Silent Crickets: A Shallow End Gals, Trilogy Book Three
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Roger hailed a cab and handed an address to the driver. “When we get there I want you to wait for us and take us on to our hotel if that is okay.”
The driver nodded.
Kim asked Roger, “Where are we going?”
Roger answered, “To a hospital. I want you to meet a friend of mine.”
Kim left her book in her purse and watched the beautiful Hawaiian scenery flash by their windows. After about fifteen minutes, the driver pulled into a long drive that opened up to a rather small facility. It was only three stories and had garden type grounds.
“This doesn’t look like a hospital.”
Roger answered, “It’s not supposed to. It is for very important patients.”
Kim noticed the security personnel everywhere. Wow, must be very important patients.
They walked down a long hall after Roger had cleared them through the main security. Roger knocked on a door and opened it. It was a large, well lit room. A man was in a wheel chair and a little girl was on his lap. A beautiful woman stood at the window, turned and rushed over to hug Roger. She wiped tears as she pulled away and nodded at Kim.
“I’m sorry. Roger is my hero.” Lisa wiped tears again and put her hand out to Kim, “Lisa Core.”
Kim shook her hand and smiled. She knew who Lisa was from what Roger had told her about the case. Kim pointed, “That must be Jamie?”
Lisa was smiling. “Come meet Mathew.”
Roger and Kim visited a while and then said their goodbyes. In the cab Kim asked Roger, “Will they be safe?”
Roger nodded, “Safe and happy from the way it looks.”
Kim smiled, “Sounds like a miracle there wasn’t an oil spill. The newspaper said a lot of important people have been arrested for plotting it all.”
Roger leaned over and kissed Kim’s cheek. He had a grin from ear to ear.
Mary sipped her tall umbrella drink, wiggled her toes in the sand and said, “Well, we finally made it to Hawaii.”
Teresa, Linda, and I took big sips of our drinks and tried to count how many colors we saw in the sunset.
Teresa asked no one in particular, “What do you think happens to us now?”
Suddenly Ellen was sitting in the sand with us and smiled. “What do you think happens now?”
Mary answered, “I’m proud of how we have done on our first assignment. I think it would be a waste of perfectly good skills to stop helping mortals now that we know what we’re doing.”
We do?
Ellen nodded. “I can tell you all feel the same as Mary. That’s good. We have another assignment waiting as soon as your vacation here is over.”
Linda asked, “What kind of assignment?”
“Midnight gals. Meet you at Transition College in the park.” Ellen was gone.
Wow, that was only six hours away. Heaven isn’t big on vacations evidently.
Kim and Roger were on beach chairs behind us, but Linda had promised Kim we wouldn’t peek.
We went back to counting the colors in the sunset. They had all changed in that short time.
A tiny surfer was riding a huge wave. We all watched mesmerized by the beauty of it and the skill that it took to stay right in that curl.
Teresa sat up straight and said, “I think that’s Ellen!”
The surfer waved at us right at that moment. Huh.
During the writing of this last book of the Trilogy, our dear friend, and co-author, Mary Hale, passed unexpectedly. She is now truly an Angel. She will always be a Shallow End Gal, and will remain in our hearts as well as our future books.
Mary Rachel Hale
With us from
10-6-1950 until 02-27-2013
The Shallow End Gals…Book 3
List of Characters
FBI
Supervisory Special Agent Roger Dance, Senior FBI lead on case
Supervisory Special Agent Paul Casey, number 2 FBI Agent on case
Supervisory Special Agent Dan Thor, Indy Senior Agent…involved with Patterson arrest
Special Agent Ray Davis, FBI Computer tech
Special Agent Todd Nelson, arresting officer of William Patterson in Book One, team member Book Two
Supervisory Special Agent Simon Frost, Senior agent team member from book 2
Special Agent Pablo Manigat, team member book 2, brother of Jeanne
Special Agent Jeanne Manigat, sister of Pablo and victim of Devon and Patterson in New Orleans, book 2
Supervisory Special Agent Frank Mass, Senior Agent in New Orleans office
List of friends not approved by Mom
William Patterson, convicted embezzler, child molester, escaped…alias Bernard Jacobs (Book 2)
Jesse Manio, Head of the Manio Cartel
Juan Zelez, Head of the Zelez Cartel
Jason Sims, CIA computer genius, mole in LUCY
Thomas Fenley, works within DC inner circles, represents oil interests, works for LUCY
Donavan Luntz, Chairman, oil consortium, London, current head of LUCY
William C. Thornton, Deputy Director FBI, affiliated with LUCY
Senator Rolland Kenny (Retired), friend of Patterson, member of the sicko club
Theodore Chain, Gallery Owner, member of the sicko club
Andre Baton, Loyola University Benefactor, member of the sicko club
Judge Harold Williams, member of the sicko club
Ramon Daily, ‘Chiclet’, works with crime gangs in New Orleans
Dayrl Cotton, gang member working in human trafficking
Interesting characters
Kim. Angel Vicki’s daughter
Mathew Core, the Fixer, does work for CIA and DOD, black op enemy of LUCY
Tourey Waknem, CIA Undercover, native N.O.
Jimmy, CIA undercover, mole in Manio cartel
Zack, ATF undercover helping Roger
Mambo, Voodoo Queen that lives by Honey Island, NOLA
Jeremiah Dumaine, old swamp man
Allan Dumaine, Jeremiah’s nephew
Adele Brown, “Other woman”, found in swamp by Jeremiah, book 2
Jerome Brown, Adele Brown’s son
Abram Davis, new “boss” for crime gang
Jackson Moore, hired by Abram Davis upon jail release
Lisa Core, Mathew Core’s wife
Jamie Core, Mathew Core’s daughter
“Spicey”, Sadie Corbin, self-proclaimed psychic in New Orleans
Sasha, Spicey’s friend and co-worker
Cindy Roy, friend of Spicey’s on vacation in New Orleans
Carolyn Gale, friend of Spicey’s on vacation in New Orleans
Wilma Abrams, cleaning lady for Patterson
George Fetter, works at Gallery owned by Theodore Chain, helped Tourey, Book 2
John Barry, retired CIA, now OSI (Office of Special Investigations)
Dusty, portrait Artist
Scotty, Bartender at Mickey’s
Franklin Morris, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Angels
Ellen, Angel Trainer that looks like Ellen DeGeneres
Betty, Angel Trainer that looks like Betty White
Linda, Mary, Teresa, Vicki…Angels in training