Blazing for the Bratva_A Russian Mafia Romance Novel by Maura Rose

Author:Maura Rose [Rose, Maura]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-11-19T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Paul, the IT guy that Natalia had spoken to, was clearly nervous when Pavel showed up.

“I know I shouldn’t have taken the money,” he said, tugging at his shirt sleeves like they were armor. “But times are tough, man. Every time I get one bill paid off, there’s another one.”

“Do not worry,” Pavel assured him, following Paul into his apartment and through the living room into the computer room. It was quite a setup, similar to the ones the Sokolov-paid IT people had, with computers and monitors covering nearly every inch of space. “Miss Mikhailova has made it clear that her father is not to know about that part of the story.”

“Going against the old man when you’re on his payroll? Not smart,” Paul replied, settling down in front of his computer. Or one of several computers. Pavel couldn’t be sure.

“Says the man who took a bribe,” Pavel replied mildly.

“Fair enough.” Paul began to type away, pulling up documents. “So, Natalia told me that you’re going to want to look and see who digitally has hacked into Mikhailov accounts. I’ve traced one of the accounts to an IT person working for the Sokolov family.”

“We’re aware of that one and the situation is being handled,” Pavel replied calmly. “Are you able to trace the other person?”

“The IP address could be traced, you still can’t fake those, hallelujah,” Paul said. “But it was traced to a public account at a local library. The good news is that the person is consistently logging in from this library, the IP addresses all match computers from there, but unfortunately that means it could be anyone who has a library card there.”

Pavel nodded. He could get some guys to stake out the library, but he’d need them to be discreet. He should possibly do it himself…

“Well that’s odd,” Paul said, the words slipping out in a quiet murmur like he hadn’t realized he’d said them out loud.

“What’s odd?”

Paul hit a few buttons and the printer over in the corner began to spew out pages. “I’m printing it out for you so you have a report for the boss. I hacked into the library system to see what else these IP addresses did during those time slots. Looks like you’re not the only family this person looked into.”

He pointed at the computer screen. It all looked like a bunch of letters and numbers to Pavel, but it clearly meant something important to Paul.

“Could you explain?”

“Those are Saito family accounts,” Paul said. “I know them because when the engagement between Irena Mikhailova and the Saito heir was announced, the two families did an exchange of information to show good faith and make sure everyone was on the up and up. This person isn’t just investigating us, they’re investigating the Saito family too.”

…well, fuck.

Pavel relayed the news to Ivan immediately, calling him on the phone as he headed back to base. Ivan was silent for a while—for longer than usual, in fact.

“What do you think?” Pavel asked.

He heard the phone fill with static as Ivan sighed.

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