Kharon Chapter 62
Simone and Luke still with metallic serpents coiled around their bodies are pacing around a cell in the bows of Johnny’s ship. Several of his crew members stand guard. “Where do you think they took Kiarah?”, asks Luke.
“Probably to the Kharon.”
“Once again everything I worked for goes to hell”, says Luke.
“I have that affect on people.”
“So I’ve noticed. I knew I was better off alone.”
“I don’t know if I would say that.”
“Really? Because I stayed with all of you and now look where it got me.”
“We can think of something.”
“That’s right! You’re the master of escapes. What’d ya got?”
“I’m working on it.”
“Well work harder. You didn’t have any trouble with the Sloons.”
“Them I’m used to dealing with. These things are another story." Simone gestures to the coil around her waist.
“Figures the one time I need that slime ball he wouldn’t be here.”
“Who Jacob? Why would need him?”
“He’s good with mechanical stuff that was his ticket to fame. That’s how we got together. I was a homeless beggar that he got to be a distraction while he made machines do what he wanted.”
“So you two started out as con men?”
Luke shrugs. “I guess that’s how things started. It worked well enough to get us by. Jacob had big dreams though.”
“So what ever happened to those big dreams?”
“They blew up in our faces. Just like everything else in my life. It was a big score. I was supposed to be the diversion only when it came time for the getaway Jacob hung me out to dry. I was trapped and got picked up.”
“That’s pretty lousy of him.”
“Yea…it fucking was.”
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