Blindsided by Fern Michaels

Author:Fern Michaels
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp.
Published: 2013-11-07T11:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

Annie de Silva sprinted across Myra Rutledge’s parking lot like a young girl, the strong blustery October wind pushing her forward. She had a stack of newspapers under one arm and was waving another in the air. Myra opened the door and slammed it shut.

“Special edition, ladies!” Annie shouted to be heard over the barking dogs. The ladies each grabbed a copy and immediately started ooohing and aaahing over what they were reading.

“Where’s Pearl? I thought she would be the first one here. She must be one happy camper today. Damn, I wish I had been there for that takedown,” Nellie said.

“She’s on her way. She needed to get some sleep,” Myra said, as her eyes devoured the newsprint in front of her. “I wish I had been there, too,” she mumbled.

Marti weighed in. “I knew I did the right thing when I allowed Bert to convince me to pardon Mr. Sparrow. I’m so glad he’s exonerated now. Sometimes the end does justify the means. Looks like another shake-up at the Bureau. Wonder who’s going to handle things until a new director can be appointed.”

Nellie started to laugh. “I have the scoop on that. Just as I was leaving the house the president himself called Elias and begged—I’m saying begged—him to sit in until that can all be arranged. The current director can’t take the stress and was admitted to the hospital a few hours ago. As you know, Elias was director a few years back.”

“Is he going to do it?” the women all asked at once.

“At first he said no, but the president wore him down. He finally agreed to six weeks, and the president accepted that. He was on his way to town when I left to come over here.”

“Nellie, what about . . .”

“His early Alzheimer’s? Elias didn’t see fit to mention that. What he did say was he couldn’t screw up things any worse than they are right now, even with his handicap.” Nellie giggled like a schoolgirl, and the others giggled right along with her.

“Where do you think those men are going to end up?” Marti asked.

“This is where we do not ask questions. It’s all being taken care of. That’s one of our rules—when a mission, either run by us or others who are helping, when it’s over, we simply move on. Nothing will ever come back to bite anyone. Over the next few days, there will be a dozen different spins put on what happened. The only thing we make sure of is that the families are taken care of, and they will be. They’ll all be given new lives somewhere with no financial worries, so the children and wives won’t be targets of the media. Shame for something that is no fault of their own is a terrible thing for children to have to endure,” Myra said.

The dogs reared up and raced to the door. Myra looked up at the monitor. “Pearl’s here.” She opened the door, and a swirl of leaves blew in.

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