Staff Meeting

“Alright, I’m going to start by saying. Yes, I suspect she’s like the other patsies and doesn’t understand what her stunt would cost us. We can’t be sure she’s not tied up in something with her brother. Tara claims he’s on the run from something. Which could be why she was attacked. Tara appeared unsure of what or if her brother did something wrong. Which leads me to suspect if that she’s a victim. Then we have a third scenario: they attacked her to prevent her from saying something. So she’s a patsy and expendable to whoever is doing this. Or we have someone finally who’s in deep enough to give us answers.” Cal hated most of those possibilities, and most of them didn’t sit right with his conscience. He tried to read the room as he spoke, and it was difficult. “Now, what do you have to say to me?” If nothing else, Cal listened to others before deciding, but he made it, good or bad. It was his to claim responsibility for along with the people and territory he protected.

“Wel