UNBREAKABLE_Murder on the Mekong_Book 1_Vietnam War Psychological Thriller by Hart Rivers

Author:Hart Rivers [Rivers, Hart]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781947833821
Publisher: ePublishing Works!
Published: 2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 19

An impressive entry gate with a sweeping arch overhead announced in English and Vietnamese: Peace Mission Hospital. The turquoise Chevy convertible glided beneath the arch and continued along a long, curving drive with JD in the driver’s seat, Nikki and Robert David squeezed into the front with him, Margie sandwiched between Gregg and Izzy in the back. All in all a very handsome group en route to a party and dressed for the occasion.

The aloha shirts with vibrant flowers that Gregg had scored for him and Izzy matched everyone’s moods. Maybe especially his and Izzy’s moods, Gregg thought, since JD had not challenged their “Ghost Soldier” analysis that got the ball out of their court and into the one where it really belonged: JD’s and Rick’s and any other higher powers that snagged a piece of the action for covert psyops missions. Two just graduated shrinks from California and New York were more than happy to pitch in with the analysis end of things, contribute what brains and skills they possessed to extinguish a group of monsters that were going after their own guys in uniform. But—and this was a very big BUT—such assistance did not extend to further examining dismembered, decomposing remains and/or praying they made it back to the 99KO alive before getting bit by a deadly snake or witnessing a murder outside the wire.

The relief was so enormous that Gregg had not only slept through the night, he slept so peacefully and deep that he hadn’t even heard his alarm.

And now, as they swept past the lawns and flowered grounds of an old French country estate, he felt not only rested but delivered from a living nightmare into a waking dream. The red tiled roofs, light blue shutters, and white stucco exteriors could have been anywhere in the South of France with the mission house proper, Matisse’s home. Around the old bright red painted door were huge pots of geraniums in brilliant whites and reds. Bougainvillea plants climbed up the walls creating an effect like something out of a nineteenth-century watercolor painting.

“It’s beautiful!” Margie exclaimed, leaning even closer to Izzy and looking as sunny as her pale, yellow dress while they all piled out from JD’s magic carpet ride.

“Y’all are the best to let me tag along.” Nikki impulsively gave JD, Izzy, and Robert David a kiss on the cheek, then a big hug to Gregg.

“Better not let Rick see you doing that,” he teased Nikki. “That is one hombre I would not want to make jealous.”

“I do like him,” Nikki admitted. “He treated me so nice and said such nice things in his letter it makes me wish I could see him again sooner than… well, I take it he’s not sure since he’s training some new troops and doing some kind of scouting, but he said he’s working on it. That’s probably for the best since I’m working on a few things myself. At any rate, thanks for delivering his letter, Gregg.”

“My pleasure, ma’am, my pleasure.

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