Infiltrators (The Wall Series Book 2) by Alison Ingleby

Author:Alison Ingleby [Ingleby, Alison]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Young Adult, Thriller, Dystopian, Sci Fi
Publisher: Windswept Writing
Published: 2018-06-06T18:30:00+00:00

16

Trey

Andrew Goldsmith.

The words are emblazoned on my eyeballs. I blink to make them disappear, but they’re still there goading me. My father. The murderer.

I worked in the department when I was a junior minister. Back then, ministerial authorization was required for any operations of significance.

Rogue is eyeing me with an odd expression on his face. I want to look at Aleesha, but I can’t.

“Open the file on LC100,” she says in a tight, brittle voice.

Rogue obliges, and the operation file is replaced by another. It’s an extended version of the files on the Personax database: a biography of the person and a holo image.

Aleesha grips the sides of the cabinet and leans forward until her face is just inches from the image of the man.

This is the man she believes to be her father.

When she pulls back, I examine him. The holo is of a young man, barely old enough to have a child Aleesha’s age. He’s handsome, with dark hair that curls at the base of his neck and piercing blue eyes, and he wears clothes that might have been fashionable twenty years ago. When we saw the holo of Maria Ramos on the Personax database, I could see at once that she was Aleesha’s mother. Her resemblance to her father – if he is her father – is less clear, though there’s something in the shape of her face – her jawline and nose – that resembles the man hanging in the air. Or perhaps I’m just imagining it.

I scan the file, trying to memorize everything the Metz know about LC100. His name is Ricus Meyer, but his place of birth and parents are marked as unknown. It mentions an aunt who’s listed as a guardian, with a London address that I recognize as being Inside the Wall.

The file goes on to state that authorization for his residence in Britannia was given by the Secretary of State. He arrived in London after the death of his parents, when he was thirteen, to live with his aunt. I do a quick calculation in my head. That would make him … forty-one or thereabouts.

Whereas the section on his education and employment is almost bare, the section on his criminal record more than makes up for it. Arrested for spreading dissent against the government but released without charge. Suspected involvement in an attack against the President. No evidence. A raid on the food factories in Area Six.

The list goes on. Suspected involvement in a whole host of crimes. But no proof. Why was he never charged? Or dragged off to the Farms? Unless the Metz were more lenient in those days.

I shake my head. Unlikely. Perhaps this aunt of his intervened to protect him.

Aleesha’s face is twisted in concentration as she reads. “Does this say he was in charge of a gang?” She points at a section toward the end of the criminal record section.

“Founder of the London Equality Movement.” I scan the paragraph. “It seems to be a student group set up at the university … campaigning for equal treatment of Insiders and Outsiders.

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