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Chapters (95)
  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright
  3. Dedication
  4. Epigraph
  5. One
  6. Two
  7. Three
  8. Four
  9. Five
  10. Six
  11. Seven
  12. Eight
  13. Nine
  14. Ten
  15. Eleven
  16. Twelve
  17. Thirteen
  18. Fourteen
  19. Fifteen
  20. Sixteen
  21. Seventeen
  22. Eighteen
  23. Nineteen
  24. Twenty
  25. Twenty-One
  26. Twenty-Two
  27. Twenty-Three
  28. Twenty-Four
  29. Twenty-Five
  30. Twenty-Six
  31. Twenty-Seven
  32. Twenty-Eight
  33. Twenty-Nine
  34. Thirty
  35. Thirty-One
  36. Thirty-Two
  37. Thirty-Three
  38. Thirty-Four
  39. Thirty-Five
  40. Thirty-Six
  41. Thirty-Seven
  42. Thirty-Eight
  43. Thirty-Nine
  44. Forty
  45. Forty-One
  46. Forty-Two
  47. Forty-Three
  48. Forty-Four
  49. Forty-Five
  50. Forty-Six
  51. Forty-Seven
  52. Forty-Eight
  53. Forty-Nine
  54. Fifty
  55. Fifty-One
  56. Fifty-Two
  57. Fifty-Three
  58. Fifty-Four
  59. Fifty-Five
  60. Fifty-Six
  61. Fifty-Seven
  62. Fifty-Eight
  63. Fifty-Nine
  64. Sixty
  65. Sixty-One
  66. Sixty-Two
  67. Sixty-Three
  68. Sixty-Four
  69. Sixty-Five
  70. Sixty-Six
  71. Sixty-Seven
  72. Sixty-Eight
  73. Sixty-Nine
  74. Seventy
  75. Seventy-One
  76. Seventy-Two
  77. Seventy-Three
  78. Seventy-Four
  79. Seventy-Five
  80. Seventy-Six
  81. Seventy-Seven
  82. Seventy-Eight
  83. Seventy-Nine
  84. Eighty
  85. Eighty-One
  86. Eighty-Two
  87. Eighty-Three
  88. Eighty-Four
  89. Eighty-Five
  90. Eighty-Six
  91. Eighty-Seven
  92. Acknowledgements
  93. About the Author
  94. Also by David Swinson
  95. Thank you for buying this ebook, published by Hachette Digital.

The chances of my getting into trouble are greater if I turn them in. That is, if they talk about how I came to find them. Fuck. Kidnapping while armed, assault, just to name a couple of charges I could face. I’ve also locked up hundreds of crackheads back when I was on the job. Turned a few of them into good CIs. Yeah, some of them ran when we got them out, but they always ran back to their neighborhood ’cause they had nowhere else to go. Diamond owns his home. They have no relations outside DC except Diamond’s son. And I sure as hell don’t think Biddy’s gonna take off to Afghanistan or wherever the hell Diamond’s son is stationed. I’m taking a big chance, but if it works it’ll lead me to Jeffrey’s killer. Untie this whole fucking thing.

I check the whole house when I get home, make sure everything is secure. I lock the bedroom door once I enter, strip down to shower. Carry clean underwear and my gun into the bathroom with me. Lock the bathroom door, put the gun on the vanity, and cover it with my underwear.

After my shower, I dress in comfortable khakis and a white T-shirt, pop two Klonopins, and lie on top of the covers with my gun at my side. Despite the Klonopin, I have confidence that if someone kicks the door in, I’ll still have the acuity to cap his ass. Be nice if it was Jasper. Save me a lot of trouble. Things rarely work out the way you want them to.

Damn, I don’t need this in my life right now. I can’t think straight. That long night with Biddy has floored me. I feel like he’s the other side of me. A mini me.

Fuck, I’m nothing like him.

I don’t know what the fuck I was thinking. Leaving them there. I got the guy who burglarized my house. The guy who can clear my name from the suspect list and put his own name in its place. Who the fuck am I?

The bedroom is cool. The ceiling fan helps, too. I like the feeling of the air as it pushes softly against my face.

Leslie sneaks into my head. I close my eyes, try to see her face, but it’s no longer a clear image.

After a few minutes of lying still, something comes to me.

Something good that I need to do.

I have to try to get some sleep first, ’cause it has to be tonight.

Fifty-One

Fifty-One

That evening I park a block and half from Riggs. It’s stuffy out. Before I exit the car, I grab the stun gun from my backpack, clip it to my belt behind the gun, and slip on my thin tactical gloves.