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    A Fortuitous Exit
    A Fortuitous Exit
    A Fortuitous Exit
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    A Fortuitous Exit

    By Mark Early

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    Former assassin Jeremy St. Simon has been languishing in American custody for nearly a decade. His particular knowledge has often helped authorizes capture other international criminals. When presented with evidence of a new string of random killings, he recognizes the handiwork of his former partner. Will St. Simon participate in the capture of an old friend, provide the means for the ultimate escape?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMark Early
    Release dateSep 5, 2014
    ISBN9781310095238
    A Fortuitous Exit
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    Mark Early

    I come from a family that loves stories. I've spent my adult life telling some kind of story in one of many different forms. Whether working as a photojournalist, teaching journalism, or working in public relations for a non-profit human services agency, I seem to always be spinning tales and yarns. I hope you will enjoy the characters and places I attempt to bring to life for you here.

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      A Fortuitous Exit - Mark Early

      A Fortuitous Exit

      Published by Mark Early at Smashwords

      Copyright 2014 Mark Early

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you are reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      May, 2014 -- A Virginia suburb

      Agent Carl Powers flipped through the dog-eared reports and photocopied notes packed inside a tattered manila folder spread across his lap. The back seat of a government-issue sedan wasn’t the best place to review an asset’s file, but he had no choice. Powers had been assigned that morning to a case handled by Senior Field Agent Bruce Taslon and was trying to get up to speed. Also newly assigned to the case was a younger agent from the Cyber Espionage unit. Paul Barrick rode shotgun next to Taslon and tried not to look terrified. A typical techno-geek fresh from Agency training, Barrick seemed completely lost.

      So, when we get there, I’ll do the talking. I brought this creep in and I’ve had him locked down for years. He knows not to pull any funny business with me around, Taslon growled from behind the wheel.

      Taslon had made his reputation and career with the capture of Jeremy St. Simon. Powers leafed through St. Simon’s dossier quickly, trying to absorb the most pertinent details and wondered how a gasbag like Taslon had been able to capture someone with St. Simon’s resume. A former British Royal Marine and MI6 operative, St. Simon had worked for a couple of other agencies within the British Intelligence family before striking off on his own as a paid assassin. St. Simon didn’t seem to be the kind of man easily captured. He had worked in tandem with a fellow MI6 named William Blythefield. Together they had carried out at least a dozen known assassinations. Once St. Simon was in custody, Blythefield virtually disappeared. An occasional long-range shooting could be attributed to him, but no intelligence or police agency in the world could conclusively prove they had ever come close to apprehending him.

      So, what’s the play, Taslon? Why are we going to lean on St. Simon? You’ve had him secured for nearly a decade. You really think he knows something about these shootings, Powers asked from the jostling back seat. Taslon drove erratically through the thinning city traffic on their way to a Washington suburb.

      Look, Simon and Blythefield were a team for over twenty years. If one itched, the other scratched. We’ve got the ballistics from the all the shootings and they match every hit we know Blythefield ever did. Talk about a creature of habit. Always the same rifle and always the same shot. Right in the head. If anyone knows where to find Blythefield, it’s Simon, Taslon said.

      But ten years is a long time to be separated from someone. Habits change. Situations shift. Don’t we have other intel on Blythefield we can use, Powers pressed.

      "No. Guy’s a fricking ghost. All we have are dead bodies with the backs of

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