Dead Dreams ((Young Adult Paranormal Romance) ( Dead Dreams Trilogy)) (31 page)

“
Hi there how you doing?
”
She asked in a friendly voice.

“
I’m okay but you look rough.
”
She replied.

Adam could just hear the conversation, a wave of relief coming over him that someone could see them.

“
Yeh we’ve been walking a lot
,
kind of homeless right now, there’s my friend Adam over there.
”
She said pointing in his direction.

“
Cool, I’m
Devon
what’s your name?
”

“
Summer.
”

“
That’s a cute name for a cute girl.
”

Devon was
only a few y
ears old
er,
street wise and savvy
so
they could relate
to each other
but she was
unsure
and
bei
ng overtly suspicious she thought it
best to confront her,

“
I’ve no cas
h if you’re asking for handouts forget it girlfriend!
”

Summer
was
offended but
decided not
to open her mouth and regret
it
afterwards. She was
happy that
she could
even
talk with
Devon
and
did
her best to respond politely,

“
Oh no, nothing like that I was wondering if you knew of anywhere we can stay for the night that’s all.
”

“
Billy’s, you can stay there he’s easy going.
”

“
Is he a f
riend of yours?
”

“
Ex- boyfriend but we still hang
together
from time to time.
”

Devon
asked
Summer to
hang back
,
a man appeared
out of nowhere
for
what was
going to be
a private conversation. S
he complied
doing
whatever it took
for a
place to stay
and
happily went
back
to Adam with the good news. They were staying with someone called Billy.

Devon
brought the man over to them
, his exp
ensive watch and sneakers catching
Adam’s eye.

“
You kids
better be cool
or you’ll stay right where you are
.
W
hatever you see or hear in the house
you keep your m
outh shut like you have amnesia…
okay?
”

He
had
a gold ring on every finger and the bling around his neck
would
buy
them
food
,
clothes and a rental for an entire year or more. Once more
out of his depth
in the company of older more street-wise
characters Adam
remained
silent
,
allowing
Summer
to
talk
for
both of them.

“
Oh yeh that’s no problem for us we’re used to keeping quiet
beside
s
most people can’t see
or hear us so you can relax.
”
Summer replied.

This is all too easy, we’ve been in the park five minutes and already we’ve found somewhere, what’s the frigging catch?

Ignoring
her
comment
the man
beckoned them to follow while
Devon
openly offered pills-
Adam
declined
but Summer didn’t
.

“
Are you nuts!
”
He whispered sharply to her
.

“
No,
what’s your problem now?
”

“
Do you know what you’re taking? It
could be any kind of
bad shit
!
”

“
If I need a daddy I’ll let you know.
”
She replied
caustically
.

Feeling like a left out
sulking
child
Adam walked
behind the
m as they headed out of the park.
Devon
and Summer chat
ted
like old friends while the man talked in hushed tones on his cell phone.
Adam
didn’t like the
situation one bit and tugged
on Summer’s jacket
pulling
her
back,

“
This doesn’t feel good where are they taking us?
”
He was feeling apprehensive and didn’t like the fact that her decision to take something could land them in bigger trouble.

“
Take a chill pill
we’re going to
Billy’s.
”

He
could tell
that whatever she
was on
was starting to have
an affect
. H
er glazed eyes
were
str
uggling to focus on Adam
and her
speech had begun to slur.

“
You’ve go
t
c
otton mouth.
”
He remarked.

“
What’s that mean?
”

“
You sound like you’ve
stuffed
cotton in your mouth.
”

She laughed
it
off as they arrive
d
at a house in
a run-down
neighbourhood
. It looked as if trouble could brew
there anytime of the
day or night,
a ticking time bomb ready to explode.
The
window
shutters
of the house
were down and the front yard was littered with garbage bags and broken bikes.
Someone had attempted to
break
down the door
more than once and
the repeated sounds of dogs barking and emergency sirens in the
vicinity
told Adam all he needed to know.

What have I let myself in for?  She’s taking me into the shit again
I could
kill her for this
!

After a few loud knocks
the door was opened
by a young guy in a vest and shorts,

“
Devon
ho
ney what’s happening?
”
He said.

“
Not
much babe,
meet Adam and Summer.
”

He looked
them over with suspicion
,
obviously on alert for any strangers in
the vicinity, but he greeted Mr. Bling warmly. H
olding Summer’s hand
Devon
took
her inside with Adam subserviently following
. He was
unnerved by the
eight people
crammed
into a small
room
and one
glance at the coffee table told him everything he needed
to know.
Thi
s is a not good, shit I’m in a
G
od damn
drug
house
!

Looking to
Summer for some kind of reassurance
had no affect as she was
too
wrapped up with
Devon
.
On the couch was
a man
whose
body language
said he was the boss
, h
is
huge arm muscles
were
ripped to perfection
and
exposed by a tight white t-shi
rt,
his sneakers
and designer jeans were top of the range.
The dealer
.
Adam decided-
mesmerised by his power.
The man
didn’t
take kindly to being stared at by a scruffy upstart of
a kid
who gave
the impression he was
something
of
nothin
g. A
nnoyed
,
he
stood up
to confront
him.