The Road to Justice/Sins of the Son combo pack - A John Fowler Novel (John Fowler (Books 1 & 2)) (28 page)

Lisa sighed to herself.  She was going to have to do something about Luke eventually.  He was getting a little too close to her, but right now he was needed.  She didn
’
t think she would have to take things to the next level to get out of him what she needed, but if she had to, she would.  He looked around to make sure they were alone.

             
“
I tried to talk to our mutual friend,
”
said Agent McDonald.  Lisa thought Luke had seen one too many
Mafia
movies. 
“
He wouldn
’
t help us, so I contacted someone to assist us.
”

             
Lisa had a concerned look on her face.  Luke smiled.

             
“
You
’
re father, Lisa,
”
Luke said. 
Lisa smiled broadly.  She knew deep inside if Luke screwed this up, her father would take care of everything. 
“
I
’
m going to head out to take care of our friend.  The three soldiers are ready. 
They all arrived a few minutes ago.  I
’
ll get the cameraman and you can get started.
”

             
Lisa nodded to Luke and watched him leave.  Luke walked out of the Oval Office and through the halls of the White House.  Luke was thinking about the
f
irst
l
ady.  The thoughts he was having about her
were wrong.  She was
married and
one of the most powerful women in the world, but part of him really didn
’
t care.  He would do anything for her.  Luke realized he had walked the halls on autopilot.  He kept walking to his destination.  He stopped when he reached the lobby where the three soldiers were waiting.

             
“
You two may follow the two secret service agents,
”
Luke said to two of the soldiers.  They followed the agents leaving Luke alone with David George.  David stood up, and reached his hand out to shake Luke
’
s hand.

             
“
Thank you,
”
said David.  Luke smiled warmly at him.  David continued. 
“
You don
’
t know what this means to me.  The
f
irst
l
ady has helped shape my life into what it is today and meeting her will mean more to me than you
’
ll ever know.
”
 
Luke smiled warmly and clapped the soldier on his shoulder.

             
After Luke walked off, David sat back down and thought to himself,
“
You have no idea how Lisa has shaped my life.  Today I
’
m gonna make sure she knows exactly how mu
ch she shaped it, and so will
the entire world.
”

FBI New York Building

Chapter 68

John stared at the screen in front of him.  On the screen
,
there was an active file on David Ge
orge.  He was alive.  That meant
that Beth was probably the body down the shaft in Kentucky.  His mind was racing through all
the
scenarios that he could imagine, and they kept coming back to the same conclusion.

Jessica was watching John.  She had been quiet all day.  What they had shared the night before had put her in a position she had never been in.  If she didn
’
t know better
,
she would say she was falling in love.  She saw the look in John
’
s eye
s
and knew he had solved the case.  She had seen that look so many times over the years.  John turned and looked at her
,
catching
her glance.  He got this dopey lopsided grin on his face.  The kind of grin that screamed,
“
H
e knew something that you didn
’
t and when he told you, you would feel stupid for not knowing it
”
.  Jessica loved that grin.  That revelation shocked her.  She was surprised by that revelation.  It used to make her so mad when he would get it in the past and now . . . she realized how much she had missed him.  She found herself grinning back at John.  As John kept looking at Jessica
,
he began barking out orders.

“
Chet
,
I need you to see if David George
’
s unit crossed paths with Jason Spark
’
s unit in Afghanistan.
”
 
Trip looked at John sharply.  Trip closed his eyes as it all began to fall into place.  John looked over at the senator.  Jeremiah was shaking his head.  The look on the senator
’
s face was one of pure shock. 

“
Boss, I
’
m also trying to see if he was stateside during Jason
’
s funeral.
”
 
John nodded.  Chet was less than a step behind him in what happened.  Chet
’
s fingers were flying across the keyboard as the entire room was quiet waiting to see if what they all suspected was true.  Chet quit typing and the room was so silent you could hear a pin drop.  John knew what the answers were to the quer
i
es Chet had made, but he asked anyway.

“
What did you find
,
Chet?
”

“
Boss,
”
Chet seemed sick. 
“
Boss, David George found Jason Spark
’
s body in Afghanistan.  According to the report, David George killed Jason
’
s killer, a Taliban soldier.  David George
’
s tour ended before the funeral of Jason Sparks.  The last place I have any information on David is in New York.  It
’
s like he fell off the grid after that.
”

John turned to Trip and
Senator Cosby
. 
“
Trip
,
I know you don
’
t want to hear this, but everyone that David George knew from that time in his life is dead but one person.
”

Trip started to walk around the room muttering.  Chet turned back to the keyboard.  Something was gnawing at him in the back of his mind.  Trip stopped in front of John.

“
John, do you realize what you
’
re saying!?!  The last thing we want is to scare the
p
resident and
f
irst
l
ady with the slim chance the
re
might be someone trying to kill her over something that may or may not have hap
pened over two decades ago
!!
”

John grinned. 
“
Trip, all we
’
re doing is following the case where it takes us.  If there is no evidence to back up what we
’
re saying, th
e
n we walk away, but if there is
evidence
,
we would not be doing our jobs to let it go.
”
 
Trip gave John a scouring look.  Trip nodded his head in acceptance.  John clapped his hands together, excited to get the investigation moving forward.

While this exchange was going on, Chet was staring at the screen again.  Jessica happened to turn around at this time and s
aw
what Chet was looking at.  She hit him in the shoulder.  Chet jerked his head to look at her.

“
Chet, is this what I think it is?!?
”
 
Jessica asked.  Chet nodded. 
“
GUYS!!!
”
 
John turned and saw what was on the screen.  He felt his heart fall into his shoes.  Trips phone began ringing, and so did
Senator Cosby
’
s.  The color drained from John
’
s face.  Trip answered the phone.  He said hello and just stood and listened.  He hung up and looked at the group.

“
There
’
s just been an incident at the White House.
”

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue-20 Minutes Earlier

Chapter 69

David watched as his two fellow servicemen came back down the hall.  The cameraman came up to David and told him he was ready.  David stood, smiled, and mentally readied himself.  It was time.  He walked down the hallway to the exterior office of the Oval Office.  David looked around; there were no other visible secret service agents except for the two inside the Oval Office.  David knew they would be there in seconds
,
however.  The cameraman stepped into the Oval Office and waved David in. 

David had thought about his plan for weeks.  The most secure room in the White House was the Oval Office.  With only two guards he could surprise and overtake, it would just be him, Lisa, and the cameraman in the room; getting her confession.  That
’
s all he was after. 
The confession.
  He would make Lisa tell the world who she really was and what she had done all those years ago.  David smiled.  He knew he would die today, but he had been living on borrowed time since he fell down that hole in Kentucky.  He had made peace with all he had done
.  H
e just wanted justice.  Today he would have it.

David stepped into the opening with the agents on either side of him.  The
first l
ady was across the room in front of the President
’
s desk with her back to David.  David knew it was time.  He moved suddenly and without any hesitation.  Both his hands sprang outward in a sweeping motion catching the agents in throat.  David had been counting on both agents being more at ease with a soldier in the room and not expecting an attack.  David spun to his left and grabbed the head of the staggering agent.  He
brought his right knee up as he shoved the agent
’
s face down.  The sick crack of David
’
s knee hitting the agent
’
s skull rang out through the office.

It hadn
’
t even registered yet with the cameraman and the
f
irst
l
ady what was happening.  David took the gun from the fallen agent
’
s holster.  He spun to the other agent.  The second agent had grasped his throat and fallen to one knee.  He began to realize what was happening and went for his gun.  David pistol-whipped him to the ground.  He took his gun as well.  He sprinted five steps
across the room past the camera
man and grabbed the
f
irst
l
ady as she turned around.  David put the gun to the
f
irst
l
ady
’
s head.  He spoke to the camera
man.

“
Lay down your camera right now and drag the bodies out into the exterior office or I will kill you.
”
 
Adr
enaline shot through the camera
man as he quickly
drug
the first one out of the room.  David nodded
toward the second.  The
camera
man drug
him out as well.  The
cameraman drug
the second agent much further out and dove behind a desk in the exterior office.  David silently cursed himself.  He hurried himself and the
first l
ady across the room and slammed the door to the Oval Office shut.  Lisa spoke.

“
Do you realize what you have done?  Do you know who I am?
”

David smiled. 
“
Yes
,
Veronica
,
I know exactly who you are
.  D
o you know who I am?
”

The blood drained from Lisa
’
s face.  She realized, much too late, that she should have taken the note more seriously.  For the first time, in a very long time, she was afraid.