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- Authors: Reese Knightley
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Greek God of Erebus—“The personification of
darkness and shadow”
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The job was supposed to be simple.
But it turned out to be a fuckin’ nightmare.
Hawk sat in the dark with his back against the concrete wall and studied
the line of homeless tents that stretched as far as the eye could see. His
focus was on a row that sat deep within the homeless community of San
Diego. It was almost rhythmic watching the people mill about, sorting
through findings or huddled around burning canisters. The fire sent smoke
up into the air in slow curling tendrils, and the smell of charred paper and
melted plastic mixed with singed clothing drifted on the slight southern
breeze.
Normally, Hawk would have done the hit at night, but it had proven
fuckin’ impossible, because his mark had sat so far tucked inside the
homeless community that he couldn’t get a bead on the guy, so here he was
back in the daytime.
This one last job had turned into a month-long recon.
The coined phrase, “I’m too old for this shit,” came to mind and he
snorted under his breath and situated his ass against the hard concrete of the
retaining wall. Thankful for the heavy jeans protecting his ass and the worn
boots and a black hoodie all designed so he fit in.
Fitting in around there wasn’t a problem for him even with his height
and size. In fact, he’d seen several other men with the same bulk. And his
mark also fit into the filth and stench, Hawk should have been able to get
close. Only, he hadn’t been able to, and finding the guy became a game of
cat and mouse in the stench-filled area.
Not that he had a problem with the homeless. Each person had to find
their own way and he of all people knew that sometimes life handed you a
pile of shit and the only way out was starting from the bottom up. Some
people actually preferred to live on the margins of society.
Not him, though, and he thought of the shabby, rundown apartment he
lived in with its bare walls and faded carpet.
One last job and he was out of there with enough money to last a
lifetime living in the sun on a remote beach some-fuckin’-where.
They’d tried to decorate for the season with smatterings of garland and
rummaged decorations that seemed to fit more for Christmas than the
upcoming turkey day. The tattered arrangements looked worse for the wear,
but it did give the area a bit of a cheery glow.
What a fucked up way to
spend any holiday. Oh, not for him, but for the people below. The ones who
wouldn’t sit down at a table filled with food and gaze across at loved ones.
He grimaced and rubbed at the ache in his shoulder. He hadn’t had a
holiday like that since he’d been a boy. With Halloween just last week,
people would be preparing for Thanksgiving, then Christmas, all followed
up with a happy fucking New Year.
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