[Garrett Storm 01.0] Choice of Weapon by C Marten-Zerf

Author:C Marten-Zerf [Marten-Zerf, C]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Thriller
ISBN: 9781490507651
Google: BvfrnQEACAAJ
Amazon: 1490507655
Barnesnoble: 1490507655
Goodreads: 20671096
Publisher: CreateSpace Publishing
Published: 2013-06-26T06:00:00+00:00

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No one talked on the trip back to the Childrens’ home where Garrett had left his Jeep. Both Garrett and Petrus were feeling the after effects of combat. Slight nausea, dizziness. Discombobulation. Brian seemed deep in thought. Driving the well-known route on autopilot. His expression distant.

He pulled up outside the orphanage, left the engine running.

‘Look, guys. I’m going back to Hillbrow. Sort the whole thing out. You gonna be alright?’

Garrett nodded. He and Petrus climbed out of the car. Waved goodbye.

Manon met them in the lobby.

‘What happened? Your face, you’re bleeding.’

Garrett shook his head. ‘Not my blood.’

‘He’s been shot’, said Petrus with a grin. ‘But he’s too tough to admit it.’

‘Shot? Where?’

Garrett lifted up his shirt.

‘Right,’ said the sister.’ Upstairs. My room. Wait there.’

The two men trudged upstairs. Manon arrived shortly after them. A bowl of steaming water and some bandages. Tape. Scissors and cloths. She didn’t question what had happened, simply tended the wound. Cleaned it efficiently and taped a padded bandage over it. Then she used the water and clothes to clean the blood off Garrett’s face. The smell of blood in his nostrils masked Manon’s fragrance. The pain in his side offset her touch.

Garrett leant backwards so he could pull his cigarettes from his trouser pocket. He straightened the pack and offered. Petrus accepted. Manon not. The Zippo flared. Smoke drawn deeply. Releasing chemicals. Soothing the limbic system.

Abruptly, Petrus stood upright out of the chair. ‘I remember.’

‘What?’

‘That man. The one with no face, I remember where I seen him. He was dressed differently. In uniform. Black overalls and full assault kit.’

‘Where?’ Urged Garrett.

‘In the passenger seat of Brian’s car. He works…worked for Brian. He was one of his soldiers.’

And suddenly, a lot of things made sense to Garrett.

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