Shadows In Durango

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****Vincent's POV****

Driving towards my parents' 'holiday cottage' by the beach, I press down on the gas knowing that the sooner I get this over with, the sooner I can go back home.

My phone rings as I grow closer. I press the button on my steering wheel to answer it, playing the voice through the car.

"Where are you, Vin? We've been here for hours and my girl has started to think that I'm fucking around on her now!" Leroy speaks out, as I take the next turn towards the cottage.

"I'm coming down the dirt road right now, I'll be there in five," I respond briefly, trying to keep my cool since Leroy had done me a favor by staying there overnight to keep a watch with Quade.

I didn't need any of this to fuck up... not after what those bastards did. I didn't want them to escape, not that I think they would even be capable of that, but I didn't want to risk it nonetheless.

As I pull up to the cottage, the ocean's scent and the sound of waves crashing nearby do nothing to calm my building anger.

I spot Leroy pacing near the porch, his silhouette illuminated by the sunlight which would be slowly setting soon.

I park up and step out, slamming the door gaining Leroy's attention as he flicks his cigarette down onto the floor and stomps it out.

"About damn time," Leroy mutters his complaint, walking over to meet me. "They've been getting restless now - probably their longest time without drugs in a while I bet." He suddenly laughs, as I nod stiffly.

"Have they tried anything smart?" I ask, grabbing the bag from the trunk before closing it again.

"No, but they're on edge. Can't blame them, now that they're sober they must know that they've fucked up! One of them has been a cheeky shit though!" Leroy says, leading the way to the back of the cottage as though I didn't already know where to go. "So what's the plan?" He turns and asks over his shoulder.

of the situation bearing down on me. "We get them to explain themselves and why they did what they did. If they don't, then we make them talk. Then I demand

his jaw set and knowing first hand that once I was pissed off

since they moved around so much that they technically didn't even have a set home. The place was quiet, as I knew Quade would be down in the basement with tweedle dee and tweedle dumb, no doubt

watch?" Leroy suggests as I agree to the idea and

to what had become my torture chamber for those who disrespected me and my men, I turn the handle and step through on to the familiar concrete

to no windows and an array of garden

of the steps, I see them both, tied back to back on two chairs in the

was just another normal day for us, whilst the two men's eyes widen in fear as they

we did nothing," one of

be the withdrawals taking its

us for the

letting the anger I've been holding back seep into my voice. "No, the mistake was yours. Now, you're going to tell me everything I want to know if you want to leave here alive." I spit on him,

left, a man with a bruised and busted up face, spits on the floor at my feet in defence of his buddy. "We don't fucking have anything to

How sweet.

identifying himself as the one who had no doubt caused the same assault on his face prior to

the money?" I pace back and forth before them, tossing my bag on to the

"We... we don't have it. We didn't take it." He

click my tongue mockingly, considering my next move. "Quade, go boil the kettle upstairs." I smile at them as I speak, watching their

want to test

heads up the steps, I turn my attention back to the first of the two. "You don't want him to come back down here with that

"We were just desperate. Some of the money is stashed in my room - top floor - but the rest we went and spent on the good stuff. We didn't know that the girl was in a gang or we would have left her alone! We just thought she was an easy target - please! We made a mistake!" He screams his statement, sickening me with his admission despite that I already knew what

and stole from the weak