48 Arianna Was The Scapegoat

"What did you just say?" Big Joe asked in a low tone that did not hide the ferocity in his eyes.

Kenith had his eyes down and head lowered after relaying the news of Arianna's disappearance to the short man before him.

"I'm afraid she's gone," Kenith said once more, knowing keeping silent to his question would only aggravate the whole situation. 

"She's gone?" Big Joe repeated after him and then began to laugh hysterically as if he had laughed his mind.

"She's gone! What kind of fucking bullshit is that!" Big Joe suddenly yelled, his features distorting immediately and without warning, kicked Kenith hard in the leg since he wasn't tall enough to launch a slap on his face.

Perhaps, the inability to strike Kenith on the face added to his frustration because Big Joe kept kicking Kenith on his leg till he almost tripped.