2024 by H. Berkeley Rourke

Author:H. Berkeley Rourke [Rourke, H. Berkeley]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9789527114735
Publisher: Creativia
Published: 2015-01-03T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7

Jim Martinez and Friends

“The two guys from the State Police said to say hello to you guys and tell you thanks again for getting them out of the jail. The militia had told the two of them they were going to be executed the next day. They are very grateful to you two. Believe me when I tell you that.”

“It's nice to know we did some good for someone,” Dad said. “Unfortunately, it didn't work out for Eileen Powers. She was the woman we left in town tonight. We were trying to get her to Missoula. We were going to send her back with the guys that brought you in.”

“Jesus, Powers you said? She was one of the ringleaders of the whole deal Mr. de Young. Her son was like the third in command in the militia outfit and she was calling the shots right down the line. According to what the State Police guys told me she got the boys to go to the armory and get all the weapons they have, I guess I should say had, looking at this place. She was the one who started the killing off the passers through so the militia could gather as much money as it could get. They robbed a couple of banks as well. They got all the cash out of the local banks right away, hit the banks in Arlee and Alberton within the first week. Jesus guys, you were damned lucky she didn't lead them right to you.”

Mom sat there looking at Jim for a minute and said, “Are you sure about all of this Mr. Martinez? The State Police guys told you this? And they heard all this stuff going on while they were in jail?”

“Yes ma'am. There is no doubt. She was the brains behind the whole operation.”

“God, dad, we bought her line in every respect. Do you think she had some kind of implanted tracking device on her?”

“I doubt it son. She is dead now anyway. And her own people killed her. What an incredibly ironic turn of events! And to think we gave her $50,000.00 from the money we have confiscated from those assholes.”

“It's all right, dad.” I took the packet of money we had given her out of my pack and threw it on the table. “I cannot tell you why but I always had the oddest feeling about that woman, like she was playing all of us. That is why I wanted to take the rear tonight, dad. I wanted the control that goes with hanging back a little, getting the chance to see what is developing and then react to it. You taught me well in that regard Major!”

“You two are both Recon, aren't you?” asked Jim.

“Yes, we both were in that part of the Marine Corps at one time or another in our brief or long careers,” my father responded. “I always thought I learned more about life and about how to live in extreme circumstances in that training than I learned in any other setting in my lifetime.

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