Smithereens Press Chapbooks 'Zero at the Bone' by David Wheatley | Page 65

NEMO
Unless you are
the guy? Are you the guy?
MCALLISTER
I’ll fucking slaughter
you, murdering scum!
NEMO
You should have seen him beat her.
MCALLISTER
But is she – ?
NEMO
I don’t know. It was too dark to see.
Look, all I want to know is, where are the drugs?
MCDONALD
You didn’t deserve her. She deserved better.
NEMO
One of you two clowns still has my bags.
MCDONALD
And I knew you’d been sticking it to some... floozie.
She was fine when I saw her. If any damage
was done, perhaps this guy went on the... rampage.
MCALLISTER
[Grabs Nemo’s wrist.] Give me that knife. Give me!
MCDONALD
I know how to treat
a lady. And as for you, the drugs have been here
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