B.B.U.S.A. (Buying Back the United States of America) Read Online Free PDF

Perhaps it would all be over in a few minutes and they could all go to bed.
    Bob instructed Florin to stay with the cab driver and guard the entrance.
    Ervin looked over at John. “Looks like you can get medical assistance for your jaw here at the same time.” Ervin laughed at his own joke, but neither Bob nor John gave him any satisfaction by responding to his lame attempt at humor. Ervin stared gloomily out at the parking lot. He probably had a better chance at getting a hen to lay a golden egg than pulling a laugh out of either of his companions.
    It was getting lighter by the minute. It looked like it might be a fine day. If they could just quickly dispose of Leo, perhaps they could all get some well-deserved rest. Yes, the sleep of the righteous. He smiled at his own internal joke this time. The hell with the sour pusses he traveled with. A couple of hours rest and he might seek out and find a willing woman anxious to help a big government hero get the desired satisfaction he so rightfully deserved.
    Bob walked right up to the receptionist and pulled out his wallet and flashed it open to an impressive looking document. “I am leading an investigation, and have reason to believe you are currently treating a man with a foot injury. He is wanted for questioning. Where is he right now?”
    “You just missed him. I called him a cab myself. I didn’t know he was wanted for anything. I wouldn’t have helped him if I’d known. That’s not a crime, helping someone if you didn’t know they were a criminal, is it?”
    “No it’s not a crime. You did nothing wrong. Now relax. Did he say where he was going?”
    “No sir, I am afraid he did not. But he only left a couple of minutes ago; if you hurry you can probably still catch up to him.”
    “Thank you, mam. You’ve been a big help.”
    He quickly spun on his heel and ran for his own cab. As he climbed in and slammed the door behind him, he asked the driver, “Can you please reach your dispatch on your radio for me?”
    The cab driver nodded. “What do you need?”
    Florin, Ervin, and John got in the cab as well, and shut their doors as Bob continued his conversation with the cab driver. “I need you to call your dispatch and find out who was recently sent to this emergency room clinic, and where they took the person that they picked up. Can you do that?”
    The driver hesitated. Bob insinuated that he would throw in a large tip for the cab driver’s added efforts. Within minutes, the cabbies were talking to each other over the radio. Conflicting reports surfaced. The cab company dispatch reported that the other cab driver took a man to the airport; however, the cab driver insisted that dispatch had it wrong. The other cab driver relayed that he dropped off an injured man at the bus station, not the airport.
    Frustrated, he finally asked the cab driver to call dispatch and order another taxi to be sent to the emergency room clinic. Next, he instructed Florin and John to get out and wait for the other cab and to take it to the bus depot. In the meantime Bob and Ervin would take the existing cab to the airport in search of Leo. If there was no sign of him anywhere, they were all to meet back at the hotel by nine o’clock.
    Florin and John climbed out of the cab and waited near the entrance of the clinic for the second cab to arrive. It was still cool as pockets of mist hugged the city around them. John figured that Bob thought the other cab driver was lying. He must have thought their current mission was rather insignificant or he would personally have gone to the bus depot. “So Florin, do you think Leo is at the bus depot?” John asked jovially.
    Florin concentrated a bit, looked across the street and then looked back at John. “To tell you the truth, John, I think we are both on a wild goose chase.”
    “Just what do you mean by that statement?”
    “Well, Bob underestimated this guy from the start. He’s smart. He’s not going to be easy to catch. I think