DEAD MAN'S JUSTICE - A Place of Evil (Stone & McLeish Thriller Series of Stories Book 2) (31 page)

Stone said,
‘I’m
not a cop, you can’t silence me, my daughter could have died here today, the public needs to know just how sick and twisted your misplaced priorities are.’

‘You wouldn't, and if you did you’d be wasting your breath, from me right up to the President, what you say Stone will be categorically denied and you will be ridiculed, you’d be watching over your shoulder the for rest of your life,’ said Wade.

‘Try me; I’ll blow your cover.’

‘You wouldn't dare.’

Stone turned back again towards Wade and Mac tried to hold him back, he went within inches of his face, ‘Screw you Wade and everything you stand for.’

The standoff ended. Ramirez un-cuffed Maloof and handed him over to the FBI. Grolnick told Ramirez and Finch to ship out and take the five Arabs into custody. Grolnick turned to them and took one last look up at the dark warehouse and said, ‘We’re done here guys, this really is a place of evil.’

They all looked up and silently recalled the illegal trading, the torture room in the basement, the sordid degradation and suffering to the young girls. The remark was not contested.

Ramirez and Finch shook hands with Stone and Mac and there was an unspoken sense of respect and admiration between them all. The Detectives followed the Lieutenant who was suddenly accosted by a wall of baying reporters and Grolnick walked over to them with his hands up in an attempt to stem the questions. Several microphones were thrust into his face and camera flashes lit the night sky like a firework display.

Stone and Mac walked off towards the ambulance where Laura was being treated. Mac needed to see a Doctor too. They reached the ambulance and out of the corner of his eye Stone saw the black bag containing Rachel Parker’s body being loaded into the back of a coroner’s wagon. He then looked across and saw Ramirez who was calling his wife, Stone heard his words even over the clamor of the media and vehicle sirens filling the night sky. He said just three little words that would bring relief and closure to him and his family, ‘It’s all over!’ Ramirez was crying, the tough matchstick-chewing New York Detective reduced to a spent wreck, a relieved husband and father.

Chapter 67

A medic closed the doors to the ambulance as a cluster of baying reporters were running towards them trying to interview Stone and Mac. Dr. Harper was tending to Mac’s wounds and Stone looked out of the back door and saw Grolnick in the distance being interviewed by a TV crew.
The lights from the cameras bathed his face which stood out in the blackness, his shoulders were shrugging up and down and he faked a smile every now and then. The reporters, with their notebooks out, were hanging on to his every word.

It was a shame that he couldn't tell the truth, Stone thought.

The ambulance pulled away and Stone saw the warehouse become smaller and smaller and as they turned a bend it was gone from view completely.

Laura stirred in the bed, ‘She’s coming round,’ said Dr. Harper. A nurse took off Laura’s breathing mask and when she saw her father her face broke out into the broadest smile he’d ever seen. He had to fight back tears. He hugged her and held her so tight she couldn’t breathe again.

‘D-a-d-d-y,’ she said. 

He realized he was smothering her and sat back just staring at her, so relieved that he had found her.

No further words were necessary.

She was alive and well and he hoped he would never ever have to tell her the whole story about what happened to her and the other girls. Not for a very long time anyway, he thought.

There was one more thing
Stone needed to do, call someone who would have been worried sick waiting by the phone at home the whole time. He took out his cell phone, dialed a number and put the phone to Laura’s ear.

‘Hello...?’ said Laura.

When she heard the voice on the other end, Laura smiled so hard, Stone did cry.

‘Laura, baby, is it you?’

‘M-u-m-m-y...’

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The End

About the Author

Gregory Stenson
has worked around the world in Construction and as a Consultant for many years and now writes full time, ‘
So many stories – so little time
.’

He
divides his time between his birthplace, Nottingham, UK and Trinidad in the Caribbean.

This is
his second Stone and McLeish novel.

For more information visit and connect with Gregory Stenson at:-

http://www.gregstensonwriter.com/

http://www.twitter.com/gregorystenson

or email him
at:-    [email protected]

Author’s Note

The places and locations described in
Dead Man’s Justice
are as accurate as the writer recalls them having visited New York and scouted for the locations, some license and imagination has been used however for the Rehab facility and the details for the warehouse in Brooklyn Heights.

     
The Seventh Island

Stone & McLeish’s first thriller
by Gregory Stenson

Available exclusively at Amazon
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@arthurwooten wrote:- (21.01.12) (twitter)"The Seventh Island by @gregorystenson …unputdownable, clever, intelligent..."
★★★★
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Review  Patricia G, US, wrote:- (26.02.12) (Amazon US)
"
I recommend this book to anyone that reads. It is fast moving and has interesting characters & a great
location! Cant wait for the next book with my new friend, Brad Stone, in it."
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Review  esme123, UK, wrote:- (04.02.12) (Amazon UK)
"Fantastic Read! 
I have just finished reading this book and I enjoyed the plot very much. Can't wait for this Author's next book. I really enjoyed reading about the island of Trinidad and the story seemed to bring the place to life.
★★★★
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Review J .Scott Sharp, US, wrote:- (13.01.12) (Amazon UK/US)
 
 "
Great Read! Can't wait for another book!
 Gregory Stenson is the man to watch! His first book, "The Seventh Island" kept me up for two nights, unable to put it down! Brad Stone is a great character and the action and suspense are jarring! I am reticent to be too descriptive because I don't want to ruin the surprises, but the New York mob and voodoo?! This book can't go wrong and in the skilled hands of Mr. Stenson, it doesn't! Bravo! And thank you for a novel worth reading!
★★★★
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 Review Fiona Johnson, UK, wrote:- (09.12.11) (Smashwords)
"I just loved this book. It has a really great story with lots of twists and turns but mostly I loved it because of the setting. It made such a great change to be taken to the Caribbeanand to get a glimpse of life on the islands that perhaps tourists don't always get to see
.




Hope there's more like this to come!
★★★★
★
 Review Ralph, US, wrote:- (03.12.11) (Goodreads.com)
"I actually could not put this book down ... It's beautifully written , with a great storyline - suspense that keeps you going until the end. Definitely a recommended good read !Well done Greg. I'm looking forward to your next book

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