Smithereens Press Chapbooks 'Zero at the Bone' by David Wheatley | Page 64

MCDONALD
I saw her walking along the beach from my hide.
Then this guy appears. There was a fight –
NEMO
Bollocks –
MCDONALD
Then she went limp.
MCALLISTER
You piece of shit –
MCDONALD
I saw him bundle her body into a sack.
NEMO
I saw the whole thing. I’d just buried the smack
when I saw him, crazy man here, on the loose.
He stuck her good, then afterwards... disposed
of her. But I’d been watching. I knew who he was.
I knew where to find him. But I had to protect
my stash.
MCDONALD
Don’t mind him. That’s the rum talking. He’s pissed –
NEMO
I mean, suppose my contact had had me tracked.
I couldn’t go playing vigilante before
the guy arrived and we made the switch. But after –
MCALLISTER
It was you all along.

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