Mr. Smith's Trillion Dollar System

Chapter 203

Spending the night at the park, Richard and Melinda ended up leaving in the wee hours of the morning with the former now mostly recovered from the draining effects of the talisman he'd used.

“Maybe we should report to law enforcement or something,” Melinda suggested on their drive back to the hotel they were staying at.

Richard shook his head. “I doubt that would make much difference, remember, Melinda, this is their tuff. I doubt they'd get anything more than a slap on the wrist.”

“So what do we do?”

“Isn't it obvious?... We go after them ourselves.”

“Richard, you can't be serious,” Melinda remarked while staring at Richard incredulously.

“I am actually.”

“Those guys are armed to the teeth and would stop at nothing to have us both killed. We can't afford to face them.”

“So what?” Richard inquired. “We run away, maybe even run away from the island just because they are armed to the teeth.”

“That…”

“That's what they want you to do, Melinda. They want you off this island but that's not