11 - Its Your Sister

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The docks are quiet in the way that makes your skin crawl- too still, too dark, the water slapping against wood in uneven nervous rhythms

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The docks are quiet in the way that makes your skin crawl- too still, too dark, the water slapping against wood in uneven nervous rhythms. The most hangs low, swallowing the ends of the pier like the world just falls into nothing.

"Wheezie?" I call, walking around the dock, my footsteps hollow in the silence.
"Come on. Wheeze" I said

A soft creak echoes behind me- footsteps. Heavy. Slow.

My heart lurches.

"Is that you? Wheeze?" I ask, stepping toward the sound.

But when I round the corner, my stomach drops.

Rafe.

Not wheezie.

"Nah, not Wheezie" Rafe says, voice almost bored- but his eyes.... His eyes are wild.

Cold slides down my spine.

"Where the hell is Wheezie?" I ask

"Don't worry about it." He steps toward me, and I instinctively back up, the wood groaning beneath me.

"Listen... Whoa. It's all good. I.. I just... I just... I needed to talk to you like a little bit. Is that okay?" His voice shakes, but not with fear- with something unhinged.

"Don't come near me" I warn.

He ignores it.
''Cause... cause what you do affects me okay? You don't... you don't think of that do you?" He says

Anger stabs through my fear.
"You shot me Rafe" I said

His jaw twitches.
"That's it right? It's... it's always my fault right?
Like uh... you know I... I wanna keep what's mine that I got by my work and I'm the bad guy for trying to... to hold on to it?" He says

"It's not yours" I said

He steps closer, breath uneven.
"Like I'm wrong to protect what's mine huh?Listen to me okay? The cops are going to talk to you, and... And I need to make sure the story's straight because-" he starts

I don't hesitate.
"You killed Peterkin. My story's straight." I said

His face darkens. The air seems to shrink.

"Listen to me Rafe this would go so much better for you if you would-" I start

"Who are trying to protect here? Huh?" Rafe cuts in

"I am trying to do the right thing" I said

"You're trying to do the right thing?" Rafe laughs- this sharp, broken sound that chills me.

"I can't-" I start

"You doing the right thing... No you're not listening to me. You doing the right thing is the reason that you got shot. Because you were following John B" Rafe says

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