Double Agent by Jack Mars

Author:Jack Mars [Mars, Jack]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Jack Mars
Published: 2024-04-19T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

“You’re not listening! No, damn it! If you would just listen for one—I did verify the information! Well, no, I didn’t tell them. Why would I tell them? What would the police do but complicate things? Will you listen to me? Can I speak? Or do you simply want to shout loudly how disappointed you are in me?”

Tyler felt a little bit like a child listening to a classmate argue with a teacher. He sat on the bed with his hands folded and tried to look anywhere but at Anya as she paced back and forth in front of the desk, carrying the phone with her.

He could only hear one side of Anya’s conversation with her supervisor, but it didn’t sound like a conversation between an agent and a superior. It sounded more like a petulant child arguing with her father.

“I am being careful! For God’s sake, what do you think this is? Children’s playtime? I have to take risks. That is part of the job. Oh, my mistake. For a moment, I thought you actually cared about me and not just this job.”

That really didn’t sound like a talk with a supervisor. Tyler frowned and paid attention to Anya’s body language. Aside from the pacing, her shoulders were bunched, and her arms closed tightly over her chest. She wore a petulant frown, and tears shone in her eyes.

Tyler had spent his childhood and youth wanting to follow in his father’s footsteps until he saw the end of the path his father walked. Had his father not reached that end, Tyler could see himself having a conversation like this with him.

Could it be that Anya had followed in her father’s footsteps? The idea seemed outlandish, but so did the idea of working with a Russian spy.

She looked his way, and he offered her a supportive smile. She rolled her eyes and looked away.

Okay, no smiling. Got it.

“He is fine, sir. We work well together. I can’t talk about that right now. Yes, I am learning things. I will tell you later.”

Tyler frowned at that. Now it sounded like a conversation with a supervisor, specifically, a supervisor who wanted to know what information his agent was gleaning from the enemy agent she was observing.

“We are trying to find this Heinrich Muller. You remember the Nazi I asked you to research? We believe he is responsible for everything that has happened in Berlin so far. We think he is trying to put the United States and the Soviet Union at war. No, I’m not—” she lowered her voice, probably so Tyler couldn’t hear, but one talent he did have was the ability to understand soft whispers and filter out any background noise that would prevent him from understanding it.

“Listen, father, he is here right now. I can’t talk about everything. I can tell you that things are not going well, but we have a plan. We don’t need any more support. Do not send Ivan.”

So it was her father. That was interesting.

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