Live to Kill by Brian Drake

Author:Brian Drake [Drake, Brian]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-11-09T16:00:00+00:00

11

Take It Like a Man

A LONE guard with a silenced submachine gun wandered the roof, the bright lights of Atlantic City on one side and the black void of the ocean on the other. The breeze carried a salty wetness now; he tasted the salt on his lips. He went to the edge and looked down. DeRocca’s balcony waited below. A pool of light from the office spilled onto the bare patio.

There had been a lot of private meetings and quiet phone calls over the past few days. The guard and his compatriots knew something bad was happening, but DeRocca hadn’t filled them in. All they knew was that they had to be extra sharp until further notice. The trooper would have preferred somebody on the roof with him, but he had a radio on his belt to reach the crew in an emergency.

The guard walked the perimeter once again. DeRocca’s troops covered the roof in two-hour shifts. It was one of the dullest duties one could pull, and the guard still had ninety minutes to go. All he wanted was to get back inside where it was warm and well lit.

The guard stopped at the edge above DeRocca’s balcony and shifted the sling attached to his weapon.

The roof door opened with a squeak.

The guard turned, bringing up the stubby submachine gun. He never heard the shot that killed him.

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