Payback by J. Robert Kennedy

Author:J. Robert Kennedy [Kennedy, J. Robert]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Literature & Fiction, Mystery; Thriller & Suspense, Thrillers & Suspense, Spies & Politics, Espionage, Action & Adventure, Men's Adventure, Thrillers, Nonfiction, General Fiction, Action Adventure
Amazon: B00SHZ4MYU
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2015-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Somewhere in Sierra Leone

Sarah Henderson double-checked her gear in a large mirror that had been brought in from one of the houses. One of Koroma’s men was helping with a checklist that she had written down from memory, but without another trained eye to inspect her personal protective equipment, she had to rely on herself when Tanya was sleeping. It was nerve racking knowing she might have missed something, Tanya already having caught an improperly Velcroed seal, something the “trained” men were supposed to catch.

It showed the system was flawed.

At least their hobbled together system.

Back at the clinic she wasn’t concerned. She paid attention but two other people who did this type of work day in and day out were there to make sure no one screwed up. When she entered the isolation wards she was confident everything had been done to protect her.

Here she had no such confidence, especially when Tanya, with two months of experience, wasn’t with her.

And now she was about to do something already making her stomach sick with the thought of it. She stepped into Zone One, it a little emptier now than it was earlier, those who had tested negative to the blood test immediately moved into another part of the building where they would be tested again until she was certain they weren’t infected.

But it was at least a little encouraging. The village had been thoroughly searched and all symptomatic people had been brought to their makeshift clinic. Koroma’s soldiers would be searching the village every day now, looking for previously asymptomatic people. If they could contain things for three weeks, then they might just beat the outbreak.

But dozens more would die before then, of that much she was certain.

Including perhaps the patient she was about to move into Zone Two.

She pushed aside the sheet protecting her patient and felt tears flood her eyes as the innocent little five year old girl looked up at her, fear in her own.

“I need you to come with me,” said Sarah, her voice cracking as she held out her hand. She knew the tiny creature didn’t understand her but her intent was clear, and with the innocence only a child could possess, she quickly rose from her makeshift bed where she had been playing with a threadbare homemade doll, and took Sarah’s gloved hand. They stepped out from behind the sheet and Sarah looked toward the entrance to Zone One, the squeak of its door drawing her attention.

“Papa!”

The little girl darted toward Koroma who stood in the doorway, but Sarah tightened her grip as her captor dropped to his knees, the anguish clear on his face. He held up his hands, urging his daughter to stay back.

“Pickin!” he gasped. “Stay!” He said something in Krio and the little girl’s tugs on Sarah’s hand eased somewhat, finally subsiding as her shoulders slumped in defeat.

Koroma looked up at Sarah, his eyes pools of tears. “Will she live?”

Sarah shook her head. “I don’t know. I’ll do everything I can to save her.

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