I hadn't heard from Mark for about a month, when two men in suits showed up at my house.

"Have you seen or heard from your brother recently?", the first one asked

"No, I haven't hear from him since he went to Denver.", I said.

"Can we look around?", the first one asked again.

"Who are you guys?", I asked, thinking they were being a bit too forward.

"We work with Mark.", the big one said.

"Ya, so why should I let you look around.", I continued.

"Do you know what your brother did?", the first one said

"Sure I do. He was a pilot for a guy in Denver."

"Ya, your brother was a pilot for a guy in Denver. Do you know who the guy was?", the big guy said.

"I don't know, some rich foreign importer, I think.", I said

"Ya, he's an importer all right.", the other man said, laughing abit.

"Your brother worked for the FBI and was under cover. He hasn't checked in for a few weeks now. We are just trying to get a lead on where he might be." the first man said.

"O.K., I guess you guys can look around."

"Thanks, we'll let you know if we hear anything from him."

After the two guys left. I went out to the mailbox and got my mail. Mixed in the mail was a letter from Mark to me.

I sat down to read it, expecting him to tell me how great things were in Mexico or Colombia.

However, I quickly realized the letter was not about a trip to South America. He detailed an under cover investigation he was working on. Since I was getting this letter, he had been missing for over a month now and probably would not be coming back.

He asked me to take care of a few of his personal things and told me I could have his things, unless he came back.

The more I read, the more I realized he was not coming back. It was shocking. He had always been there when we were growing up. As I read, I became more and more angry. His Denver boss, Jose Artis had found out he worked for the FBI and had him iced.

He detailed the whole investigation and how it seemed impossible to get Jose on anything. He had his contacts and sources inside the FBI and DEA. He could buy or force anyone he needed to do his bidding.

I decided if the FBI couldn't get him using the law, I would get him some other way. He couldn't buy me.

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