Blood Games – Episode 3

This week’s episode features a chapter from Blood Games, Jake Ramsey Book #3, the first book Black Brick is available as a free ebook from most ebook vendors. Here is an excerpt from the show:

IT SEEMED AS THOUGH an eternity passed
while I considered how to respond to the cop’s order, but it wasn’t more than a
second or two. I wouldn’t say I’d become used to walking past police officers, but my disguises had allowed me to do
that multiple times.

Part of my
hesitation was because I was surprised he’d stopped me. He had his hand on his
holstered pistol but hadn’t yet removed it. Perhaps he didn’t have a reason to
suspect me and was just being cautious. 

I dropped my
bag and raised my hands. My heartbeat thudded inside my chest, and sweat trickled down the small of my back, but I thought I was doing a skillful job of keeping it all from
reflecting on my face.

“What’s wrong,
officer?” I allowed a little bit my alarm to creep into my voice but stamped
down the rest. A regular citizen in this
situation would be concerned, but he
hadn’t pulled a gun or made any accusations. “Is everything okay?” I nodded to
the bag. “Please feel free to look inside. I’ve got nothing to hide, just
headed home from work.”

Nothing but my disguises, pistols, a grenade,
and the ammo to go with it,
I thought. If
the cop did decide to go through it, I’d have to respond quickly. Even with my
newly found boundaries, I wasn’t going to hurt innocent people. If I couldn’t
hold myself to that, then I was no better than Peck or Reed.

“Can you remove
your sunglasses?” he asked.

I did and gave
him a weak smile, trying to look non-threatening. Goofy even. He shook his
head. “Okay, you can go.”

I had expected
him to take my picture and submit it to FaceRec.

“You don’t want
a look in my bag?” I made no move to pick it up, making sure to sell it.

“Negative. Be
careful, we have a known terrorist in the area. You see anything suspicious,
give us a call.” He left before I could respond.

I allowed a
small smile to creep onto my face as he disappeared into the park. The makeup
may have been a pain, but this made it
all worth it. As soon as I could, I would duck into another restroom, and make
a few subtle changes to my face. I wore a long sleeve shirt, so if I took off my jacket, I wouldn’t look out of place in
the cold.

Wanting nothing
more than to run, I forced myself down to a fast walk. The officer had said a
terrorist was in the area so a quick pace away was what an average person would do.

I snorted. An average person would run, but I didn’t want to risk it.

Blood Games – Episode 3 was originally published on DAN DECKER

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