I had much to learn and was glad Cole was an excellent teacher. He was a cut and dry detail kind of guy, and I liked it. The Cartels had many similarities with the Taliban, but on a much higher scale. They had endless amounts of money. They were ruthless with their kills, showed no mercy to their own people, and their government sounded totally corrupt, with a lot of politicians in their pocket. The fact that they were in our own back yard rather than in the middle of a third- world country starved for freedom made it that much harder to swallow.
“All right,” Cole stood after he turned off the projector he’d streamed from his laptop, “let’s call it for the night. Ty, stay for a moment.”
“Yes, sir.” I stayed in my seat while the others left.
“Fifteen minutes, boys.” Mark chuckled from th
