Jake Randolph: Origins Pt. 172

I continued, "You come home and find that one of your old war buddies has taken up the business of private detective. One of your old war buddies that has a particular dislike of Col. Hall. So you hire him under false pretense to locate Hall and the gold."

Rivers started clapping, "Bravo, Jake. 100 percent accurate."

"One thing I don't understand," I said. "If the Army never hired me how did you get the money to send me around the world?"

Rivers smiled, "I took one of the gold bars before I left Switzerland. Good thing I did, too."