Massive Attack (A Guy Niava Thriller Book 1) by Dana Arama (e reader for manga .txt) 📗

a third party. We have increased our forces. Graham the ninth’s wife’s maid has fallen in love with one of our agents. He entered her life like a storm and has taken her off on a romantic holiday to Paris. Someone from our forces has taken her place temporarily.”

“And has this someone supplied us with any information?”

“The relevant information was that Yassin demanded that his wife and son join him in the United States.”

“When?”

“Immediately but not later than in two days.”

“So that could be our D-Day. That is great. What’s our plan?”

“First of all, to plant GPS devices on all their suitcases and on them as well. Her and the kid. To spray them with poison which will give them signs of contagious flu. If Yassin catches the flu, their whole gang will catch it too and then their plan will be on hold. If they don’t go to the hospital, they will lie there helpless. If she takes her maid, we will be all set.”

“You do remember that Jonathan is with them? That this terrorist cell he has been handed over to is Yassin’s.”

“I certainly remember,” he sighed and added, “We have an antidote for him. Don’t worry!”

“We must give it to him once we reach him. What about tracing him through the hotels? Yassin doesn’t seem to be the type to go for anything less than five stars.”

“We have scanned all of them. All the boutique hotels, all the five stars, all the four stars and now we are scanning the three stars as well. The situation is harder than you can imagine because he also has the reputation of a playboy. The social network is full of information and we are following and checking up on every new location and everything new he posts there. Jonathan is not part of it.”

“Could it be that someone from behind the scenes is running everything? Maybe someone who is accompanying him like a faithful lap dog.”

“The signs point to something like that. As if he has a double life. A playboy living the life of a terrorist. He may have someone who does the dirty work for him. That is also something we are looking into.”

“Any real estate?”

“They do have a few homes in the United States, amongst them the penthouse his wife is supposed to be staying in. We pretended to be from the fire department to give a safety check, so we already swept the penthouse thoroughly. Yassin and Jonathan weren’t there. The apartment is filled with surveillance cameras now, 24/7.”

“What about real estate like warehouses or factories?”

“It is being checked out. Every avenue is being investigated, every lead followed. They have enough businesses to prop up the GDP of a small country.”

“So, our only hope is the wife.”

“If it is not through them, it will be through the suitcases.” Gideoni stopped and promised quietly, “We will find him!” Something about his voice gave me confidence that this affair would end without casualties. Little did I know, that in less than twenty-four hours the predicament would turn into a family tragedy.

Guy Niava,

The United States, November 14, 2015, 11:32 p.m.

Zorro decided to remain in Mexico, a decision which worried me more than I could have anticipated. “I have to come to some sort of agreement with him,” she explained, while getting dressed. “I need it for my people. It isn’t right that he should threaten my people, my kitchen staff, the girls. I’ll settle all that, then I will flee to a safe place.”

“What will you do? You are aware that any contact with him puts you in danger, right?”

“You are aware that I have life insurance, the sort that goes with contacts in opposing cartels and any harm he inflicts upon me will endanger his life as well?”

“So, what kind of understanding are you going to reach with him?”

She smiled. “That I work for him, maybe do an errand or two… Anything he may think of or need. Oh, and that he burns down my club, of course. His woman demanded it of him and that is what she will get.”

“The club – Yes. But not the people inside it.” I was glad to hear that she had her two feet firmly on the ground. “And the monetary compensation will come from another source?”

“Of course. The agreement we reach will be on the sum of the compensation.”

“And the risk?” I wasn’t making it easy for her. We both knew that there were no free meals, and there was risk to contend with as well.

“The risk I can think of,” a smile rose upon her lips but stopped before reached her eyes, “is that he will want to seek revenge for my betrayal, because I brought you to his lair. In that case he will kill me. Not because she asked, but because he wants to.”

At that moment, I realized that there was a chance I would never see her again and realized how much I disliked the idea. I suddenly understood how Gideoni had fallen so deeply in love with her.

***

The east coast welcomed us with an oppressive gloom that matched our general mood. A fat cloud broke above us and the rain poured down onto the asphalt and then disappeared silently. The plane landed at a small airport and a car was waiting for us there. Laura went with her team who were waiting for her in the office, and I went to my brother and Michelle’s house, to the too quiet house in their quiet neighborhood, where a beloved boy was still missing.

I asked the driver to stop at the end of the road and traveled the last stretch by foot. I saw the cop guarding the house from a distance. The idiot was standing in the dark and looking at his cell phone. He was covering it with his hand, but the device lit up his whole face. But that wasn’t the stupidest part. His idiocy stemmed from the fact that there were