Deception
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The question catches me off guard, and I start to laugh. “Funny you should ask. I was going to turn myself in. I was going to tell them everything. Your timing couldn’t have been better.”
She chuckles nervously. “Well, I hope you’ve changed your mind.”
“I have now.”
Alicia drops to her knees and unzips something, the item that she dropped from before. “No, I mean I really hope you’ve changed your mind.” She steps aside and I look down at the dock.
My pupils dilate and my mouth drops open as I stare at the bag full of cash. I move my eyes to hers and try to speak, but I’ve gone dry again.
There it is, that’s the end game. She was going to bring the money back to her family in Cuba, and Billy’s plan is now going to become her plan. She used his wisdom in criminality to help formulate the plan, and now she’s going to use it against him.
I guess I know where we’re going next.
She beams at my reaction, and I think she knows I’ve finally figured it all out. “I told you I had a plan.”
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Born and raised in central New Hampshire, Dan has never ventured far from home. After graduating from high school in 2007, he attended New England College in Henniker, New Hampshire where he studied Communications.
Dan’s first novel, DECEPTION, took him nearly two years to complete the first draft. He then completed the first draft of his second novel in the three months following, beginning in late 2014. While still working through revisions on his second novel, the first draft of his third novel is already in process. Once available, publication details can be found at the website listed below.
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