Act 5: Resolution
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Robert Clayton carefully peeked around his bedroom door. All he could hear was the hum of the refrigerator. 'Good! Lee and Amanda should be asleep.' He took a breath and quietly stepped through the kitchen and made his way to the garage. 'Damn! I forgot to leave the door up!' He hoped Lee wouldn't wake up as he opened the garage door to leave......
***
11:45 pm
Lee squinted at the bedside clock/radio. Amanda was sound asleep and laid heavily on his left arm. Lee sucked in his breath and carefully slipped his arm from underneath his wife. 'Good.' Lee quietly got dressed and left to follow his uncle. 'I think I know exactly where he's headed!'
***
Amanda waited till she heard Lee pull out of the driveway to throw her covers off. "Alright! Time to get down to business!"
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Colonel Clayton slowly drove his car up to the heavy wrought iron gate that led to White's estate. His headlights were turned off. He noticed barbed wire on top of the thick brick walls that surrounded the property. It would take all of Robert's tactical skills to determine once and for all if Edward White was involved in this situation. 'I'm beginning to think Lee was right.'
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'Pffffffffffhew!' Tommy Dorchester slowly released a sigh of relief. He was actually glad to be placed in the AF stockade. He'd be safe for now.
He didn't turn his head when he heard footsteps echo down the hall. Once the shuffling stopped, Dorchester looked up. The base chaplain was standing outside his cell.
"Well, Lt. General, looks like you've been issued an article 15 reprimand. That's pretty serious!"
"Yes, sir, uh, Father," Tommy replied as he leaned back against the rough cement wall. He wondered if the office of Special Investigations had found his unsent e-mail yet.
"Well, son, looks like you'll be needing this."
Tommy scoffed as the preist handed him a copy of Gideon's Bible. "C'mon Father! You know I don't believe in that stuff!"
Father Paul made the sign of the cross as he walked away. 'You'll change your mind son, you'll change your mind...'
Tommy threw the Bible down on his delapitated bunk. It splayed open as it fell. Three words in red caught Tommy's attention..."Remember Lot's wife."
Tommy picked up the good book and started to read...."Hmmmm, Luke, verse 32....chapter seventeen...."
****
Lee sat in the dark, watching outside White's estate. He could see his uncle's car several yards down, hidden in the bushes.
Lee glanced at the car radio. 12:30 p.m. "He shoulda been out of there by now!"
Lee got out of the car and thought, 'At least Amanda's safe at home!'
***
Amanda crouched in the stillness as she watched her husband exit the rental car and deftly leap over the brick wall. He escaped the barbs of the wire. 'Man, he's good!' Amanda thought, 'But...if he's not back in half an hour, I'm goin' in!'
****
"Com-fer-ta-hul Col-el Clay-ten?" White slurred as he stared blurry eyed at his catch. Robert couldn't respond, he was bound and gagged.
Robert didn't like the way White was flinging that gun around. 'The man's had too much to drink!'
"Soooo, you did-en believe me?" Edward rambled, "Dooor-chester! Ha ha ha! Oh! There was a good man! One of the best! He knew how to o-bey my or-ders! I made him rich! Ah! But poor Henry Dav-vis. And the bird. Do-o-o-own it fell! Oops! But I may-ed aLOT of mon-ey! Seeee? It's all ah-rohn you..........."
Robert swallowed hard, 'Why did I have to have the brillant idea of proving Lee wrong? Where the hell is that boy!'
Clayton's glassy eyed host continued, "I tri-ed to get ahol-duh of lovely Ada Carlson today.
Line was bu-sy. I couldn't ge-et through." White pointed the gun at Robert's head. "I don't like it when I ca-an't get through!"
From the doorway, the Col. heard Lee shout "Get through this!" as he flung his jacket over Edward White and held him in a bear hug.
Too bad Lee didn't see the two goons behind him.
****
"Izunh this co-zy?" White stumbled as he looked at his two 'guests'. They were now bound back to back. The two goons guarded their door.
Lee glanced at the clock as he watched White leave.
1:05 a.m.
'Why didn't I tell Amanda where I was going?'
***
Amanda crept down the third floor hallway. She could see the two goons guarding the door where Lee and his uncle were being held.
'There's no way I can take those two down!'
She slipped into the room next to them and ran over to the window. She carefully lifted it up. 'Oh my gosh!' Amanda wasn't thrilled with the distance down to the ground.
"Oh. boy!" she whispered as she made her way unto the ledge.
Amanda inched her way over to the next window. She could hear Lee and his uncle bickering through their gags. As she peered into the room, she heard sirens. 'I wonder what that's all about?'
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Ada leaned back in her adorandak chair and relaxed. She was glad she had finally called the authorities with the information she found. They should be on their way to arrest White right now...
Tag comin'
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Robert Clayton carefully peeked around his bedroom door. All he could hear was the hum of the refrigerator. 'Good! Lee and Amanda should be asleep.' He took a breath and quietly stepped through the kitchen and made his way to the garage. 'Damn! I forgot to leave the door up!' He hoped Lee wouldn't wake up as he opened the garage door to leave......
***
11:45 pm
Lee squinted at the bedside clock/radio. Amanda was sound asleep and laid heavily on his left arm. Lee sucked in his breath and carefully slipped his arm from underneath his wife. 'Good.' Lee quietly got dressed and left to follow his uncle. 'I think I know exactly where he's headed!'
***
Amanda waited till she heard Lee pull out of the driveway to throw her covers off. "Alright! Time to get down to business!"
*******
Colonel Clayton slowly drove his car up to the heavy wrought iron gate that led to White's estate. His headlights were turned off. He noticed barbed wire on top of the thick brick walls that surrounded the property. It would take all of Robert's tactical skills to determine once and for all if Edward White was involved in this situation. 'I'm beginning to think Lee was right.'
********************
'Pffffffffffhew!' Tommy Dorchester slowly released a sigh of relief. He was actually glad to be placed in the AF stockade. He'd be safe for now.
He didn't turn his head when he heard footsteps echo down the hall. Once the shuffling stopped, Dorchester looked up. The base chaplain was standing outside his cell.
"Well, Lt. General, looks like you've been issued an article 15 reprimand. That's pretty serious!"
"Yes, sir, uh, Father," Tommy replied as he leaned back against the rough cement wall. He wondered if the office of Special Investigations had found his unsent e-mail yet.
"Well, son, looks like you'll be needing this."
Tommy scoffed as the preist handed him a copy of Gideon's Bible. "C'mon Father! You know I don't believe in that stuff!"
Father Paul made the sign of the cross as he walked away. 'You'll change your mind son, you'll change your mind...'
Tommy threw the Bible down on his delapitated bunk. It splayed open as it fell. Three words in red caught Tommy's attention..."Remember Lot's wife."
Tommy picked up the good book and started to read...."Hmmmm, Luke, verse 32....chapter seventeen...."
****
Lee sat in the dark, watching outside White's estate. He could see his uncle's car several yards down, hidden in the bushes.
Lee glanced at the car radio. 12:30 p.m. "He shoulda been out of there by now!"
Lee got out of the car and thought, 'At least Amanda's safe at home!'
***
Amanda crouched in the stillness as she watched her husband exit the rental car and deftly leap over the brick wall. He escaped the barbs of the wire. 'Man, he's good!' Amanda thought, 'But...if he's not back in half an hour, I'm goin' in!'
****
"Com-fer-ta-hul Col-el Clay-ten?" White slurred as he stared blurry eyed at his catch. Robert couldn't respond, he was bound and gagged.
Robert didn't like the way White was flinging that gun around. 'The man's had too much to drink!'
"Soooo, you did-en believe me?" Edward rambled, "Dooor-chester! Ha ha ha! Oh! There was a good man! One of the best! He knew how to o-bey my or-ders! I made him rich! Ah! But poor Henry Dav-vis. And the bird. Do-o-o-own it fell! Oops! But I may-ed aLOT of mon-ey! Seeee? It's all ah-rohn you..........."
Robert swallowed hard, 'Why did I have to have the brillant idea of proving Lee wrong? Where the hell is that boy!'
Clayton's glassy eyed host continued, "I tri-ed to get ahol-duh of lovely Ada Carlson today.
Line was bu-sy. I couldn't ge-et through." White pointed the gun at Robert's head. "I don't like it when I ca-an't get through!"
From the doorway, the Col. heard Lee shout "Get through this!" as he flung his jacket over Edward White and held him in a bear hug.
Too bad Lee didn't see the two goons behind him.
****
"Izunh this co-zy?" White stumbled as he looked at his two 'guests'. They were now bound back to back. The two goons guarded their door.
Lee glanced at the clock as he watched White leave.
1:05 a.m.
'Why didn't I tell Amanda where I was going?'
***
Amanda crept down the third floor hallway. She could see the two goons guarding the door where Lee and his uncle were being held.
'There's no way I can take those two down!'
She slipped into the room next to them and ran over to the window. She carefully lifted it up. 'Oh my gosh!' Amanda wasn't thrilled with the distance down to the ground.
"Oh. boy!" she whispered as she made her way unto the ledge.
Amanda inched her way over to the next window. She could hear Lee and his uncle bickering through their gags. As she peered into the room, she heard sirens. 'I wonder what that's all about?'
***************
Ada leaned back in her adorandak chair and relaxed. She was glad she had finally called the authorities with the information she found. They should be on their way to arrest White right now...
Tag comin'
