A Man Beyond The Law by Dan Ames

Author:Dan Ames
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Slogan Books LLC

Chapter Twenty-Two

As hardened as the three men were who collectively met under the banner of G & E Diversified Holdings, Inc., they nonetheless were disgusted with what they saw. On the table in the conference room were images of the crime scene from the Doug Franzen murder, and his girlfriend Dawn Fitzgerald.

“A goddamned animal,” Edgar said. His dark face was a shade more sinister than usual as he pondered the images.

“He’s getting worse,” Silvestri said. “His disease is progressing. He’s killing faster and faster, and more violently than ever. If that’s possible.”

Jacobs said nothing. The lean man uncoiled his greyhound-like body from the conference room chair and stood, pacing back and forth. “This simply can’t go on. We’ve got to consider the option that none of us have wanted to discuss.”

“No,” Edgar said. “We have to stay the course. We’ve got Pauling working now, and she’ll be joined by Tallon. Together, they make a much better team than Wainwright.”

“Speaking of Wainwright, where the hell is he?” Silvestri said. “If he’s dead, where’s the body? He gets snatched from the hospital and then what? You’d think our friend would have put it on full display as a message to us.”

“Maybe he wanted to keep us guessing,” Edgar said.

“Well, I’m tired of this son of a bitch,” Jacob said. The regularly bulging veins in his face and forehead were sticking out even more. They were throbbing as the blood was rushing to his face. “And I’m tired of us dicking around like this. Look at us! We’re three of the most decorated soldiers and commanders the American military has ever seen. Yet here we are, sitting in this shithole office in a strip mall for chrissakes, carrying on like a bunch of nervous housewives. Screw the help. Screw the plans. Let’s all three of us go out there and do what we should have done a long time ago. Take matters into our own hands and put a bullet in this sick dog once and for all.”

Edgar and Silvestri said nothing. Jacob’s words echoed throughout the room.

Finally, Edgar sighed and said, “Feel better?”

Jacobs glared at him.

“I’ll offer a compromise,” Edgar said at last. “Let’s give Pauling and Tallon 48 hours. If they haven’t found him, we activate the plan you mentioned, which, I might add, puts us at considerable risk of being exposed, and go after him ourselves.”

“I’m sure Dawn Fitzgerald’s family would say we waited a tad too long already,” Jacobs added.

“Take it easy, Jacobs,” Silvestri said. “Emotions have no place on the battlefield. And make no mistake, we’re at war with this son of a bitch.”

“Yeah,” Jacobs said. “And he’s winning.”

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