A state of disobedience

Austin, Texas

Schmidt fumed and raged. "Murderers! Butchers! Goddamit, Juani, this has gone far enough!"

Nagy just shook his head while staring at the television. "My man Akers," he announced, "told me your brother's folks did not open fire at all, let alone first, Governor. No matter what GNN may be saying."

"Then what happened?" demanded the governor.

"Akers didn't know; not the whole story. But he was definite that the first shot came from the feds. The second—the one that killed the nun—came from the feds. That the third came from the feds and that there was not a fourth."

"Then what's all that shooting sound they put on the TV?"

Schmidt answered, "They dubbed it in, Juani. Afterwards."

He turned to Nagy, "How'd your man get away?"

"He said there was a ditch by the gate. That he jumped into that and waited for nightfall. Said he wasn't too worried about being shot by the mission folks, but that he wouldn't be too surprised if the feds took a shot at him. Oh, he was in a fine rage . . . and Sergeant Akers is never angry."

"In a ditch, was he?" Jack mused.

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