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Mike Smith is Dead—Pt. 34
A week later, at the Florencia house, Kip and Rosa sat with Giles and Marcos having breakfast. An old Porsche pulled in the driveway and Marcos instinctively stood and walked to the front window tucking his Glock in the back of his jeans. A nice looking young man walked up to the porch and rang the bell. The housekeeper started toward the door but Marcos held up a hand to stop her.
By Dub Wright6 years ago in Serve
Mike Smith Is Dead—Pt. 33
“So,” Marcos put his feet on the next chair. “I picked up an old 1972 Antonov An-12 Cub transport at Aeropuerto Internacional Monseñor Óscar Arnulfo Romero in El Salvator and the hanger it was in was next to this football field. There were a bunch of kids, about seventeen or eighteen years old I’d say, playing. Anyway a ball bounces over the fence and I picked it up and carried to the kid waiting, I thought for sure I was looking into the face of a young Roger Olson. I remembered that face from 1984. The kid said in English “hey, mister,” then he switched to Spanish and asked for the ball.”
By Dub Wright6 years ago in Serve
Mike Smith Is Dead—Pt. 32
They found a tux for Roberto, although it had to be altered and for his wife the same difficulty in building a formal gown. The black tie affair at the mansion was a sought after invite. Roberto and his wife served as door hosts for the occasion. In the late evening Marcos arrived with a beautiful blond woman. Kip was busy speaking with dignitaries and didn’t see them approach. Giles tapped him on the shoulder.
By Dub Wright6 years ago in Serve
Mike Smith Is Dead—Pt. 30
The big house in Florencia seemed cold to Rosa as she prepared for her day, she had been home over a week and depression had been the watchword although the doctor gave her medication she still was lonely and depressed. The new manager was handling all the properties and she learned she had a dozen people on staff and was still showing a profit. She paced the floor and finally picked up her phone and dialed Sam’s number in Argentina. After many clicks she knew it was searching for a tower or a location. “She’s probably traveling.”
By Dub Wright6 years ago in Serve
Mike Smith Is Dead—Pt. 29
The Vice President, his wife, and his college age stepdaughter boarded a yacht in Miami harbor for a short cruise. They brought no baggage, only a change of clothes and swimwear. Their well paid captain set an unregistered heading for Havana, Cuba.
By Dub Wright6 years ago in Serve
Mike Smith Is Dead—Pt. 27 and 28
At five in the morning two days later Mitch VanHorn’s phone rang and an official voice told him a limo was parked at his curb. He had thirty minutes to be on his way downtown to the Eisenhower building. At six thirty that morning he boarded a familiar elevator that took him to a special part of the office building. He was escorted in and told to wait. Five minutes later Ivan Sessions came into the room. They looked at each other and shrugged. Sessions used a handkerchief to wipe the perspiration from his forehead.
By Dub Wright6 years ago in Serve
Mike Smith Is Dead—Pt. 26
Rosa and Kip sat in a hallway leading from the rectory to the chapel. Rosa whispered to Kip. “At the funeral liturgy, the Church gathers with the family and friends to give praise and thanks to God for Christ's victory over sin and death, to commend the deceased to God's mercy and compassion, and to seek strength in the proclamation of the Easter mystery. The funeral liturgy is an act of worship, and not merely an expression of grief.”
By Dub Wright6 years ago in Serve
Mike Smith Is Dead—Pt. 25
Lucky for Giles, one of the bullets passed through her and hit a car, which set off the alarms. Within minutes she was discovered in a pool of blood. A person walking to their car spotted Giles’ slumped body and called 911. Minutes later EMTs and police arrived and Giles was transported to Washington Hospital Emergency room. Although her pulse was barely visible she was alive and immediately put on life support. Without any identification security forces were forced to take DNA and fingerprints in the emergency room and by the time the doctors were ready to treat her they still had no answers to who she was or where she was from. She was toe tagged, “Female 1-alien” and given a name of “Miss Ava.”
By Dub Wright6 years ago in Serve
Mike Smith Is Dead—Pt. 22 and 23
The fax machine whirred and a well armed grizzled faced man looked up from his nap, the heat and the beer from his shack in Brazil made him heavy eyed. He snatched the paper off of the machine read the description and stared at the picture.
By Dub Wright6 years ago in Serve
Mike Smith Is Dead—Pt. 21
“A large bunch, seven or more ATVs plus the natives, looks like they’re coming this way.” One of the ranch hands reported. I saw them through my binoculars when looking for a stray. Hard to tell who they were, but they were loading something and seemed to be headed toward the old trail.”
By Dub Wright6 years ago in Serve
