{"id":2398,"date":"2023-11-07T01:36:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T01:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andydawkins.com\/?p=2398"},"modified":"2023-10-05T13:16:10","modified_gmt":"2023-10-05T13:16:10","slug":"chap-40-max-cant-believe-ken-is-in-on-the-bombing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/andydawkins.com\/?p=2398","title":{"rendered":"Chap. 40 – Max Can’t Believe Ken is in on the Bombing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Chapter 40<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Max can\u2019t believe his Ex-Brother-in-Law is in on the Bombing<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      The day after Thanksgiving, with Huck back on board, the original seven of us, plus Pirate Jack, left the Gulf-side waters of Florida for the Atlantic Ocean towns of Miami and North Palm Beach.  Miami to visit a movie producer friend of Patty\u2019s, and North Palm Beach to visit an elderly uncle of Sally\u2019s.  Peaches and Sunshine had decided to stay behind having just arrived at the Sun & Surf and found it to their liking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     Rocky asked Sally, \u201c. . . so you wanted to be a tourist, right?  I remember you making sure we didn\u2019t pass by the Hearst Castle.  Well, did you see the name of the road we\u2019re on \u2013 \u2018Alligator Alley,\u2019 and I know a place comin\u2019 up with lots of real live alligators.  Any chance you\u2019ll request a stop?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Steve piped in, \u201cWait a minute, don\u2019t answer Sally.  I\u2019m betting a sawbuck she says no.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

     Rocky winking, gave Steve the thumbs up on the bet, and started describing the alligators he knew:  They each weigh a fucking ton, five times the size of you, Sally.  Teeth as big as your fist, jaws as big as this [Rocky demonstrating with his arms wide]. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \u201cYou\u2019re right,” Sally said, \u201cI\u2019m not going.  Fool me once, but not twice \u2013 you\u2019re going to try that Santa Cruz trick again \u2013 getting me to jump in the water for a Mahi Mahi.  No way.  If you guys go, I\u2019m staying in the Yacht.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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     After Rocky\u2019s description, no one seemed too interested in stopping, and Rocky changed the subject.  \u201cSo I don\u2019t mean to sound age-ist, but what does a 92-year-old know about what is fun?\u201d  (This was directed towards Sally when he learned exactly how old her uncle was.)  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

     \u201cWell, Max told me I had to know three people to visit to get on the bus, and that relatives were okay,” Sally replied.  \u201cAnd excuse my language, Rocky, but what the fuck, you\u2019re no spring chicken yourself!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     \u201cThree?\u201d  Patty said, \u201cSkip told me you had to know five people, who would take us in, to get on the bus, what\u2019s with that?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     Max jumped in, \u201cI told Sally my seven made it ten between us, and Skip okayed it because we were having a hard time finding any females who wanted to come with us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     \u201cOh great, so I was the only foolish girl you guys could round-up out of all the ladies in your lives.  Guess that doesn\u2019t say much about your history of showing a girl a good time,\u201d Patty joked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     The banter continued crossing the Everglades to Miami.  Arriving in the Little Havana section of Miami, it looked like Patty had also stretched things a bit to get to her five.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     \u201cJesus Christ,\u201d Rocky exclaimed, \u201cThis house is tinier than that fucking stilts one.  Where we going to stay?  And there\u2019s no driveway to park the Land Yacht.  I thought that was part of the deal.  You only made the list if you could put us up.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     So we dropped Patty off and went searching for a place to stay.  First, we checked out Everglades National Park, but Sally was worried about nearby alligators, so we settled on the reasonably priced Jerry & Peggy\u2019s Campground in South Miami, where we could park the RV for $34 a night and get $17 tent sites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     That night Skip, Rocky and Max took the Rover \u201cto meet with some local Forwards,\u201d is what they said, but the purpose was to get Max up to speed on the entire<\/em> puzzle.  Skip ended by saying, \u201cWe think Ken is the \u2018good guy\u2019 in all this, but has gotten in over his head.  Talk to Lisa and we\u2019re betting Lisa will get to the bottom of it; get Ken to spill the beans.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     \u201cWhoa!\u201d  Max exclaimed.  \u201cI need to be clear about all this.  You\u2019re telling me Ken is somehow involved in the bombing at the Dodgers\u2019 ballpark, and you guys suspect there\u2019s a tie-in with the murder in Boulder, Montana!  And that we\u2019re the only ones that are on to this!  I thought we were going on a fishing trip; NOT figuring out whether Ken is fighting terrorism or aiding and abetting terrorism; NOT solving some murder mystery; NOT stopping a god-damn sex trafficking operation \u2013 Oh for cris-sake!   All this you\u2019re telling me now<\/em>, and I\u2019m supposed to get Lisa to believe you\u2019re not making this up?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     \u201cYeah,\u201d Skip responded gravely, \u201cand for Ken\u2019s sake, and the safety of us all, keep this to yourself and Lisa.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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