The Columbus Code: A Novel by Evans Mike

Author:Evans, Mike [Evans, Mike]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Historical, Mystery
ISBN: 9781617955723
Amazon: B07NZ44CRP
Goodreads: 72742625
Publisher: Worthy Books
Published: 2015-04-14T07:00:00+00:00

Molina hadn’t been exaggerating about the size and scope of the apartment Catalonia had provided for her. The spacious digs could have been advertised as a luxurious executive suite, complete with a Jacuzzi and a seemingly endless view of the coastline. The master bedroom featured a raised-platform bed and a fully equipped wet bar.

Maria looked the place over, then opted for one of the smaller bedrooms that didn’t scream, This was made for seduction!

She wished the third bedroom could be Elena’s, but when they’d finally connected that afternoon Elena insisted again that they keep everything as it was.

“It has to look like I’m just your assistant and nothing more,” she’d said tearfully when they met for lunch. “Molina mustn’t suspect that we’re close enough for me to tell you anything personal.”

Maria hadn’t told Elena, but in the car driving from the airport to the apartment, Molina had spent more time watching them in the rearview mirror than he had paying attention to the traffic. That was just one of about five thousand reasons she’d leapt from the car when they arrived. Better to keep that to herself for now.

“Let’s meet for coffee at seven thirty tomorrow,” Maria had said. “We’ll walk over to Catalonia together. Meanwhile, I’ve already heard from Austin.”

Elena’s face brightened for the first time since Maria had arrived.

“He has a line on a good attorney. And my priest friend I was telling you about has a safe house for you until we can get you reconnected to the justice system.”

Elena stared at the cheese croquettes that had grown cold on her plate. “Do you really think you can get me out of Spain without . . . him knowing?” She looked over at Maria. “He knows everything.”

“I know people,” Maria said. That part was true. Her father had connections. She reached across the table and squeezed Elena’s hand. “They’re going to help us.” That part wasn’t exactly true, at least not so far. No one else but Austin knew what she was trying to do.

Elena withdrew her hand. “I’m never going to be able to repay you for this.”

“Who says you have to? Your freedom will be payment enough for me.”

Their gazes met. The fear had all but dissolved from Elena’s eyes.

Maria pictured those eyes now as she wandered from the bedroom through the finely appointed dining room she was never going to use and into the kitchen where she’d set up her laptop on the table. It was the only cozy room in the place and she needed cozy for what she was doing.

En route from Washington she had reviewed her notes from the Schlesinger-Molina conversation. What was she missing? Just before landing, she scrolled down below the bottom of the list—and there it was—Jason Elliot. An agent. For the CIA?

Maria sat at the computer and Googled his name. It was ridiculous, of course. The CIA wasn’t going to publish a list of its agents. She’d been lucky to find out what she had about Schlesinger.

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