VIABLE (Cody Doyle Book 1) by Hakok R. A

Author:Hakok, R. A. [Hakok, R. A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: www.rahakok.com
Published: 2013-08-02T22:00:00+00:00

19

CAPTAIN JOHN JAMES Fitzpatrick sat behind his desk, his face impassive. He had listened without interruption as the sheriff had summarized the events of the last few days, beginning with the van that had crashed into Mount Grant and Gant’s admission to and subsequent escape from the hospital, ending with his visit to the Utah State Penitentiary and the telephone call he had had with the FBI agent the day before.

On the drive up from Carson City that morning Lars had filled Alison in on the other persons with the hh blood type who had gone missing. Alison wasn’t sure how this new piece of information fit with her theory about Gant. The last recorded disappearance of a person with the hh blood group had been almost thirty years before. It was possible that it was just a coincidence, although knowing what she did about how rare the blood group was it was hard to ignore four such individuals having gone missing, even over such a long period. She would need to think about it more. Was it possible that Gant had been targeted just because of his blood group, that his abductors knew nothing of the other extraordinary abilities she believed he possessed?

She had paid particular attention to the base commander as Henrikssen had described her theory about Gant’s connection with Codratus Doyle, Jason Mitchell and Luke Jackson. They were likely to need Fitzpatrick’s assistance if they wanted to locate Gant and it was imperative that he understand how important Gant was. But the man had been impossible to read. She hadn’t realized that the sheriff would forward her email and now she wished she had taken the time to compose a more compelling argument for the connection between the men. Otherwise though she had to admit that the sheriff had provided an accurate synopsis of what she had uncovered, showing neither support for her conclusions nor the skepticism she knew he felt. She forced herself to remain silent while he finished speaking.

Fitzpatrick looked at both of them for some time. When he finally spoke it was Alison he addressed.

‘So, Doctor Stone, your father was in the Air Force?’

‘Yes. He served a single tour in Vietnam in 1971.’

Fitzpatrick was quiet again for a moment.

‘I’ve served with the Navy for almost thirty years, most of my career as a naval aviator like your father. Last operational experience was flying Combat Search and Rescue in the early days of the first Iraq war. After that they promoted me and gave me a desk job with the Office of the Secretary of Defense at the Pentagon. Spent nine months there – more than long enough to realize that I had no interest in being a career naval officer if that was what it meant. When I threatened to resign they sent me here.’

He paused before continuing.

‘I hated every minute of my time in Washington, but if there was one good thing to come out of it, it was that it made me extraordinarily good at identifying when someone was bullshitting me.

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