Thursday, April 28, 2016

Horace Goes Home, Book #2 of the Bader Trilogy (Other Books) - Horace finds out what he wanted to know.



Today’s excerpt is from Horace Goes Home, Book #2 of the Bader Trilogy.  Horace asks one of the three men captured before they could kill him a question and gets a job offer from Hector.  Enjoy and have a wonderful day.

m.j.

 

Meanwhile, in the barn, Horace walked up to Hector.  “Okay for me to ask the one with the bum hand a question or two?”

“Yeah, as long as you don’t kill him in the process—but wait just a few minutes.”

Hector was busy setting up his laptop and hooking it up to a printer.  When ready, he took a portable scanner over to the three men.  He told one of his men to release their hands one at a time, then re-cuff them when he was finished.  He put each man’s full hand on the scanner, pushed a button, then went to the next one.  With the first two, he used the right hand; with the man with the bad right hand, he used the left hand.  When he finished, he looked at Horace.  “Have at it.”

As Hector walked back to his laptop, Horace took the black bag off the head of the man with the bad hand, and ripped the duct tape loose.  “Where’s your friend?”

The man looked hard at Horace.  “Go to hell.”

Horace kicked him hard, in the area of his ankle.  The man all but fell to the floor.  “The next one is to your knee.  Where is he?”

“You killed him, you bastard—and you’re gonna get yours.”

Horace put the duct tape back over his mouth, put the hood back on, said, “Thanks,” then turned to leave the barn. 

As he did, Hector caught up to him.  “Horace, when this is all over, you want a job, come see me.”  Smiling, he handed Horace his business card.

“Thanks—I may just do that.  Thanks for letting me spend a few quality seconds with that jackass.”

“You’re more than welcome.”

Horace left the barn, smiled, and whistled on his way back to the main house.  When he got there, he walked in and greeted everyone.  Then he went to the bar, and poured himself a drink.  After he sat down next to Jill, he told her he had been offered the possibility of a job with Hector.  Elmer looked at him.  “Where have you been?”

Sure that Elmer knew where he had been, Horace grinned, “Just asked the guy with the bad hand where his buddy was.  He told me I killed him.”

Homer nodded, “Well, Elmer, there’s one charge you’ve got on him.  By saying that, he basically admitted he was in on the raid on your home.”

Horace shook his head.  “Don’t think we can use it.  I didn’t ask him politely, after he told me to go to hell the first time I asked.”

Homer looked at Elmer, and smiled.  “Well, it was a thought.”

Elmer laughed, “I have a hunch we have a good deal more to charge him and his two friends with.  Will probably have still more when Hector gets through with them.”

Greg sighed, “Yeah—if he doesn’t use the same tactics.”

Elmer smiled, “His stuff will be usable—I’d bet on it.”

 

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