Chapter 42

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