Chapter 19

Barrett woke up at 2 am, and he took Zeus and Hera to the warehouse. They practiced the ghost walk along the way. When they arrived, Barrett did his forms and tai chi, then began his martial arts workout. Training books 3 and 4 discussed and showed critical striking and pressure points on the human body. Sensi Huratoi had shown him some of the target areas but not all of them, and he received no training on pressure points.

When he finished the workout, Barrett did Sensi’s special exercises. At the end of his workout, they locked the warehouse and went to the park. It was still dark outside, and he could see fine. They stopped at the secret spot and reenergized. Then, as they exited the park, a man jumped out of the bushes with a gun and fired a shot at Barrett. Unfortunately for the man, by the time he fired, Barrett had leaped over him and broke his neck from behind.

After searching for the man and taking his wallet, cell phone, keys, and gun, Barrett carried him to the parking lot. The only vehicle there was a black SUV, and he put the man into the cargo area. Barrett saw a duffle bag and laptop on the rear seat, so he took those, locked the SUV, and threw the keys into the bushes. After wiping down the areas he touched, they headed home, disposing of the cell phone along the way.

After his shower, Barrett searched the duffle bag. It had a long-range sniper rifle and scope broken down, an AR-15 with six clips of ammo, a Glock 9mm with a silencer, and four extra chips. Then he looked at the wallet and saw the driver’s license and credit cards were brand new, so they were fake, and the man was a professional hitman. Then he looked at the laptop, and it took five minutes to hack into it using his hot breath and the number keys trick.

After resetting the login code, he searched the files, and the laptop was a goldmine of information. A professional hitman would never carry a laptop full of information on a job. But it appears this guy was retiring and writing a book about his life’s work. There were over 350 pages in the book so far, and Barrett’s assassination was the last entry in the book. It listed who ordered the hit (Thomas Stanton), how much was paid ($250k), a description of the victim (me), and details to help locate the target.

Barrett knew he would be the number one suspect if he went after Thomas Stanton right now. So he’d wait and catch Thomas when he least expected it. Then he continued inspecting the files and found the hitman’s Cayman Islands Bank account on his internet favorites list. The login and password were remembered, and Barrett checked the balance and the last deposit. The account balance was 7.5 million, and the last deposit was 250k from a Bank of America branch in the US.

He changed the login and password on the account, backed up the hard drive to his alias cloud account, and shut off the laptop. Barrett put the laptop in his safe and the duffle bag on a shelf in his closet. Then he remembered the three duffle bags, laptop, and guns in the back of the Tahoe. He’d have to get them and take them to the warehouse for storage after lunch. Barrett also needed to empty his closet of items that he had acquired.

After breakfast, Nana told Barrett he could drive to dance class since he had a driver’s license. Barrett said but Nana, having you chauffeur me is a lot more fun and Rosa and Nana laughed. Then Nana shook her finger at Barrett and said don’t think about playing hooky because they will call me. On the way to dance class, Bob called Barrett. When Barrett answered, he said the answer was no, and he burned all of his suits, causing Bob to laugh.

Then Bob asked what he knew about Thomas Stanton. Barrett said well, he’s an asshole, has a big mouth, a little dick, hires hitmen to kill people he doesn’t like and cheats on his wife. Why is there more to the charming man he should know? Bob laughed and said no, you’ve about covered it except the hitman part. Barrett said oh, Tommy Boy hired a hitman to kill me. But he failed, so tell Tommy Boy he won’t get his 250k back. Bob said shit, and Barrett said he has that right and please tell the president he’s a terrible judge of character and hung up.

Bob called the president and told him Thomas Stanton hired a hitman to kill Barrett Thompson. The hitman failed but told Barrett before he died who hired him and how much he was paid for the hit. Your major concern is where Thomas got the $250k to hire the hitman. Barrett already knows, so you had better put a lid on Thomas before it becomes a major scandal. The president asked how sure are you that Thomas hired a hitman, and Bob said 1000%.

Thomas Stanton was pissed he had to wear the same suit two days in a row and wait until Sunday to get his things. Then, the president called him into an urgent meeting at the White House. When he arrived, it wasn’t a pleasant meeting. The president told Thomas he knew about him hiring a hitman to kill Barrett Thompson and paid 250k in taxpayer funds. Thomas had a choice to resign immediately or be fired, face years of litigation, and then be jailed. Thomas submitted his resignation and left a beaten man.

Barrett arrived at the dance studio, and Sophia welcomed him. Then Barrett started learning the Salsa, an energetic, sexy dance. Sophia was wound up when they finished and pulled Barrett into the prop closet. Aileen Sophia’s mom was there waiting, and Barrett’s pants were pulled down quickly. Aileen and Sophia switch off, sucking his cock and balls. He held out as long as possible, came hard, and passed out.

When he awoke, he was sitting on a storage cabinet. While pulling up his pants, he saw Aileen and Sophia on the floor in a daze, with their faces covered in cum. Barrett quickly left the prop closet before they recovered and went to the restroom to clean up. Then, he left the dance studio and drove home. Aileen and Sophia acted like women possessed today, and he wanted to get away fast.

Carl Stobe, Hal Berg, and Kenneth Cohen weren’t having a good month. First, they lost their jobs teaming with Alan Paul, the corporate raider and got caught by Madeline Thompson, the majority stockholder. Then, someone sent the videos they recorded during their private monthly board meetings to their wives. Now, their wives are divorcing them, and they have rented a condo together to save money until they can get new jobs. Their problem is that their job prospects are bleak without a letter of reference or a positive exit from Thompson Industries.

After lunch, Barrett took Zeus and Hera to his garage in the metal building, picked up the three duffle bags, guns, and laptop, and then went to the warehouse. Barrett felt drawn to the alien machine when he got to the office. So he put the duffle bags, guns, and laptop on his desk and went to the machine. When he put his fingers on the keyboard, they stuck, and he blacked out.

During his unconsciousness, Barrett was learning the alien language, infused with nanites and injected with serums to improve his mind and body. Barrett felt woozy for a few minutes when he awoke, and then his head cleared. He somehow knew he had an appointment in the park at 1 am Friday and was to bring Zeus and Hera to their special spot.

Shaking his head, Barrett got up and checked out the duffle bags on the desk. They each had 9 mm Glocks with silencers, AR-15s with four load clips, four hand grenades, four smoke grenades, four flashbang grenades, and four pepper gas grenades. Then, they had duct tape, zip ties, ski masks, gloves, and bulletproof vests. These guys were loaded for bear, and Barrett knew the story of briefcase contents of top secret papers was total bullshit.