“Eddie, I need to get back to work. Why don’t you go
home? I’ll be off in another hour, and
then we can talk.” Judy’s smile was weak and didn’t reach her eyes.
“So those papers are from last year?” Eddie asked.
He studied her face, looking for any tell-tale sign that she was lying.
“Honest, they were from last year,” she responded.
Silence ensued between them as Eddie continued to
watch his wife turn pale and the corner of her eye twitch.
Finally he said, “Alright, I’ll see you later.”
Turning abruptly away Eddie walked out of the
backroom and left the jewelry store by way of the correct aisle. Outside the
store, he turned left and went into the huge open food court.
Different food vendors lined the walls offering
everything from fast food to Chinese. An open balcony-lined
the second floor where a nightclub took up half the floor, and a fine-dining
restraint covered the other half.
Eddie turned his back to the crowd of busy ants that
raced to complete their mission of shopping, eating, or wasting time. He set the
backpack on the floor before crouching down and taking the clips of extra
ammunition out of the pack and slipping them into his pockets. Next he removed
the two handguns. Slipping the backpack
over his shoulder, Eddie headed back toward the jewelry store and his lying
wife.
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