Long Way Home (Matthew Riker Book 3) by J.T. Baier

Author:J.T. Baier [Baier, J.T.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: First Light Books
Published: 2021-02-01T16:00:00+00:00

24

Riker stumbled out of the woods in the dead of night. The sky behind him had a soft glow from the fire at the barn. He could hear a babble of a stream flowing to his right. It guided him to an embankment. He climbed up it and reached a paved country road. Once he stood on the side of the road, a car’s headlights flipped on.

Megan drove over to Riker, and he was in the car almost before it stopped. She hit the gas and they sped away into the night.

“Holy shit! What did you do?” Donnie asked from the backseat.

“For the moment, I shut down production of a rather large heroin operation.”

Donnie let out a laugh. “You make it sound like you flipped off the power. That place exploded. I mean, we could feel the shockwave in the car.”

“Are you hurt?” Megan asked.

“No more than I was before the evening's festivities. My leg is throbbing like a son of a bitch, but I’ll be fine.”

Donnie leaned forward, putting his head between Riker and Megan. His eyes were wide and looked clearer than Riker had seen them since he had been back.

“That was the best thing I have ever done. When those guys came out with rifles I was sure that I was going to die. It was so intense.”

“You did great Donnie. Thanks for taking such a big risk.”

“All I did was stand outside of the gate and acted drunk for a few minutes and it was intense. You just infiltrated a drug facility and blew it up. You did it by yourself. You’re like Commando.”

Megan had a shocked look on her face. “I’m shaking and all I did was drive.”

“You both did great.” Riker’s tone was serious.

“How did you get past the guys with the assault rifles?” Donnie asked.

“Men with guns always think they have the power. They don’t think that anyone will challenge them, and they let their guard down. I just took advantage.”

Donnie was smiling. “You need to teach me how to ‘take advantage’. We just shut down a drug operation. I want to do this all the time.”

“First, I appreciate your enthusiasm, but it took me fifteen years of hard training with some of the world's best warriors to acquire my skills. I can’t really just teach you some tricks. Second, we didn’t shut down their operation. We just threw a wrench in the works.”

Megan looked concerned. “You don’t think this is enough to stop them for good?”

“There were seven men in the barn, along with twenty women. I didn’t get a chance to check the house, but I would guess that it held at least that many people.”

Megan's head snapped towards Riker. “Twenty women? What were they doing there?”

“They were producing and packing the heroin. I’m sure they were the night shift.”

“The night shift?”

“An operation like that doesn't shut down for half the day. They work the facility in two twelve-hour shifts. That’s why I’m sure there were another twenty workers in the house.

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