Page 51 of The Red Rider
“Allof you can fly planes? What the shit?”
Leif just grinned at me.
“I don’t usually get to because I’m in my lab, but I get to have my fun before we head to D.C. Since I’ve seen the serum in action, I know it’ll work. I’ll still have to work on getting the vaccination out to the rest of the US just in case there’s still tainted water someone could come across, but I can play for now.”
I grabbed his hand.
“I love it when you play. I want playtime when this is all over.”
“You’ll be lucky if you get to leave the bed when this is over,” Aeron said.
“Tell me about your house in Mexico, Leif. Aeron was telling me about it.”
Leif just shrugged.
“It’s technically a house for all of us, but I was the one that had it built. There’s a mother in law suite in the back, so you could bring Mabel if she wants to come.”
Would she? I wanted my ever after with the Horsemen, but my one-bedroom apartment wouldn’t hold all of us, and I didn’t think I could live anywhere except next door to Miss Mabel. She’d like a mother in law cottage, but there were also things she would want.
“Miss Mabel is going to want a place to buy ingredients to cook and a pot hookup.”
“I checked on the estate while I was working in the lab. Several families live there and take care of it. It’s passed down like my lab. All of the families are safe, and there’s a farm there. There’s a village nearby that will have to rebuild before she can get groceries, and I actually have no idea about pot.”
“I have some growing by the outhouse you refuse to take out because you think it gives the property character. It’s the good stuff, too,” Dice said.
Leif smacked Dice on the back of the head.
“You planted pot on my property? What the fuck were you thinking?”
“That if I was going to be living in the same house as Aeron, I was going to need it.”
“Dick,” Aeron said.
“You know you love me.”
“I love punching you in the face.”
“Do we have to save that mother in law cottage for Mabel,” Leif said. “Do you know how long I’ve been listening to these two bicker like an old married couple?”
I just laughed.
“Most married couples don’t threaten to beat the shit out of each other.”
Aeron just rolled his eyes.
“You should see Henry VIII and all his wives go at it. I won’t even go to that part of Heaven.”
“Henry the VIII ended up in Heaven? He killed so many of his wives!”
“Yeah, but he created an entire church. Brownie points,” Leif said.
“This is never going to make sense to me. What about Hitler? Where did he end up?”
“Hell, totally. Dictators always end up there because they are never up to any good,” Leif said.
“Who is up there that I would be totally shocked about?”
“Besides Henry VIII?” Dice said. “Loads of people shocked us. Heaven is a big place.”
