Chapter Twenty-FourIn his quarters, Major Porter strode up and down, face flushed. “Damn it all, when the Colonel hears of this he'll put my balls in a noose.”
“Don't quite understand your thought processes there, Major,” said Dixon, leaning against the wall, arms folded. Next to him, the young lieutenant stood ramrod straight, glaring at him. “Listen, I never truly believed Simms was capable of doing such a thing – shooting a man in the back simply ain't his style.”
Porter stopped pacing and took up rubbing his chin. “That's what I'm afraid the Colonel will think. Holy s**t, I should have investigated further before I let those mad dogs beat the hell out of him.”
“Well, that's all water under now, Major. Whoever or however Simms got out of that jail cell, O'Shaughnessy got wind of it a
