Dix raised an eyebrow. “Are you making this stuff up?”
“I know it sounds surreal, but it’s the truth according to a contact at the Coast Guard working with DEA and FBI. They think maybe the guy was Calhoun’s son, and he was trying to take over the family business. They believe this was Calhoun’s last deal, and he was going to quit for good. Just poof, disappear.”
Dix shook his head in disbelief.
Roger asked, “Where the heck is Martin?”
Petersen shot Dix a look of concern. Dix looked sick to his stomach as though he assumed the worst had happened to Martin.
“No thanks to you, he got too close to the runway and the explosion knocked him unconscious.”
Dix felt terrible and stared out the hospital window while shaking his head.
“Relax buddy, he was asleep during the whole takedown.”
Dix stopped shaking his head but continued to look out the window. “Where’s he now?”
“With his wonderful wife. She’s taking great care of him.”
Dix looked back at Petersen. “Man, he could have been killed. I guess I was so desperate to catch Calhoun and made a bad call.”
Petersen shrugged, “Oh, get over it. By the way, your wife is here when you’re ready to see her.”
Then Petersen confirmed that Calhoun was in custody, and he told Dix how Calhoun had tried to kill himself once already. “When that didn’t work, Calhoun told the Feds he could lead them to someone much more dangerous. The DEA guy told Calhoun that Blanco, the only surviving member of the DOG team, was talking. Calhoun was furious and now he’s desperate. Blanco’s supposed to receive a medal for his efforts to try to stop Calhoun.”
Dix looked out the window again, happy to be alive. He turned back to Petersen. “So, what’s next?”
Petersen had disappeared and in his place he saw an angel, his beautiful wife. She raced to his side in tears. This is going to hurt like hell, but I’m going to love every second of it.
THE END
Table of Contents
Dedication
Acknowledgements
CHAPTER ONE
CHAPTER TWO
CHAPTER THREE
CHAPTER FOUR
CHAPTER FIVE
CHAPTER SIX
CHAPTER SEVEN
CHAPTER EIGHT
CHAPTER NINE
CHAPTER TEN
CHAPTER ELEVEN
CHAPTER TWELVE
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
CHAPTER NINETEEN
CHAPTER TWENTY
CHAPTER TWENTY ONE
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
CHAPTER THIRTY
CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE
CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO
CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR
CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX
CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN
CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT
CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE
CHAPTER FORTY
CHAPTER FORTY-ONE
CHAPTER FORTY-TWO
CHAPTER FORTY-THREE
CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR
CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE
CHAPTER FORTY-SIX
CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN
CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT