“So,” said Dave, “How do ya know
Tim?”
“We
met,” said Alec. Dave looked at him with a raised brow. After a moment of
silence he looked back at the road, shifting his grip to the left hand and
settling his right on the clutch.
“That’s
a little vague, don’t ya think?”
Alec only
shrugged, still keeping his eyes straight forward.
“Well,
how’d ya meet him?” Dave asked.
“It
was… well… it was on the job.”
“Oh!
Well that’s an interestin’ way to meet someone!” Dave laughed a little, something
that sounded more like a mix between panting and a grunt. “Y’all share a grave
or somethin’?”
Alec
nodded silently, beginning to fiddle with his satchel.
“Get
much?”
“Yes,”
Alec said, turning. His eyes were a soft golden brown, like melted butter. The
eye contact was short, but strong. It was almost startling; the weight that his
gaze held and the intelligence that it carried.
“Oh?”
“Couple
hundred for both of us,” Alec said, turning back towards the passenger seat
window.
“Not
too shabby, kid!”
Another
uninterested shrug.
“So how
many times have ya been out?” Dave asked.
“Not
much.”
“Nervous
any?” Alec stayed quiet, but as Dave glanced over he saw that he’d began
shivering. Dave gave another signature grunt-laugh.
“I’ll
take that as a yes! No worries though, I’ve been going out ever since I was a
teen. Never had trouble, not even a pinch.” He paused, getting no response from
Alec except the same old fidgeting and silence.
“Ya
know a lot of people are really scared about stupid things like zombies or
ghosts, but I’ve never had anythin’ bother me in all my years! Hell, this whole
disappearin’ story doesn’t even bother me. We’re two men, I think if someone
tried messin’ with us, we could handle ourselves, eh?”
“Yes, ya,
I’m sure we could,” Alec said, taking a slow, shaky breath.
“Well,
speak a’the devil,” Dave said, pulling into the dark parking lot. “St. Ricord’s
Cemetery and Crematorium.” Dave parked the old pickup, the engine shuttering
with a sound like mechanical cicadas.
“You
got the map, bud?”
“Huh?”
“The
map, Alec, do ya have it? This ain’t no small grave yard, ya know!”
“Oh!
Uh, one sec.” Alec opened up his bag, shuffling through a clearly unorganized
pile of papers and gadgets. He pulled out a phone, an old leather wallet, a dirty
BIC lighter, and a pack of cigs, muttering things under his breath.
“Well? We
don’t have all night bud, ya got it or no?”
“Here!”
Alec said, flourishing a well folded piece of paper. He quickly unfolded it,
floundering with his shaky hands.
“Where
we headin’?” Dave asked. Alec squinted at the paper, pointing his finger here
and there. A full minute passed before Alec looked back up.
“Oh,”
he said quietly.
“Huh?”
“Uh,
here. You see.” Alec handed over the map to Dave. The thing was big, with scrawling
in blue ink and small font all over. Clearly titled at the top of the sheet, it
said ‘Glade City Cemetery.’
“Ah, I
gotcha. You’re just a dumbass.”
“Pretty
much.”
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