Chapter 14, Part Three

No Honor; Chapter 14 Prt. 3: Obsession

Carter said, "I want the names o' those movin' Morphine for you.... Those men you were droppin' off to tonight. Who are they?"

Jonas said, "Fuck off... I don' have to tell you that, that's none a your business."

"Rex, you kin drag this out all you want, but I'm gettin' my way, I promise you."

"What's the point o' this shit? Really mate, what is it? I told you Roy's a dead man anyway."

"So there's no point in hidin 'im. Exactly..."

"No one's gonna help you shoot a dyin' dog alright? It's pathetic."

"I don't have to shoot anyone. Not if he comes along quiet."

"Then he dies while you drag him around, right... That's better."

"You're all heart doctor."

"I'm no bastard mate... and I'm not a crazy like you are."

"Oh? Is that right? You jump a pair a horses into a wagon... To trample men to death... and you're not crazy...Right? There's nothing wrong with you."

Rex shook his head, and looked away. Then he closed his eyes, sighed and said, "That was a message that had to be made.. alright? You don't get et... I've seen entire cities, fulla living, fucking corpses. All of 'em barely alive, because o' that drug.... Because o' wha et does...

"Do you understand? If I let opium, inta this town, there's no savin' et."

"And no way ta make money off your powder, isn't that right?"

"Yeah... well... That's just a perk", Rex said. "No one else is gonna reward me."

"Let me tell you the deal", Carter said. "Cause it's only fair ta do so... Until I get Roy you're not goin' anywhere.

"Now, you kin tell me who's movin' Morphine for you, or you kin sit there silent, I don't care which. They will run out of it, they will go without it, and they will have to make due, without you... Now, I don't know what the consequence o' that is, but I think it might be better ta just give 'em the opium...

"Either way, you'll be here to find out so it's your choice. Now or later Rex, I got all the time in the world...

"Now or later."

Jonas sighed, and looked up to the ceiling.

Carter said, "Or, you kin say where Larson is, and save us awl tha trouble."

"I couldn't 'say where Larson is', I honestly don't know."

Carter kept quiet, and Jonas sighed again.

Then he said, "Melvin Price, Jacob Waters and David Hem-, um... Henderson."

"Henderson", I said. "My Dave Henderson?"

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