Page 61 of Kevin's Destiny

“What did you do with the horses that were here when we toured? I don’t want to have to write up a fucking expense report to pay for one of them if there’s a fire fight and a horse goes down.”

“I hear you, but they were moved out to a pasture further out on the property. Some of the strategic places the SEALs will be is in those barns.”

“Where is Lassiter going to be?”

“He’ll be out at the area where they race the horses. The only other people are Myrna and Faith. They are out in the pasture keeping an eye on the horses out there, along with a couple of guys from Erin’s Way, they, the men, are armed.”

“Good, so we just have to wait for Shedrick to arrive.”

“Yes, and I’ll be going out to talk to them, then calling someone to come get them. That will be Cole, who will be wearing a Kevlar vest, and have his gun on his hip. This is still an open carry state, and he’ll look the part of ranch owner. One of you guys will accompany Shedrick and Cole out to the racetrack.”

Before anyone could say anything else, a phone rang, and Harmon looked at the screen, held up his hand for silence, and answered it. “Harmon.”

“Director, it’s Monte, subjects stopped twice and picked up more people. Right now, there are eight subjects inside one SUV. Callum is calling it into Cogburn. Late model Chevy Suburban, dark green, tinted windows, four-doors.” He gave the license plate number, and Yvonne entered it into the computer. The owner of the vehicle came back to one Chen Shedrick, the person they were after.

“Roger, how far out are you?”

“We’re roughly an hour and a half south of the original address you had us watch.”

“Roger, keep us posted.” He hung up, and Yvonne grabbed the communication device she had been given and put it in her ear. She signaled everyone to listen, and told them what Monte had said.

“Confirm eight targets?” came the question.

“Confirm eight,” Harmon said into his own communications device. He might come work there because these former military people had toys that worked better than his at work.

“Who’s with Cole?” Harmon asked in shock, that he was the only person that didn’t have a former military person covering them.

“Two of your guys. One of them will be escorting Cole here when I call him about Shedrick’s arrival. Once the targets arrive,and are escorted further onto the property, I’ll be staying here to direct your undercovers and the Brotherhood where to go. Thankfully, Jake did the tour the other day, and will understand where I send him. I’ll be in constant communication with you guys and hand over the ones to Jake. Your men, Monte and Callum will work with Jake to come up on your six.”

“Perfect. You’ll be okay here by yourself?”

“Yes, I don’t anticipate anyone arriving, everyone that works for the Ricemans knows the situation and to stay away. I’ll be armed and ready.” She shook her head, sipped her coffee and settled her hips back against the counter. “Let’s just hope that this will go smoothly. According to my calculations it’s like a trillion against eight.”

“Yeah, that sounds about right. Do you know if the locals have been notified?”

“Yes, Stone said he read his wife into it, and she and the sheriff talked to Jake. It’s my understanding that this isn’t the first time the guys here, and Jake’s crew took on missions like this, then brought the locals in. They, the locals, know this is an FBI sting, and will only come in when called. However, they’ll be patrolling the area. They might even stop by the Gibson Homestead, and Broken Two to be closer when things come to a head.”

“The lawyers?”

“At Broken Wheel, the landlocked ranch. Where you’ve been staying these last few days.”

“Perfect, then that’s everyone.”

“Correct, now we’re in a hurry up and wait situation.

Kevin looked over at Ryan,and shook his head.

“What?”

“This is the hardest part of police work, or at least it is for me.”

“What is?”

“This hurry up and fucking wait situation. We have everything mapped out, everyone is in place, now we just have to fucking wait for these assholes to show up.”

“Yeah, I always hated this part while on a mission. However, the good news is that once the wait is over, then the bad guys will be locked up. Let’s hope there’s enough evidence to put these assholes away.”

“Yeah, I’m not saying I’m going to antagonize them, but I don’t want to be shot either. However, if I need to, I’ll take one for the team.”