Dylan’s Plan

‘I’d love to marry Mindy soon,’ Dylan said. ‘But there are matters to settle here.’ He lowered his voice. ‘Inga is dead, but Elias is still around. General, I’d like to take over his case.’ Carl frowned. ‘Why?’ He’d already entrusted Mindy to cook up more evidence to build the case against Elias. ‘Because I want to be the one to take him down,’ Dylan said earnestly. ‘I’ve despised him for so long. We were enemies all the way back at Valour Ridge, and he always thinks he’s better than me. Now that he’s going down, I’d like the opportunity to knock him down a peg or two. I owe it to the scars he gave me.’ Mindy, unaware of their past conflict, listened in surprise at the revelation of Dylan’s deep-seated animosity towards Elias. The mere thought of Dylan being bullied by Elias made her mad. ‘Elias hit you?’ ‘It was a fight. I lost.’ ‘But you are so much stronger than him!’ Dylan lied, ‘He’s General McCullough’s protégé. Plenty of folks at the academy were willing to help him.’ ‘Dad, Elia