Free Silver Lining - A Carpelli Adventure: Sequel To The Bestselling Thriller Fatal Mistake by Cliff Roberts

alone the country. They killed his wife and children in front of him by chopping them up into little pieces with a fire ax. When they were done with his family, they shot him up with cocaine and heroin. They then stripped the skin off his left arm below the elbow and both of his lower legs using the fire ax as straight razor. He told them where the money was and signed over his business holdings, house and cars, after all, he wasn’t going to need them anymore.
    They made it look like he chopped off his own lower left arm in a drug induced frenzy then plunged the ax into his chest. A suicide note was found claiming his businesses had gone belly up and he just couldn’t live with it and his family shouldn’t have to either. It made national news, the murder-suicide of a Knoxville business man. The media didn’t share the details of the murders or the suicide with the public. But someone posted the crime scene pictures on the internet and it was an instant hit with the You Tube crowd.
    They kept the Sentinel Newspaper clipping in their wallets so that they could share it with anyone who doubted they would do the things they promised to do if they failed to pay. The newspaper article about what happened to the guy, along with the You Tube video, stopped all of the runners. They all wanted to make deals now. Kelly and Washington went by the street names of Smith and Jones. They never told anyone who was Smith and who was Jones, though either of them would answer to either name at any given time, making them memorable for something other than being scary as hell.
    “Jimmy, we ran into one of your reporters a couple of days ago in of all places ‘The Wild Rose’.” Kelly shared with Jimmy.
    “What? Everyone knows they aren’t supposed to go there. Who was it? I’ll make sure it doesn’t happen again.” Jimmy stated without any hesitance.
    “Jack Carver,” Washington stated curtly.
    “Who?” Jimmy instantly replied. “I don’t have a Jack Carver working for me.”
    “Jimmy, don’t play games with us.” Kelly retorted thinking maybe Jimmy didn’t want to say anything about the guy for some reason.
    “Why would I protect some moron that not only causes me trouble with you but with my bosses due to insurance issues? If I had a Jack Carver working for me, I’d tell you and I’d make sure he didn’t wander into places are off limits. You think I want someone going to the owner/publisher with something like this. Hell no! I like my job.” Jimmy quickly defended himself from the accusation.
    “He’s about six foot tall, stocky but not fat. Short hair, brown in color. I’d say he’s fortyish and he dresses crappy. Dockers, golf shirt and a sport coat.” Washington shared a description. “And oh yeah, he kind of looks like a cop.”
    “Sounds like he’s someone who works law enforcement if you think he looks like a cop.” Jimmy offered in return and both Kelly and Washington gave him a hard look that made Jimmy squirm a little. “You know the old adage, ‘It takes one to know one’,” he then quickly added.
    “We’ll see Jimmy. Put your people on it. Spin it anyway you want, but try to find out who the hell this guy is.” Kelly stated as he and Washington stepped out of his office. “It was good to see you, Jimmy. You should keep in touch maybe we can barbeque some Sunday.” Kelly said as they closed the door.  He and Washington shared a knowing smirk as they walked to the elevator.
    Jimmy as soon as they were out of sight slumped into his chair and sighed, a big sigh of relief. He then opened the drawer and clicked off the tape recorder.
    When Kelly and Washington stepped outside the Sentinels office building, they immediately began speculating about who this Jack Crave was. Neither of them had heard anything about a fed investigation of themselves or the department. They weren’t aware that any of the players in town had added any new blood. So who this guy was, was a mystery, but only for