Dark Meridian Page #5

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what you did,

and tell us how you did it,

and I'll shoot you quick.

But if you lie,

if you stall,

or just play dumb,

I'm gonna take you apart with

a blowtorch piece by piece

and make this last for days.

I didn't kill your brother!

I didn't kill him, okay?

I'm not...

You gotta believe me.

You gotta believe me.

Then you better come up

with a story, quick.

And you better

make it convincing.

- Please... -Because I'm

gonna start with your toes.

I'm gonna snap them off

at the nubs.

I'm gonna cauterize the wounds,

and I'm gonna work my way up.

All the way up.

Eddie, give me the torch.

- Gladly.

- -No, no, no.

- No, stop. Please. Please.

- Yeah.

Come on. Lenny.

You don't have to be a part of this, okay?

You can go outside and get some air.

Go outside.

- Please.

- Go on. Go on.

Okay, okay. Listen, listen, listen,

listen, listen. Please, please, please.

I'll talk. I'll talk.

I'll tell you.

I'll tell you. I'll talk.

I'll tell you everything.

I'll tell you everything.

Please.

I'll tell you.

You ready to confess?

I'll confess. I'll confess.

- Yeah? All right.

- If you'll listen.

Start talking.

I went... I went

to your brother's house.

It was late.

How'd you get in?

I, uh...

I broke in through the backdoor.

Try again.

Backdoor wasn't touched.

It must have been a window.

Where?

The kids' room.

Try again.

Police report said

you went in through the study.

It was the study.

I can remember the double doors.

All right.

And how did you get

past the guards?

There were no guards.

There was one guard,

his name was Martin.

I've known him since I was a

kid, you piece of f***ing sh*t.

Okay.

All right.

You wanna know?

I'll tell you.

I broke in through the study.

It was dark.

Jacob was talking on the

phone in the other room.

Rebecca and the girls

were asleep.

The house smelled

like homemade cookies.

I sat behind the desk

and waited.

He finished his phone call,

came back in,

poured himself a scotch

and sat down on the sofa.

I waited.

I listened.

And when exactly

the time was right,

I walked up behind him...

And I slit his throat.

And he looked at me...

Just like we're doing now.

He knew he was dying...

So he summoned up every bit

of strength left in him,

and he shared with me

his dying words.

You want to know what he said?

He looked me in the eye...

I could barely hear him.

It was the faintest whisper.

He said...

"You are next."

Tevi!

Tevi, goddamn it! Stop!

You better f***ing stop!

The f*** is wrong with you?

I know who his next target is.

Who?

Garen is going after my dad.

In Metairie?

No, he's not in Metairie.

He's at his flat

outside at the corner.

Jesus. I didn't know

he had a place in the corner.

He's got a place all over the f***in'

city, man. Come on. Keep up.

Okay.

All right, listen. Do not give me sh*t.

Just show me where he's at.

Okay.

You ready?

I'm sorry, this mailbox

is full and cannot take...

Father!

Tevi! What's going on?

Spencer?

Yeah.

We have to go.

Where we gotta go?

I'm sorry.

Spit it out, Tevi.

Dad, Lenny's dead.

F***! F***!

Hey, you're not...

Get down, man...

Got a position?

Across the street.

Second or third floor.

Bobby, move to your left

and stay down.

Try to draw fire.

Find his position.

Ready?

Yeah.

I think I see him.

Sh*t. We gotta

get out of here.

No sh*t.

Is Mr. Marek okay?

Yeah, yeah, just get

the f***in' lights.

Come on, Tevi.

Come on, come on.

Let's get out of here.

Go, go, go, go, go, go!

Come on, Tevi. Go, go.

All right. Get Tevi

across the street, okay?

- Okay.

- When you get across there,

make sure you cover me

as I'm on my way back. Okay?

Yeah.

I believe he's on

the third floor.

Third floor. Third floor.

Tevi, you ready?

Yeah.

Oh, sh*t!

Run, Tevi. He's got a couple more.

Let's go. Let's go.

Come on.

Yeah, who's this?

I'm the man

you're looking for, detective.

We keep missing each other.

You're always running away

before we can meet.

Yeah?

Let's see how you fight when you're

not playing sniper, you little b*tch.

You have a beautiful family.

It would be a shame

if they had an accident.

What'd you say to me?

Your wife, Christine,

your precious little girl.

If I were you, I would

watch them wherever they go.

You son of a b*tch.

I don't want to involve

your family.

I want Tevi.

Bring him back to me

in one hour at the warehouse,

and let's finish this.

That's Garen, right?

Yeah.

What the f*** did he say?

He wants you.

He wants you to meet him

at the warehouse in an hour.

That's funny.

Spencer.

You know he's gonna

keep coming, right, Tevi?

He's not gonna stop.

No f***ing way.

- Listen to me...

- No f***ing way!

Think about it.

He'll find you.

I'll run.

Are you out of your

f***ing mind, man?

This guy

is a professional, Tevi.

Do you wanna just keep looking over your

shoulder the rest of your life? Huh?

He'll just keep coming, and coming,

and coming until he kills you.

So what do you want me to do?

You want me to

just hand myself over,

let him him put a f***ing

bullet in my head?

I'm not saying that.

What the f***

are you saying, Spencer?

If we hurry up,

we get there first.

We can have the upper

hand on this guy.

- The upper hand?

- Yeah.

- An upper hand.

This might be the only

time we get that.

F***.

Listen, we're not

gonna catch this guy.

This dude is determined,

he's methodical.

Listen, when he goes

underground, that's a wrap.

Which part of that

do you see as an advantage?

This might be the only time

we get to turn the tables

on this motherf***er.

I wanna kill his ass

really, really bad.

And you want me to be the bait?

You gotta trust me, Tevi.

Come on, come on, you can give him

a proper burial when this is over.

- Come on.

- I'll think of him as, uh,

tough as I thought I was.

I can't see him like that.

Yeah. Don't worry about it.

We don't have a lot of time.

Here, take that off

and put this on.

How much time you think we have?

It'll be in about

ten minutes to set up.

Okay.

Listen, whatever his plan is,

it's gonna be safer

if we just stay hidden.

- All right?

- Okay.

Don't play hero,

don't let him lure you out,

don't take a shot at him,

don't try to run.

- You understand me?

- Yeah.

Wait.

If I go down,

you make sure he's on top of

you, and I mean on top of you

before you take a shot at him.

'Cause he won't miss.

Eh?

You got your friends?

Good. You got mine, too?

Yeah.

Good.

- You see that crate?

- Mm-hmm.

I want you to hide

behind that crate,

cock you gun and get ready

to pop that b*tch.

Where are you gonna be?

I'll be upstairs.

I've got my eyes on you.

I just need to cover the floor.

Okay.

- Spencer.

- Yeah.

Thanks, man.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Okay. Okay. Okay.

Garen!

Garen! You hear me,

motherf***er?

You want me?

Huh?

Come get me then, motherf***er.

Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.

Clever, Spence.

I was wondering when you were

gonna try calling that number.

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