Don Pendleton by Betrayed (v5)

Author:Betrayed (v5)
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: a cognizant original v5 release october 09 2010
Published: 2010-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINETEEN

The following morning Bolan and Mahoud took one of the SUVs and left the château, Paris their destination.

A few minutes into the journey Bolan said, “Tell me about Jamal Mehet.”

“Jamal? Why would you ask me about Jamal?”

“I need to know all I can about people you have been involved with.”

Mahoud stared out through the windshield. His reflection in the glass showed as a transparent, misty image, and in his mind he was reflecting on his past association with the man he had called friend.

“We were friends for over nine years. Jamal was as passionate as I was when it came to our beliefs. We walked the mountain passes together. Shared our food over campfires. Fought resistance and prejudice. On more than one occasion we saved each other from death. It was a friendship born out of our times of hardship. When I took up my doctorate and moved to higher positions Jamal was always with me. Adviser. Protector. The only one I could turn to for practical advice when matters became too involved. He had a natural aptitude for seizing the simple solution within a complex problem.”

“How far did this friendship go in terms of telling him things you wouldn’t reveal to anyone else?”

Mahoud smiled, glancing across at Bolan. He said, “You are referring to the data?”

“Yes.”

“Jamal was the only one, apart from me, who was privy to the entire database. He helped me compile the evidence. When it was complete and copied, the original draft was removed from my laptop. In fact to ensure there would be no chance of anyone recovering it, I removed the hard drive and destroyed it.”

“And then?”

“I took the copies personally and placed them in safe-deposit boxes. On my own. Three different banks. I visited each bank, in different parts of Paris, kept nothing on paper about locations or passwords. Those copies are as safe as I could make them. Jamal did not know the location of the banks. This was the only information I did not share with him.”

“When you moved on, did Jamal stay here in France?”

“He remained to maintain a watch on certain parties opposed to me. Jamal understood the situation I was in and kept a keen eyes on the Paris situation. The family apartment was broken into and searched. I imagine it was an attempt to locate the data, but whoever did it found nothing of course. They were extremely professional. Nothing was destroyed but when Jamal made one of his frequent visits to check the apartment he discovered the break-in.”

“Did he report it to the police?”

“No,” Mahoud said with a resigned shake of his head. “It would not have revealed anything. And Jamal, like myself, had little trust in the authorities.”

“He told you about the break-in?”

“He called me on my cell and advised me to be even more careful. Jamal seemed to feel this was a determined effort to get control of the data.”

“This was just before you were separated from your family?” Bolan queried.

“A few days actually.

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