Avenged in the Keys by Rief Matthew & Rief Matthew

Author:Rief, Matthew & Rief, Matthew
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Exotic Latitudes Press
Published: 2020-07-07T16:00:00+00:00

TWENTY-SIX

Deacon Lynch sat on a torn-up blue recliner in the small living room of his single-wide. In his left hand, he held a small glass half-filled with scotch. In his right, he held an open book. It was an old, faded copy of Mein Kampf that had belonged to his father. The pages were tattered, many of the corners folded over, and notes were written in the margins.

Lynch looked away from the page to think about a passage, then took a sip of scotch. Reading had been a favorite escape of his since childhood, and the autobiographical manifesto written by Adolf Hitler was his favorite.

He let the words sink in while trying to think up a solution for his current predicament. Lynch had been fascinated by the story of the Avengers and their lost Confederate treasure for years. He’d spent countless hours on online treasure hunting forums, checking every day and paying special attention to artifacts discovered in the Keys and Biscayne Bay.

After seeing the picture of the Confederate belt buckle on the forum and learning where the artifact had been discovered, he’d realized its importance right away and rallied two of his on-hand troops to make a move. With John Ridley out of the picture, he’d expected the lost Civil War gold to be theirs without much pushback. He and his men were rough, and ruthless. And they were no strangers to lurking under the eyes of the law and breaking rules, then slipping back into obscurity.

But something had gone seriously wrong with his plan. A local had risen up and stepped in their way.

This vigilante must be dealt with and taught a lesson. A brutal and painful lesson.

Lynch’s cellphone was on a coffee table beside him. He’d kept the old flip-style device within arm’s reach at all times over the past twenty-four hours.

Jake must have dealt with him by now.

But he hadn’t heard from his second-in-command since the previous evening. And Lynch had tried calling. Again and again he’d tried. But every time, he got nothing. Not even an attempted connection of a call. No metronomic humming, just silence and then straight to voicemail. Jake’s phone was turned off, and the fact caused Lynch’s heart to pound and a vein to wriggle its way out of his forehead.

He took another sip of scotch.

Twirling the remains of the ice cubes, he was just about to pull the lever for the footrest and stretch to his feet when a buzzing sound perked him up. It was his phone. He set the book in his lap, grabbed his phone, and checked the screen. He was receiving a call, but it wasn’t from Jake.

“Hello?” Lynch said in his gruff voice after flipping it open.

“Deke? It’s Nix. Holy shit, am I glad to hear your voice.”

Lynch let out a long sigh. “What the hell’s going on, Casper?” he barked. “Where’s Jake? And where are you?”

“All hell broke loose at the marina. I had to bolt. Barely made it out of there with my life, and I’m still injured pretty bad.

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