Dead Heat by John W. Mefford

Author:John W. Mefford
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: mystery detective, booker, mystery action, private investigator mystery and suspense series, private detective mystery novel, private investigator crime mystery series, private detective mystery series crime suspense thriller, private investigator mystery series crime suspense thriller, private detective mystery series book, private investigator action
Publisher: John W. Mefford

14

He’d seen his boss grab his suit coat and storm out of the office earlier. That’s when he knew Black Widow had followed through on her plan.

Almost three hours had clocked by, but his skin still felt like the dimpled cover to a football. The exhilaration was that hard to contain.

Hunkered down in his cube, he could hear hard-sole shoes walking this way and that, a few muffled conversations. His colleagues were on edge, moving quickly to complete a set of tasks, or to at least appear they were working on something important. All in anticipation of the return of their collective boss.

While Dallas County District Attorney Rick Newsome ruled more like a Mussolini or Caesar—insensitivity and indifference were at the ceiling of his leadership skills, and that happened no more than a couple of times a year—he was a pure breed in the species of political animals. He first checked the wind direction before making a decision. And that wind could change after a phone call or email from a person of influence.

Fuck that guy.

His two-thousand-dollar suits and fancy nameplate were of no use to the man who’d had enough of the system. He’d been screwed by it, his entire family ripped apart. And in the last three years, he’d been reminded how many loopholes existed to allow a convicted felon to walk out a free man.

After spending six weeks away to think, he had returned to his job three months ago with a refreshed attitude. Working out became a religion, which only made his focused mind that much sharper. And a plan began to formulate, one that would take the ultimate commitment. A sacrifice he was more than honored to give.

For his brother, Dale.

Twirling the phone between his fingers like a pinwheel, he flexed the muscles in his jaw, suppressing the unyielding pain that had nearly done him in. He had learned coping mechanisms, but there was nothing as therapeutic as taking action.

He began to seek friendships with people with similar experiences. Slowly, through his own persuasive means, he began to form bonds. From there, trust was developed. Loyalty soon became another thread that sealed their relationship. They became his sheep. He weeded out a few who wouldn’t fully commit, which left him with the pair who had the most to gain from this affiliation.

The Avengers. It had come to them in their first formal gathering. Their name seemed all too fitting, which only added to their developing culture. He’d read of people like Jim Jones and David Koresh, who had selfishly guided their flock of followers into a self-destructive path to death. But those people had no real purpose in life. He did. And it wasn’t related to some type of ambiguous high-and-mighty civil liberty.

The Avengers’ mission was about redemption.

While most would say their mission was proof to everyone that no bad deed should go unpunished, that was no more than a secondary goal.

As long as he was standing above ground, it was his duty to fix the system, at least in his own way.

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