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Chapter Nineteen

The Closet…

Charlie was trying to work on an equation for the past three minutes when there was another commotion down the hall. There was a couple of orderlies shouting, almost like someone was after them, and Charlie had no idea who.

He soon got his answer when a gunshot went off and a body slumped to the ground, leaving the orderly moaning.

"Where are agents Eppes and Reeves?" One of the voices demanded

"I don't know!" The orderly said in a weak voice

"Tell me the truth." The voice said coolly and calmly, which sent shivers down Charlie's spine as Alan put a finger up his mouth, directing everyone to stay as quiet as possible.

Millie and Amita were holding hands, trying to stay as calm as possible with Larry holding Charlie and Alan's to do the same. Charlie could see tears coming down his friend's eyes, which broke his heart but there wasn't anything that he could do about it right now.

The gunmen then shot the orderly again and, this time, the orderly was no longer making any noise, making Charlie realize the man might be dead. If this was seven years ago, he would have gone into P vs. NP but there was no time for that, as he had to be strong for his family.

A noise then came from the doorknob, like one of the gunmen was trying to open it; but luckily, the door was locked, to everyone's relief. One of the men ordered the other to keep moving, as it wasn't worth looking in there, as the man said that he heard on the radio that one of their targets, Merrick, died on the way to the hospital, which means they can completely focus on their current mission.

"That takes care of him." Said one of them

"Yes but our client still wants the others dead, so after Reeves and Eppes, we go after the Prosecutor wife of Eppes." The man said with a creepy sense of glee.

"What about the rest of the Eppes family?" The other one asked

"We'll take care of them later." The apparent lead men said, "They will be easy to take out, anyway."

Everyone in the closet listening in the conversation were just shocked an appalled by what they were hearing. They were also greatly saddened that, if true, Merrick died then the men now have the others on their minds. Charlie then realized that he had to come up with a plan to help Colby, Nikki, and David, as he knew that they still needed backup and he wanted to do what he could to protect his brother, sister-in-law, and his best friend's girlfriend.

'It's now my turn to protect you Don.' Charlie thought to himself