CHAPTER
20
“Well, well, well,” he announced in a distinctively mocking tone, as I walked up, uncertain and wary. “Whoever you are, I’m guessing you can’t read.”
I glared at him, feeling a hot flash of annoyance. Who did this snarky dude think he was he fooling? I suspected he knew exactly who I was. Stay calm. Stay alert. Be smart. “You would be wrong about that.”
His eyes narrowing with displeasure, he slid off the hood, stepped towards me and poked the rifle muzzle into my rib cage. “Oh yeah? Well, how about this? You are trespassing on my private property. So, I got a right to shoot your ass.” His lips twisted in a snide grin. “Got any last words?”
I had no way of knowing whether he was bluffing or dead serious, but I felt a palpable sense of danger, far more than I had
