Coming Home by Max Bolt

Author:Max Bolt
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: thriller, suspense, action, political, terror, war, australia, hero, soldier, army

*

It is a slow day at the station. Officers catching up on paper work and online shopping as the intense heat keeps the criminals quiet outside.

“Kid. I need you to do something.”

Nate springs to attention.

“What? Where we going Chief?”

“Nowhere.”

Fitch spreads a large topographical map of the local area across Nate’s desk.

“I want you to gather every reported incident from this morning. No matter how insignificant; break and enter, assault, shoplifting, anything, just mark them on this map.”

Nate’s excitement evaporates. More paper shuffling.

“One of the lowies maybe chief?”

At least he is consistent.

“No, you.”

“Is this related to the bloke from this morning chief?” Nate asks.

“Maybe.”

Fitch returns to his office and sits staring out the window. In his mind he sees his brother armed and wandering dangerously around town. The risk to Mason and the public escalates every minute Mason is off his medication. Fitch has seen his brother go AWOL before, messing things and people up. But it is not Mason’s fault. It is the war that messed him up first. Fitch knows he must find Mason before things get truly messed up.

Fitch considers the few clues he has; Mason’s abandoned car, the sighting at the 7-Eleven, and what Mason said to the office receptionist on leaving this morning; “getting me job back”. But how does he get his job back? He is on public transport but where is he going?

Fitch’s mobile interrupts his thoughts. It is Linda.

“He’s gone. He’s taken him.”

Fitch closes his office door.

“Linda, slow down. Take a breath.”

But she just keeps crying into the phone.

“Mason took Ben out of school.”

Fitch feels the room closing in around him. A vice tightening around his brain.

“How do you know?”

“I called the school on the off chance. And they said Mason came to the front office asking for Ben. They turned him away because he is not a registered guardian. But when they checked for Ben later he was not there. Mason took him.”

Fitch sees his private investigation suddenly becoming very public.

“What did you say to them?”

“Nothing. They are still searching the school. They think he might be in the Art department.”

“That’s good Linda,” Fitch says.

“None of this is good Fitch. He’s got my son and he’s bloody crazy. He has not taken his medication.”

Fitch breathes deeply. Decision time. Does he keep kidding himself he can control the situation and find Mason, or does he hand things over to someone who is not personally attached. Neither choice is pretty; the first could be very bad for Fitch, the second will be very bad for Mason. But Mason is Fitch’s brother, so is there really a choice?

“Linda, listen to me. This is going to be hard but you have to trust me. I will get Ben back. But you need to tell the school that Ben has turned up at home and everything is alright.”

“No Fitch. I can’t, he’s missing, he’s with that crazy bastard.”

“And I will get him back,” Fitch says.

Linda is crying hysterically.

“Linda,” Fitch says, “if you do not do this, the school will call the police and a team of officers will go after Mason.

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