Lights Out Boys

Chapter Thirty Nine: He is Irascible When Intoxicated

He is Irascible When Intoxicated

Song: S/C/A/R/E/C/R/O/W

Artist: My Chemical Romance

Blake

It was the last week of October which mostly consisted of parties and unfortunately a few drunk drivers that boosted up business at the shop. Everyone came here because they knew my family had a shop and thought they'd get a discount but I refused to give because of their dumb actions. They brought their car in any way so Dmitri, and I had to be at the shop almost every day. It was the afternoon of Halloween and the party they wanted me to go to. All week I said I had a costume just to get them off my back, but now with the shop, I guess I'd have to stay. Dmitri brought his outfit with and was currently getting changed because it was almost closing time. I stood behind the counter and went through stats of the past week.

"Dude, where's your costume?" Dmitri came out in an olive-green overall that covered his black shoes when he stood still. He wore a beige button-up with the sleeves rolled to his biceps and topped the look with a brown newsboy hat and rounded glasses.

"Oh, I forgot." I sarcastically said and watched as he neared the counter. "You really went as Eustace?"

"Yeah...I know he's an asshole, but he's an iconic villain—ish character."

I shook my head, and Dmitri's shoulders dropped in response. He pointed at me and opened his mouth to say something but the sound of my ringtone went off. I raised an index finger toward him and quickly took out my phone and answered it.

"Have you heard?" Aidan breathed heavily into the phone as if he just ran a marathon. There was no one else in the shop, and everything was turned off so Dmitri obviously heard when his brows squinted and he looked exactly like Eustace.

"Do you guys even watch the news?" Aidan hissed and must've been serious because he barely spoke like that. Dmitri already picked up on what's going on and flew to the TV remote. We looked at the flat screen behind me as it slowly turned on. Aidan deeply sighed and said, "I can't believe this sh*t is starting up again."

"Aidan, what the f*ck happened and what are we looking for?"

"There's nothing on the news about Illinois," Dmitri spoke up, and Aidan must've heard him when he cussed. Dmitri turned the TV off, and I turned around to put the phone on the countertop as we listened.

"It's Parker...he escaped from prison this morning, the whole thing was planned."

"Holy sh*t, how do you know? It must've been on the news by now." Dmitri said as he leaned on the counter and towered over the phone. He knew about Parker, heck everyone I knew did but not that he sexually assaulted Lana.

"Sheriff Willson told all of us, he thought it'd be good if we knew before it got out to the public."

"So, everyone probably knows there now?" I mumbled and couldn't imagine what's going on there and how everyone's on edge.

"Yeah, not surprised if Marcus and or Mike helped him."

"H-How did it happen? Did they pull some Shawshank Redemption sh*t?"

"Do you remember Parker was acting all crazy and sh*t and they considered moving him to a Psychiatric ward?" I nodded even though he couldn't see me. Dmitri probably didn't know as his eyes widened. Aidan didn't wait for a response as he continued, "Well Sheriff Willson said the transition was supposed to happen today, but I think it was all an act. Liam even pointed out that Marcus used to visit Parker."

"Wait, how does Liam know?" I demanded because that was one smart bastard especially when it came to things like this. There were still things that he knew that I didn't, and that aggravated me. I thought this was all over.