Total pages in book: 86
Estimated words: 97696 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 488(@200wpm)___ 391(@250wpm)___ 326(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 97696 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 488(@200wpm)___ 391(@250wpm)___ 326(@300wpm)
“I doubt it, he might have those connections as well, but that guy is deep under. Whoever he works for has him well insulated. I thought we were ghost, this fucker is a phantom.” The admiration in Logan’s voice was evident, and that was a hard thing to come by.
If this guy is half of what we suspect, then we’d really stepped in it now. We’d made some inquiries on the down low after deciding that it might be best to keep our association with him in the dark for now. The very essence of the way he’d presented himself told us that the man wanted to remain hidden. But we hadn’t come up with shit.
Meanwhile he’d only added salt to an already festering wound with his assumptions, which seemed more like fact coming from him. The discovery that some of our nation’s most trusted denizens were behind this shit didn’t sit well with men who’d put their lives on the line to serve and protect.
It wouldn’t be so damn frustrating if we could get a bead on exactly what it was we were dealing with, but there seemed to be more than one fire burning out of control at once and the shit all seemed to be geared at us.
It was anybody’s guess what else was gonna fall into our laps next. The thought pissed me the fuck off. This wasn’t supposed to happen, we had put it all behind us or so we thought. This was supposed to be our golden escape after putting in the time.
When we first settled here we thought ‘this is it’. Finally a little piece of heaven! A place where we could relax and put all the bullshit behind us. The CO had gone above and beyond in his generosity when he left us everything. Which brings me to another thought, why did he leave us everything if he had the slightest suspicion that Susie and Davey might be his, unless he didn’t know? And how the fuck does that work?
If they were twins that could be doable I guess, but they’re at least three years apart. How could the man I knew and loved be so thick that he didn’t know they were his? There was a story there that we were yet to uncover, but we had to put it on hold for now while we dealt with the more pressing horror of child trafficking and whatever else these fucks had up their sleeves. Not to mention watching our six and keeping our growing family safe.
In the beginning we’d thought we were merely dealing with drugs. That was a danger in itself; right here in our own backyard in the town of about three thousand. But after the shit we’d dealt with drugs were a minor nuisance. Then in the last few weeks with the help of our new friends, we’d uncovered something much worse.
Now it seemed we were all very intimately involved in something we had not been anticipating. I guess it was wishful thinking on our part to believe that we could get away clean.
This shit would’ve been dealt with in a whole different way if not for the fact that we had the women. It didn’t help that so far these fuckers had only gone after them and not us. So far Susie had been spared any direct contact and it better stay that way or all bets are off. The fact that she’s in that book for whatever reason was already a death sentence for who the fuck ever was in charge.
I was keeping my cool as best I could while we waited for all the information we needed before making a move, but in the last few weeks that shit has been getting harder and harder. I didn’t much like feeling like I had a target on my back, or having to stay close to home just to keep things safe.
Our whole lives have been impacted and for the first time since I made it out of the hell I’d escaped as a kid, someone else was pulling the strings. It wasn’t the same as when I was in the service, there you expect to take orders, but I’m fucked if I’m gonna play this game on my own fucking time.
We’d made strides to clean shit up on our return from Law’s place. Stockton’s operation had been dismantled, and his men dispersed. But we knew it didn’t end there because there were some major players involved and it went much deeper than we’d thought. It was because of that that our hands were tied in a sense. We have to tread carefully if we want to destroy the network completely, which is no easy feat. And it would help if we knew what the fuck we were dealing with.
Now this Mancini guy had hinted at something even more disturbing in the works and I was inclined to agree. When it comes to the Fox, I won’t put anything past that fuck. But the fact that he seemed to know so much about our lives here, didn’t sit too well with me. I mean how did he even know that Susie existed when we hadn’t? The commander had never mentioned her or her brother. And the question remained, why her?
I was at the point where I was ready to go on a rampage to get some answers. Seeing her name in that fucking book had killed any give I had in me. Pretty soon the streets are gonna be littered with bodies if something doesn’t give. The strain was getting to me and I can only imagine what it must be doing to her having to curtail her daily life.
I imagine the others were at their breaking point as well, I know I was. Not only because the shit was like the sword of Damocles hanging over our heads, but also because it was keeping me from her.
***
My mind went back to that first meet, the first time I ever laid eyes on her. The day my world changed and some of the grey edges drifted away to let in the light. After years of knowing that my life was destined to be a lonely one, in one moment she’d given me a glimpse into what could be and the beast had popped his leash.