Disclosing the Secret by Vincent Amato

Author:Vincent Amato [Amato, Vincent]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780994475718
Google: dvinjgEACAAJ
Publisher: ThinkShark Publishing
Published: 2016-01-04T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 42

The suited man in command inhaled his cigarette. He studied Jake intently as he remained seated before him on his bike.

Jake felt a rising sense of uneasiness. The fitted black suit worn by the man did nothing to hide his broad chest and shoulders, suggestive of a man that had seen combat. Jake could feel his intense eyes boring into him. The man’s powerful presence gave Jake the distinct impression that, in terms of military branches, this group was at the top of the food chain.

The man blew smoke in Jake’s direction, maintaining his piercing stare a few moments longer.

Finally the man spoke. “Jake Marcel, I think you may have something in your possession that does not belong to you.”

Jake’s heart skipped a beat.

He knows my name.

One of the armed soldiers lifted Jake off his bike with ease, forcing his hands on his head while he searched Jake’s pockets then patted him down.

The suited man then motioned the second soldier to investigate the bridge.

Jake thought his body search was unnecessarily rough, but also thought it was best to not say a word. It was then that he noticed a fourth figure, also armed, who looked like he was holding position to guard the helicopter.

Patiently waiting while Jake was being aggressively searched, the dark-suited man looked up at the surrounding hillsides, savouring his cigarette. He seemed to be taking it all in; the winding road down the little hill, the bridge over the river, even the little rowboat heading downstream on this sunny afternoon.

*

Two girls wearing bikinis had their beach towels spread out on the river bank by the bridge. Natasha was sunbaking, her MP3 player blaring in her ears. Jackie had just returned from the river, dripping wet from a refreshing swim.

As Jackie bent down to pick up her towel, she was startled by a mountainous shadow that suddenly stretched over the two girls.

She instantly spun to face the intruder, covering herself with the towel. “Are you right there?!”

Jackie was not expecting to find a heavily armed figure towering over her. The man looked like a weightlifter carrying an assault rifle. The soldier eyed her up and down intently then focused on Natasha and the area around their towels.

Jackie was yet to meet a man who could intimidate her. “HELLLLOW? Did you lose something?”

The soldier ignored her. His large frame slowly moved past her. He appeared to closely inspect the scantily clad girls and their surroundings, then looked over to consider the old man causally rowing his boat away downstream. Jackie felt like a life raft being passed by a super oil tanker.

Natasha now used half of her towel to cover herself from the enormous figure’s prying eyes.

Jackie had had enough. “Obviously you don’t speak English. Do you have a term for ‘personal space’ where you come from? Or how about ‘pervert’?”

The large soldier reacted instantly, spinning to face her, visibly annoyed by her condescending insinuation. He fixed her with a gaze clearly intended to intimidate. Jackie didn’t flinch. Then with a deep grunt, the armed soldier turned and walked back up the bank toward the road.

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