“Why not get up on a roof and shoot him from there when he leaves the building,” Rick asked, half an hour later.
“I’d need a sniper rifle, which I don’t have,” Beau replied.
“You don’t? But you were an enforcer.”
Beau nodded. “An enforcer, not an assassin. I have guns, but they’re all for close-up work. Even then, they’re generally to show the person I’m dealing with I’m serious. Flashing a gun can be almost as effective as using it.”
“And beating the s**t out of them would be even better,” Rick said, looking at him. “Delivers the message, and they’re still alive afterward.”
“Exactly.”
“I can’t believe I said that, and it didn’t bother me as much as it should have.”
“Part of that’s because of how you’ve lived for the past year. You know there are times when it’s needed. That’s why y
