The Accomplice: A Novel by Joseph Kanon

Author:Joseph Kanon [Kanon, Joseph]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Atria Books
Published: 2019-11-05T00:00:00+00:00

9

“HE’S MOVING TO BRAZIL.”

“Brazil? When?” Fritz turned to face him. They were sitting on a bench under the ombu tree, an early meeting, waiting for her to come out.

“I don’t know. But she got him a visa. As Erich Kruger. So anytime.”

“What’s in Brazil? I thought all his friends were here.”

“But he’s supposed to be dead. Which cuts into your social life. He’ll make new friends. I think he spooked when you spotted him. And too many people here—” He let the thought finish itself.

“A visa,” Fritz said, thinking. “So he’s still traveling on an Argentine passport.”

“Or a German one. Or—any. Maybe an extra he’s had all along, in case he needed to run.”

“Still, it’s a name for Goldfarb. It’s easier with a name. Erich Kruger,” he said, repeating it to remember it. “Now he knows who to look for.”

“He’d better hurry up, then. Now that Otto’s got the visa, there’s nothing to stop him.”

“He doesn’t have it yet,” Fritz said.

“No. So how does she get it to him?”

“She leaves it somewhere. He picks it up.”

“It’s an expensive thing to leave. Look how careful so far. She pays Martínez, but no money changes hands. Nobody knows what’s in a deposit box.” He paused. “She has to give it to Otto. And that’s when we have him.”

“If you see her do it.”

He turned to Fritz. “We’re going to get him.”

Fritz nodded. “All right. I’ll call Nathan.”

“We don’t have him yet.”

“But he’s ready to run. It’s easier for Nathan to operate in Argentina.”

“Why?”

Fritz shrugged. “More people on the ground here. Besides, who knows how the Brazilians will react? We need Nathan to get him out. So why wait until the last minute? I know. You want to do this yourself. Something for Max. But it’s enough, to find him. You’d already be a hero.”

“I don’t care about—”

“No? I do. My page one. But what if he gets away? Then nobody’s a hero. We should call Nathan. Now.”

Aaron thought for a minute, then nodded. “I thought he wouldn’t come until we found him. No wild-goose chase.”

Fritz smiled and put his hand on Aaron’s shoulder. “I’m going to tell him we did. So bring the cavalry,” he said, a Western fan. He looked again at her building. “What time does she usually—?”

“Not until later, but I don’t want to take any chances. Not now. She has to get it to him. You don’t want to walk around with a thing like that in your purse. She’s going to meet him.”

But what if she didn’t? After Fritz left, Aaron sat staring at the white building. She’d be making calls now, monitored by Jamie, her usual morning. A few women trickled in, maids. What would she do today? What she always did, just another day, if you weren’t looking closely, seeing what else she was doing. Yesterday she’d gone to a party and now Otto had an escape hatch. He went over everything he’d seen in the last few days, each errand a possible cover for something else.

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