No Pit So Deep: The Cody Musket Story by Miller II James Nathaniel

Author:Miller II, James Nathaniel
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Lions Tail Books
Published: 2016-06-29T16:00:00+00:00

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The travelers arrived at the Great West Casino Hotel in Detroit at 1:00 a.m. The eighteen-inning game had so depleted the guys that they had to be awakened. The two children had never even moved a muscle.

By Monday morning, the media worldwide had identified the “hero” in the video as Cody Musket. Cody received a call from his agent at 8:30 a.m. Derek’s take was that the video might not be a bad thing.

Derek Tyler, brilliant, fast-talking, had been one of the 400 officers serving in the Judge Advocate Division of the US Marine Corps. After his military career, he had become a civilian advisor to the Justice Department. Six years later, he had become a sports agent and had worked his way to the top of the food chain.

Derek told Cody his strategy. “I spoke to a former associate in the DOJ. He said human traffickers like to operate under the radar, to stay out of the news. Anonymity and public apathy are their two greatest allies.”

“Okay,” Cody agreed. “So where does that leave us?”

“Look,” he continued. “What you and Brandi have going now is what traffickers hate. The last thing the bad guys want to do is harm you and get grassroots America angry enough to pressure authorities into doing something. So, the more popular you get, the better. How serious are you about this chick, anyway? I mean where are you going with this?”

“You never know. But, I mean, I really like her.”

“Okay, the media’s gonna love this.” Derek’s words rolled off his tongue at warp speed. “You meet this peach by chance at the movie. She’s being abducted by some creeps in masks. You show up outta nowhere and save her, then disappear like the humble guy you are! This is Chuck Norris in a baseball cap. This . . . this is Batman, the Cape, uh, uh, you know, rough justice American style. What movie did you go to see anyway?”

“Superman.”

“Are you kiddin’ me? Superman?” He turned up the pitch. “This is upper-case stuff! I mean like, ‘Mild-Mannered Girl Reporter Meets Real Man of Steel at Superman Movie!’ Are you feelin’ this? Those traffickers won’t touch this! I assume this girl is pretty?”

“Like right out of Song of Solomon,” Cody said. “You remember the lady who caught the ball that —”

“What song?”

“Song of Solomon,” Cody repeated. “It’s from the Bible.”

“The Bible?! Are you tellin’ me she looks like a nun?”

“Com’on, Derek. You’re brilliant, and you’re telling me you never read Song of Solomon? You saw the lady who caught my home run ball, right? That was Brandi. It was all over ESPN last night.”

“No way!” Derek quaked. “This is stratospheric! Uh, does she already have an agent?”

“Come on, Derek!”

“She must be good for you, hitting for the cycle yesterday and you picking up a save to boot. I bet your good buddy Tanner wasn’t happy about striking out. And she caught your home run? I can see this Solomon lady’s gonna be gooood for business!”

As the call ended, Cody checked the time.

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