Chapter 17

• Patrick woke up with a heavy heart, and had been sitting in the chair for hours now. This was getting complicated as hell. He had just under two weeks to set up his team to get the buyers, while he set up the five men. Five men that would do anything to stay out of jail, including killing or dying.
• He rubbed a hand over his tired eyes. Betty assured him it would all work, which was easy for her to say because she would be nowhere near when the time came. If this worked, she might be able to go back to a normal life, if she still wanted it. He couldn’t imagine being undercover for years, he’d lose himself for sure. As it was, he was in a shaky place trying to maintain the identity he was using as cover.
• Betty had gotten him in almost a year before, and he’d make sure she was left far out of it. The question that returned was how would he get out? He could just walk away when it was done. There would be no need for him to stay, it would take the remaining members of each group a few years to build back up to this level again.