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Authors: Mike Ryan
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“I can’t do that.”
“Why not? If I wanted you dead I would’ve killed you in Honduras. And you know I could’ve. As for you, Shelly, I could’ve killed you in the cemetery just as easily as the others if I so desired. But my feelings for you wouldn’t let me do that. I couldn’t do that.”
“Don’t talk to me about your feelings for me,” Lawson screamed. “You used me.”
“I did. I apologize for that,” Raines told her. “But that doesn’t mean my feelings for you weren’t true because they were. Nothing I did or have done changes that.”
“What is it you want?” Cain asked.
“For us to go our separate ways. You go back to New York and I’ll once again disappear,” Raines offered.
“Too much has happened for us to let that happen. You’ve killed some of our agents,” Lawson said.
“Come on Shelly, you’re much brighter than that. To just accept what you’ve been told. Especially by those that perpetuate the lies. I killed those who attempted to kill me, in self defense,” Raines responded. “Tell me Cain, have you yet figured out the lies that you’ve been told?”
“What lies?” Cain asked.
“To which there are too numerous to respond. In time you will figure them out as I have. I assume that you will. The facts will at some point not come together the same as they used to. The memory will come back to you and reveal the things that you’ve lost. You will realize that things are not as they seem. That what you’ve been told is not necessarily true. One day something will just seem out of place and create a domino effect in which all the pieces fall down, revealing your true self. I hope you get to that place…as I have.”
“What are talking about?”
“I wish I could tell you. But I’m afraid our time here is up,” Raines said, raising his arms in an attacking stance. “We’ve created quite a stir and the police will be here shortly.”
Raines pointed his gun at the pair, which prompted Cain and Lawson to do the same. Raines slowly started moving away from his car and toward the edge of the bridge. Cain started circling around him as Lawson stayed in her position. Raines continued backpedaling till his back hit the bridge and he had no where else to go.
“Well, I guess I’ll see you in our next life,” Raines said.
Raines fired a couple rounds in Cain’s direction before quickly taking a shot at Lawson. All his shots missed as the bullets whizzed by Cain and the shot at Lawson grazed off the ground. Cain quickly regained his composure after dodging the bullets and fired at Raines. His shot hit his mark as Raines grimaced before the blow knocked him over the concrete railing. Cain and Lawson rushed over to the railing to see where Raines fell but couldn’t quite see him in the water. Not only was it dark, but the Ciliwung River was a very dirty, polluted river. Sometimes it was hard to see what was in it during the daytime. Cain put his hand on the railing as he kept looking and felt something. He pulled his hand up to see what it was and rubbed his fingers together before wiping the blood off on his pants.
“You think he’s dead?” Lawson asked.
“I dunno but we gotta move,” Cain replied, pushing her back to the car. “Stay here and we’ll get some onlookers before you know it.”
They drove back to the cemetery in the hopes of cleaning up the scene. In the event police were already there they’d keep on driving. Luckily they had not yet arrived and Cain reached into the glove box for a spare gun.
“What are you doing?” Lawson wondered.
“Fixing the mess.”
Cain put the gun by Gutawa’s hand and dragged Stanton’s body a little to give the impression that they shot each other. He wanted to make it appear that there were no other people there and make it an open and shut case. He quickly finished his work and ran back to the car, driving back to the hotel with Lawson. Once inside their room Lawson called Sanders with an update.
“We cornered Raines on a bridge,” Lawson told him.
“And?”
“Cain shot him.”
“Is he dead?” Sanders hopefully asked.
“I think so.”
“You think?”
“The shot made him fall over the bridge and into the river,” Lawson answered.
“Did you see his body?”
“No. But there was blood all over the railing.”
“Hmm. I’ll put our sources to work to confirm it. If he’s shot and bleeding he’ll have to hit a doctor somewhere along the way if he’s alive.”
“You think he’s alive?”
“Until his body is found we will go under the assumption that he is alive,” Sanders said.
“Yes, sir.”
“You two have done some good work on this. I want you two to stay there for a few more days to see what you can find out. If his body is found it’ll be all over the news.”
Lawson told Cain about the instructions Sanders left for them. She could see something was wrong with him. He had this look on him that indicated something was troubling him.
“What is it?” she asked.
“It just doesn’t seem right.”
“What doesn’t?”
“Raines is an expert shot. He fired three rounds and didn’t hit either one of us,” Cain replied.
“Well, he was in a hurry.”
“I don’t think that was it.”
“You think he missed on purpose?” Lawson incredulously asked.
“Maybe.”
“Why would he do that?”
“You saw the result. He disappeared again,” Cain stated.
“You’re assuming he’s not dead. So you think he staged that to disappear again?”
“Possibly. He realized he wasn’t going to lose us so he set the stage at the bridge.”
“That’s quite a risk to take. If that’s true then what would make him think you wouldn’t kill him?”
“Maybe he thought it was a risk worth taking.”
“No, I don’t buy it. He’s dead,” Lawson said.
Cain continued to sit there silently, looking over to the wall. Lawson could tell something else was on his mind.
“What else?” she asked.
“I was just thinking about what else he was saying on the bridge. About all the lies.”
“You don’t seriously believe any of what he was saying, do you?”
“Why not?”
“He was just talking to divert our attention. Hoping to get the jump on us,” Lawson said.
“I didn’t get that impression.”
“Trust me. I know him better than you.”
“You didn’t know him well enough to know he was playing you,” Cain said, hoping not to offend her.
“You’re right. But I do know him better than you.”
“OK.”
“Trust me. He knew this was the end and was just spewing crap out of his mouth trying to buy a few extra minutes to figure out his escape. We finally got him and put an end to it. This was the end,” Lawson told him.
“Could be. But, somehow, I doubt this is the end.”
Please Look For The Following Titles In The Cain Series:
The Cain Conspiracy
The Cain Deception
The Cain Directive
The Cain Redemption
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