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Clarification and new review (Darkest Days spoilers inside)

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I had a couple of questions posted and I could see where it might be confusing, so I thought I would address them here in case others had the same questions.

First was a question about how the feds got Everett Reilly's case. In the first chapter, that was addressed in a news broadcast:

"The murder victims, who had to be exhumed and then identified by DNA testing, were sexually abused, brutally tortured, dismembered, then buried in Reilly's extensive basement. The evidence was incontrovertible since Reilly recorded the inhuman acts for later viewing. The FBI was brought in when autopsies on the remains found in Reilly's basement were positively identified as children from here in Texas, but also in three surrounding states! The Justice Department moved the case into the Federal court system where the US Attorney General is said to have closely monitored the proceedings."

There was also a question about how the second slaver ship found Jack's boat... I addressed that, or sidestepped it, actually with a NEW paragraph inserted and set for upload.

"How did they know where we would be? How did they know to intercept us, Dean?" I asked, the thought striking as I turned to leave.

"Not a clue, Jack. There have been hundreds of small boats around us since cut between Eleuthera and Cat Island, a mix of local and tourist traffic. Any one of them, or a dozen, could have been tracking us and passing on information. Hell, you as much as told the locals that we were being chased, maybe it is just local gossip." Dean said thoughtfully. I must have looked guilty or something because he grinned and waved me off. "Don't take it so personally. You did the right thing for the right reason, but sometimes bad shit still happens."


Last, but not least, a reader was asking how a prisoner, who is in his cell 23 hours a day and only taken out in shackles, could stick an icepick in someone's ear.

Florence ADX is not a single prison. There is the ADX or supermax side and an even larger, lower security camp at the same location.

I rewrote the section, changing details since my previous correction hit a snag (Thanks XyberDruid) to hopefully close the holes.

"He's dead."

"Who, Dean?"

"Everett. Someone shoved an ice pick in his ear."

Huh. He was dead. Really, truly dead. No more appeals. No chance of clemency. I wasn't sure how I felt about that. Poor Jake though. Sure, the lunatic was a monster, but he was still Jake's son.

I pulled out my cell but didn't dial. How do I even… Before I could chicken out or rationalize my way into not calling, I hit the button.

"Jack, how are you son, need something?" Jake answered, his voice even. Did he know?

"Jake, Dean has a clipping service. Says Dave set him up. They look for stories that involve or might concern us." I said, beating around the bush.

"I see. So, your Dean probably has the Austin and San Antonio papers covered then and you heard about Everett. Well, I am not surprised. Dave would pick an efficient man much like himself to be in your corner." There was a pause, then he continued, his voice a little lower this time, a little more hesitant. "Jack, how do you feel about this? Frankly, when I heard, I was a little relieved it was over but I was worried about you, son."

I almost laughed. I was worried about him and he was worried about me. Neither of us giving two shits about the corpse in the freezer of the Florence Supermax!

"Wait, if he was in a supermax prison, then how…"

Jake waved me off, interrupting. "There are two prisons in Florence and Everett was not considered a major risk so he was transferred to the lower security camp. I got notified about that more than a year ago. He was still in what they called isolation though, so it's a mystery how he was killed in a locked cell. Frankly, Jack, I am surprised he lasted this long. Child molesters and child murderers tend to have short, painful incarcerations."

"Jake, you are taking this better than I feared."

"Jack, he was my son, but he was dead to me, and I mourned him, a long time ago. Don't worry about that at all, I was more concerned with you. You are still coming up soon, right?"

I assured him that I was and that I was looking forward to it.

"One last thing, Jack. I already contacted that FBI agent of yours, Dowdy? I knew they would be asking questions, mostly about you. They will want to assure themselves that you didn't hire someone to kill him. Don't be surprised if he comes to see you or sends someone."

Burt never did call, but we found out later, again through the clipping service, that the brother of another of Everett's victims had been arrested for contracting out the murder of Everett Reilly. The actual murder had been carried out by a guard who had transferred in, then transferred right back out again. The FBI and the Federal Bureau of Prisons were investigating how that was possible and who else, inside the prison, was involved in the plot.



Hopefully that will help future readers! Thanks for the questions, stuff like this helps to tighten up a storyline.

Last, but certainly not least, the story got another glowing review so I wanted to send a shoutout to olddave1951 and say THANKS!

PS: Dark Days 2 is up to 55K

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