Page 118 of Fatal Intent
The other woman’s mouth gaped. “Wife? I did not know you were married. When did this happen?”
“Recently. I was sorry to hear about Beau.”
She stiffened. “Yes, we all were devastated.”
“Where are the kids? I’d love to see them.”
“Really?” Rex gripped his wife’s arm and moved her further away from the Fortress operatives. “Is that your best shot at getting information from us? Pathetic, man.”
“I enjoy spending time with Anthony and Blaze. They’re the same age as my nieces and nephews.”
“They’re safe. That’s all you need to know.”
“Something wrong, Rex?”
“A military-trained sniper is gunning for us. Yeah, I’d say there’s something wrong.”
“Why do you think someone is picking off members of Red Dawn?”
“Isn’t it obvious?” Gino said.
“Indulge me for a minute. I’d like to know what you think.”
“Someone wants revenge.”
“For what? We’ve gone over the mission in great detail. None of us did anything wrong. So, who is after us? For that matter, how did someone find out who was involved in the mission andthen track us down? I don’t know about you, but Echo unit doesn’t have social media profiles. We stay out of the limelight. How did the shooter find us?”
“Same for us,” Chase said, glancing at his teammates. “He makes a good point. How did this clown know we were part of Red Dawn and find our location?”
Gino glared at Seth. “The sniper didn’t know where to find us. The only one of us who went down was Beau. Sorry, Eileen. Now, though, he might know exactly where to set up his next killshot because you more than likely led him here.”
“We weren’t followed,” Andre said curtly.
“At the moment, Echo unit seems to be the target of the shooter, not you and your unit,” Seth said.
“How can you say that?” Gino snapped. “Beau is dead because of this guy.”
“Is he?” Seth looked at Rex. “Do you believe Beau was a victim of the sniper?”
“What are you saying? Of course he was. He’s dead, isn’t he? Beau was shot just like all the others.”
“Not exactly. He was shot in the back of the head, execution style. That’s a different MO from the rest of the shootings.”
“So? Dead is dead. All of them were shot. Of course it’s the same guy.”
“We don’t believe that’s true.”
Rex stared. “You believe there are two shooters?”
“It’s possible.”
“But you just said….”
“There might be two shooters going after members of Red Dawn, but we don’t believe Beau was killed by either man. And you don’t either.”
“That’s crazy,” he muttered. “What are the odds of having three shooters killing soldiers from one mission?”
“Beau’s death had nothing to do with Red Dawn. He died at the hands of his best friend and his wife.”
