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“What do you mean?”

“Anyone can put an X on a square. What’s to prove that they did what the square said was actually completed.”

“Shit, that’s a good question. At one of the places we executed the warrant on, we found several flash drives, but haven’t had the time to go through them yet. I’ll get someone right on that. I’m thinking, if they have video proof, then the charges against these assholes will be adding up quickly.”

“One other thing,” Kevin said. “See if there are other Dragons around the country they are working with.”

“Will do, those papers should be heading your way.” They rang off and everyone in the office looked at each other with shocked expression.

“Fuck,” Kevin said, and that one word summed up how everyone was feeling.

CHAPTER 21

The room wasquiet for several minutes, no one moved until they heard the fax machine shut off, and it was Yvonne that went to get the papers. It took her several minutes to come back, and she laid stapled stacks on the table.

“I made copies for everyone to have one.” She watched as they all grabbed one, and she handed one personally to Kevin.

“This,” Harmon said to no one in particular, and looked at the men that had come with him. “This is the first physical copy, concrete evidence that we have about this card. It was always rumors, and speculation what was on it. Don’t get me wrong, those rumors always panned out, but now we have the physical card. This is huge.”

“How dangerous are the Flying Dragons?” Erin asked. “And are all the members of Asian descent?”

“Yes, on the Asian descent. All the gangs around the country are in the Asian neighborhoods. Think China Town in New York City, or Los Angeles. But it’s not just one group.”

“What do you mean?”

“It’s not just the Chinese, it’s also the Japanese, Hong Kong, Mongolia, China. Everyone and anyone who has Asian in their blood. I’m not a racist, but when it comes to these FlyingDragons, I am. These guys are bad. You’ve seen on some cop shows on TV where people shake down store owners for money to keep their businesses safe? Well, these guys do that, but they don’t just shake them down, if they are five minutes late on the weekly payment, yes, they demand money weekly, they beat up the store owners. Up in Denver, and Chicago, the stores are starting to close. It’s been known on a couple of occasions that the store owners pack up their personal belongings in the middle of the night and disappear. They leave their store with all their inventory, just up and leave.”

“What’s happening to the stores left behind?”

“The Flying Dragons are running them. However, they’re not the regular Mom and Pop corner store they used to be. They are now fronts for drugs and prostitution. Don’t quote me on this, but it might also involve human trafficking.”

“Jesus,” several said as they shook their heads and began reading the information sent to them. It was a good thirty minutes of everyone reading before anyone spoke.

“I have something to say,” Julie Monroe spoke, and everyone looked at her with raised brows. She nodded once. “Most of you know that I served in the Navy. However, I was the Chief Communications Officer, I never saw combat, not like the rest of you. I’m going to take a page out of Erin and Naomi’s book. I won’t be at Erin’s Way with them and Ducky when this goes down, but I will be over at Broken Two.” When she saw frowns on several faces she sat back, scrubbed her face, and let out a pent-up breath.

“Again, other than when our submarine was attacked, and I was injured, I never saw combat.” She looked around at the others and nodded. “Broken Two needs to be protected. Caleb isn’t here for this meeting, nor are the others. Caleb, Katherine, Dr. Staci, they work there, what’s to say that these guys won’t have people come with them to try to take Kevin out. Also,depending on the time of day this happens, there are Jason and Ilsa to think about also. Oh, and don’t forget any civilians that are there for their appointments.”

“I’ll join you,” Opal said.

“Me too,” Adele said.

It turned out that all the women agreed to be at Broken Two, or Erin’s Way to help protect the others that were in the dark about what they were planning.

“What are these locations you’re talking about?” Harmon asked. “What is Broken Two, Erin’s Way? I don’t know if I understand.”

“Where’s the map, Kevin?” Erin looked at him with a grin. He returned her expression, held up a finger, and walked into his office. He came back out with a tube, opened it, and he and Ryan mounted it on the wall.

As Erin described the other locations, Ryan and Kevin lowered the colored films.

Harmon looked at her with shock. “You own all this?”

“Well, me and my brother, Clark.”

“But,” Clark said with a grin and held up his hand. “It was Erin that thought of, planned, and executed The Broken Wheel, Broken Two, and New Double. Erin’s Way has been in our family since the eighteen thirties.”

The FBI agents all whistled, and then one of them asked about the last colored film that was dropped. “What’s that?”

“Five thousand acres across the road that Clark and his crews are constructing a rodeo ranch. When it’s done, we’ll have an arena, where rodeo people can come and practice. Stables for them to board their animals in the off season. Cabins for the people that will be working the ranch. And there will be areas where we’ll house rodeo stock, specifically the horses and bulls,” Erin said with pride. “It’s a work in progress, we only broke ground last month. It should be fully operational in two years.”