The Decks and the Road
Renegotiating
Kaylin
Chapter 18- Until Further Notice
Eaton- Anyone who can dodge a trip gains his
respect. Ever since I did, I’ve kept my
life and my job. He’s never said so, but
it’s in his eyes. It’s only my third
time looking into them, and it could be the last; respect or no respect. I wait for him to finish his call, and he
does. My heart jumps, but he takes
another call. It’s all code. Nothing in details, but all the details are
in there. He fished me out of the sea
himself, and I’ve been on some pretty high level trips; the money tells me so. But I’ve never been to Unger International,
and there’s a difference between respect and trust. He finishes up and sets his eyes back on me. I’ve been laying low. It was a simple text; the address, room
number, and the words “until further notice”.
Then came the words “reset”. But
I never expected to see him here.
“So as you know… clean ups cost.”
It’s the way he speaks; like every word is valuable. He saves time and money by omitting the small
talk. I’m glad actually. I need to know why he’s here exactly.
“The song
is all over the radio.”
“You get
in the middle of my business and then you question my instructions. You were one of my quickest trainees. I want to help you, but it’s all a tight
rope. You’re little cherry blossom has made contact with Rai. You were supposed to fall off the face of her
earth.”
“So what’s
next?”
“It’s all
a matter of whether I trust you.”
“Trust me
to do what?”
“To forget
about both of them.”
“Will that
settle it?”
“If it
doesn’t, you’ll be the first to know.”
He dropped the bag with my new devices on the bed, and left with my old
ones. Exactly twenty minutes later I
received my first instructions. They
came in the middle of me standing with my head up against the wall. I’d promised to take care of her. I’d made the promise even knowing this day
would come. Somewhere in my mind I
thought I could break free, but freedom could easily bring death into
the picture. I hadn’t waited to hear
whether he’d trusted me or not, but I knew he didn’t trust me to be free the
way I had envisioned. I also thought
about Reece. If I’d made as big a mess
as he’d indicated, she could lose quite a bit.
It all weighed pretty heavily on my heart, but the question of whether I
could place any of it ahead of myself was one I needed to postpone. Instead I followed the reset guidelines to
the letter and checked out with the one bag I’d maintained since I’d taken the
job. Before I could get to the first
mile, the first line of her song began playing in my head. But not that her. The other her.
Renegotiating Kaylin, a novel
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