Bracing for the Storm by Matt Lincoln

Author:Matt Lincoln [Lincoln, Matt]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-11-17T22:00:00+00:00

22

Linda

I wasn’t expecting things to go this quickly, but luckily, I was in a good position to handle it. My computer screen was glowing with the open email tab, a glaring reminder of what we were doing.

The email had only two lines, one with a set of coordinates and the other with a date and time. This was happening tomorrow afternoon, which didn’t give me much time. If I could catch these guys twice in one leg of our patrol, that would give me serious kudos with Command. I simply needed to work my way into controlling the bridge tomorrow.

It was pretty risky of this cartel to send their shipments out in broad daylight. I had to assume they thought they had us figured out by now, since we’d been doing all our interceptions on the east side, and they had yet to figure out that we would be tracking them more west now. Watson himself said he would never have thought to go west, so it was easy to imagine the cartel thinking the same thing. It wouldn’t be long before they caught on and either tried a different route or started using the cover of darkness more regularly.

I headed up to the bridge with a Clif bar in my hand to talk to Watson. I found Slade up there standing duty with him. The two of them were deep in discussion when I arrived.

“Hey, guys,” I said cheerfully as I walked in. “Am I interrupting anything?”

Watson looked at Slade expectantly, and I took it that she was the one who should have been fielding that question. I turned to look at her. “I can come back later.”

“No, no, it’s alright,” Slade replied. “I was just venting. Come on in.”

“Everything alright?” I asked.

“Yeah, I’m fine,” she replied. “It’s my brother. He is super stressed right now since he’s taken this new job position. He and his wife had to move because of it, so they’re adjusting to their new normal.”

“Oh,” I replied. “Yeah, I guess we can all relate to that.”

“Yeah,” Slade mumbled, looking down at her hands in her lap, “but you know how some people adjust way easier than others? Like, take Jackson’s wife, for example. She is not happy to be here at all, and she’s making his life miserable because of it.”

“I did not know that,” I replied, a bit stunned at this new piece of information. I wondered if that tied into his stress on our boardings. It could be a problem if that were the case.

“Yeah, basically, this wasn’t their first choice for where to go, and it’s her first move with him, so she has no idea how to adjust yet,” Slade kept on. “She’s unhappy, and instead of giving it a shot, she’s taking it out on him.” She sighed. “Well, my brother is experiencing the same thing. Except, unlike us, it’s new for him too. Also, unlike us, this isn’t a lifestyle where they will just get used to it. She is miserable, and they will be there for however long he keeps that position at work.

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