The Water of Death

By R. Richard

Lenny stares at Wesley for a bit, then Lenny says, “I have been carrying you and Linda for some time now. You two do no work and I have had to redirect some of Jim’s work and credit it to you or Linda.”
Wesley grins, “Jim is under contract for, what, four more years? He does enough work to support what Linda and I don’t do. What’s the problem?”
Lenny lectures, “Actually, Jim is not under contract. The bastard refused to sign the contract and I had to have his signature forged. That matter is about to come up in court. If it comes up in court, I lose my job and I probably go to prison.”
Wesley grins, “That sounds bad. I presume that you have a solution.”
Lenny lectures, “You and Linda have been turning in false time sheets. That’s fraud on the United States government. The amount of money involved is such that you and Linda could wind up serving one to five years in a federal penitentiary. Do you and, for that matter, Linda know what you will look like after one to five years in a federal penitentiary?”
Wesley shudders, “Worse than death. One to five years of high carb food, in a federal penitentiary will leave me, or Linda, for that matter, a fat bag of flab with all the glamour gone.”
Lenny nods yes. “One to five years in a federal penitentiary will leave you the punk of some really hard core criminal. Linda will find the same kind of thing in one to five years in a woman’s federal penitentiary. Do you see the situation?”
Wesley shudders, “Very clearly. I presume that you have a plan.”
Lenny nods yes. “One to five years in a federal penitentiary for you and Linda probably also means one to five years in a federal penitentiary for me. I don’t plan to spend one to five years in a federal penitentiary. I do have a plan that will keep all of us out of a federal penitentiary. However, you and Linda will need to do exactly as you are told, with no clever deviations from plan. Do you see the situation?”
Wesley nods yes, “I see very clearly. Exactly what is your plan?”
Lenny sneers, “There is a remote communication site, way out in the boondocks. I have had Jim working on a minor upgrade to the communication software. You and Linda are going to take Jim out the remote site and abandon him, without water. He will try to walk back in. but he will not make it. When Jim dies, the trouble dies with him.”
Wesley thinks for a moment, “Jim will not go, without water.”
Lenny laughs, “You and Jim and Linda will each have a canteen, just a normal base canteen, not a deep desert canteen. It’s just going to be a quick auto trip to the remote site and then back. Two hours at the outside. Water will not be a problem.”
Wesley thinks for a moment, “Jim will have a canteen.”
Lenny laughs, “Yes, Jim will have a canteen, an empty canteen, after you pour his canteen on the ground.”
Wesley asks, “There is no other way?”
Lenny sneers, “The other way us one to five years in a federal penitentiary.”
Wesley muses, “I gonna have to talk with Linda.”
Lenny sneers, “No, I will talk with Linda.”
Wesley asks, “Exactly what is to happen?”
Lenny lectures, “You will take my personal car, not a vehicle checked out of the motor pool. Thus, no record. My car is an electric, so no sound to draw attention. When you get to the site, you plug in this burned out comm link, while Linda holds Jim at gun point. You take the good comm link and smash it. You then pour Jim’s water out and leave him at the remote site. He can’t use the comm gear to call for help, it won’t work with a burned out comm link. You drive out on R6 and then loop around and come back on R10, supposedly having checked out the inoperative comm site, along R10.”
Wesley says, “If Jim, lives, we die. If Jim dies, we live.”
Lenny sneers, “You have seen the entire situation. Actually there is another item. Jim plans to escape. I don’t know how he plans to escape, but that must not happen.”
Wesley says, “You need to make

• Language: English
• Publisher: R. Richard
• Release date: Sep 13, 2019
• ISBN: 9780463911969

R. Richard

I'm the co-author, with Sunset Thomas, of Anatomy of An Adult Film.I have 48 novels and over 299 short stories currently published.I spent my early years in the part of Los Angeles known as the South Central. I was known as Whi' Boy, which was sufficient to identify me in that place. I'm a skilled Kung Fu player, using a system that I learned from a Korean I knew only as 'Pak.' It would be easier to tell you the places that Pak wasn't wanted by the police, rather than the places where he was wanted by the police. Pak's Kung Fu system, augmented by some bits and pieces from some Chinese practitioners is quick and effective, or I wouldn't be alive today.My early education was mostly obtained by stealing books from the public library (I always returned them and the Librarian even began to provide me with reading lists.) I did go to high schools, but I never really learned anything there. I eventually graduated from the University of California at Los Angeles, UCLA, with a degree in mathematics.I work as a Systems Analyst and also make a part of my living as a professional gambler (legal in Nevada.) I write science fiction and erotica. My published novels are:Anatomy of An Adult Film (With Sunset Thomas)1. Second Chance: God Killer2. Second Chance: Sky Pirate3. Second Chance: Scroll Seeker4. Second Chance: King of The Islands5. Second Chance: King of Zaya6. Second Chance: Duke of Averon7. Second Chance: King of Golomon8. Second Chance: King Of The Sky9. Second Chance: Warlord of Ifrequeh10. Second Chance: King of Ariby11. Second Chance: King of Mesodania12. Second Chance: King of Avuls13. Second Chance: King of Kemet14. Second Chance: King of Zorran15. Second Chance: King of Two Worlds16. Second Chance: King of Averon17. Second Chance: King's Duties18. Second Chance: King of The New WorldAdventurer: Simulation ProblemAdventurer: Pannar ProblemA Programmer's GambitAmateur StripperBeach MurdersBondage HouseCorporate Sex SlavesFriday NightGo Naked In The SoftwareGrasshopper WinterInvoluntary NudeLayoffNot A HeroPirates of The KeysSummer of SexThe LakeThe Last Moon DanceThe Nude Adventures of Plain JaneThe Secret Life of Wanda WilsonTails of the Pussycat LoungeTo Keep A JobTopless RestaurantToy WhoresVix: The MarineWayward BoyShort Stories:A Christmas Visit

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The Water of Death

By R. Richard © 2019

Chapter 1: Wesley

Wesley walks up to Naomi and says, "Lenny wants to talk to me.

Naomi rings Lenny and says Leonard, Wesley is here for you.

Leonard says, Yes, send him in.

Naomi says, I’ll buzz you in.

Wesley goes into Lenny’s office and asks, You wanted to see me?

Lenny grins and says, Sit down.

Wesley sits.

Lenny stares at Wesley for a bit, then Lenny says, I have been carrying you and Linda for some time now. You two do no work and I have had to redirect some of Jim’s work and credit it to you or Linda.

Wesley grins, Jim is under contract for, what, four more years? He does enough work to support what Linda and I don’t do. What’s the problem?

Lenny lectures, Actually, Jim is not under contract. The bastard refused to sign the contract and I had to have his signature forged. That matter is about to come up in court. If it comes up in court, I lose my job and I probably go to prison.

Wesley grins, That sounds bad. I presume that you have a solution.

Lenny lectures, "You and Linda have been turning in false time sheets. That’s fraud on the United States government. The amount of money involved is such that you and Linda could wind up serving one to five years in a federal penitentiary. Do you and, for that matter, Linda know what you will look like after one to five years in a