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CHAPTER 10 THE BIG BOSS

'That's the ………….,' I said to Jeff Mason.

Jeff now knew …………….. about Alpine Resorts and Ricky Klein. And about Governor Clark Johnson.

'So that's why poor Janine …………..!' he said. 'Because of Clark Johnson!'

'Yes, and now we ……….. to get Johnson,' I said. 'What about Klein?' asked Jeff.

'We can't find …………….,' I said. 'He knows about Rizzo and he's ……… - the police are still looking for him. We're going to get Johnson,' I went on, 'and I need your …………….'

An hour later, Jeff called Johnson's …………... I listened to the conversation on another phone. 'I want to speak ……….. Governor Johnson,' said Jeff.

'I'm sorry, but the Governor is ………. now,' said a young woman. 'Can I help?' 'Yes,' said Jeff 'You can tell the Governor that I want to talk ………… my friend Janine Anderson and the money Governor Johnson took from Mr. Ricky Klein.' Jeff gave the woman his ……….. name and his telephone number.

Now we just had to wait. We had to wait for Johnson's new hit man. Tony Rizzo was dead, but I was sure that Clark Johnson had ……….hit man. Another killer. We waited in Jeff's room. It was ……... Jeff was on the bed. Two of Gershon's men waited …….. the window. They had their guns.

I was ………… the door with my gun. We waited one hour, two hours. It was late at night and the hotel was quiet. Then I heard a  noise outside the door. Somebody was trying to get …….. The door opened and I could see a man. I moved fast from behind the door. Then I hit him ……… the back of his head with my gun. He fell to the floor like a tree. He didn't ………..

I turned on the light. Gershon's men came out with their ……. and stood around him. One of them took the hit man's gun from his ……………. Jeff got up from the bed and came over.

I looked at the man on the floor. He was wearing black clothes and he had a black ski mask over his head. I took it …….. and looked at the man's face.

I turned cold. I couldn't speak. Jeff looked at me. 'Do you ………..him?' he asked.

Yes,' I said ……….. 'It's Eddie Lang. The man who killed Scott.

Tell me about Governor Clark Johnson,' I said to Eddie Lang. 'He's behind this, right?'

Eddie Lang looked up and saw all the police around him. 'Yes,' he said.

The………… day, I was in Gershon's office.

'We've found Klein,' he said. 'He's told us everything.' Bill Gershon smiled at me. 'Thanks, Flick,' he said. 'Thanks ……… everything. I'm sorry. '

'Forget it,' I said, smiling.

I said goodbye to Gershon and the …………. - to Jeff and Teresa, and to Janine Anderson's …………….

'Thank you,' said Gene Anderson. 'Thank you so much.' Then I got in my red Chevy and …….. out of Pine Crest and onto the highway. I ……….. back at the beautiful Rocky mountains. The mountains were white and the sky was ……….

Life was ………….. good. Janine Anderson's killer was dead. Ricky Klein was going to prison for ………….. years and Alpine Resorts was finished. Better than that, Clark Johnson, Governor of Colorado, was finished too. He could …………be President of the United States now.

I thought about Scott. I could ……… him smiling at me. “Good work, Flick.” I could ……… him say. And perhaps best of all, I thought, Edie Lang was going to prison for a very …….. time. Yes, life was good. I was in my red Chevy and life was good.