Betrayal by Ethan Jones

Author:Ethan Jones
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: General Fiction
Publisher: Knightsville Books
Published: 2019-02-20T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-six

Thirteen miles south of King Khalid International Airport

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

As Javin drove around the wreckage, he cast a glance at the angry, shouting crowds. A few of the men shook their fists and made hand gestures, but Javin did not stop. A couple of men ran for a few yards behind the dump truck, then gave up when Javin left them in the dust.

As he returned to the road and headed toward Riyadh, Claudia asked, “Now what?”

Javin glanced at Kabiri sitting in between them. “He understands English.”

Kabiri shook his head. “I will tell no one, I swear.”

“Yes, like you swore allegiance to Shirazi and the Quds Force,” Javin said.

“What happened that you betrayed them?” Claudia asked.

Kabiri shrugged. “I had to do that, in order to save my life. Al-Qaeda associates, they caught me. So it was either die or give up Shirazi.”

“Easy choice,” Javin said. “And I’m sure you’d do it again, given the option.”

“No, no, I won’t betray you.”

“It won’t come to that.”

“We’ll need a new car,” Claudia said.

Javin glanced through the gap left by the missing windshield. The first northern neighborhoods of Riyadh were coming up to their left. “Yes, that shouldn’t take long,” he said to Claudia, then glanced at Kabiri. “Don’t do anything stupid if you want to live.”

“Yes, yes, I want to live.”

“Good, and start thinking about why we should keep you alive.”

“Because I know about Al-Qaeda and their plans.”

Javin nodded. “And you’ll tell us everything.”

Kabiri hesitated for just a split second.

“If you hide something, you’ll get to see what Jordan’s prisons are like.”

“No, no, I’ll tell you all I know, all I know.”

“Take this,” Claudia handed Javin her pistol. “I’ll wait for you behind that mosque.” She began to fasten her black headdress around her head.

Javin looked at Kabiri. His clothes were torn, and blood was still trickling from his shoulder wound and the scrapes on his right arm. “Clean yourself and keep a low profile.”

“Yes, yes, I will do that.”

Javin stopped the dump truck on the side of Airport Road, then put the pistol in his waistband. He glanced at Claudia, then said, “Be safe, okay?”

“Yeah, you too. See you in a bit.”

“Fifteen at the most.”

He darted toward the left, heading in the direction of Ath Humamath Road. He tried to scrub away as much sand and dirt as possible from his black suit and wiped his face and beard. His hair was slightly disheveled, but it would do.

When he drew near to a gas station, he slowed down and began to study the vehicles lined up along the pumps. The last one was a red Toyota Camry sedan. The driver—a young man perhaps in his twenties—was the only one in the car, which seemed to be positioned quite far away from the nearest security cameras mounted on one of the street lights.

Javin walked along the road, keeping his face away from the camera and avoiding a couple of men who were smoking a few feet away from the fuel pumps. When he came to the rear of the Toyota, he quickened his pace and knocked on the driver’s door.

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