Today’s
excerpt is from Escape From Mexico, a stand alone book featuring Jim Scott and
several old friends. Glenn having a few
laughs over the possibility that there might be an assassin after him. Enjoy and have a fantastic day.
m.j.
“Give it a rest,
you idiot,” Jim grumbled, before giving Glenn the name. Then he added, “I think he’s about six or
seven from the top over there. I’ve got
a plan.”
“Of course you
do—but I think I’ll just ask the President to nuke Beijing.”
“I like your
plan better. See ya.”
“Hold on—what’s
your plan. Mine might be better, but I
don’t think he’d go for it.”
“In which case,
why don’t you ask the President to give the Premier a call, inform him that
this jerk contacted an international assassin to eliminate you, and would they
please do something to curb his actions?
You might also suggest he tell them to do something with that damned
account set up for this purpose—up to and including buying the bank.”
“I like it—I’ll
give him a call. Thanks, Jim. I really don’t want a squad of bodyguards.”
Jim was laughing
as Glenn was already calling the President.
It took a while to get through.
When he did, Glenn asked, “Mr. President, do you have time for me? It seems the Chinese haven’t forgotten about
me—or at least one of their higher ups hasn’t.”
“Do you mean
what I think you mean?”
“Yes, sir. I may still be on their pest control
list.”
“Can you meet me
at Andrews? I’m on the way there as we
speak.”
“Yes, sir. I can have my chopper fly me over, if you can
let someone know to not shoot me down.”
“I think I can
arrange that. The tower will tell you
where to land, and have a ride standing by to bring you to Air Force One. We’ll only have a few minutes.”
“Yes, sir…on my
way.”
When Glenn’s
helicopter landed where told, he was driven to Air Force One and escorted
aboard. He was then led to the
President’s office on the plane and shown in.
After being offered (and accepting a drink) Glenn got right to the
point. “Sir, two things. First, a high-ranking member of the party in
China reached out to an international assassin and asked him to take me
out. He declined. Then, more recently, someone from a Mexican
cartel did the same thing, only this time he was asked to eliminate Bob Becker,
Clyde Feegle, and U.S. Attorney Suermann.
He again declined. It is my
understanding—passed on from Jim Scott—that this man only works for
governments.”
“From that last
statement, I take it your information came from Jim?”
“Yes, sir. The assassin called him with the
information. He had a suggestion about
how to handle the Chinese situation.”
“I’m sure it’s a
dilly. Lay it on me.”
Glenn did, and
the President nearly laughed before he replied, “An excellent idea. Do you have any better ideas on the subject?”
“Well, I did
suggest to Jim I might ask you to nuke Beijing.”
“Another
excellent idea. We’ll go with Jim’s.”
“Yes, sir—would
be more prudent.”
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