Earth Shine by Jerry Ahern

Author:Jerry Ahern [Jerry Ahern]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781628150858
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Publisher: Speaking Volumes LLC
Published: 2013-11-11T00:00:00+00:00

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Tim Shaw had not yet entered his private office when his phone rang. Pulling his cell phone out, he opened it and seeing the number said, “Hello, Jack...” Shaw stopped dead in his tracks then signaled another agent to start a trace and to begin recording the call. Grabbing a tablet and pencil, he asked, “Where are you? Do you know how many? Okay, listen to me; sit tight, right where you are. Turn the ringer off on your phone right now. Don’t accept any calls from anyone but me. Sit quietly, and don’t move around. Turn the light off in the attic.”

Shaw started writing and held up a sheet of paper that said: “Hostage situation Rubenstein’s house, agent dead, Paul captured, Jack hiding; roll our team.” The office exploded into a flurry of activity.

“Jack,” Shaw said, “you are doing very well; I’m proud of you son. Now, give me a few minutes, and I’ll call you back. You turned off your ringer? Good. Make sure the light is off, and lay down behind some boxes if you can. Just don’t move around more than you have too.” I’m hanging up now.

Shaw directed an agent, “I want the full protective details reinstated on the Rourke family. Get on the phone and contact Annie Rubenstein; check the GPS on her cell phone, find out her location, and dispatch a team to her. Emma Rourke and the girls are with her. Let the President know.”

He dialed the number for John Rourke, “John, Tim Shaw; we have a problem. Where are you? Good, stay there and stand by the phone—give me five minutes, and I’ll call you back.” Hanging up before Rourke could even ask a question, Shaw turned back to the agents in the “bull pen.”

Shaw sat down, took a deep breath then began barking orders. “I want HPD and County notified now. I want a ring cordon around the area for three blocks in any direction. I want a second ring three blocks out from there and a third one three blocks further out. I want County to set up road blocks on any road that can exit that area. Then, contact the fire department and start evacuating the area, starting with the outermost ring and moving progressively inside. I want eyes in the sky and a patrol boat off the coastline near the house. I want SWAT and the Hostage Rescue Team to establish a command post in the second ring as soon as it is evacuated.”

Taking a cigarette from a pack in his shirt pocket, he fished out his lighter and rolled the wheel. It took three tries before he got the cigarette lit; then, he made the call. “John,” Shaw said, “Paul has been taken hostage at his home. Jack is hiding in the crawl space attic above the garage. He has a cell phone and got word to me; I told him to turn the ringer off and only accept calls from me. I have one agent down.

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