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For their own safety, Jacobs called a neighbor and asked her to watch his kids for a couple of hours. For all they knew this could be a setup to kill Jacobs and Matt. Blow up Jacobs’s house while they were in it. Matt tried to get Jacobs to leave and join his kids but he refused.It was two minutes before seven o'clock. Lawrence got Carter to bring over the phone tracing equipment. They were set up and ready to go.One minute till seven, Jacobs’s phone rang. Matt answered it on the first ring, “Kirby.”“Don't you mean, Sheriff Kirby? Be proud of what you got. I have to admit, you work good under pressure. I’ll have to turn up the heat so I can see what you're really made of.” the deep automated voice said.“What do you want? What will it take to stop all this?” Matt asked.“I want my life back,” the voice said.It was Marty all right. “What’s done is done,” Matt said.The deep automated chuckle echoed through the phone. The chuckle slowly turned into a natural male laugh. “So, you fin
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The EMTs were attending to the injured when Jacobs and Matt made it back to what was left of Bonnie’s house.The fire department was overwhelmed. Two fire trucks from two other counties had responded, but it wasn’t enough. The people in the vicinity watched Bonnie’s house burn.Jesse was still out. The EMTs said he had inhaled a lot of smoke and the bullet passed straight through, but he needed blood and oxygen. They loaded Jesse in the ambulance first because George insisted. Daniel had inhaled a lot of smoke and had a nasty bump on his head. The EMTs insisted he get in the ambulance, too. He inhaled oxygen through a mask in the back of the ambulance. The EMTs wanted to take him to the medical center to make sure he didn’t have a concussion.George was on a stretcher in the front yard. He needed surgery. The bullet he took was close to his heart. George removed his oxygen mask. “Damn it, they took her,” George groaned, and then coughed.“Keep the mask on your face,” the EMT said.“N
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Matt pulled up to the sheriff’s office. The black Chevrolet was there. Matt got out of the car slowly. He walked past the Chevrolet. He couldn’t see much because of the tinted windows. He slowly walked to the door of the station and pulled his weapon. Jacobs and Williamson were looking for alternative routes in.Matt walked through the door and gently closed it. He looked over to the side where the switchboard was. It looked like they took a hammer to it. He crept closer to the office. Patty was on the floor. A big bruise had formed on the side of her face. Matt rushed over and checked her pulse. It was strong.Bastards.He thought about radioing to get her assistance, but there was no one to spare. Plus, he didn’t want to put anyone else in danger. It sickened him, but he had to leave her where she was, for now.Matt got to the hallway. He could see Carter on the floor. Matt fought the urge to rush because he didn’t want Marty to hear him. Matt finally got to Carter and knelt over hi
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When they had arrived at the station, Jodi wasn’t walking fast enough for Marty, so he scooped her up in the parking lot and carried her in.The rookie and Patty were knocked out cold when they had arrived. The pale man, who Jodi learned later was called Ghost, was walking down the hall towards them. He had on an orange jumpsuit. The conversation played out in Jodi’s mind.“I told you, Paul. Ghost got captured because he wanted to be. He already took care of the pests,” Marty bragged as he held Jodi in his arms. “You have time to figure out which office is Kirby’s?”The frightening man nodded and pointed down the hall.“Aw, he didn’t take my old office? Figures. Kirby needs a lot of space for that ego of his," Marty said. “We brought you some decent clothes, Ghost,” Paul stated, all the while having a gun pointed at Jackie and Bonnie. “I’ll need your help bandaging this graze I got in the shootout, my friend.”Now, they were in Matt’s office waiting for him to show up. Jodi knew he w
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Everything went into slow motion. The sound of Jackie screaming Jodi’s name bounced off the walls of the office. Bonnie’s screams were like she was in a wind tunnel.Matt flung his body over Jodi’s. His chest and stomach protected her head and chest. The sound of glass shattering and bullets firing startled the three men that held them captive.“Ahhh!” Paul shouted.“Shit!” Marty yelled. He must have been so surprised that he let Jackie go because Jodi heard Jackie next to the couch.“Jodi!” Jackie screamed.“I’m okay,” Jodi answered as she was pressing against Matt’s chest. “Matt, get up.”“He can’t,” Jackie sobbed. “He’s been shot.”Stings of fear shot through her body. “No. Matt. Matt,” Jodi cried as she squeezed her head from under him so she could see what was going on.Jacobs had his gun on Ghost who was using Bonnie as a shield. Williamson pointed his gun at Marty who was pointing his weapon back at Williamson. The back door to Matt’s office was wide open. The glass window in t
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Jodi slowly paced the floor of the waiting room along with a couple of deputies. The EMTs had arranged for Matt to be flown to Phoenix. Matt Kirby had been in surgery for three hours. While they were there, Jackie checked on George. He was unconscious, but he was breathing on his own. However, the next twenty-four hours were critical for him. When Matt had been wheeled into surgery, Jackie had insisted that Jodi get checked out. The emergency room doctor was very discreet. It took an hour and a half for him to do an ultrasound, check her lungs, and to take her blood. In the end, the doctor told her to keep drinking liquids and gargle warm salt water for her throat. Everything was fine on the baby front, but the doctor told her to stay off her feet for at least another week as a precaution. As soon as the doctor released her, Jodi had gone back to the waiting room. Williamson had stayed behind to run disaster operations in town. He had wanted to come
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Four days later, Jackie arrived at the hospital in Phoenix to see George. She walked into his room. He was sitting up in bed. George’s recovery was going well. If it continued, he would be out in two days.The town was still a mess. Bonnie couldn’t salvage anything from her house. Seven people were injured from the fires. Five of the homes that burned had no one in them. The owners had left town.Jackie had notified Tommy’s family in New York. They sent for his body. They had no choice but to cremate him since no one could get his body out of Bonnie’s house.Everyone had learned why and how Ghost got his nickname and it wasn’t because of his pale skin. Williamson had locked him in a cell while everyone waited for the ambulance to come for Matt. When Williamson had gone back to the station after leading the disaster efforts, Ghost was gone. Williamson had sworn up and down that he had frisked Ghost before he put him in the cell. He had taken Ghost's lock pick from him. An APB was put
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Four months later . . . Matt Kirby worked on next year’s budget when someone knocked on the glass of his office door. “Come in.” The door opened. It was Mindy Pandock. She had golden blonde hair and the biggest smile in town. “Hi, Sheriff, I hope I’m not disturbing you. Deputy Williamson said it was okay for me to come on back.” “It’s fine. Come in,” Matt said. Mindy was a lovely woman. When he had come home from the hospital four months ago, Mindy, along with some other neighbors, helped him change his bandages. They had also brought him food at the station and at home. When he had fully recovered, Mindy continued to bring him food once a week. Mindy carried her trusty brown, wicker picnic basket. She closed the door behind her. “I brought chocolate chip cookies for the deputies, but I saved some for you,” she said and sat the basket down on the desk. She pulled out a Ziploc bag full of cookies. She also pulled out two sandw
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