Today’s excerpt is from Pool
Of Blood, the last of the three Bob Becker books. The assassin hired to eliminate Michelle
makes plans for his next try on her after missing his first shot. Enjoy and have a wonderful, day.
m.j.
While the
hunters had been doing their best to find him, Newton was already moved into
the house he’d now stay at until Michelle Becker was dead. Unlike the other house, this one had a
two-car garage. Inside the garage, in
addition to his car, was a white delivery-type van. From a spot behind the seats there was a
fabric partition of black material. The
remainder of the rear of the van was also in black. It had two rear windows, both with very dark
window tinting. While Newton could see
out, with the black interior it was nearly impossible for anyone to see
in. Also, in the rear behind one of the
windows, was a shooting platform and accompanying seat. The window in front of the shooting platform
was rigged so it could be raised up to allow Newton to take his shot.
Newton had to
admit Hoyer had the van set up exactly as he had requested. This had been his third choice of ways to
make his attempt on Michelle. By using
the van, he could park it on one of two streets facing the front entrance of
the courthouse, take his shot, then simply drive off.
After moving his
few belongings into the house, Newton had checked the van over again to make
sure nothing had been overlooked. When
satisfied, he decided to once again drive by both of Michelle’s offices, and
take still another trip down the two-lane highway bypassing the Becker
estate. The van could be used at her
offices, while the trip down the highway was to make sure there was no place to
make his try on Michelle on any trip she took from her home to the Interstate
she would travel to St. Charles. There
were several places he had already spotted where such a try could be made, but
there was no place he had found where he could park his car near enough to
assure a prompt getaway.
It was also
possible to just park the van on the two-lane highway, take his shot and drive
off. The problem with that, or with
shooting from a tree, was the SEAL husband who almost certainly would be
driving her. In either situation he
would almost certainly have to take out the husband, then take a second shot,
this one aimed at Michelle. The obvious
problem would be once the husband was killed, the car would veer off one way or
the other and he probably would not have a clear shot at the main target…who
might very well be armed to make a close in approach to the car dangerous. There was also the problem of traffic.
Once Newton
thought this through again, he sighed, knowing the shot would have to be taken
at the courthouse, or one of her offices.
More than likely, the courthouse.
All this thought
out again, Newton left on his journey to look things over still again.
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