Raw Edge of Danger (The Omega Team Series Book 1) by Desiree Holt

Author:Desiree Holt [Holt, Desiree]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Desiree Holt
Published: 2015-11-28T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Grey had Athena hold the cell so he could also hear the conversation when she called Adam Wahlberg. From the sound of his voice, he could tell the man was shocked to hear from her after all this time, and even more stunned when he realized the call wasn’t a social one.

“You want to play in my playpen?” He was incredulous.

“Wait until you hear what we have,” she told him.

“We?”

Grey heard the question in his voice, and Athena looked at him.

He nodded, but mouthed, “Just say former military who is a victim of what we’re investigating.”

When she repeated it, Adam said, “Athena, you gotta give me something more than just a hint. If I’m going to stick my neck out even a little, I need to have an idea of what might chop my head off.”

“What if I told you a very high-profile politician is involved in massive illegal arms deals and has controlled politics in some countries to increase the lucrative nature of his deals.”

There was dead silence on the other end of the call, a silence that stretched and stretched.

“Adam?” Athena prodded. “You still there?”

“I’m here. Listen, write down this phone number, give me fifteen minutes, and call me back.”

Grey grabbed a piece of paper and a pen and wrote as Adam dictated.

“What’s wrong with—”

But she was already talking to dead air.

“He knows,” Grey told her, tension gripping him. “This guy has to be on so many different radar screens.”

“So, why hasn’t anyone ever done anything about it?” she protested.

He would have laughed at her naiveté if he hadn’t felt the same way not so very long ago. Certainly, on the long flight back from Afghanistan, he’d asked himself the same question over and over.

“Come on,” he told her. “You have to know the answer to that question already. Remember what drove you here in the first place?”

She twisted her lips in a grimace. “Power and money.”

He nodded. “When I began digging into this, I got an idea of just how far reaching his influence is and how much money he spreads around to continue what he’s doing.”

“More than just what goes on here in Tampa,” Athena agreed. “I see that now.”

“Which is why the last thing your friend sounded was surprised.” He looked at his watch. “Okay. Call him back.”

Adam answered on the first ring. “This number will only work once,” he told her, “so we’d better get all our business taken care of with this call.”

“You know who this is, and you’re already after him,” Grey guessed.

Silence. Then Adam said, “If you know anything about the ATF, then you know he has been on our radar for a long time.”

“That’s what we thought,” she agreed.

“So give, Athena. What have you and your friend got?”

“Don’t give him everything over the phone,” Grey mouthed.

He coached her on what to say, just enough to let the man know they had serious business to conduct but not enough to get to the meat of it. Not yet. They would have to do this in person.

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