Betrayal
Chapter Seventeen
Orrin wheeled Ezra, in the wheelchair that the hospital let them borrow, into
the elevator. A few minutes later, they were in the area where the holding cells
were. Orrin enlisted the help of the officer in charge, and had him take over
wheeling Ezra. Orrin stayed where he was while Ezra made his way over to Mary's
holding cell.
"It is alright, you can leave us alone," Ezra told the officer.
The man nodded and walked away while Mary and Ezra stared at each other. "What
are you doing here?" sneered Mary.
"I came to see you," Ezra said as he stared at Mary through the bars that
separated them.
"Why?"
"That is the question I should be asking you. Why? Why did you sleep with Chris,
knowing that he and I were together? Why did you blow my cover?"
"I slept with Chris because I wanted to. He should be with me! As for the
second question, I have no idea what you are talking about."
"I think you do," Ezra stated as he calmly stared at her. "You blew my cover to
Mounds, trying to get me out of the way. Or, was it as revenge since I had the
man you wanted?"
Mary stayed silent and Ezra shook his head. "I always thought you were a
sophisticated woman. A confident, successful woman. Even though, I wouldn't
trust you as far as I could throw you. But, in reality, you are nothing but a
man-eating, conniving, pathetic, little bitch."
Pausing for a moment, Ezra stared at Mary's surprised and enraged face.
"Normally, I would never call a woman such names. But, then again, my mother did
teach me to call things as I see them."
"You... you... you, I can't even think of a word bad enough! Chris
should've been mine from the beginning! Yes, I blew your cover. I met Mounds a
while back and started dating him. I saw you at one of his parties. When Chris
rejected me after our one night together, I knew what I had to do. So, I showed
him a picture of you. You should be dead right now!"
Ezra gave her a slight smile and motioned for the officer. The officer grabbed
the wheelchair's handles, getting ready to roll him away, when Mary spoke.
"Don't you even want to know what Chris and I did when we had sex? How he made
me feel? How he screamed and moaned as he fu--"
Ezra cut Mary off, holding up a hand. "Frankly my darlin', I just don't have the
time." Ezra left Mary standing there, open-mouthed, as he was wheeled back to
where Orrin stood waiting.
His heart breaking and holding back tears, Ezra took the small tape recorder out
from under his leg, and handed it to Orrin.
"Did she...?"
"It's got everything," Ezra stated in a surprisingly calm voice.
Orrin nodded and said, "I managed to finagle you a helicopter to get you to your
safe-house in Utah. There will be some ATF agents, from Utah, there to meet you.
Your care will be in their hands until we are able to arrest Mounds and his
men."
Ezra nodded, reaching into his coat pocket. He withdrew several envelopes and
handed them to Orrin. "Could you please see that my... ex-colleagues receive
these?"
Orrin nodded and Ezra, said, "Thank you." With that said, Ezra had the officer
wheel him outside, where the helicopter was waiting. A few minutes later, he was
seated inside and headed for Salt Lake City, Utah.
*****
"What do you mean he checked out?!" Josiah thundered at the nurse and Doctor
Han.
"He left, Mister Sanchez. Against my orders, I might add. But, he is of age and
I had no choice but to discharge him. Director Travis insisted."
Josiah gaped for a moment, before walking outside and dialing a number on his
cell phone. "Chris, Ezra's gone," he said as soon as his call was answered.