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Authors: Thomas Scott
STATE OF BETRAYAL: A Virgil Jones Mystery (Detective Virgil Jones Mystery Series Book 2) (28 page)
Epilogue
__________
L
ater
that evening
when Virgil got home he walked down to the pond next
to Mason’s cross, stared out at the water and thought about his dad, his
grandfather, Ed Donatti, and especially his unborn son, Wyatt. As much as he
was loathe to admit it, Nichole Pope was probably right…at least about one thing:
The answers lie not in the extreme, but somewhere in the middle.
He still had the thumb drive she’d
given him. He pulled it from his pocket and studied it under the light of the
moon before setting it on top of the cross. He bent over and picked up a few
rocks and skipped them out across the water, wondering what was on the drive
and more importantly if it really mattered anymore. It would be easy enough to
find out. He could take the drive up to the house, pop it into the computer and
read everything it contained. But to what end? Pearson and Pate were dead,
their misdeeds and malfeasance no longer an issue or a problem in Virgil’s
life. Why dive into the past when the future was what really mattered? Wasn’t
that the message his father had been trying to convey all along?
Ultimately Virgil decided to take
Nichole’s advice. If she didn’t care, why should he? He’d destroy the thumb
drive, leave Pearson and Pate to rot in hell and let the Pope twins deal with
their own demons down the road.
He tossed one final rock into the
pond then turned to grab the thumb drive from the top of the cross, ready to
crush it under his boot. But when he looked at the cross, the thumb drive was
gone and his badge—the badge he’d thrown into the pond when Cora and
Bradley Pearson had shown up a few weeks ago and fired him sat there in its
place.
And Virgil thought,
Dad
?
And the story continues.
As Mason would say, “Stay
tuned.”
Thomas Scott is a writer, reader and self-proclaimed regular
guy. His debut novel,
State
of Anger
reached # 1 on Amazon.com shortly after its release. Thomas lives
in northern Indiana with his wife and children where he is hard at work on the
next Virgil Jones mystery novel,
State of Control
. Your
comments are always welcome and Thomas will personally reply via email sent to:
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