James 516: A London Carter Novel by BJ Bourg

Author:BJ Bourg [Bourg, BJ]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: BJ Bourg
Published: 2016-03-22T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 25

After she parked in my driveway, Bethany followed me to the doorway. I stopped to unlock it.

“Why are we here?” she asked.

I pushed the door open and stepped back for her to enter. “I have to get some things together.”

“What things?”

“You’ll see.”

We walked into my living room, and I selected a silver key from my key ring and went to my gun closet. The door was constructed of reinforced steel and it was always padlocked shut. I unlocked it and pulled open the door. Bethany whistled. “Damn, you’ve got a lot of guns!”

I pulled my backup sniper rifle from the wooden pegs on the wall and slung it over my shoulder. I grabbed a ballistic vest from another peg and tossed it to Bethany. “You’ll be needing this.”

“For what?”

“I want you wearing it tonight…just in case.”

She hoisted it in her hand. “This is heavier than my vest.”

“This one’s made to withstand rifle rounds…three-o-eight rifle rounds.”

She frowned. “It wouldn’t do me any good since he makes headshots.”

Bethany was right, of course, but it made me feel better knowing she had some sort of protection. “I can get you a ballistic helmet if you want.”

“No, I don’t do hats.” She nodded to the rifle across my back. “What’s that for?”

“I’m going to set up on the top of the Payneville Bridge and you’re going to meet our mystery man at the gazebo. That way I’ll be able to keep an eye on your surroundings and keep an eye on our contact. If he even sneezes while he’s in your presence, I’ll drop him.” I grabbed a three-ring binder from a shelf in my closet and thumbed through the book until I found what I was looking for.

“What’s in that binder?”

“Over the past few months I’ve gone to a bunch of high points in the parish and ranged the surrounding area. I started in the southern part of the parish and began working my way north, visiting every bridge, hospital and building over three stories high, and—lucky for us—the last place I ranged was the Payneville Bridge. I hope to get the entire parish done before the end of the year.” I flipped it shut and returned it to the shelf, shut the door and locked it. “It’s five hundred twenty-eight yards from the bridge to the gazebo. We’ll stop at the rifle range on the way out so I can zero my rifle. The last time I shot this rifle was last winter and it was about sixty degrees.”

Bethany chewed her lower lip as she watched me gather up my gear. “I don’t know about this. I think I’d feel more comfortable if you came with me.”

“You’ll be fine. I can do a better job of watching you from the bridge than I can from right beside you. In fact, you’ll be safer in that gazebo than the sheriff will be in the main office.”

“If you say so.”

I turned to her and touched her face, kissed her gently on the lips. “I won’t let anything happen to you, I promise.

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