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Part 11
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Drengrย ย ย Part 12
I stood and watched as the police officers led John Browne from the yacht. His hands were cuffed behind his back and they escorted him to the car where he got into the backseat. His face was twisted in a deep scowl, as the shock registered that he was going to be charged with Paulโs murder. Did I feel bad for pointing the finger in his direction? No, I didnโt. He was Paulโs accomplice and heโd brought those two underaged girls onto the yacht.A large crowd had gathered in the parking lot and I turned back to my laptop and booked a return flight to Chicago. My flight left at 6 p.m. and I would land in Chicago at half past eight. Taking into account the two-hour time difference, I could be home by midnight.I took my time cleaning the yacht, wiping every surface, washing the bathtub, the toilet and the basin. I would wash the shower later when I showered before my flight. I vacuumed the carpets and then the bed. It might sound extreme, but you could lose up to a hundred hair follicles e
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๋ฐ์ดํธ : 2025-03-19Drengrย ย ย Part 13
I was an hour away from Epworth, cruising on the highway when the alert beep on my phone went off. I felt a cold chill come over me. I had alert beams on the perimeter of my property, entry points that I myself would use to gain entry. It monitored routes people like me would use to gain access when you didnโt want to use the front door.I opened the app on my phone and watched as five men in masks breached my property line. I switched to another angle, but it was clear. It was only the five of them. I was an hour away and Charlotte would probably be asleep. I phoned the landline anyway and to my relief she answered after four rings.โHello?โ She answered questioningly.โCharlotte, there are five men on the perimeter of the property. You have about six minutes before they breach the houseโโ She interrupted me as I tried to give her instructions.โWhat? Why?โ Her voice was shaking with fear.โGo down to the basement. The code on the door to the left of the stairs is three one four one
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๋ฐ์ดํธ : 2025-03-20Drengrย ย ย Part 14
โYou shot me,โ I said and she let the gun fall to the floor. Her hand clasped over her mouth and she rushed forward to me. I was leaning against the wall as I tried to apply pressure to the bullet wound and to staunch the bleeding a bit.โIโm so sorry. I thought it was them,โ she said worriedly.โBathroom,โ I said as she tried to help me. I slid down against the wall and she started to cry.โDonโt die, please donโt die,โ she said and I laughed suddenly.โIโm not going to die. Get the first aid kit in the bathroom,โ I said. She ran up the stairs and I sighed. She returned a few minutes later, stopping short when she saw Andrew Douglas lying on the floor with his eyes open, his head surrounded by a pool of his own blood and brain matter.I took the first aid kit from her and opened it. I took out the tweezers and the small bottle of antiseptic liquid. I poured the liquid over the wound and gritted my teeth as it burned. I clenched my eyes closed until the burning subsided. I placed my f
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๋ฐ์ดํธ : 2025-03-21Drengrย ย ย Part 15
โI heard you won the team challenge. Again,โ Jack said and smiled.I smiled back at him. โI usually do.โโArrogant as always. Did you talk to Nataly this time?โ His gaze was searching my face, looking for some clue.โNo,โ I said, wishing he hadnโt brought her up.Jack shook his head and scratched at the stubble on his chin. โYou have to talk to her at some point and I donโt mean work.โโNo, I donโt. I have nothing to say to her.โ I looked him in the eye and changed the subject. โHow are June and the kids?โโJuneโs great, the kids are terrorists,โ he said and I laughed. โI worry about you, Jericho.โโIโm fine.โ Jack nodded and then made his way to the barn where his men would dismember the bodies and transport them away. I went into the laundry room and got a bucket and cleaning supplies. I went down to the basement first and started cleaning the floor where I had killed Andrew and the other man, washing away their blood. There could be nothing to see when Charlotte woke up. Three ho
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๋ฐ์ดํธ : 2025-03-22Drengrย ย ย Part 16
I opened the freezer and took out some fish. I put it in the oven and let it bake while the vegetables steamed. I knocked on Charlotteโs door five minutes before it would be ready. She hadnโt emerged at all and I had no idea what was going through her head.โCharlotte, dinnerโs ready.โ I went back downstairs when she didnโt answer me. I ate dinner alone and took two more pills. I felt tired after I cleaned the kitchen and I went upstairs to my room after calling the dogs and locking up.The next morning when I woke up, I felt better. I brushed my teeth and got dressed in the bathroom after another shower. Charlotte was in the kitchen when I went downstairs, making coffee. It was half past six and she just looked at me as she handed me the cup. I felt awkward around her and I was sure she did too. Regret, it was written all over her face.โAndrewโs dead so I guess I can go home now,โ she said. She was right. She could go home now.โIโll take you when youโre ready.โWith Nataly, things
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๋ฐ์ดํธ : 2025-03-23Drengrย ย ย Part 17
I called Jack back as I thought of something else. โWhere did you leave his SUV?โJack chuckled. โI parked it at the curb in Garfield Park.โโThatโs good. Itโll be there for maybe an hour before itโs stolen,โ I said to him. โThanks, Jack.โโYou know Iโve always got your back,โ he said and I was about to hang up when he spoke again. โYou might want to think about silencing her before she becomes a problem.โโIโm not going to kill her,โ I said and he started to laugh.โDo you really like her that much?โโMaybe, but it doesnโt matter. It was over before it even began.โThe moment I said it, I knew I shouldnโt have.โAww, shit, you slept with her, didnโt you?โ Of all the people in my life, Jack knew me the best, but even he didnโt know everything.โWhat difference does that make?โ I didnโt like where he was going with this conversation. I wasnโt a kiss and tell kind of guy and discussing this with my brother didnโt sit well with me.โFor you it makes all the difference in the world, little
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๋ฐ์ดํธ : 2025-03-24Drengrย ย ย Part 18
I was nervous about doing this. If she said anything about me, Jack would know and then I would have to silence her. It wasnโt something I wanted to do. I liked her and the realization made me smile and then frown. โNo,โ I thought to myself. This was dangerous territory.I saw her car turn into her street and then into the driveway. She got out and unlocked the front door and shut it with her foot. I watched the screens on my laptop. I had perfect coverage. She put her handbag down on the couch and kicked off her shoes, leaving them right there on the floor. She went into her bedroom and I heard the bathroom door close.Jack answered on the first ring. โItโs go time.โโTracking your phone location nowโฆsearching for hersโฆokay, Jericho, what do you want done?โโPhone calls, texts, emails, google, Facebook, Twitter, I need access to everything,โ I said. I could hear him typing as I spoke. I had another phone that would basically act as her phoneโs clone. I would get every text she got an
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๋ฐ์ดํธ : 2025-03-25Drengrย ย ย Part 19
โJericho!โ A voice boomed from across the room. I smiled as I watched the big guy smile. Joshua was always happy, always in a good mood and you couldnโt stay mad at the guy even if you tried.Joshua walked toward me and Jack lifted his hand in greeting from his office that overlooked the open plan area. His office was on the next floor and he could literally watch everybody that worked under him. It felt good to be in the middle of the buzz again even though it had only been ten days. The air was filled with electricity as people coordinated drop-offs and exchanges and confirmed that the dead were in fact dead.โLong time no see,โ Joshua said. We walked toward the boardroom together and I chuckled at him. I had missed training day because I was in Redondo Beach killing Paul Jameson.โMust be important for us to be summoned in early,โ I said and he nodded his head in agreement. We walked into the boardroom and were the last to arrive.โThank you for finally joining us,โ Lynda said.She
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๋ฐ์ดํธ : 2025-03-26
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Drengrย ย ย Part 54
On a whim, I decided to get on the bike and drive the three hours to Epworth. There were some things I needed to get since the apartment in Chicago was usually just for weekend stays. I would also have to make more permanent arrangements with Quince about the dogs.I opened the throttle and raced down the highway and it felt good. It felt good to drive down this road and know that tonight I would sleep in my own bed. Chicago also had my own bed but it was different in the farmhouse, it felt more like home to me.The flashing blue lights up ahead made me slow down and I was pulled over by a police officer from Epworth. I didnโt know him and wondered when they had hired someone new. Max had talked about getting some extra bodies and here he was.โGood evening, sir,โ he said as I switched the bike off and opened the visor on my helmet.โEvening, officer,โ I said and dismounted the bike. I took my helmet off and got my ID and licence and handed both to him.โDo you know how fast you were
Drengrย ย ย Part 53
I hadnโt exactly lied to Jack. I wasnโt sure what was wrong with me, although I had an idea. I never got sick, I couldnโt even remember ever having the flu or a headache before the other night. I was pretty certain that my initial diagnosis on myself was correct.I went to see my GP, who was surprised by my visit because he really did see me once a year for a physical. We socialized as well but that was different. We had also gone to college together and he had known Robert too.โWhat brings you in, Blake?โ Charles Roberts M.D asked me. He had a thing about the M.D behind his name and he got constant flak from all of us about it.โSwollen lymph nodes, pain in my neck, trouble swallowing every now and then, itโs not persistent but Iโve had a cough for the last two days,โ I said as he looked at me, taking notes of my symptoms. โIโm thinking thyroidism.โCharles gave me a physical and then sat on the edge of his desk and looked at me. โI think you should go see David.โโYou think it migh
Drengrย ย ย Part 52
I started the bike and took my time driving to HQ. Even though it was past midnight, I knew Lynda would be there. She was always there. She would know the moment I swiped my card at the gate and drove into the basement.I went up in the elevator and Lynda stood there in the hallway when the doors opened. She looked relieved, angry and concerned all at the same time. She nodded and started walking toward her office. I stepped off the elevator, thirty pairs of eyes following my movements.โJericho!โ Jack called as he came running down the corridor. He grabbed me in a bear hug and I felt his body relax as he hugged me.โItโs good to see you too,โ I said.He let go of me and punched me. His fist connected with my cheekbone and it stung like hell. โDonโt ever do that to me again!โ He hugged me again and I wrapped my arms around him.โI have to go face the music,โ I said and turned away to Lyndaโs office.I walked inside her office and closed the door behind me and was immediately engulfed
Drengrย ย ย Part 51
I sat down on the couch, the flashback of all these memories haunting me. Memories of when life was less complicated and Jennifer still lived in Chicago and Robert had still been alive. The living room light went on and John Gold stepped inside the room.โBlake?โ he asked questioningly as he walked toward me.โHi, John, we need to have a conversation,โ I said.โItโs the middle of the night, Blake,โ he said and I took the Jericho from the holster. โWhat theโโโSit.โ I pointed to the couch with the gun and he sat down reluctantly, watching me with his beady eyes.โHave you lost your mind? Whatโs this all about?โ he asked me, raising his voice slightly.โIโm glad you at least had the decency to bury Lydia with Robert,โ I said and he looked away.โIt wasnโt my first choice,โ he said and I nodded. I knew that to be true.โYou broke something inside,โ I said and he stared at me, clearly confused.โI have no idea what youโre talking about,โ he said.โWhen you killed Robert, it broke somethin
Drengrย ย ย Part 50
I made my way back toward my bike and entered the building. I went up to the penthouse and picked the lock. I opened the door and stepped into the dimly lit foyer. I walked to the living room and opened the drinks cabinet. I had been here so many times that I could almost call it my second home.When I had met Robert in college, I thought he was a spoiled rich brat but I soon realized he had depth to him. He disliked his father immensely and he brought me home with him on our first break. Iโd had a falling out with Peter, who didnโt approve of me taking time off to get a degree. I wanted to experience normalcy and it took him only four months to draw me back in again and do part-time assignments.I could relate to what Robert felt for his own father, who dismissed any ideas he had as idiotic and wanted him to fall in line and do as he was told. Sure, we didnโt always do the right thing and a few times we screwed up, not that they ever knew about it. The worst thing we did together was
Drengrย ย ย Part 49
โIโm not armed,โ she said from behind the wall. I wasnโt aiming the gun in her direction but kept it in my hand on my lap.โNeither am I,โ I said. She looked around the corner of the wall and something in her eyes changed. โLetโs talk.โShe moved to the closest couch and sat down. โHow did you figure it out?โ The despondency in her voice might have made me feel something if she hadnโt tried to kill me.โIt wasnโt that hard, but I knew for sure the moment Dillinger and Mendez came for me,โ I said.She lowered her head. โTheyโre dead.โ Her voice was softer now, almost like she was talking to herself.โYou always were the sly one,โ I said to her. โThe fox in the chicken coop.โโIt is what it is,โ she said and looked up.โWhy though?โ I asked her. โWeโre supposed to be a team.โโThe fucking rejection, Jericho! Everyone else always being in your shadow, pick one!โโWhat rejection? You were always part of the team!โ I said angrily.โI was good enough to sleep with after Nataly, and then the
Drengrย ย ย Part 48
I woke up to the beeping of a heart monitor. There was a blood pressure band around my left arm and bright sunlight filtered into the room, making me squint. I turned my head and looked around the room. It was comfortably large and I lay in a king size bed, hooked up to machines with an IV in my arm.There was a clean bandage on my lower arm where I had stitched up the knife wound and a larger bandage near my side where Iโd been shot. It still hurt, but the pain was manageable. The door of the bedroom opened and a young black woman walked in, followed closely by Bo. He looked relieved to see me awake.โFinally, man. I almost died worrying โbout you,โ Bo said and sat down in a chair next to the bed.โWhere am I?โ The last thing I remembered was being in the elevator and feeling myself lose consciousness.โThis is my home away from home,โ Bo said and smiled at the woman. โAnd this is Gloria, my little sister, and the family doctor.โGloria checked my vitals and had me follow her finger
Drengrย ย ย Part 47
I briefly closed my eyes. I knew she was watching Robertโs funeral as well. Jennifer had loved him, just like I had. I forced the memories away, focusing on the present and the situation I now found myself in. โHang on.โI plugged the earphones into the phone and put the earpiece in my ear. I put the phone back inside my jacket and kept it open. I was going to need access to my guns.โWhere am I going, Bluebird?โ I turned away from the sight of Robertโs coffin being lowered into the ground. I didnโt want to see it anymore. It was the final goodbye, Robertโs final resting place and it broke something inside me.โGoodman is on the other side of that lake and Black is on your left, right in those clusters of trees,โ she said.I turned to the right and made my way through the graves and back toward the entrance. I would circle him from behind. โThanks Jen.โ I disconnected the call because she wouldnโt want me to hear her cry.I saw him standing between two trees with a pair of binocular
Drengrย ย ย Part 46
Tuesday. I woke up at 6 p.m. and I couldnโt believe that Iโd slept that long. The migraine was gone and I showered, dressed, drank coffee and checked my phone. Jennifer had sent me details on Ashley Grant.She was five foot two, tiny with blonde hair and blue eyes. Her location showed her in a residential area in Williams Park. I studied the area and drove out to her location. It was forty-six miles to what I assumed was her house and I slowed the bike as I drove past it. I turned right on North Ada Street and parked the bike in an empty yard between some trees. It was almost 9 p.m.I was about a hundred and twenty yards away from her house and I walked quietly through the cluster of trees that bordered the back of the house. At the fence at the rear of her house, was a small shed-like structure. I mounted it and lay flat on the roof. It was level with her back door.I watched the house for a few minutes and saw movement behind the curtains. She wasnโt married and she had no children.
