The Battle of Space Fort Jefferson and Other Stories by Timothy Zahn

Author:Timothy Zahn
Language: eng
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by 'Claire' on 01/07/2024 at 18:14
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Publisher: Open Road Media
Published: 2024-07-29T14:48:11+00:00

Mac glanced furtively around the room. “It’s about my brother. You knew he moved to the city right after the Fourth, right?”

“Yes,” Jeff said, trying to remember the details of Billy MacAvoy’s move. “He was opening a restaurant, right?”

“A coffee shop,” Mac corrected. “Anyway, he’s been working real hard, and it’s finally starting to pay off. Then, a week ago, a couple of guys came to see him.”

“What kind of guys?”

“The kind who wanted some of the money he was making,” Mac said contemptuously. “Or something bad was going to happen to the place.”

Jeff grimaced. “A protection racket.”

“Yeah,” Mac said grimly. “Damn them, anyway. A little hole-in-the-wall coffee shop, and these lousy—”

“I get the picture,” Jeff said. “So what did he do?”

“The only thing he could,” Mac said. “He stalled them, and when they left he went straight to the cops.”

“Who said they couldn’t do anything without proof?”

“Yeah, they said that,” Mac confirmed. “Only he had proof: a security camera videotape. Picture and sound, so it caught everything.”

“Beautiful,” Jeff said. He’d never pegged the MacAvoys as being mental giants, but in this case Billy had definitely been thinking ahead. “I’ll bet the thugs weren’t happy about that.”

“Happier than you think,” Mac said coldly. “The tape Billy gave the cops disappeared.”

Jeff stared. “You mean the cops are in on it?”

“Well, one of them is, anyway,” Mac said heavily. “The guy I—the guy you saw—he was one of the gang.”

“And he came all the way out here?” Jeff asked, frowning. “What in the world for?”

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