All the Colors of Love by Jessica Freely

Author:Jessica Freely [Freely, Jessica]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9781627981538
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

The Plan

“BUT will killing him be enough?” said Rose. She turned to Harry. “What happens if your father dies? Is he part of an organization, or does he act alone? Will his people continue his vendetta?”

They were sitting around the picnic table eating dinner. Everyone but Tumcari, who leaned on the bank of the pond and kept them company while they ate. Sitting between Antonin and Magnolia, Harry was just about paralyzed with happiness. They were going to kill the Old Man! He reminded himself to chew on his mouthful of salmon patty. He tried to think about Rose’s questions. It was hard to concentrate. He was still blown away that they hadn’t called him a liar and kicked him out.

He swallowed and said, “He has a lot of people who work for him, but I don’t think anybody knows all of his plans.” He stared at the Wally and Polly salt and pepper shakers as he spoke, because if he tried to look at anyone else he might, depending on who it was, freeze, shout, or cry. “And nobody really—they’re loyal to him because he pays well and they’re afraid of him. But he acts alone. If he died, I think they’d all just start looking for other jobs. Except for Heiki. Heiki’s been with my dad since day one. He’s the only person who seems to… you know… care about him. But I don’t think he’d go on a vendetta either. He’d be sad, maybe, but I also think he might be relieved.”

“Can you fill us in on the security systems, the muscle, and what kind of heat they carry?” Magnolia asked.

“And the location of the island,” Tumcari said.

“You should draw us a map of the complex,” Rose said.

“Okay.” Harry had never had this many adults pay attention to him all at once. And they expected him to do what they asked. Because they believed him. What if he screwed something up? He picked up a freeze-dried asparagus, hoping to get it into his mouth before the next question.

Magnolia said, “Is it even possible to get in there and just kill him?”

Possible? It had to be possible. Harry set the asparagus back down. “He has a staff of eight bodyguards. And there’s all kinds of security systems all over the complex. But I know how the security systems work. And I know the bodyguards too. How they like to fight, their favorite moves.” For some reason, Antonin squeezed his shoulder when he said that. “It’d be hard, but….”

“It’s not enough to figure out how to sneak in there and kill him. We also have to figure out how not to get caught,” Magnolia said. “If this guy is such a big deal, there’ll be an investigation.”

Around a mouthful of brown rice, Antonin said, “I have an idea. In order for him to reincarnate, Harry’s dad has to die. What if we give him a fake of the virus, and he just kills himself?” He gave Harry a big grin.

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