She looked at her watch. “That’s like, six hours. What are we going to do till then?”
“Nap. It’s a long drive back to Dallas, and neither of us got any sleep last night.”
“You only got the one room today.”
“One room, two beds.”
“What, you think I’ll run away if I have my own room?”
“I think it would be harder for me to protect you.”
“But I’m safe for now. You said so yourself.”
“I said you
Chapter 34
For five hundred dollars and the promise of more to come, the guard was glad to smuggle Alison’s photo into Wolf Williams’ cell. I gave him the picture and cash in the parking lot behind the titty bar, and Alison and I were finally flying back down the highway to Dallas.
“I didn’t pose for any nude photo,” Alison said.
“It’s only important that Wolf thinks you did,” I said.
“I still don’t understand. He’s going to get the picture, he’s going to rub it with his finger, then what?”
“The reason the picture is in the plastic baggie, there’s a coating on it, made out of snake venom. There are hundreds of microscopic glass shards imbedded in the coating. When Wolf starts rubbing the photo, he’ll cut his finger and create an entry for the venom.”
“You’re insane,” she said.
“Probably.”
She gave me a look of exasperation. “I’m supposed to hang my life on that ridiculous plan?”
“Trust me, he’ll be dead fifteen minutes after getting the picture.”
“You’ve done this before?”
“I have.”
“What kind of person imbeds broken glass and snake venom onto a photograph in two hours’ time?”
“Say it.”
“What.”
“You’re glad you’re on my side.”
She shook her head. “You are seriously fucked up, Creed.”
“And you’re noisy in bed.”
She looked at me. “Are you talking about last night? For your information, that was an act.”
I didn’t say anything.
“What, you think I actually
I didn’t respond.
“Someone sure has a high opinion of himself,” she said.
I sighed.
“Touching you last night gave me the creeps,” she said, and she was just getting started.
