Last Hostage by John J Nance

Author:John J Nance
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Thrillers, Fiction
ISBN: 9780312966393
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 1998-11-15T05:00:00+00:00

EPILOGUE

FBI Headquarters, Washington, D.C. Two months later.

Director of the FBI stood up and walked to the window shaking his head, his words clearly audible to Kat Bronsky as she waited in the plush chair on the other side of his desk.

“Agent Bronsky, I’ve got some real problems here. On one hand I’ve got rules and regulations this agency has to adhere to, and on the other hand, I have you.”

He turned at last and looked at her with a neutral expression.

“Problem one is, you ignored orders, sidestepped procedures, and managed to get yourself captured in the process, as you used what some around here are calling cowboyish maneuvers to deal with this hijacking .”

He moved back to the large chair behind his desk. “And, of course, let us not forget the small matter of shooting to death a personal friend of the President of the United States aboard his own jet.”

“Sir—”

He raised a hand for silence.

“Problem two is, I also have to acknowledge that an FBI agent saved a plane full of passengers and cracked a major murder investigation in a matter of hours through intuition, intellect, training, and brilliant detective work under fire. In fact, like it, hate it, or however I feel about it, the image of the modern FBI agent you’ve presented to the public has done this agency a world of good—even if it is rankling some of your fellow agents.”

“Thank you, sir.”

“Don’t get cocky. That’s reluctant praise.”

“Yes, sir.”

“Okay. I’ve also got to add that the President instructed me personally and very privately to tell you he’s damn grateful for your unmasking of Bill North. He hadn’t a clue that North was involved in worldwide sleaze. By the way, do you know we now have conclusive evidence linking North personally to the production of snuff films in Mexico?”

“Good Lord, no.”

The Director nodded. “Enough to indict, if he’d lived. So that was a well-aimed bullet, Kat, and I’m well aware it was fully justified, as the formal review concluded. The President also wanted me to thank you most profusely for exposing Bostich and saving his Administration a major scandal. By the way, you said you had the latest on him?”

She nodded and thumbed through a note pad. “Bostich was removed as U.S. Attorney the same afternoon, as you know. Technically he resigned, but he had no choice. The Connecticut Bar suspended his law license for lying to the judge. And the Connecticut judge reinstated the warrant against Bradley Lumin, which, it turns out, was needed to get enough evidence to convict Lumin of kidnapping Melinda Wolfe.”

“So that indictment is secure?”

She nodded and smiled. “Lumin has been indicted for the federal crimes of kidnapping, rape, attempted murder, and conspiracy to commit murder, and charged in Connecticut with aggravated first degree murder for his complicity in the death of Melinda Wolfe. In addition, the publicity has caused more young female victims of Lumin’s cinematic work to come forward, and more charges are pending. He’ll never walk the streets again.”

“Good!”

“Bostich came out okay on one point, by the way.

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