American Survival (DeLeo's Action Thriller Singles Book 5) by Bernard Lee DeLeo

Author:Bernard Lee DeLeo [DeLeo, Bernard Lee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Military Thriller, alternate reality, WW3
Publisher: RJ Parker Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2014-07-05T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

The Family and The Date

“You rang Master,” Mitch said. He hunched over with his hand up like a claw, and his face twisted into his Egor imitation. After the laughter subsided, they all got something to drink, and sat down.

“You and the Doc are getting pretty tight there Jack,” Paul noted.

“Yeah, Dad! Does this mean Jake and I should start calling Dr. Morrison Mommy,” Sarah asked.

Jack choked on his coffee, and felt the hot fluid go into his nose, as he gagged. “Why you little disrespectful… no good rotten…” Jack spluttered as he tried to clean up. No one could hear him anyway, because they were convulsed in laughter. Many minutes later as Jack smilingly endured the ridiculed, he wondered about how much he could tell them.

“Oh Jack,” Mitch howled. “I would suggest black coffee next cup. I hear cream and sugar clogs the nasal passages.

This brought a fresh spasm of laughter, and Jack sighed as he wondered now if he could tell them anything.

Paul pushed the unwounded side of Jack’s head. “She nailed you, but good. Now, are you going to tell us what’s going on, and quit grab-assing around?”

“Yeah Jack,” Steve piled on, “we don’t have time for your adolescent crap.”

“Okay, okay…” Jack waved his hands in mock surrender. “I’m not getting any younger here. Do you want to know what’s going on, or not?”

Everyone settled down into their chairs, as Jack began a shortened version of his briefing. He left out the specifics, but everyone understood the essentials of how close to disaster the country had come. They were as blood-thirsty as he had expected them to be, when he explained the actions taken to ensure victory. When he told them of their options, and what part of any further operations they could have, and Dr. Morrison’s part, they became silent. Jack paused expectantly, but everyone was looking around the room, or at the table in front of them.

“We’re here to discuss this,” Jack said. “None of this has been etched in stone. We are free to make our own choices.”

“Didn’t we do our part Jack,” Paul asked, still looking down at the table in front of him. “I kind of thought we’d all do a Tequila Sunrise vacation, in Margarita-Ville, to celebrate. You know, just for a little while, like until we’re eighty.”

“I know how you all feel,” Jack acknowledged. “If we can’t all be in this full bore, then I will tell Tom to forget it. One thing I do know; if we try to half-ass this, some, or all of us will end up dead. We would be home, and a lot more comfortable; but we would still be at war, and under war conditions. Dr. Morrison’s clinic, and all of her aids would be under my control too. This operation has an ending. We get the antidote to everyone, and we execute anyone who tries to stop us. We put the gangs out of business, and back to work being Americans, and the infiltrators die.

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