.........A very well written darkish unforgiving story Menzo, Cole was a likable bastard and he gave no pretenses for what he was. Poor Luc, he should have never met Cole.
...........I do believe we are on to something here, it is likely we haven't heard the last from "Barney". It is just as likely that Dimitri & Barney hook up.
.....Onimious sounding, not unlike the coyote and the road runner! Timeline running here, with Joe and the others arriving soon, the military has to send in troops. I'm at a loss at why the General hasn't done that yet. The whole area should have been swept thru by now.
..............That would have been my first idea, but why does the goat leave him in the story? Could have killed him off numerous times, he could have fallen of a cliff.
........The military already knows about Jerrys house, and with the 2nd attempt on the band you can bet the place is already staked out, so that's a no-go. I'm sure Scar could hook Dimitri up with some sleazy character within a reasonable distance.
........Sorry to disillusion anyone, but the John Waynes in the movies are very few in true life. Those things can and have taken a nasty wrong bounce.