Jonathan shook his head and said, “Sean, Sean, Sean, do you realize how stupid you sound, telling us a crock like that? You were William’s outside man who orchestrated the whole thing. You made the payments to Jansen and Holt, you made the arrangements for new identity papers and credit cards, you found William an apartment downtown, you even let him use this place. I should also point out he paid you a huge chunk of change for your efforts. Want to try again?”
“Look, listen, okay?” Wollam pleaded. “All right, I admit doing what you said. I was greedy and accepted to help him but, once he was out, that was it. We weren’t in contact. I never saw him. He was on his own. The first I heard from him was when he texted me the other night, asking if he could use this place for a couple of days. I didn’t even know he was still in the area by that time.”
Jonathan shook his head again. “It’s people like you, Sean, who give lawyers a bad name.”
“I swear, I’m telling you the truth,” Wollam argued.
“Okay, fine,” said Jonathan. “When was the last time you saw William?”
“Months ago, maybe even a year now,” Wollam replied. “He was still at Kent. I’d have to check my records.”
Jonathan pointed to the hanging corpse and asked, “Who’s that?”
“Uh, it’s William,” Wollam answered, confused.
“That’s right,” Jonathan confirmed, “The thing is, he looks nothing like he did a year ago. We tracked down the plastic surgeon who fixed him up back in August. How the hell can you recognize him if you haven’t seen him since last year?”
“I don’t, I, uh, I mean,” Wollam stammered helplessly.
“Oh, shut up,” Jonathan snapped. “I’ve had enough of your crap.”
He turned to Leslie and reached out for the rifle.
“What are you going to do with that?” Wollam shrieked.
“When people do wrong, they should pay for their actions,” said Jonathan. “Holt, Jansen and his helpers did wrong out in BC and died for it. When we caught up with William here and made it clear there was no way out, he accepted his fate and took his life. And now, here you are. You masterminded this whole deal, simply out of greed, and people are dead as a result. Worse still, had William succeeded, others would be dead, including me. You have to pay the price, Sean.”
“Please, have mercy,” Wollam begged.
“I’ll make a deal with you,” said Jonathan. “I’ll let you decide how this story ends. How’s that?”
“You’re lying to me,” Wollam cried.
“Absolutely not,” Jonathan argued. “I swear, it will be your decision.”
Wollam stared at Jonathan through tear-filled eyes then looked about in despair, first at the redhead then at the other man, the fair-haired one who had remained silent throughout.
“Please,” he sobbed, grasping for the faintest glimmer of hope. “Is he telling me the truth?”
“No doubt about it,” said Chris. “The choice is yours. Hear him out.”
Wollam turned back to Jonathan and whimpered, “Okay, I’m listening.”
Jonathan nodded and said, “Obviously, this will make the news, right? I mean, big time criminal lawyer helps his rich serial killer client escape from a maximum security institution, murders involved and so on.”
Wollam gulped in a deep breath and said, “I don’t have a lot of choice, do I?”
“Unfortunately not,” Jonathan confirmed. “I’m looking at how this will play out in the media and I basically see two possibilities. The first is that you and William came up here to meet, maybe after the RCMP called you. You discussed the situation, realized it was all over and both decided to commit suicide.”
“Y-you expect me to kill myself?” Wollam asked in horror.
“There’s a second option,” Jonathan replied. “Same kind of scenario, you met William here and tried to convince him it was best to turn yourselves in and –”
“And he killed himself?” Wollam interrupted. “That is what happened, right?”
“Yes, that is what happened,” Jonathan replied, “But before hanging himself, William shot you to death with this rifle. As I said before, you decide how this story ends.”
Chapter 22 – Friday, November 6, 2015
Escaped serial killer and attorney found dead in the Laurentians
The bodies of 61 year old escaped serial killer, William Enright, and 52 year old renowned criminal attorney, Sean Wollam, were found late yesterday afternoon by officers of the RCMP and QPP in a home belonging to Wollam near La Minerve in the Laurentians.
Enright, a philanthropist and chairman of the Patrick William Enright Foundation for the Homeless, had been serving a life sentence at Kent Institution in Agassiz, BC following a murder conviction in 2006. Details relating to his escape have not been made public at this time as police and corrections services authorities continue to investigate the matter. Wollam, Enright’s defense counsel, also co-chaired the Enright Foundation and had been particularly active in its management since his client’s incarceration.
Few details have been released in relation to yesterday’s discovery of the bodies as the investigation is ongoing. A police source, under the condition of anonymity, has confirmed Wollam had been shot multiple times with a small calibre weapon found on the scene while Enright appeared to have hung himself. The case is currently being considered a murder-suicide. Further details will follow as they become available.
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Vigilante
Book 1 of the Vigilante Series
Montreal . . . the long, hot summer of 1996. . . and in the dark of night, moving like a shadowy wraith, a vigilante prowls the city's streets. The targets of his bloody rampage: the worst of the worst. . . Murderers. Gangbangers. Rapists. Six months. Sixteen murders. The harried police are still without a clue . . . until the day they receive an email from the assassin himself. Lieutenant Dave McCall, head of Montreal's Special Homicide Task Force, needs help to crack the secrets of the killer's taunting message. He calls on an expert, Chris Barry, who runs a security firm specializing in computer communications. Together, McCall and Barry launch a grim quest to track down a man who preys on predators - an urgent quest to bring this remorseless killer to justice. But whose justice will prevail: theirs--or the vigilante's?
The Consultant
Book 2 of the Vigilante Series
The friendly takeover of CSS Inc. leaves computer executive Chris Barry unemployed, very wealthy and pleased with the situation. But the hiatus is short-lived. . . As a result of his involvement in the recent ‘Vigilante’ investigation, Barry is approached by Jonathan Addley and invited to join ‘Discreet Activities’, a government agency of the clandestine variety. Accepting, he promptly takes on his first assignment under the guise of an IT consultant, to investigate possible links between a local import business and the murder of its MIS director. As he discovers the firm is being used to import narcotics, his cover is blown and things get personal, spurring him to show that murderers, drug lords, biker gangs and kidnappers are no match for. . . The Consultant. . .
Mind Games
Book 3 of the Vigilante Series
Montreal is plagued by a string of vicious sex slayings. . . Captain Dave McCall and his Special Homicide Task Force are in a frustrated frenzy as they try to bring an end to the savage butchery. . . Assisting officially is noted psychiatrist, Doctor Samuel Bowman and unofficially, computer genius and multi-millionaire, Chris Barry. . . With each passing day, McCall works his way closer to the truth. . . Unaware that they are heading deep into the deadly core of. . . Mind Games. . .
The Homeless Killer
Book 4 of the Vigilante Series
The homeless of Montreal are dying at the hand of 'Allan', a serial killer set on ridding the city of street people. . . As the killer taunts the police about the increasing body count, Captain Dave McCall calls on the services Jonathan A
ddley and Chris Barry, both operatives with the government's clandestine 'Discreet Activities' team. . . All while fighting the city's proposed by-law banning the homeless from downtown parks, philanthropist and activist, William Enright, joins the law-enforcement crusade to capture the assassin. . . But will the combined efforts of the law and old money be sufficient to stop the Homeless Killer?
6 Hours 42 Minutes
Book 5 of the Vigilante Series
Though most of them dabbled in a variety of criminal activities, they weren't experienced in this particular field and had never been involved in a job like this before. However, with proper planning, careful organization and the inside information available to them, they were certain that this bank heist would be a piece of cake. Ten minutes, in and out, was all it would take and they'd be sharing 2.5 million dollars. Nothing could go wrong as they had thought of everything. . . How could they possibly know that a new member of the board was visiting the bank that morning? How could they know that the new board member was Chris Barry?
Discreet Activities
Book 6 of the Vigilante Series
As a result of information gathered via electronic surveillance by intelligence agencies in the U.S. and Canada, a budding terrorist organization, the Army for Islam or AFI, is suspected of planning an attack, its target possibly NYC, Burlington, Vermont or even Canada's famed Montreal. . . When four foreign students from Pakistan with known ties to the AFI's Montreal cell arrive in the area on New Year's Eve, Discreet Activities' head, Jonathan Addley, along with Chris Barry and other DA consultants are more than willing to take on the additional workload. . . After two of the DA team members die violently in an AFI related suicide-bombing, the job becomes getting revenge on those responsible for this Holy War...
Femme Fatale
Book 7 of the Vigilante Series
Less than two years earlier, Leslie Robb, an accountant in her late twenties working for the Imperial National Bank, had seen her life-partner and co-worker, Gina, shot to death during a bank heist subsequently foiled in part by Chris Barry, millionaire and clandestine operative of the government's 'Discreet Activities'. Taken as a hostage along with Chris by the remaining robbers onto a helicopter secretly piloted by two 'DA' operatives, including 'DA' head, Jonathan Addley, Leslie had played an integral role in helping bring the offenders down. As a result, thanks to her sang-froid, sense of moral justice and martial arts affinities, Leslie left the world of finance to fight crime as a member of the 'DA' team. Now, Leslie has a new partner in life, Dominique Petit, a Canadian/French dual citizen who suggests Leslie visit Paris with her while she is in the City of Lights on business. Less than twenty-four hours after Leslie arrives, Dominique and her sister, Corinne, disappear, turning Leslie's vacation into her own business trip of justice and revenge...
Thirteen to None
Book 8 of the Vigilante Series
When Butch Kincaid and his dozen thugs go off on their summer road trips, nothing gets their adrenaline pumping like a good old home invasion. What better way to party hearty than by drinking other people's booze, chowing down their food and trashing their property all while causing them terror and pain? Their first stop, the home of a retired couple in Brighton, Ontario, is a resounding success as per their standards and leaves the rowdy crew wanting for more. Several hundred miles later in Knowlton, Quebec, Butch selects their next target, the home of an attractive and obviously affluent couple, Sandy and Chris Barry... Hey, we all make mistakes...
The First Sixteen – The Prequel
Book 9 of the Vigilante Series
Once upon a time, there was Vigilante, the first volume of the Vigilante Series… but from its beginning, it was said that sixteen victims had already fallen prey to this self-appointed judge, jury and executioner… Who were these wrong-doers? What crimes had they committed to deserve to be chosen? What led this killer to deliver his own form of justice upon them to begin with? Join the Vigilante himself in this prequel novella as he tells you firsthand about…The First Sixteen…
See You in Saigon
Book 10 of the Vigilante Series
Seventeen years earlier, Dennis ‘Scorpion’ Roy of the Devil’s Delight was assassinated by the infamous serial killer known as the Vigilante. Shortly after, the notorious biker gang allegedly went defunct though rumours amongst law enforcement officials suggested the organization continued to operate and thrive in stealth mode. When the Devil’s Delight’s sustained existence is confirmed, the Discreet Activities team is shocked to learn the gang’s leader is none other than Scorpion, alive and well and currently in Vietnam on ‘business’. Asked to assist in the dismantling of the Devil’s Delight, the D.A. team heads Vietnam to hunt down Scorpion, the only criminal who managed to survive the Vigilante…
Sins in the Sun
Book 11 of the Vigilante Series
For most, "Caribbean vacation" invokes visions of sun, sand and fun, which is precisely what millionaire and government operative Chris Barry has in mind when he and his wife, Sandy, arrive in Puerto Plata... until they learn their good friend and resort manager, Ollie Lomas, has been severely beaten, the victim of intimidation by mobster, Pedro Gomez. Assisted by his ‘Discreet Activities’ colleagues, the Policía Nacional's Deputy Director and the head of the Navy, Chris embarks on an elaborate scheme, sparing no expense to teach Gomez that messing with the wrong crowd can and will result in dire consequences.
Getting Even
Book 12 of the Vigilante Series
Born of old money, attractive and well educated, philanthropist, William Enright had been the picture of the perfect socialite until his arrest and conviction as Montreal's 'Homeless Killer'. After spending nine years in British Columbia's maximum security Kent Institution, William succeeds in executing a masterful escape with only one purpose in mind... Finding Captain Dave McCall and the others who sent him to hell and, getting even.
ASYLUM
As Managing Director of the “Montreal Hospital for the Criminally Insane”, Doctor Matthew Russell has always put his professional responsibilities ahead of all else. That is, until he one day realizes he is losing his wife, Cassidy, and his two children, Stuart and Jennifer. . . With only his family in mind, Russell takes an adventure-filled, impromptu vacation of indefinite duration, leaving all else behind and stopping at nothing to show how much he cares for his loved ones in an effort to win them back. But, will he succeed . . Or, will it prove to be all too late in the end?
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