This was painful. Hutch knew he should have quit a long time ago. He’d never want to admit that he was out of his league, but the fact was, he was out of his league. There were just too many fires to put out—some of his own making, but many that would have appeared no matter who was in the position. There was too much secrecy. In fact, that was all there was. Even after all this time, he still hadn’t been given the full picture. He knew the organization was decades old. He knew that the current project—the one involving Hillstrom—was its “greatest” yet. But he knew that it was far from its only project. He had worked on some of the others. The projects had been going on from the moment of the organization’s inception. He saw the money changing hands, the blackmail, and the threats, many of which he was directly involved in. Some had failed, but most had been unqualified successes. The organization reached far into all branches of government, the military, and the private sector.
