like? Maybe it’s the manager or maintenance man.”
“I don’t think so. This person is going through your stuff. I’m running facial recognition now. It might take a while though.”
Heat radiated from my skin as sweat broke out across my chest. Fear had me moving closer to the counter, but towards the wall. David was dead. He was dead. So, who was this coming after me?
“This is going to take too long. Fuck.”
