“Just when I think I have seen it all,
something new comes along.”
The sun was up over the Malibu hills, and Sara was sitting on a lounge chair off the master bedroom by the pool. She heard John walk in and take a shower. She waited with a cup of coffee between her fingers and was sipping it when John walked out with a Coke Zero in his hand and sat down, nude, next to her. “Is it over?” she asked “Are Barbara and Jim going to be okay?” “Yes…Jim got it worse than Barb. I patched them both up, and she will see one of my plastic surgeons this afternoon. Jim, on the other hand, is pissed. Not that he got barbed wire in his legs from a booby trap at the cabin, but because Barbara’s breasts are his second favorite attribute.” John laughed. “Yeah, well, she will get a better set, and he will be even happier for it.” Sara laughed and looked out over the sea.
“Is it over, John?” “Is this situation over? Yes. They are all dead. The children are safe, and the Richards Family is dead and burned up. Is the violence that engulfs a city, the savageness of man against man, over? No. I have watched the rise and fall of some sick people in my career, but this one has to take the cake.” Sara sipped her coffee and said, “As you always say, ‘Just when I think I have seen it all, something new comes along.’ Isn’t that right, honey?” She didn’t need a response. The question was rhetorical. “I know that there are worse people out there, and that the Iron Eagle will continue with his one man campaign and rage against the violence. I also know that John and the Eagle are getting tired and sooner rather than later something has to give.”
John sat silent behind her. When Sara had finished, John said, “There is a breaking point for everyone, but I don’t know if there’s one for the Eagle.”