At Hal's Hella Good Bar and Casino, a stranger with green hair strange eyes and a lanky complexion sits drinking a glass of whiskey by himself. In the booth next to him two lovers are making loud noises and it was starting to irritate him. "Will you two shut up before I go over there and make you?" He says roughly and the sounds stops. "Thank You." The stranger takes a sip of his beer as two other men walk in and look around. They see him and start over to his booth. "Glad you could make it... Your only an hour late Hal." The newcomer sits down with a thump in the booth. He looks at his bodyguard who quietly walks away. " CardStock...Did you take care of that filthy cheating son of a gun for me?" He asks his fat rolls on his chin jiggling in his fury. CardStock smiles. "Yes I did your fatness." his grin widens. "He's sitting in an old shed somewhere in the woods rotting." The Fat gentleman chuckles sweat stains appearing visible under his arm pits as he raises his hand in the air and laughs the deep fat trembling laugh of one who is over sized due to too much fast food and not enough exercise. "That brings relief to me...Great joy and happiness." He stops laughing suddenly. "Now boy... Listen closely...I have one other man who I want dead. Or at least more dead than he already is..." CardStock interrupts. "You know the deal.... Payment first other jobs later Hal." Cardstock takes another swig of whiskey draining the bottle he smashes it on the table and holding the broken end in his hand shows off the sharp edges. Hal gulps causing a mini earthquake to happen in his chin fat. " Yes yes yes.... I haven't forgotten..." He pulls out a billfold. "Here 200,000 just like you said." Hal hands over the money. CardStock takes it and tuck's it into his pocket. "Good...Now about this other job you mentioned?" Hal looks relieved. He motions to the bartender who starts to tell everyone to leave. After all the other drunks have left Hal looks urgently at CardStock. "Good... So this other guy, or really he is a skeleton... But anyways he's been snooping around here lately and I can't have that... I've asked around and people he's well known for almost always coming out on top but I figured if anyone can kill him it would be you. " CardStock fiddles with broken bottle spinning it's sharp edges around the table. "I've heard of him.... He'll cost you extra." CardStock replies "An extra 200,000 to be exact... This guy you want he's definitely someone you don't want hunting you down.. It's also more than likely he'll know I am coming for him when I get around to actually killing him...He's also got strong people on his side. Killing him might not be the best idea." CardStock says. Hal shakes his head at a loss. "There isn't really much else I can do...So you have to at least try... I'll even give you half the money now and the other half later if your not dead." He adds in earnest. CardStock thinks for a moment then shrugs. "Alright. I'll do it. Give me my money now and I'll see what other information I can gather." Hal fervently forks over the cash and watches as CardStock walks out the door. "What a creep." Hal mutters under his breath and looks at the bottle left on the table.
Here's Chapter two of Oakwood City Mysteries... I hope you enjoy.
