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- Título
- The Community
- Autor
- Spenst, Jean
- Editorial
- iUniverse
- Año de publicación
- 2011
- Estado
- New
- Encuadernación
- PAP
- Idioma
- inglés
- ISBN 10
- 1462023045
- ISBN 13
- 9781462023042
- Peso del artículo
- 209 gramos
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THE COMMUNITY
By Jean SpenstiUniverse, Inc.
Copyright © 2011 Jean SpenstAll right reserved.
ISBN: 978-1-4620-2304-2
Chapter One
NovemberThe automobile smashed and bounced along the uneven earth. It was a great feeling to watch as the asshole and his car dove fifty feet to the rugged, uneven ground before hitting the bottom of the coulee. No one would miss him immediately. This opportunity couldn't have worked out any better. While the lookout point was a great addition to this community, Drake didn't expect any sightseers would come this way for a while, as the weather was getting colder and the tourist season was far off. He hoped for a huge snowfall to cover the remodeled '69 Mustang that the slimeball had called his pride and joy. If, by chance, the fall hadn't killed him, the weather and wild animals would do the trick. Drake envisioned the coyotes and maggots feeding on the idiot's remains.
The asshole, he thought, was a liar. He told everyone he had no money, but he was richer than anyone in this area. Another problem resolved and 'nough of the drama for now. Drake craved some weed and a good swig of Crown Royal on the rocks to calm his nerves.
Drake breathed in and slowly exhaled as he tried to relieve the pent-up tension in his body. After one last look in the direction of the coulee that now contained a not-so-permanent fixture lying fifty feet below, he turned away from the embankment and walked to his Harley that was parked a few paces away. He lifted a long, lanky leg over the seat and started up the beast, revving the engine to hear the roar of life and feel the vibration of the machine. He was ready to return to Drumheller and relax.
He decided to cool it, as a nosy neighbor lived not too far away. Then he remembered she was in town for the day helping out at the old folks' home. She had a nice ass and a set of tits, but it was too bad the rest of her was a mess; otherwise, he wouldn't mind having a piece of it. Knowing she wouldn't appreciate such a fine stud in her presence, he shook those thoughts out of his head and convinced himself that she wouldn't be able to handle him, yeah.
Now that the asshole was out of the way, he would get paid for a job well done. It was time to get his reward. In a few days, he would head back to Calgary.
Chapter Two
As Drake revved the Harley's engine once again, a shiver trailed down his spine. He sensed someone behind him. Slowly he turned his head, fully expecting to see someone, but no one was behind him. He shook his head and laughed nervously. Man, this is nuts. That was a long way down from the lookout point, and there was no way anyone could have survived such an accident.He reached for his sunglasses to protect his eyes from the wind that would attack him on the ride to where he was staying. He put on the glasses, lifted his legs off the ground, and let the bike soar to life.
He approached the main graveled road from the exit of the lookout point and checked for traffic both ways. He turned left and headed to his friend's house where he was going to party that night. In twenty minutes, he would be there.
Man, it feels great being on this bike, he thought as he enjoyed the freedom of the beast. He was fortunate to have a friend who knew how to get great deals on this mode of transportation. Winters sucked, but the summer was just fine with the freedom to ride his bike through towns and villages.
Drake eased down the hill to head toward his destination. He wouldn't be alone much longer, as the big guy would come in from the north. Well, at least he would get paid, although he preferred being by himself without the boss hanging around. Drake didn't like that man, but the money was just fine. He hoped the boss wouldn't be staying long.
Drake drove into the farmyard and up the short, graveled, and bumpy driveway. He pulled up in front of the garage, got off the bike, and turned off the engine. He pushed down the kickstand, lifted his leg over the seat, and walked toward the front door of the house. No need to lock the doors in this neighborhood, which never had any crime—until today. Not really a crime, it was more like getting rid of the garbage. Oops, it was disposed of in the wrong place. Time would take care of the remains.
The house had three big bedrooms, a bathroom, an oversized combination kitchen-dining room, and a large, square living room. The kitchen cabinets were almond-stained oak. The flooring was dark brown linoleum that extended from the kitchen to all of the rooms in the house.
The closest neighbors were approximately two miles away on either side of the house. Drake loved the quiet. Everyone in this neighborhood was friendly, but most kept to themselves just the way he liked it—except for the nosy woman who lived about five miles away. He just ignored her.
Opening the front door, he took the steps two at a time and entered the kitchen. Drake shed his leather jacket and removed his sunglasses. He draped his jacket over the kitchen chair so he could easily grab it on the way out. He sat on that chair and admired his Harley Davidson boots that had been acquired not so long ago. He had friends in low places.
Man, after a job well done, I need to celebrate. Instead of the whiskey, a cold one sounded about right. Getting out of the chair, he made his way to the fridge and reached for his prize of leftover pizza and a cold one. He grabbed a paper towel on the way to the living room so he could watch TV while he relaxed. Without the satellite, he would have had a choice of only three channels that were fuzzy most of the time—man, that would be a drag.
He set his paper towel, the pizza, and his beer on the end table next to the recliner. Grabbing the remote, he turned on the TV and channel surfed until he came to the directory to select a sports channel to watch while he ate.
Yawning after wolfing down his snack and drink, he placed the bottle on the coffee table and stretched out in the recliner. The game was boring, but he wasn't interested in watching anything else. As his eyes began to close, he thought, This is the life, no one to hassle me and I can enjoy my free time. Man, I've had a hard day.
Chapter Three
Drake fell asleep as he watched the baseball game. In his dream he rode the beast on the straight and narrow dirt road. The clouds were dark with the hint of rain yet to come. The lightning made quite a show as it advanced toward him. On his Harley the road felt like it pulled him along on his ride. He didn't know where he was.Another strike of aqua lightning steadily advanced. As he continued to ride into the oncoming storm, the clouds sank into the horizon. He heard a roar of thunder as if it warned of the danger that surrounded him. A couple of seconds elapsed, and more lightning appeared—only this time it was electric blue. The lightning shifted and changed colors with every bolt that occurred. He moved forward as the next strike flashed neon green, and the clouds continually disappeared into the earth. The sky was becoming increasingly darker. He drove toward the light show and saw a yellow flash as the clouds sank further. The thunder roared to life above his head like the sound of the king of the jungle announcing his mating call. A flash of vivid orange struck just twenty feet away from him as the clouds continued to drop. He tried to stop the brute from its journey, but the power of the road pulled him along. Five feet closer to the spot where the last strike hit, he saw the sky open up and the lightning came at him. This time, it burned bright red—the color of blood that dripped from a deep cut.
"Hey, sleeping beauty, wake up."
Drake suddenly jerked awake just before the lightning strike hit him. He looked around; his eyes were blurry from his deep sleep. The boss stared at him and hit Drake's foot to wake him from his snooze in the recliner.
Just over six feet tall, the boss stood before Drake with a smirk on his face and peered at him with his piercing blue eyes; his blond, almost white, hair was spiked. His usually pale features indicated he had spent some time in the sun recently. He still had that innocent boy-next-door look, but he was anything but innocent.
"What? I thought you weren't going to be here until later tonight."
"What time do you think it is? By the way, the sleep didn't improve your looks any. You are still as ugly as the last time I saw you."
"Thanks." Sitting up in the recliner, Drake rubbed the sleep out of his eyes to further wake from the nap. The boss stood in the living room shaking his head. Drake looked at his watch and realized it was 6:00 p.m. "You're still early."
"I wanted to find out if you finished the job I gave you and if there were any problems. What about the other job we talked about?"
"Yeah, I finished the job without any problems. I got rid of the garbage like you asked. That's why they call me Mr. Reliable. I'm waiting to hear about something that I had arranged. Now where's my cash?"
"You are in such a rush to get paid. I don't have the cash on me tonight. I will get it for you tomorrow. Anyway, I thought we could celebrate tonight. I brought some Crown Royal, dinner, and something special if you're interested."
"How come you're in such a good mood?"
"Not in a good mood, just wanted to say thanks for all your hard work. We need to talk about some other things. And before you ask, I will pay you half up front and the other half when you are done, I know the drill."
"Before we get started, I need to clear my head." Drake stood up and stretched and yawned, still groggy from the nap. Man, I really zonked out, he thought. As he wondered what the dream meant, it faded as dreams tend to do. The aroma of Chinese food made him realize he was hungry.
He walked into the kitchen, grabbed some plates and glasses from the cupboard, and set them on the table. After grabbing two sets of knives, forks, and extra spoons, he reached for the bag of ice from the freezer. With one hand, he dropped a couple of ice cubes in two glasses and grabbed the fresh bottle of Crown Royal in the other hand and poured the liquor into the glasses. He took a swig. It burned all the way down but felt good. He picked up the other drink and started to make his way into the living room. The boss stood in the doorway that led from the kitchen to the living room, staring off into space.
"Here you go," Drake said as he handed the drink to the boss and added, "Thanks for the food and the drinks. I'm hungry, let's dig in." Sitting opposite one another, Drake removed the cartons from the generic brown bag and placed the food between them. They helped themselves and ate in silence.
Once they had finished eating, the boss asked, "So how have things been?"
"Things are fine; I missed your pleasant arrogance."
"Now look who's being sarcastic. So do you want to hear about my trip?"
"You won't be boring me with all the gory details, will you?" The boss man frowned at Drake, who quickly added, "All right, go ahead."
"The trip was productive. I met some new contacts. They might head out this way for a visit to see what the customers are like."
"Do you think that's a good idea?"
"Why not?"
"People in the community might get suspicious when they see new faces," Drake replied knowingly. "People like to gossip and are curious to know what's going on and who the people are, especially that bitch who doesn't live too far away."
"We won't meet them here but maybe in Edmonton or Calgary. I don't want to let anyone know where we're staying. By the way, I'm not sure if you'll be involved in this meeting."
"What's up with that?" Drake asked. "You're the one who reminds me of appearances and you always want me to tag along. You don't trust me?"
"This has nothing to do with trust. I have something else for you to do."
Chapter Four
Drake stood up from the table and asked, "Hey, boss, you want another?""Sure."
Drake turned from the table and walked to the counter for more whiskey. "Thanks again for the dinner, it was rather tasty since I didn't have to pay."
"No problem. Has anything new happened since I've been gone?"
"No. Why do you ask?"
"Just curious, I wanted to find out about the neighbors, especially the nosy one."
"No issues with anyone, and I haven't seen her for a couple of days. Why are you so interested in that neighbor, does she get you hot and bothered?" Drake asked.
The man didn't answer the question, but asked, "Don't you like the way she looks?"
"I wasn't the one asking about her."
"She's good to look at and has a decent body. I wonder what she would be like in the sack."
Drake finished pouring the drink, turned, and handed the glass back to the boss. "Down the hatch," he said and gulped his drink in two long swallows. He looked at the man. "Why don't you go find out?"
The boss looked at Drake with a grin on his face. As Drake turned back to the counter and poured himself another drink, the boss replied with a laugh, "You just never know. I might do that."
Drake shook his head. The man must have read my mind. Earlier in the day, I thought the same thing but wouldn't admit it. He downed the drink in his hand. This time, the burning sensation was a little less painful. "You really want to get laid that badly?"
"Not really. I wanted to see your reaction. I didn't know you cared who I slept with."
"I don't. I wouldn't want to mess with that woman. You know she's the type of person that will cause trouble for us."
"I know. I'm just pulling your leg, not to worry. Do you think I would waste my time and effort on her? There are other women more appealing to me. Do you remember the redhead that used to live not too far from here? She lived with her aunt and uncle and a twin sister. The twin was quiet and a little on the chunky side, her name was Mary. Krisi, yeah, that was the other twin's name. Man, she was hot. The sisters moved to Calgary for awhile until Krisi moved to the United States with a hoodlum, who just happened to be an enemy of mine. I had first dibs, though. She returned to Calgary and stayed with Mary for awhile."
Drake poured himself another drink. Each drink seemed a lot smoother to swallow. Can't let this booze go to waste. "I remember, what happened to her?"
"Last I heard she was a cold case. No body was found."
"Why have you brought this up now?"
"Well, this is part of what I need you to do for me," Drake's boss replied. "Frighten Mary so she will move back to this neck of the woods. I need something from her."
"We talked about this plan previously and it is in motion ahead of schedule," Drake responded.
"I like having you around. You know what to do before I ask."
"That's what they call me Mr. Reliable." Drake raised his glass, nodded, and said, "Cheers." He finished his drink while the boss sipped his. "Damn, this is good. Do you want another?"
"I'm good, but you go ahead."
"Don't mind if I do."
Chapter Five
June, the following yearMary had quite a day. Some people can be so stupid. Why do people have to drive like maniacs or not pay attention? She should have known better than to travel Deerfoot Trail, which was also known as lead-foot lane. The city was doing road construction, which slowed the traffic to a crawl.
A driver talking on his cell phone didn't watch where he was going. The moron almost ran into her. Another driver, a woman this time, pulled over on the side of the road and suddenly decided to pull out without paying attention to what was beside her. The bimbo almost caused an accident, she thought. It was a good thing no one was in the other lane, which allowed Mary to change lanes quickly to avoid getting hit.
Mary parked her Hyundai Tucson in the stall and turned off the ignition. She lowered her head to the steering wheel and took a deep breath and slowly released the air. She did this a second time—glad she had made it back safely and could forget about the loser drivers for now. She was glad her son, Jordie, hadn't been in the SUV with her. After she calmed down, she lifted her head and grabbed her keys, purse, and the bags that had accumulated from her shopping trip.
After she got out of the SUV and locked the doors with the fob that controlled the automatic door locks, she headed to the front door where the mailbox hung on the left. She lifted the mailbox lid and checked inside. She quickly went through the envelopes to see what treasures awaited her—lovely bills, a discount card for glasses from Shopper's Optical, and a letter from a lawyer's office in Three Hills. She placed this envelope on top and would take a closer look at it when she got in the house. She reached for the doorknob but noticed the door was ajar. Before she left to do her errands, she had closed and locked the door. She nudged the door open with her right foot. "What the ...."
(Continues...)
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vital interests of the data subject; and/or
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We may also use your personal data in the following situations, which are likely to be far less common:
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where it is needed in the public interest or for official purposes.
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We may share personal data with third parties as is necessary in the sale of books and other items, including to third party providers who deliver services to support the operation of our company.
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We may collect and use special categories of personal data as required in the carrying out of obligations and exercising specific rights of us or the data subject in the field of employment. This may include information relating to matters such as health, racial origin, religious belief and offences or alleged offences.
Personal data may be collected from you during the selection process (for example via your application form and CV) and during your employment (including holiday forms, expense claims, performance reviews, any disciplinary or grievance processes), or from third parties, including referees, health service providers, background check providers.
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Personal data of our people will be used for HR administration and management, both in respect of the selection of people to work for us (including suitability, eligibility and/or fitness to work), and those who do work for us, to include learning and development, disciplinary and security (of people, offices and data) requirements, providing and liaising with benefits providers, business management and planning (including accounting and auditing), paying you and dealing with tax and NI deductions, assessing and deciding on salary reviews and compensation, conducting performance reviews and managing performance, dealing with legal disputes involving you or others, preventing fraud, monitoring your use of our information and communications systems, ensuring compliance with our policies, and equal opportunities monitoring.
We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal data in the following circumstances:
In performance of a contract with you; and/or
compliance with a legal obligation; and/or
vital interests of the data subject; and/or
where it is necessary for our legitimate interests (or those of a third party) and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests.
We may also use your personal data in the following situations, which are likely to be less common:
where we need to protect your interests (or someone else’s interests);
where it is needed in the public interest or for official purposes.
In respect of all disclosures of personal data, we will only share the personal information which is necessary for the particular purpose for which it is provided, or where we have another legitimate interest in doing so, and we will ensure that the personal data is appropriately protected.
In respect of special categories of personal data, we may process this in the following circumstances:
in limited circumstances with your explicit written consent; and/or
where we need to carry out our legal obligations and in line with our policies; and/or
where it is needed in the public interest (such as for equal opportunities monitoring or in relation to our occupational pension scheme), and in line with our policies; and/or
where it is needed to assess your working capacity on health grounds, subject to appropriate confidentiality safeguards.
Less commonly, we may process this type of information where it is needed in relation to legal claims or where it is needed to protect your (or someone else’s) interests and you are not capable of giving your consent, or where you have already made the information public. We may also process such information about our people (or former people) in the course of our legitimate business activities with the appropriate safeguards.
The special categories of personal data may be used in the following ways:
in relation to leaves of absence, to comply with employment and other laws;
in relation to your physical or mental health, or disability status, to ensure your health and safety in the workplace and to assess your fitness to work, to monitor, manage and administer benefits and absences;
in relation to your race, national or ethnic origin, religious, philosophical or moral beliefs, or your sexual life or sexual orientation, to ensure meaningful equal opportunity monitoring and reporting.
DISCLOSURE:
Personal data may be transferred to service providers who support the operation of our business (such as payroll service providers), to other third parties reasonably necessary in the conduct of our business (including insurers, professional advisors, regulators). These third parties may be acting as processor, or controller of personal data in their own right.
In respect of all disclosures of personal data, we will only share the personal information which is necessary for the particular purpose for which it is provided, or where we have another legitimate interest in doing so, and we will ensure that the personal data is appropriately protected.
RETENTION PERIOD:
We will keep personal data only for as long as is necessary to fulfil the purposes for which we collected it, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting or reporting requirements. We will normally keep personal data of applicants who we do not employ for six months after we receive it.
We will keep personal data of employees throughout your employment and normally for a minimum of six years after your employment ends.
Changes to your personal data
It is very important that the personal information that we hold about you is accurate and current. Please tell us if your personal information changes during your relationship with us.
Data Security
We have put in place measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorised way, altered or disclosed. In addition, we limit access to your personal data to those of our people and other third parties who have a business need to know. They will only process your personal data on our instructions and where they have agreed to treat the information confidentially and to keep it secure. We have put in place procedures to deal with any suspected data security breach and will notify you and the ICO of a suspected breach where we are legally required to do so.
Where we store your personal data
We principally store data, both electronically and on file, at our office.
Personal data may be transferred outside of the EEA by processors acting on our behalf. For transfers to countries not considered adequate by the EC, we will ensure that personal data is adequately protected, as required by the GDPR. This would include by use of the Standard Contractual Clauses adopted by the EC to protect personal data.
Your rights
Under certain circumstances, you have the right by law to request:
access to your personal data. This enables you to ask to receive a copy of the personal data that we hold about you and to check that we are lawfully processing it.
correction of the personal data that we hold about you.
erasure of your personal data.
object to processing of your personal data where we are relying on our legitimate interest and there is something about your particular situation which makes you want to object to processing on this ground. You also have the right to object where we are processing your personal information for direct marketing purposes.
restriction of processing of your personal data.
transfer of your personal data to another party.
Links from our website
Our website may, from time to time, contain links to and from the websites of third parties that we permit to make such links. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. We recommend that you check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.
CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
Any changes we may make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on our website, so please ensure that you are viewing the correct version.
Please contact us if you have any questions, comments or requests regarding this Privacy Policy.
Last amended May 2021.