Avery spoke right up. “Of course we will, sir.”
Jimmy looked over at him and thought: How lame.
Dwight nodded. “Right. You’ll just stay right here and wait patiently for me to come back here, won’t you?”
Avery said, “Yes, sir. We won’t go anywhere.”
Jimmy couldn’t stand it. “Cut it out, dickhead. Can’t you see he’s not serious?” He wished Morris would just fire the gun into his damn head and have it over with.
What was wrong with Avery? He should have been smart enough not to play Dwight’s stupid little game anymore.
Dwight walked to the other side of the garage and pulled down a big length of clothesline, looped onto a nail sticking out of the wall. “I know you boys would be well behaved if I left you here to your own devices.” Dwight began pulling out lengths of rope and cutting th
