Dead Dreams ((Young Adult Paranormal Romance) ( Dead Dreams Trilogy)) (32 page)

“
What’s your problem boy?
”
He said in a low venomous tone.

“
Nothing,
nothing at all.
”
Adam replied trying to stay in control of his nerves.

But b
efore he could blink
there was
a large knife
pointed
just
underneath his chin
and a pair of eyes giving him the look of death.
He tried not
to show any fear
even though
he was
face
d with a man yield
ing a knife who was clearly dangerous.

“
I’ll ask again…what’s your
fucking
problem?
”

He pushed the tip of the
knife
a little deeper as
Adam’s heart
pounded. He began to feel dizzy but something strange kicked in, a feeling of apathy, the desire not to fight what could be and no valid reason to cling on to life.

“
Kill me mother fucker,
stick me twenty times
.
I don’t
give a shit
cause you see man I don’t exist so it doesn’t matter go
on, go
ahead
do it!
Adam
screamed.

“
Hey Rufus chill out
he’s just a kid and an okay
one at that. H
e’ll do you no harm
,
you can count on it.
“
Devon
said
as she stepped
in
to try and
ease the situation.

Summer
was quiet and still high but she was aware of what
just
happened
and became
upset
at
such an unwelcome response to their presence
. She tried to think of a
way out
,
but fear stop
ped
her from grabbing Adam and
making a run for it.

Slowly
Rufus removed
the knife
leaving a
fractio
us silence between them.
But the message was
clear.
H
e
saw Adam as a
naïve
two-bit
kid that
could
easily threaten their security and, he figured he
looked
dumb enough to open his mouth and blow everything
.

“
Your card’s marked.
”
He
warned
in no uncertain terms,
“
One bad move and you’ll get your stick wish.
”

A marked card didn’t mean
anything
when there was
nothing to live for and nothing to care about
.
In
Adam’s mind
he could
do his
worse as far as he was
concerned.

Rufus reached in his jean pocket and pulled
out a roll of
hundred dollar bills
, peeling off a
note he handed
it to
Devon
,

“
Go get some Chinese food for everyone and take the scrawny bitch with you, the kid stays here.
”
He said referring to Adam.

Without
looking at Adam Summer complied
and
left the house with
Devon
leaving him alone
in a room with people he didn’t know and didn’t
like.

Mr.
Bling
didn’t
communicate with anyone
. He spent
most of
his
time on the phone
negotiating
deals
yet
,
they all
showed
him total respect
whilst
Adam
found
a spot on the floor to sit and be as unobtrusive as possible. The room
was a
mess, evidence of drug taking
was everywhere
and dirty dishes
were
piled up in the sink.
The guys moved around a lot, leaving and
coming back a few minutes later.
M
ost of them went
outside to tal
k privately on their phones and everything was
clandestine
,
dangerous and uncomfortable.

Rufus
came to
Adam
, sitting next to him on the floor as close as he could be,

“
W
hat’s your agenda kid?
”
He asked.

“
I don’t have one man I’m just drifting.
”

“
Drifting where,
straight to the cops when you leave here? You look too squeaky clean to me
, the kind
of kid that’ll open his mouth.
”

“
No way man I couldn’t care less what you do here and I hate the
fucking
cops.
”

Counting the minutes for Summer to return
he
became
nervous and twitchy. The longer she took
the more
edgy he
got
.
No-one
bothered to talk to him
,
as if he was
nondescript
,
a nothing
,
reflecting exactly how he
saw himself.
M
aybe they all think the same that
I’m a
stupid nonentity from th
e suburbs who doesn’t know shit, I hate this place!

The carpet stank with
a mixture of dried blood squirted straight onto the floor from syringes,
spilled beer and
liquor
; Adam did all he could do to stop himself from retching as the stench filled his nostrils.

Eventually
, much to his relief,
they returned carrying
bags of food.

“
Give me my change girl.
”
Rufus demanded.

Devon
handed
over what little change there
was.
Chinese food for
so many
didn’t
cost
twenty
bucks-
unfortunately for her
Rufus
didn’t
get the math.

“
What
the fuck….I gave you a hundred bitch!
”
He ranted
.

“
Yeh you did but Chinese don’t come cheap for this many.
”
She said defending herself.

Rufus shot up and grabbed
Devon
by the throat, choking her while the others turne
d away. She didn’t fight back and
the fear in her eyes grew stronger by the second.

“
Yo
u had better got my spring roll girl.
”
He asked
letting go.

“
Yeh yeh there’s two in there
.
”
She replied nervously.

As if nothing had happened
Devon
and Summer did
their domestic best, finding plates and spoons
and clearing
a
space on the table
.
Summer dove
in immediately, filling
her mouth full like a hamster,
obviously b
inging from nerves. No-one took
any notice
of the way she was eating
they were
too wrapped up in their own selfish world
,
freeloading
f
rom the man with th
e money. I
t was only Adam that cared
an
d it was
only
he
that kn
ew
exactly
what she’d
do next.

Having finished in record speed she
shot
up
in an agitated mood.
“
W
h
ere’s the bathroom?
”
“
Through the re
d door sweetie.
”
Devon
replied.

With Summer
out of sight
doing her best to throw up
Adam picked
away at his plate
doing his best to avoid eye contact with everyone in the room.

“
Are you two an item?
”
Devon
enquired.