Today’s excerpt is from Horace
Goes Home, the second book of the Bader Trilogy. Elmer finds out his star witness (a drunk) is
a lot more than the mess in front of him.
Enjoy and have a fantastic day.
m.j.
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He looked hard
at Alan when he said it. Alan knew what
Elmer wanted. He took the cup carefully,
as Elmer had used his fingers inside the cup to slide it. With the cup in hand, he left the room. When he returned, he had a new cup for
Horace. He nodded at Elmer, before he
left again, while Greg asked a few questions of Horace.
Alan was gone
for nearly twenty minutes before he returned.
He nodded to Elmer again. Elmer
got up. “Bert, keep Horace company,
please. Greg…a word, please.”
Greg followed
Elmer and Alan out of the room. When the
door shut, Alan shook his head. “You
ain’t gonna believe this, El. Our drunk
is a hero. Full name is Horace Greeley
Housmer…Retired Army Special Forces First Sergeant. Got Medals up the ass…Silver Star, Bronze
Star, four Purple Hearts—a bunch of other stuff. He’s retired…on full pension from the
Army. Not married…seems to never have
been. Not much else. No record.
How’n the hell did he wind up like this?”
“Who the hell
knows? Greg?”
“In spite of his
condition, he sounds real—so does his story.
Which leaves us where? Work it
together—the other two, your deal…me on my three?”
“Yeah—sounds
good. If we catch whoever it was, you
can prosecute for your three…we can for our two. Better chance to avoid goofs by one
prosecutor or the other. Get two kicks
at the can…if some judge lets us.”
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