The City of Rocks by Don Travis

Author:Don Travis [Travis, Don]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: mystery/suspense
ISBN: 978-1-63533-155-4
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Published: 2017-07-18T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 18

WE FELL to our knees and went prone like a trained gymnastics team… in unison.

Within seconds a group of very aggressive BP Special Ops in uniforms and armor surrounded us and demanded to know who we were. In the background I heard someone giving military-style orders to the remainder of the men sweeping through the City. Without moving from the prone position, I told them we’d made the call warning of the incursion. A desert-camo-uniformed man wearing a first lieutenant’s silver bar instructed two of his team to take us to the Lazy M headquarters. They promptly pulled us to our feet and deposited us in the back of a large helicopter. The man riding shotgun kept an eagle eye on the ground below us, his automatic rifle at the ready, as we raced back to the ranch house.

Luis and Maria met us when we exited the chopper before it pulled away and headed for the City. Even though their eyes burned with curiosity, the couple said nothing except that Bert and the señora were on the way back to the ranch headquarters. That was all right with me. In a few minutes, we would be answering a whole host of questions for the Border Patrol team commander. We took advantage of the delay to go upstairs and clean up.

After washing away the worst of the dirt and grit, I met Paul in the hallway outside our rooms. His first words told me he had come off his adrenaline high.

“Are you sure I didn’t kill that guy I shot?”

“I’m sure. And you aren’t responsible for the one who got shot by his own men, so don’t give it another thought.” I saw he hadn’t considered that possibility and was sorry I’d opened my big mouth.

A commotion in the foyer told me the reception team had arrived. We went downstairs and met the BP team leader in the hallway talking to Millicent and Bert. The agent’s name tag read Ramirez. This must be the man who took my initial call. In a quick, no-nonsense report, he let us know the only people they’d netted were the frightened and bewildered illegal immigrants and one of the wounded coyotes. The rest, including the one who had acted as leader, escaped back over the border.

Millicent grasped my arm. “Are you two okay?”

“We’re fine,” I assured her. “Juiced up a little. But we’re fine.”

As Millicent ushered us into the big common room, I asked Luis if the horses had returned safely. He appeared pleased by my concern as he assured me they had.

I wasn’t surprised to find Deputy Nap O’Brien talking to Bert in the sitting room, but why had no one from the state police showed up? DEA and ATF were also among the missing.

Paul and I took seats on the long divan opposite Millicent, who was flanked by two BP agents—the team leader and his second. I studied Ramirez as he leaned across Millicent to speak to the other agent. Short and

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