THE 13: STAND BOOK TWO by ROBBIE CHEUVRONT & ERIK REED & SHAWN ALLEN

Author:ROBBIE CHEUVRONT & ERIK REED & SHAWN ALLEN [CHEUVRONT, ROBBIE; REED, ERIK; ALLEN, SHAWN]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781624165078
Publisher: Barbour Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2013-05-26T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 34

Hayes couldn’t believe his friends had turned on him so quickly. He had spent hours upon hours writing out the documents needed—complete with constitutional cross-references. Everything they needed to remove Walker from power was right there. Walker still hadn’t appointed a new vice president. And with most of Congress already on his and Pemberton’s side, they could’ve forced Walker to name Joe the next VP. They could’ve used that leverage to make Walker resign. Sure, it would be messy. A vice presidential nomination would normally have to go through a mandatory investigation and vetting process, followed by a congressional hearing, and then a confirmation. The plan was to forgo all of that and just anoint Joe as the new vice president. And the American people might question the legality of it, but he had it covered. Any open-minded judge could see it plainly. And the US Supreme Court was stacked with liberals. Walker would’ve had no choice. The country needed a tough president, and Walker definitely wasn’t that man. With support of more than half of Congress—and Joe leading the charge for wanting to take over—it would’ve been a spectacular sight. One that the history books would’ve written about. And children for years to come would study how it all had happened. And he would’ve been known as the architect of it all.

“Well, gentlemen, if there’s nothing else…,” Pemberton was saying to the others.

“Milton, you going to be okay with this?” It was the governor.

Hayes sat there with his arms crossed for a few seconds, not answering. Finally, he unfolded his arms and leaned into the table. “I guess I’ll have to be, won’t I?”

“Then it’s settled.” Pemberton smacked his palm down on the table. “Let’s get out of here.”

The five of them made their way topside. Joe, Gavin, and Irving all stood around, shooting the breeze, talking about meaningless, stupid things. The woman leaned against her car—which was currently blocked in—acting as though she couldn’t care less about anything the men were talking about. He didn’t blame her. He didn’t even want to be near them right now. He turned and walked away in the other direction.

He had just walked past the corner of the Shed when he noticed something on the ground, lying just beside the tin siding, but almost obscured by a clump of tall weeds. Had he not happened to look in that direction, he might have never seen it. He bent over and picked it up. A leather wallet of some sort. He opened it and looked inside. Immediately, his breathing became labored. He felt like he was going to pass out. He had to bend over and put his hand on his knee and catch his breath. This couldn’t be. How in the—? He looked again, just to make sure his mind wasn’t playing tricks on him. There it was: FBI, MEGAN TAYLOR.

He quickly folded the wallet and placed it in his inside coat pocket. He couldn’t let anyone else know he had been followed.

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