By Steve Eubanks
Rich-kid eco-terrorist Stanford Lichwick deliberate to explode Mississippi's greatest, latest bridge. Now Stan's a zillion little items floating within the waters off Biloxi, whereas his goal continues to be intact. this implies fogeys can nonetheless get to Dabearer Island . . . and, ultimately, to the on line casino, golfing direction, heritage of car Racing Museum, and state of the art race tune at the moment below building there.Robert "Redball" Redding—a former stock-car racing celebrity who now prosecutes undesirable guys—is purported to be the Justice Department's public kin "face" within the open-and-shut Lichwick research. yet Redball sees the entire funds being poured right into a tiny piece of floating genuine property, and he suspects a lot of the dealing is lower than sincere. a few of it really is downright lethal. and that is plunging him again into the race he was hoping he'd by no means need to compete in back: the single for his lifestyles.
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Robert pointed to his left and Ty and Johnny Pea looked out the window at a pulpwood farm. “You can’t see it from here. ” “Environmental groups have been trying to stop the bridge since it started, without much success. The bridge is the largest public works projects in the history of the state. ” “If they know about it,” Robert said. “Senator Shelwank from Alabama attached funding for the bridge to a midnight Medicare appropriations bill. ” Johnny Pea stretched out in the backseat and propped his elbow on the windowsill.
Roy slid the envelope full of cash—the tenth such envelope of what he hoped would be a never-ending stream from Debearer Island—across the table. The kid looked up from his paper and stared at the envelope as if it were a pile of dog droppings. ” “Are we being taped, Roy? ” “No! ” Roy was on the brink of panic. ” Roy picked up the envelope. “I went to Circuit City today and bought some killer speakers,” the kid said, going back to the story about smoking and gay marriage. “Look, I’m not . . I mean, we’re not .
They can’t get away with it. ” Shelwank’s grip on Robert’s shoulders tightened. ” Further argument was futile. Robert was headed to Biloxi. The cart ride to the victory podium was testy. ” Miles let it go, and they listened to Jimmy Buffett sing Hank Williams the rest of the short trip. ” Melissa met them in front of the black-and-whitecheckered backdrop at the top of the victory podium. ” she said when she saw Robert’s face. ” They stood at attention and bowed their heads as Reverend Hal Palsy of Pell City United Methodist Church gave the invocation, and the choir from the Alabama Boy’s Ranch sang the National Anthem.