Designated Target
Copyright© 2022 by Lumpy
Chapter 15
“The Director was right about you,” Dayoub said, coming to stand next to Taylor on the steps outside the Federal Courthouse. “I honestly had my doubts after hearing about some of your other exploits, but you really came through. Finney has testified and the Amatos are going down for good.”
“Hill doesn’t seem to share your opinion. Someone told me he filed a complaint about my ‘reckless attitude.’
“Fuck him. Besides, you already have a bunch of those, don’t you? It’s why the word on you is that you are a reckless amateur. Solomon has faith in you, or he wouldn’t have sent you out here.”
“It depends on how badly he needs something done.”
“That’s what I mean. You got this done and you killed a hit man, or I guess woman, no one even knew about on top of it.”
“Are you sure she’s dead? We didn’t find a body in the factory. She’s smart enough to have a backup plan, and that explosion was very weird. It was also weird how she wanted to make sure I lived to be able to say I saw her injured, sitting in the middle of the building just before it blew up.”
“Didn’t you say you got outside seconds before it blew? That’s pretty risky timing if she wanted to make sure you were around to corroborate her death.”
“She was good. She would have wanted to make it close to make sure I believed she was gone.”
“Well, the building was completely wrecked. Most of the machinery that had been on the first floor was mangled from the heat and pressure of the blast. It’s not surprising we didn’t find a body. We did find a bunch of bits that matched her DNA.”
“I saw that, but it wasn’t that much. Not enough to make up an actual person.”
“Are you suggesting she planted chunks of herself to get blown up?”
“I’m just saying she stayed invisible for a long time, and she did it while killing some high-profile people we wanted to keep alive. She succeeded because she was meticulous in her planning. She would have known there was a chance her identity could get blown, especially once I found out her real name. She would have planned for it.”
“If it was a fake out, then why didn’t she go for Finney when you brought him to the courthouse?”
“Maybe she thought becoming invisible again was more important than finishing this one job.”
“You can feel free to keep chasing ghosts, but I’m going to close the book on this one. Just take the win, man. If she’s out there, we’ll find her when she starts working again. If she’s dead, you’re just going to drive yourself insane chasing ghosts.”