The Man in My Pocket: Falling into the Villain's Fire

Notdyingnow 14 stories

Summary

His voice was cold when he spoke once more. “I’ll let you go, if that’s what you want, as long as you promise to take this with you.” He slid a dark object across the table toward me. When he removed his hand, I immediately recognized what it was: a burner phone. I stared up at him in confusion. I didn’t dare trust his offering. His ice blue eyes turned colder. “Consider me your lucky charm. A winning lottery ticket. Your get-out-of-jail-free card. You may be horrified by me right now, but you never know when you’ll want ‘a man like me’ in your pocket.”