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Sorry, Cancer. CES

My favorite part of this is in the middle of a lot of one on one battles, all the kids with Halo/Master Chief skins were a wolf pack. CES

Some hero music

Cape Fear 8 1975 The next two hours before Corning went on the air was full of phone calls and experts. The station accountants went over the ledger and pronounced it likely to be real evidence of a problem. Corning wrote out the script for his story. There were legal things he had to stay away from since the station could get sued for blatantly saying that a businessman in the northern part of the state was a gangster and bribing key officials in his grasp as well as killing reporters investigating him. Wes hated giving his story to another reporter to report, but he felt he had no choice. He needed to get out from under Delveccio looking for him. That meant giving someone else a reason to look into the mobster’s businesses. Corning went on the air. The segment on Delveccio was in the middle of the broadcast. He laid out he had one of the ledgers in his possession, and who was paid from it. He also said that he would be looking into any crimes above and beyond the embezzlement and corruption outlined in the book. The station started receiving calls as soon as Corning went off the air. He and Wes had moved back to his office. If anyone official came for the ledger with a warrant, they would have to give it up. Otherwise, it could sit in the station safe. A few of the calls were from other news agencies, wanting to interview Corning on the details about the ledger, the provenance, and how they could confirm what he said. The Bureau called at one point. They didn’t like Corning besmirching their reputation for ratings. He offered to give them the ledger to use to check out things, but he had already sent copies to other people to help him dig in to the corruption. He expected that confirmation would be quick as the news hit the wire and went nationwide. The Bureau was less than happy about that. Several state agencies called next, wanting to know about effects in their specialties like tax evasion, and money laundering. Specific entries were read back to them with specific names attached. It would be up to them to serve warrants before everybody moved their money out of state. “This has stirred up more than I thought it would,” said Wes. He sat in a visitor’s chair and shook his head. “All I wanted was a little story. This has blown up into something reaching across the state.” “Probably across the region,” said Corning. “Some of the people named in your book live out of state. The Feebs will have to track them across state lines. It probably won’t stop Delveccio wanting to kill you, and me, for the broadcast. Hopefully, he will be too busy defending himself to get around to that until he is in court.” “Don’t think that,” said Wes. “He will hire someone to get rid of me before I give you the rest of the ledgers. He will know it was me. He probably has someone looking for me right now. I’m going to have to go underground.” “The Bureau are going to call back to talk about the rest of the ledgers,” said Corning. “I’ll drop them off with someone I can trust,” said Wes. “Putting some of these people on the air might make them run. Maybe I can figure out something to get me out of the hole I’m in.” “Wes, this is going to be a big story,” said Corning. “There will be a mad scramble over this.” “I need to go somewhere and sit the rest out,” said Wes. “Delveccio is not going to stop looking for me after what I did to him. The best I can expect is a shallow grave down in Death Valley. You should think about getting protection too. You’re the one that broadcasted his money moving stuff all over southern California. He isn’t going to forget that.” “The station is going to want to send someone up to cover things if they break open,” said Corning. “Tell them to stay away from my place,” said Wes. “They already tried to kill me there once. They might think any reporter on the scene is connected to me somehow. That will lead to trouble.” “They’ll be in danger?,” asked Corning. “I don’t know,” said Wes. “But taking them hostage for the ledgers is something I would expect Delveccio to do if he was desperate enough.” “He definitely will want any proof we currently have,” said Corning. “So will everyone else.” “Sticking your neck out like this will get you a pulitzer,” said Wes. “That will get you a lot of free drinks across the country.” “It could get me killed depending on how things go,” said Corning. He smiled to take some of the sting off his words. “I’ll let the local color guy know to keep an eye on things and watch from as much of a distance that he can.” “He might need to wait for the Feds to start cleaning house if they do get around to it,” said Wes. “That way they can do interviews with the slant the Bureau was on to the crooked members of their agency and was waiting for the chance to weed them and their underworld contacts out.” “I like that approach,” said Corning. “How do you plan to get through things?” “I thought about heading into Mexico for a bit, maybe circle around and watch things and see who gets arrested and who walks,” said Wes. “My life is shot no matter how I slice it. I made a mistake grabbing those books. I made a mistake thinking I would be more effective than I am.” “It wasn’t a mistake, it was something that could only be done by someone with nothing to lose,” said Corning. “It would have taken years for an outside agency to get involved and take those books. And it still might take years for this to wind down. Take a few days and see if there are places that can hire you. You know we can’t over the conflict of interest things, or I would despite the trouble you might be in for your vigilantism.” “I know,” said Wes. “You can’t be seen hiring the guy who is wanted and stole the documents you used to flush a criminal enterprise down the drain.” “Especially with the Bureau wanting to fix their image after their traitors made the rest of them look bad,” said Corning. “So I’ll be the first to help them do that if they catch up with me,” said Wes. “You are going to have to go underground, Wes,” said Corning. “There’s no lie about that. Law enforcement across the state and anybody hooked to Delveccio are going to be looking for you all the harder now.” “I hadn’t really thought it would come to this when I stole the ledgers,” said Wes. He smiled. “I thought I would just be able to walk away like the Lone Ranger.” “Instead, you are going to have to run away like Richard Kimball,” said Corning. “I guess I’ll give you the other ledgers before I leave town,” said Wes. “Keep them,” said Corning. “You are going to need some kind of insurance in case someone catches up with you. They are going to want those books, no matter what side of the law they are on. They’re not going to give up on you if you hand them over to be read on the air, but when the time comes, you can use them as hostages.” “I doubt that will do me any good, but it’s something to consider,” said Wes. “I better head out and figure out what to do with the rest of my life.” “Be careful,” said Corning. “Stirring up the waters will help you for a while, but eventually things will settle enough for someone to look for you.” “I hope that I will have a new name and job as a cover so I can hide for the rest of my life before anyone even thinks about trying to get even with me,” said Wes. “If I uncover something else, I will turn it over to you first. Your coverage has blown a hole in this big enough to drive through.” “The ledger was the key,” said Corning. “Your word against Delveccio’s would have meant nothing if you hadn’t been able to shame the Bureau into moving. I expect they will want to talk to you, so you might want to clear out before they try to keep you locked down for the rest of your life, and sweat the rest of the ledgers out of you.” “You’re right,” said Wes. “Thanks for your help, Steve. Keep an eye out. You might be in as much danger as I am with this.” “I’m just a lowly newscaster,” said Corning. “Getting back at me would gain nothing with the authorities sniffing around.” Wes stepped out of the office. He walked to the stairs. He wasn’t getting on an elevator again unless he had to. And it would be easier to fly off the roof to wherever he wanted to go from here. He could expect a bunch of flying bullets if he went home. Where did he go from here? He would have to start over and build a new identity for himself. Did he want to do that? That meant giving up his dream of reporting the news. It meant giving up his life such as it was. On the other hand, his life was ruined. As soon as the Feds got through with investigating the one ledger’s worth of information he had thrown out there, they would be trying to find him to get the others. And Delveccio would not forget how he had ruined his power base, even if he went to prison. Someone would always be looking for the reporter to shut him up. He opened the stair doors to head up to the exit on the roof to fly away. He could rig up another few nights in a hotel before deciding where he wanted to go. Men waited in the stairwell. He froze, and so did they. But one snapped out of his surprise to pull a gun on Wes. He pulled the reporter into the stairwell by his jacket. “If you say anything, we’ll have to leave a bunch of dead witnesses behind,” said the gun man. “Understood?” “Yes,” said Wes. He held up his hands. “What now?” “Put your hands down,” said the gun man. “We want to make this as quiet as possible. We’re going to walk downstairs and get into a car. We’re headed back up north. You can talk to the boss, and he’ll make his demands known.” “I guess I will be put in the water after this is over,” said Wes. He put his hands down. “Not my call,” said the gun man. “Mike, go down and get the car and bring it up to the front door. Walt, go with him and watch the front for anyone who might get in the way. Head down, reporter. We’ll put you in the back, so you can ride back home in style.” “So you don’t want the rest of the ledgers?,” asked Wes. He started down the steps. “That will be up to the boss to decide,” said the gun man. He kept a respectable distance between himself and Wes as the designated members of his mob hurried to carry out their part in things. “He’s up to his neck in alligators because of you. I think the books are the last thing on his mind. If he wants them, I guess he will send us to get them from wherever you hid them.” “That seems fair,” said Wes. They headed down to the front door.

My wife hit a fed ex truck yesterday. I have to sort things out and I don't know how to get started. CES

Read Forged and Risen by Jacka. Alex Verus is the enemy of the light council, Richard Drakh, the strongest dark mage, and former lover possessed mage by djinn Anne Walker. He has to do whatever he can to get the light council on his side, stop Drakh from taking over the djinn and ruling the world, and free and heal Anne Walker. And if he has to die doing it, that's what it takes. CES

Read In Too Deep by Child and Child. Jack Reacher is caught in a car accident and turned into a pawn in an extortion scheme. The extortioner sees his scheme go off the rails. Read Safe Enough by Child. Jack Reacher's creator has a bevy of short stories out there with some twists. One reminded me of Raylen Givens talk with Jimmy Dean, and one was a clerk who calculated more than anyone thought. CES

put down another disc of half gun will travel as Paladin goes on a monster hunt, a treasure hunt, and a manhunt (which is the first time Paladin straight loses), deals with getting Diana Calder free from a beau, tries to cure a gunfighter of killing people, saves a girl from confederates, and helps Lon Chaney Jr survive his son multiple personalities. CES

I'm sorry about this, Alhazred. CES

Ben Miesalas is reporting a letter going around in the Northwest for maga to round up brown people ahead of homan's goons and take their stuff like the Christians did to the Jews during the Holocaust CES

I was watching both themes from this show this morning. I should have posted it then, CES

Some trucker music and a couple of ghost stories

on the other hand this charge can fail if the defense can prove that this person had a grudge against United Health and acted out of revenge CES

some cop music