TEMPORARILY OUT OF STOCKNarcisa Excerpt Part #7!
(Read parts 1-6 here)
I lit up a smoke and watched a skinny little grey tiger cat emerge from the shadows and go tipping cautiously across the dirty dark favela plaza. Another predator on the prowl. Suddenly the unmistakable red dot of a high-powered assault rifle’s lazer sight appears beside the cat. The cat stops, still as the night, watching the bright red dot. Then it pounces. The dot moves a few inches forward. The cat cocks back its haunches and pounces again. I watched the cat and smiled. I like cats. I hoped the kid playing around on the other end of the lazer beam liked cats too. But why waste ammo on a cat when there’s live human target practice every day here?
Finally the cat moves on to live another of it’s nine lives, spooked off by approaching footsteps as the cab’s passenger emerges from one of the dark little becos before me walking fast and furtive, getting into the car with that strident ’Just copped’ body language. The cab pulls away.
Got it. Good. From here it’s easy. Just go down the same alley and follow the trail of gun toting teenage thugs… I get off the bike, put my boot down on the last of my smoke and walk up into the Boca.
to be continued…
Copyright Jonathan Shaw 2009.
Tasha said,
January 30, 2009 at 7:45 pm
you sure know howta throw the suspense on, doncha. ; )
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February 2, 2009 at 4:49 pm
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