Road to Darkness by Tim Miller Read Free Book Online

on?” Tony asked. “You have any idea what I just went through?”
         “There was a problem with Jose. It’s been dealt with. What’s going on?”
         “Two cops pulled me over and started to search the truck.” Tony explained.
         “Shit. I was afraid of that. Jose had tipped them off, he set you up. I took care of him though. What happened? Why didn’t they arrest you?”
         “I killed them.” Tony answered. There was a long silence from the other end before Slade replied.
         “You what?”
         “I killed them. I had no choice. They were about to search the truck. They’d have found the girls.”
         “Jesus fucking Christ, man.”
         “I put their bodies in the truck and left their car shut off on the shoulder, I may have bought myself a few hours.”
         “Goddamn. You’re fucking insane.”
         “I don’t want to go to prison. Jose had promised me forty grand for this run. Is that still the same offer or was he bullshitting?”
         “Dude, make it back from this run in one piece and I’ll make it a hundred grand.”
         “I’ll make it back. Just have my money ready,” Tony said.
     

Chapter 12
     
         The men with rifles were waiting for him when Tony pulled into the lot. It was late, but they had some flood lights around the lot lighting the grounds. He stopped the truck and climbed out, only to be struck in the stomach with the butt of one of the rifles.
         “We heard you had some problems,” one of the men said. The same one who did all the talking last time.
         “I took care of it.” Tony grunted from his knees. “Jesus. You guys gonna beat on me every time I come down here?”
         “There may not be a next time. Slade called us. He thinks you brought cops with you.”
         “What the fuck? No! Look in the back.”
         “Tell me what happened,” the man said , as one of the men with rifles stuck the barrel of the rifle to his forehead. “Or I paint the truck with your blood.”
         “Can you put the fucking guns down?” Tony said as he went to one knee. “Open the truck and it will explain everything. I promise no one is going to jump out and arrest you.”
         “Keep the gun on him,” the man said as he gestured to the other man. “Open the back of the truck.”
         The other man climbed up and pulled the tailgate open. He climbed in back and looked between the crates.
         “Holy shit! Man there’s two dead cops up here. They stink!” He said.
         The man in charge walked toward the back of the truck and looked at it as well. The third man still had the rifle trained on Tony’s head. As their boss looked around, the man with the rifle turned his head toward the back of the truck.
         “So everything cool?” The man called. Tony noticed he was relaxed and not looking at him, so decided to act. He grabbed the barrel of the rifle, and pulled it toward himself while shifting his body to the left. The man’s eyes widened as he turned back to Tony who with both hands, thrust the butt of the rifle into the man’s stomach which doubled him over. Tony stood with the gun and slammed the butt into the back of the man’s head, sending him face down into the ground.
         He shouldered the rifle and spun toward the back of the truck where. as he suspected, the other gunman was just raising his gun at Tony. Without hesitation, Tony fired a volley of shots into the man’s chest sending him to the ground. He then trained the gun onto the boss.
         “Whoa, whoa, easy amigo ,” the man said.
         “In both my trips down here, you guys have hit me and pointed guns at me. This is the last time that will happen. Do you understand?” Tony said.
         “Sure man. It’s nothing personal. Just how we break in new people to make sure you don’t crack up. You killed one of my men. Slade’s not gonna like