"Do you think theyâll stop here?"
By dangermouse1314.
"What?" he roared. He looked across the room at her.
"Calm down Kyle." She replied indignantly.
"I will not calm down! And whatâs more Susan, I will not be told to calm down in my own house!"
She rocked back in the sofa, his outburst obviously startling her.
He paced the floor in front of the gas fire, his brows deep in a combination of anger and worry. Susan, his sister-in-law, had been living with them for three months, and the first time his wife is out of town, something like this happens. The last thing his wife Corryn had asked him to do, was âkeep an eye on my baby sisterâ.
"You come here at four in the morning and tell me that you got arrested for possession?"
"Well not quite arrested."
He stopped pacing and gave her a stern look. She shared most of her good looks with her sister Corryn, but her long dark hair was wavier, more curly. When they were together, it was obvious they were sisters; show stoppers, both of them.
"Ok then Susan, ânot quite arrestedâ, but you were still taken in for questioning. Whatâs your sister going to say when she gets back?"
"What can she say? Itâs not as though she doesnât smoke a little pot herself, is it?"
He crossed the room to her.
"Corryn has never been in trouble for it though!"
"You mean sheâs just never been caught. Come on Kyle, it was just bad luck!" She folded her arms, across her loose yellow blouse, crushing her pert breasts. Usually he noticed these things, tonight he was too mad to care. "Come on Kyle. We were in the wrong place at the wrong time."
"Which wrong place were you at?"
"The Club." He knew the âClubâ well, even drank there sometimes and the live bands were the best, but it was not the ideal place for a young girl to hang out.
"But thatâs for over twenty-oneâs; youâre just nineteen!"
"Oh yeah, and you never drank underage did you?"
Susanâs high handed manner was beginning to piss him off. It was, after all, four in the fucking morning.
"Who else was there with you?"
"I was drinking with Tony."
"And who or what is Tony?"
"Heâs one of the managers there. What is this? âTwenty Questionsâ? Why do I have to explain myself to you? Youâre only my big sisterâs husband!"
His hand whipped out and his finger shook in front of her nose.
"I also happen to be the person who pays for the roof above your head at the moment!"
Slowly a smile swept across her face. From a sitting position, she twisted her body and slipped down the sofa till she lay flat on it, her head resting on one sofa arm, her feet perched on the other.
She was a teasing minx, Kyle had known that before Corryn had arranged her stay with them. Susan believed that her body was her passport to the stars, and some said that she wasnât afraid to use it either.
Kyle ignored her and began his pacing again.
"So what happened?"
He watched her smile at his apparent disregard for her figure. He had seen it alright. He just had too much on his mind right now.
"At the Club?"
"No! Iâm not interested about the Club; it got raided, you got caught in possession."
He turned to face her again, his hands behind his back, warming at the fire. Although the house was centrally heated, the thermostat was automatically lower at night, it was quite chilly. "Iâm interested in what happened at the police station. How come they let you go?"
"Well," she said, her hands now clasped behind her head. "Itâs a long storyâŚ."
"I donât have fucking time for a long story Susan! Iâm working in the morning!" He looked at his watch. "Four hours from now! Just cut to the chaseâŚ. Just give me the details."
She looked slightly disappointed, but carried on quickly.
"The thing isâŚ."
"Yes?"
"Theyâve dropped the charge for possession, and in return, I phone them every once in a while if anything happens at the Club that looks illegal."
Kyle almost exploded.
"Youâve become a police informer?" Disbelief clouded his face.
"Come on Kyle, what choice did I have? It was either that or go to jail!"
"They canât put you in jail for a little âblowâ. Itâs just your first offence, theyâd let you off with a caution or some suspended sentence."
"No Kyle, you donât understand." For the first time in the evening Susan looked contrite. She bit her lip nervously.
"What donât I understand?"
"In Seattle, I got arrested for supplying marijuana."
"What?"
"Iâm already on a suspended sentence. This time theyâd put me away, I canât take that."
So that was why sheâd suddenly appeared on their doorstep three months ago! Kyle wondered if Corryn knew anything about this earlier offence.
"You canât do it Susan."
"Canât do what?" she asked, a surprised look on her face.
"You canât grass on the Club. Theyâd kill you if they found out."
"Oh come on Kyle, donât go over the top here."
In one fluid movement, he advanced on her, dropping down to sit by her waist. His side squashed her body into the back of the sofa. Her hands had instinctively swung round to shield her face.
"Have you any idea what kind of people own the Club? Have you?"
"Itâs a club Kyle!" she squealed, as he grabbed her wrists, pinning them to the arm of the sofa behind her head.
"Have you any idea?" he repeated, roaring at her, almost point blank. "Do you really have any understanding of who owns the Club?"
Susan was frightened now. She cowered from his tirade, but made no reply.
"Iâll fucking tell you then. Will I?"
He let her wrists go, but still leant over her.