Into This River I Drown - Page 120

“I wasn’t talking to you, old-timer,” Griggs says coldly. “You’ll know if I am.

You can trust me on that.”

I am angry. “You got a problem, Sheriff? Ever since Cal came to town, you’ve

had a bug up your ass about him. What the fuck do you want?”

“Benji!” my mother snaps.

Griggs smiles but it never reaches his eyes. “What do I want?” he asks. “What I

want is to know why your little boyfriend here is lying about who he is. I want to

know how he came to be in Roseland out of the blue. My problem, Benji, is I want to

know who the fuck he is.”

“I don’t see how that concerns you,” Michael says, cocking his head. He seems

curious about the sheriff.

“That’s because it doesn’t,” I say, unsure if I should be agreeing with him. “Cal

hasn’t done a damn thing wrong. As a matter of fact, he’s probably done more right

for this town than you ever have.”

“Might be a good idea for you to shut your mouth, kid,” the sheriff growls. I take a step toward him. “And why is that, Griggs?” I say, keeping my voice

hushed so the others on the porch can’t hear me. “Am I going to have an accident?

End up in the river? Get a bullet in the back of my head?” He’s good. He doesn’t

even flinch. “I know what you’ve done. And one way or another, I swear on all that I

have that I will make you suffer.”

His eyes glitter as he twitches his lips. “Boy, you have no idea the unholy mess

you are walking into.”

“I think I know plenty,” I tell him. “You will pay and everyone will know what

you’ve done.”

He laughs loudly, raising his voice. “Threatening an officer of the law? Benji, I

expected you to be smarter than that. But then, the apple never did fall far from the

tree, now did it?” Cal grabs my arm before I can launch myself at the bastard who

dared to insult my father. I want to tear him to pieces and split his bones while he

screams for me to stop.

“That’s… enough,” my mother says, her voice quaking. She comes down the

steps, surprising us all with the ferocity in her voice. She pushes past me, almost

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