West Border Mayhem by Robert Boren

Author:Robert Boren [Boren, Robert]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: South Bay Press
Published: 2017-04-20T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 21 – Black Banks

Richardson woke to his phone alarm. He felt for Lita. She was already out of bed, and the shower was running. He went to the window and looked out at the gray morning. There was still smoke drifting into the air from several spots in Matamoros.

The shower stopped while Richardson was getting dressed. Lita came in after a moment, towel wrapped around her body and her hair.

“Good morning,” she said.

“Been up long?” Richardson asked.

“Half an hour,” she said. “The hair dryer here sucks.”

“Hopefully we only have to be here for a few days,” Richardson said. “Too bad we have to start working right away. No time to look for someplace to settle.”

“I’ve been searching for apartments on my phone,” Lita said as she got dressed. “There’s a lot available. I wonder if people have been moving away from the border towns.”

“Wouldn’t surprise me. Want me to fire up this little coffee pot?”

“No, those things make lousy coffee,” she said. “We’re grabbing a bite on the way out, right?”

“That was the plan,” Richardson said. “I’d better send a text to the others, to make sure everybody is up.”

“Yeah,” Lita said. “Hope Gerald and Hector don’t have a hangover.”

“Gerald texted me when they left the bar,” Richardson said. “They didn’t drink much.”

“Good,” Lita said.

Richardson sent the text. After a moment his phone dinged several times.

“We’re set,” he said. “They all replied.”

“I’m ready any time,” Lita said.

Richardson’s phone dinged again.

“I thought you said everybody replied,” Lita said.

Richardson looked at his phone. “Jefferson. Making sure we’re up. Shit rolls downhill.”

Lita smirked. “Everything’s ready, then, I take it.”

“Sounds like it. Let’s go. We can hit that coffee and Danish bar down in the lobby, okay?”

“It’ll do,” Lita said. They left the room and rode the elevator down. Juan Carlos and Madison were in line at the coffee bar. Brendan and Hannah were sitting at one of the round tables surrounding it, eating their Danish and coffee.

“Hope we can get a real breakfast tomorrow,” Hannah said.

“Seriously,” Juan Carlos said as he and Madison sat.

“Good morning,” Richardson said as he and Lita got into line. “Seen the others?”

“Kris and Roberto were finishing their breakfasts when we got down here,” Juan Carlos said. “I think they’re tending to the dogs.”

“Haven’t seen Gerald and Hector yet,” Brendan said. “Wonder how much they drank last night.”

“Not much,” Gerald said, walking up with Hector.

“Oh, good morning, guys,” Richardson said, watching as they got behind them in line.

“Hear from your boss?” Hector asked.

“Yep,” Richardson said. “All set.”

“Excellent,” Gerald said.

Everybody got their breakfasts and ate. Kris and Roberto came in.

“We leaving in a few minutes?” Roberto asked.

“Yep,” Richardson said. “You guys ready?”

“We are,” Kris said. “I’m actually excited about this.”

“I hope we can waste some bad guys,” Gerald said. Hector chuckled and shook his head.

“Be careful what you wish for,” Richardson said. “I hope we have a few hours with no action, so you guys can get used to the boats.”

“Me too,” Madison said.

“All right, let’s go,” Richardson said.

They got to their vehicles and drove off, taking I-69E to International Boulevard.

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