Besties In Crime – Rob Loveless

“We need to get out of sight!” Jay shouted as they continued their descent. A commotion broke out several stories above them before heavy footfalls clamored after them. Another muffled pop sounded before a bullet rebounded through the fire escape like a deadly game of pinball. Jay wasn’t sure which of the goons was chasing after them, but he heard Goatee shout to his cohort from the hotel room above.

“Are you fucking stupid? You might hit the girl. Go after them!” Still ahead of him, Gia was checking windows at each landing, desperate to seek shelter. After two more flights of stairs, she found one unlocked and threw it open before diving into the room. Jay followed her lead and locked the window shut behind him. The two friends tore through the unoccupied room and burst into the 1920s-inspired hallway, where one of the two elevator cars was miraculously empty and waiting for them.

They sprinted into the glass carriage, and Gia pounded the lobby button as the duo waited impatiently for the doors to close. In the distance, a window shattered, followed by Mustache crashing into the hallway. He darted toward the elevators as Jay jabbed the “close door” button repeatedly at a frantic speed.

A few precious seconds ticked away before the doors at last began to slide shut at an unrushed pace, and Mustache increased his speed. The doors finally sealed shut, just as the grunt approached, and he pounded against them. “Now what?” Gia asked. Jay rubbed the back of his neck and steadied his breathing.

“We just go to the lobby and then make a break for the parking garage.” “You have your keys?” He pulled them out of his pocket and dangled them in front of Gia. “I never go anywhere without them. Not even the beach.” “Okay, good. Let’s hope that we don’t stop on the way down.” No sooner had Gia uttered the words than the elevator slowed its descent before coming to a complete stop with a pleasant chime.

Much to the friends’ dismay, the doors slid open and revealed an elderly couple struggling with their luggage.

© 2026 Rob Loveless Cover Art © 2026 Mandy Porto Published in February 2026 by NineStar Press, New Mexico, USA. This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

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The author reserves all rights to license uses of this work for generative AI training and development of machine learning language models. CONTENT WARNING: This book contains depictions of guns/gun violence, homophobic slurs, kidnapping/abduction, and the death of a secondary character. 1kitap1.com/en Chapter One Chapter Two Chapter Three Chapter Four Chapter Five Chapter Six Chapter Seven Chapter Eight Chapter Nine Chapter Ten Chapter Eleven Chapter Twelve Chapter Thirteen Contents Chapter Fourteen Chapter Fifteen Chapter Sixteen Chapter Seventeen Chapter Eighteen Chapter Nineteen Chapter Twenty Chapter Twenty-one Chapter Twenty-two Chapter Twenty-three Chapter Twenty-four Chapter Twenty-five Chapter Twenty-six Chapter Twenty-seven Chapter Twenty-eight Chapter Twenty-nine Chapter Thirty Chapter Thirty-one Chapter Thirty-two Chapter Thirty-three Chapter Thirty-four Chapter Thirty-five Chapter Thirty-six Chapter Thirty-seven Chapter Thirty-eight Chapter Thirty-nine Chapter Forty Chapter Forty-one Acknowledgements About the author Also by Rob Loveless 1kitap1.com/en For Sara—my first friend, my best friend, my bestie in crime.

1kitap1.com/en A fter their half-assed whirlwind heist, Jay and Gia had finally been caught and detained in a musty abandoned warehouse, with six somber-looking men staring them down. The two friends were trapped, tied up to rickety chairs side by side. Fear and adrenaline surged through their frail, weary bodies as they pleaded for their lives.

“Frank took me off the joint account,” Gia explained. “Which is why we robbed him,” Jay said. “How much did you get?” one of the henchmen asked. “About two thousand dollars,” Gia replied. The boss heaved a sigh and shook his head. “Fucking pennies.” “What are we gonna do, Boss?” the minion wondered. The boss signaled to his other goons, and they huddled together to discuss their predicament.

Gia took advantage of their lapse of attention and leaned toward Jay. “I think I have an idea to get out of here. But you can’t get all panicky on me.” “Gia, are you sure? These guys are armed. And if we make one mistake, just one—” Chapter One “I just told you not to be panicky,” she replied, cutting him off before nodding to the left. “You see that machine over there?” Jay glanced over and eyed a large, rusted lathe several feet away.

“Yeah.”

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