What Hammer Wants by Mallory Monroe

Author:Mallory Monroe [Monroe, Mallory]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Austin Brook Publishing
Published: 2020-05-26T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

Hammer Reese had been forced to spend the night in Wyoming going over strategy all night long with Cordoba and his generals, but the news that came from Washington that morning changed everything. When the call came in about Amelia, he was just delivering the bad news to Cordoba.

“But why?” Cordoba asked him. They were on a government-owned ranch in Jackson Hole that Hammer selected as a hideout for Cordoba until they got him what he needed: more men and more ammo. “I thought everything was approved.”

“It was,” Hammer said. “Until the SecDef said he had to run it up the chain.”

“To the president?”

Hammer nodded. “Correct. And the president won’t approve it.”

“But why?” Cordoba asked again, his voice strained with stress. “They want me to fight and win, but they do not give me what it will take to win?”

“I understand your frustration. Double it and you’ve got mine. Secretary Bellamy understands both of our frustration. But the president doesn’t give a shit. He doesn’t want the political blowback.”

“Then what am I to do?” Cordoba asked. “I thought you would have the final say.”

“I would have. But Bellamy ran it up the chain.”

Cordoba was highly upset, although he fought to maintain his composure. “It was a done deal. We had strategy in place and everything. Why would Bellamy do such a thing? Why would he tell the president if we had it well in hand?”

“In America we call it CYA,” Hammer said. “Cover your ass. Bellamy’s covering his ass.”

Cordoba nodded. “We call it the same thing in my country,” he said.

And then Hammer’s phone rang. When he saw that it was Ozzie, he knew he had to take it. Ozzie would not be interrupting a meeting with Cordoba unless he had to. “Excuse me,” Hammer said and went into the back of the home.

“What’s up?” he asked into his phone.

“It’s Amelia, Ham,” Ozzie said.

Hammer stopped in his tracks. “What about her?”

“She was attacked.”

His heart squeezed. “Attacked?” He held his phone with both hands. “Is she alright?”

“She’s okay. I know that much. And she was able to flee the scene apparently. But that’s all I know.”

“Where is she now?”

“She went to work, believe it or not. She took her ass to work.”

Hammer believed it. Amelia had ice water in her veins. “My son at school?”

“Yes, sir. I already ordered extra security on him. Although, I found out, Amelia already had extra security on him. And Ro went to school with him too. Between you and me, Ro’s the one who called me and told me what happened after Amelia told her.”

“Okay, good,” said Hammer. “And you’re certain Millie’s okay?”

“I’m certain. She wasn’t harmed.”

“Thank God,” Hammer said.

“You’re still in Wyoming, aren’t you?”

“I’m still here.”

“I hear Bellamy’s backing out. That true?”

“Fuck Bellamy. Any read on who pulled that shit on Millie?” Hammer asked.

“None. And I’ve got our guys on it too. So who knows? Maybe Lenny the Butcher? Maybe she didn’t pay him.”

“She paid him,” Hammer said. “Amelia handles her business.”

“You’re right about that,” Ozzie agreed.

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