THE ONLY EASY DAY IS YESTERDAY
"The Journey of Jeremy Keller"
Part 17
Joe Dawson sat in the small office in the back of his bar. His
computer screen highlighted his face in the darkened office. He heard
someone come in, and figured it was who he expected.
Adam walked into the room "Hi, Joe, what's up?"
Joe motioned to a chair across from him. "Sit down Adam, I've
got some bad news for you."
"What's going on?" Adam asked as he sat on the edge of the
chair and leaned toward his friend.
"It's Ethal Jordan." Joe said.
A look of concerned crossed Adam's face "Mrs. Jordan? did
something happen to her?"
Joe sat back in his chair with a nauseated look on his face. "She
was shot to death this morning."
The loss reflected in Adam's face, he had known her for over 10
years and had thought of her like a grandmother. "Was it related to
business?"
"It's hard to tell." Joe said "She was visiting the Wilmonts and
was killed there. They found Hank Wilmont also shot to death in the
house."
A strange look came over Adam "And Ophelia?"
Joe looked at the computer screen and shivered a bit. "Here's the
description our agent got from his police contact." Joe turned the screen
toward Adam.
Adam read the cold account then said "My God, what those
animals did to her."
Joe sat there stareing at his friend "I just wonder what she's
going to do. It says they found a box dug up in the basement and think
this was a treasure hunt."
"If she's gotten her sword out, then there's going to be hell to
pay." Adam said.
"I hope she stops with her attackers." Dawson added.
Adam shook his head "Yea, so do I."
Joe then pointed to the other text he had brought up. "I've also
been able to access Mrs. Jordan's last entry. It says she saw Hank
leading a stranger out of the barn this morning and she was going to take
a pie over and check him out."
"God," Adam said with a strange smile "She was a great cook,
but I could never figure out how she destroyed those pies like that."
Joe laughed "Sometimes I thought she did it on purpose just to
test the metal of those around her."
"Yea," Adam said "but who do you trust more, the person who
politly chokes it down or the person who is honest enough to gag and
spit it out?"
The two men forced smiles at the memory of their unique old
friend. Then Joe said "I wonder who the man in the barn was and if he
did this."
"I don't know, Joe, but I bet if we find her, we'll find him."
"And if he did do this?" Dawson asked scanning over the report
again.
"Then we'll find parts of him."
"If she's on the war path, do you think we should let Duncan
know?" Joe asked reading Ophelia's history.
"No" Adam said. "We don't know what she's going to do,
besides, this is still just watcher business we don't know if she's going to
start hunting again. Is there anything they want us to do?"
"Yes, our man in the area can't get near the Jordan place, they all
know him and know that he has no business there. They want me to
come in to play a nephew and get into see her records. Perhaps I can
find some notes or pictures to help figure out who this guy was."
Adam looked confused "Why you?"
Joe laughed "She set me up one time as her nephew. They tell
me she has pictures of me in her house to play the part. Turns out she
had no real kin and wanted us to have an in to her place if something
ever happend to her."
"Need a lift to the airport?" Adam offered.
Joe reached down and lifted his carry on bag to the desk "That's
the other reason I called you over. And not just the airport..."
to be continued.....
"The Journey of Jeremy Keller"
Part 17
Joe Dawson sat in the small office in the back of his bar. His
computer screen highlighted his face in the darkened office. He heard
someone come in, and figured it was who he expected.
Adam walked into the room "Hi, Joe, what's up?"
Joe motioned to a chair across from him. "Sit down Adam, I've
got some bad news for you."
"What's going on?" Adam asked as he sat on the edge of the
chair and leaned toward his friend.
"It's Ethal Jordan." Joe said.
A look of concerned crossed Adam's face "Mrs. Jordan? did
something happen to her?"
Joe sat back in his chair with a nauseated look on his face. "She
was shot to death this morning."
The loss reflected in Adam's face, he had known her for over 10
years and had thought of her like a grandmother. "Was it related to
business?"
"It's hard to tell." Joe said "She was visiting the Wilmonts and
was killed there. They found Hank Wilmont also shot to death in the
house."
A strange look came over Adam "And Ophelia?"
Joe looked at the computer screen and shivered a bit. "Here's the
description our agent got from his police contact." Joe turned the screen
toward Adam.
Adam read the cold account then said "My God, what those
animals did to her."
Joe sat there stareing at his friend "I just wonder what she's
going to do. It says they found a box dug up in the basement and think
this was a treasure hunt."
"If she's gotten her sword out, then there's going to be hell to
pay." Adam said.
"I hope she stops with her attackers." Dawson added.
Adam shook his head "Yea, so do I."
Joe then pointed to the other text he had brought up. "I've also
been able to access Mrs. Jordan's last entry. It says she saw Hank
leading a stranger out of the barn this morning and she was going to take
a pie over and check him out."
"God," Adam said with a strange smile "She was a great cook,
but I could never figure out how she destroyed those pies like that."
Joe laughed "Sometimes I thought she did it on purpose just to
test the metal of those around her."
"Yea," Adam said "but who do you trust more, the person who
politly chokes it down or the person who is honest enough to gag and
spit it out?"
The two men forced smiles at the memory of their unique old
friend. Then Joe said "I wonder who the man in the barn was and if he
did this."
"I don't know, Joe, but I bet if we find her, we'll find him."
"And if he did do this?" Dawson asked scanning over the report
again.
"Then we'll find parts of him."
"If she's on the war path, do you think we should let Duncan
know?" Joe asked reading Ophelia's history.
"No" Adam said. "We don't know what she's going to do,
besides, this is still just watcher business we don't know if she's going to
start hunting again. Is there anything they want us to do?"
"Yes, our man in the area can't get near the Jordan place, they all
know him and know that he has no business there. They want me to
come in to play a nephew and get into see her records. Perhaps I can
find some notes or pictures to help figure out who this guy was."
Adam looked confused "Why you?"
Joe laughed "She set me up one time as her nephew. They tell
me she has pictures of me in her house to play the part. Turns out she
had no real kin and wanted us to have an in to her place if something
ever happend to her."
"Need a lift to the airport?" Adam offered.
Joe reached down and lifted his carry on bag to the desk "That's
the other reason I called you over. And not just the airport..."
to be continued.....