Today’s excerpt is from Toboggan,
Book #4 of the nine-book Janitors Series.
The two New York hoods are fighting the snow and each other as they get
ready to up the hill in the snowstorm…while the good guys are coming downhill. Enjoy and have a wonderful day.
m.j.
Tony
and Frank woke up, and both were in a foul mood. Frank said, “Tony, I gotta eat.”
“Dammit,
Frank. Why don’t you just kill me and
eat my ass.”
“Dat
not a bad idea. Ya ready to go to da
lodge?”
“Oh,
hell, Frank, let’s go.”
“We
not quit taday.”
“No,
Frank. We have to make it today. I don’t think either of us can go much longer
without food. We either make it today or
die trying.”
Without
further comment, Frank led the way. In
spite of all the new snow, they could still see the indentations where they had
been the day before and Frank plowed ahead, with Tony following. They were so weakened from a lack of food
that it was all they could do to put one foot in front of the other one. Tony, who was carrying the shotgun, thought
on more than one occasion to just toss it.
Some inner dread of being unarmed forced him to clutch it with the
remaining strength he had.
Frank
was like a man possessed and he forced himself to ignore his hunger, weakness
from lack of food, and the struggle to forge through the snow. Tony, on the other hand, was having a very
difficult time keeping up. Several
times, he called a halt. Each time he did,
Frank’s ire increased, but even Frank had to admit that the rest felt good.
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