Flight 12: A Sloane Monroe Thriller (Flight 12 Begins Series Book 4) (8 page)
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Authors: Cheryl Bradshaw
Flight 12 bobbed up and down the runway, preparing for takeoff. Three minutes later, tiny lights painted dotted lines across a charcoal sky.
Giovanni was gone.
I headed to the terminal to find Maddie. Halfway back a voice said, “You Sloane Monroe?”
A hand clamped down on my arm. I pulled back, turned to the man standing beside me. He wore a blue ball cap, khaki slacks, and expensive-looking tennis shoes with laces that reminded me of neon pieces of licorice.
“Don’t touch me,” I said.
He seemed amused but removed his hand nonetheless. “We need to talk.”
“Who are you?”
He lifted the bottom of his cotton, V-neck shirt just enough for me to see the badge on his trousers, hanging there like it was desperate to get away.
“Where’s your partner?” I asked.
He pointed. I turned. Saw a second guy talking to Maddie.
“Which one are you?” I asked.
“Lovell.” He pulled a cell phone out of his pocket, read something. “We just received confirmation Mr. Romano made it onto Flight 12.”
“I know. I watched him board.”
“I have some questions.”
Inside I festered, engaging myself in an internal moral debate. Reveal Giovanni was also on the plane, or keep quiet? It was plausible Agent Lovell already knew. But what if he didn’t?
“I’m sure you’ve heard about the fire at Luciana house,” I said.
He nodded. “I haven’t spoken to Daniela by phone, but she did text me. She and her brother are at the hospital, along with several others.”
Only Giovanni
wasn’t
at the hospital.
“Are you all right?” he asked.
“Yes. Why?”
“You seem a little on edge.”
“Can you blame me?”
I answered Lovell’s questions, omitting the part about Giovanni being on the plane with Rocco. My inner quarrel within had been quelled, and for once in my life, I did something out of the ordinary. I passed the baton and walked away.
THE END
Although this was a novella and not a full-length novel, a generous amount of time and effort went into researching several of the things I write about in this book, such as the doctors who volunteer to give medical care abroad, and the true and very real drug nicknamed “Killer Heroin.” At the time of this writing, the United States death toll for overdoses as a result of taking the drug had surpassed eighty victims, and that’s just for this year alone. Not only is fentanyl being
mixed
with heroin, pure fentanyl is also being sold as heroin itself. It seems for many heroin users, taking heroin alone isn’t as exciting as the rush one gets from blending the two drugs together, thus making the reward much more enticing than the risk. If you believe you know someone struggling with addiction,
Recovery.org
is one of the many places you can seek help.
One other side note. It’s safe to say a rather healthy interest in the mafia still exists in the world today. Although not facing the same level of public scrutiny, it would be fallacious to assume they’ve folded. Even today. If you ever find yourself in Vegas, I highly recommend touring the
Mob Museum
, where you can learn about the mafia, both past and present.
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