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"That's alright as long as I am with you."
Some two hundred and fifty-four miles off the coast of Taiwan, the Captain handed Harry and Asami life jackets and ordered, "Put them on because this is as far as you go."
"You were supposed to take us to Hong Kong. Why the double cross?"
The captain took off his Disguise and said, "That's because I'm Mr. Shigeo Takeda. Remember?"
"What happened to Yoshie Takeuchi's friend" questioned Harry.
"He should be suffering from a concussion. Now put the lifejackets on!"
Mr. Takeda then had his men throw Harry and Asami overboard.
A short time later, a terrified Asami watched the trawler slowly grow smaller as it sped away. She then cried in Harry's arms. Then asked, "Now what? We drift until we die?"

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Publié par	Xlibris US
Date de parution	13 septembre 2022
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781669847045
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	1 Mo

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Murder in the Desert

Gary T. Brideau

Copyright © 2022 by Gary T. Brideau.
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Contents
Character Reference
Storyline

Chapter 1 A fine mess
Chapter 2 On the run
Chapter 3 Kidnapped
Chapter 4 Recovery
Chapter 5 Payback
Chapter 6 Alone again
Chapter 7 In pursuit
Chapter 8 Pursuit
Chapter 9 Time to stop running
Chapter 10 A prickly situation
Chapter 11 A foiled plan
Chapter 12 A new Mouthy
Chapter 13 Clumsy
Chapter 14 An old flame
Chapter 15 The tater incident
Chapter 16 Caught red-handed
Chapter 17 Diner lingo

Epilogue
Character Reference
Alexis: Alexis Rosenthal O’Brien is 29 years old and has bright red hair in a pixie. She has freckles on her face and is a petite 4’7 “tall. Alexis Wears silver wire-rimmed glasses and was listening to Mozart and is married to Patrick.
Patrick O’Brien: Leprechaun married to Alexis
Harry J Grubs: A 35-year-old man, 5 foot nine inches tall with short blonde hair with a van dyke.
Jade: posed as the head crook resembles a pixie.
Dixie Fukumoto: Mosey’s older sister is six feet tall, oriental woman, in her late thirties and is also a master in the martial arts and friends with Connie.
Connie: is a five-foot-five, twenty-five-year-old single woman, with an attractive, perky figure and short brown hair.
Asami Kouki: is a beautiful shapely young Japanese woman in her late twenties with short black hair.
Mrs. Akiko Kouki: She is Asami’s mother, and she is a short, stout, fifty-five-year-old Japanese woman who lives in Miyaoki, Japan, with her daughter Asami.
Paul: a muscle-bound man who is Mrs. Kouki’s heave and guard. His only desire is to obey Mrs. Kouki.
Callie Swanson: AKA Mouthy. She lives in Spokane, Washington, is a successful writer and a self-proclaimed investigator, and is a few flowers short of a garden. Callie is 30 years old and is 5’ 5” tall with short wavy black hair. She is a writer and is wealthy but doesn’t flaunt it.
Nana : A cute three-foot-tall energetic midget with short light brown hair.
Inspector Duncan Morgan : Is a tall man with broad shoulders and neatly combed black hair, clad in a dark blue business suit. In charge of Duncan’s investigation team is in Arizona.
Gregory Lamar: is a tall, husky man in his early thirties, wearing jeans and shirts. He has a thing for Asami.
midget
Kathy H. Pennyworth : she is five nine with short dark brown hair, is 25 years old, and lives in Pocatello, Idaho, with her husband, Herman.
Herman J Pennyworth: He is a midget with short light brown hair in his late twenties. Herman and his wife are martial art instructors.
Kitty: a tall woman in her late twenties, with long, brown hair, loves to wear dresses, down to her knees. She attends a church where Pastor Ralph ministers. She had a challenging time trying to marry Andre. because of her overbearing stepmother.
Storyline
Harry J Grubs from Wickenburg Arizona travels to Japan on a cultural exchange and falls in love with a Japanese woman Asami. After he marries Asami’s mother sets out to kill him and his new wife. Which caused Harry and his wife to be on the run.
Chapter 1 A FINE MESS
A 35-year-old Christian man, 5 foot nine inches tall with short blonde hair with a van dyke named Harry J Grubs. Walked up to a brown cement house in Miyaoki, Japan, late in the evening and knocked on the door. A short, stout, fifty-five-year-old Japanese woman answered the door and inquired, “Yes. Can I help you?”
“I’m Harry J Grubs from America.”
“Oh yes. I’m Mrs. Akiko Kouki; I’ve been expecting you. My husband is away on business. Come on in. How was your trip?”
“Good. But, if you don’t mind, it’s been a long one, and I would like to call it a day.”
“Follow me, and I’ll show you to your room.”
Harry followed Mrs. Kouki across the light brown living room and up the stairs lined with pictures. She pointed to a dark brown door at the end of the hall and said, “You sleep there.”
Harry opened the door, walked in, turned left, and saw a beautiful young shapely Japanese woman in her late twenties with long black hair lying in bed dressed in a frilly white nightgown. He stopped abruptly and said, “l am so sorry for barging in on you. Ma’am, I was told that this was to be my bedroom for the next three months.”
“It probably is, knowing my mother. You must be here for the cultural exchange. I’m Asami. Kouki.”
“Give me a minute to go downstairs and explain to your mother that the sleeping arrangements won’t do.”
“You can’t do that,” stated Asami quickly.
“Why not? As a Born again Christian, I can’t sleep with you.”
Asami stated, “Ever since I gave my life to Christ seven months ago, my mother has treated me as if I was dead, and she is doing everything in her power to discourage my Christian walk. Come in and close the door so we can figure out this mess.”
Harry entered the ‘L’ shaped bedroom, glanced around, and said, “Nice. I like the color blue, and I see the room comes with a bathroom. But you have to be kidding about your mother? She seems like such a nice kind woman.”
“I wish she was. If you insult mom’s hospitality, she will take it personally and get revenge. By the way, were you going to take a shower?”
“Yes. But don’t worry, I’ll change into my Pjs in the bathroom.”
“So, you say,” stated Asami fearing that Harry would take his clothes off in front of her.
“Yes, I say so; I’ll remove all temptation and change in the bathroom after my shower, honest.”
Asami thought, “ Boy, does this guy have a problem with vanity? The last thing I want to see is his bare tush .”
Thirty minutes later, Harry exited the bathroom in a pair of canary yellow, Pjs. Asami exclaimed, “Good Lord! Where in Heaven’s Name did you get those?”
“Just something I picked up before I left Arizona.” Harry sat on the floor next to the bed, lay down, and stated, “I’ll sleep here for the duration.”
Asami looked over the edge of the bed at Harry and asked, “If I am going to share my room with you for the next three months, I would like to know something about you.”
Harry lay on his back, looked up at Asami, smiling down at him, and said, “Okay, I am Harry J Grubs, 35 years old; I gave my life to Christ when I was ten and was filled with the Holy Spirit. I am the security on a ranch in Wickenburg, Arizona. I Have taught Sunday school, and my wife Sally went home to be with the Lord a short while ago.”
“Have you ever horsed around with a woman before marriage?” inquired Asami.
“Nope. There was never a need to. My mind is on serving Christ, not sex. What about you, Asami?”
Asami stated, “I’m 28 and new in the Lord. I never dated a guy in my life. When I gave my life to Christ, my mother told everyone that I had died and she would not speak to me. But she is doing everything she can to get me to deny Christ. That’s why she put you in my room. She hopes you will get me pregnant, so she can have something to taunt me with.”
Harry rolled over on his side to get some sleep; Asami smiled down at him and suggested, “I have an idea. Why don’t you crawl in bed with me? I have four pillows on my bed. I can put 2 of them between us to keep us from touching each other.”
Harry thought for a moment, then said, “Sounds good to me.” as he stood up and pulled back the bed covers, he stared at Asami’s shapely figure with the pillows tucked against her side. He had second thoughts about what he was about to do. But Harry was too tired to think straight, so he lay on the bed and fell asleep instantly.
Asami pulled the covers over him and then lay awake half the night, staring at Harry, wondering why she suggested that Harry get in bed with her and if she could trust him if she went to sleep.
In the morning, Asami woke and kissed Harry on his cheek, saying, “That’s for keeping your hands to yourself and not taking advantage of me last night.”
Harry rolled his back, smiled at Asami, and said, “Hey, no problem. But what are we going to do about the other 89 nights I’m here?”
An energetic Asami threw the pillows between them on the floor, cuddled up to Harry, put her arms around his neck, and said, “Why don’t we get married? It will solve everything. This way, we can sleep together without compromising our faith in Christ.”
Harry remained silent as he pondered Asami’s suggestion, then questioned, “True, it would solve our problem. But we just met, and is it God’s will for us to be married?”
Asami tried to control her temper and stated, “Then we might as well have sex right now because sleeping in the same room together means sooner or later you and I are going to get into it.”
“Not gonna happen, Asami,” stated Harry, “So let’s see if we can come up with another idea.”
Asami kneeled in front of Harry and was in the process of taking off