Part-Time Gods

the party was near done. People filtered out and made the

as the hours ticked by but we paid them no mi

ead. And watching Morgan and Kit go at it had been an enjoya

ont of the fireplace in the main sitting ar

tched out on the floor, still exhausted from the activities upstairs. He had the chilled bot

ighten the hold we have when we have no idea where to start?" B

of the three of us cannot be trusted. Is that agreed?" I gl

ap them out of his skull. Morgan nodded from his pe

ally. The guys hadn't been involved with this particular acquis

hed teeth. If Morgan hated anything, i

wind of a shipment of art that was stolen recently. And also a few fake

l us about this?" Morgan sat up from

of decisions on my own. "When should I have told you, Morgan? Is it between the fifty-f*cking-seven joints you smoke a d

teeth. He knew I was right but I didn't b

ow is fence and sell it. Easy peasy." I crossed my

olled his eyes. "Where is the art being stored?" I wa

owntown, the one

arms, yeah? The big ones," Morgan asked as

lled my phone from my pocket and opened the ap

men deliver the paintings right on schedule. "They just arrived,

omach on the floor. "We'll see. With the way things

ounge chair. "Maybe if you would keep your mouth f

d Bradley went rigid. "What the f*ck is

ng at the time. I wouldn't be surprised if the rat wasn't one of the

*t to anyone. You're the one always spilling secrets to anythi

at I could be sure. They were my brothers and I trusted them with my life. "The fact remains that we have a snitch in our midsts. I don't think it's either of yo

n and I couldn't help the bark of laugh

closed his eyes and threw his arm over his face. Bradley grinned at me from the floo

ur cameras. I opened the app and stared for a while, not seeing an

the shadowed figure skulking about outside th

ed open and then closed, the briefest shadow of a figure visible before they

a moment and then grinned. "It's a woman!" he said with no lack of joy. Then he stood and shoved the phone in my face and I

h a bit of glee, cocking his eyeb

e from Bradley's fingers and zoomed in on the woman’s f

ut her was ee