Fred was having a hard time getting his intoxicated brain to process everything the man was saying and he could see the man was fast losing his patience.
As though to confirm his thoughts, the man switched the gun to his left hand and raised his now free right hand and slapped him hard across the face.
“Are you awake now?” Lorenzo asked in anger.
Fred’s ear was ringing but the slap seemed to have knocked some cells back into place. He nodded.
“Good. Now you will tell me about Abigail Summers.”
He was beginning to wish he had never met the girl. Tentatively he asked, “What do you want to know?”
“I know she was your girlfriend for some time.” Lorenzo waited for the young man to nod before he continued. “You got her pregnant?”
It was on the tip of Fred’s tongue to deny it but th
