The Korean Woman by John Altman

Author:John Altman
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Published: 2019-02-12T17:42:54+00:00

Langley, VA

Night was falling when they turned into the parking lot. As Dalia got out of the Range Rover, her bad knee folded beneath her, and she just managed to catch herself against the mirror.

McConnell hovered, ready to help, but she waved him off. She moved under her own steam through security, onto an elevator, and into the conference room. Little had changed during their absence. More cans of Red Bull littered the table near Sam, and a platter of tired-looking sandwiches had replaced the bagels and coffee. Benjamin Bach was on his feet, still or again, looking at his phone. Sonny was seated, resting his eyes. DeArmond watched the wall-mounted monitor, rolling a pencil idly on the tabletop.

On-screen, windows had been rearranged. A long row of minimized tabs ran along the bottom. Only six windows remained open: the interface with the RGB server; the ARGUS live feed; IMSI Catcher seeking the woman’s phone; Stingray monitoring Mark Abrahams’ phone; the voice-to-text of police feeds; and a new window relaying updates from agents dispatched from the FBI’s Intelligence Branch to start knocking on doors, interviewing people who knew Mi-Hi Abrahams.

“The miracle worker,” Bach said dryly as they entered. “See yourself on TV?”

Dalia sat down carefully, shaking her head.

Sam fortified himself with a sip of Red Bull before reaching for his keyboard. “Twenty outlets picked it up in the past ninety minutes. And counting. Everything from majors to locals. CNN’s pretty typical. Gives you the flavor …”

An anchorwoman with big hair and an electric-blue blazer appeared. developing story, read the chyron beneath her. terror suspect injures fbi agents.

“The FBI has announced that the attempted apprehension of a terror suspect went horribly wrong on Saturday night when the suspect brutally gunned down two federal agents near Newark International Airport, wounding both, one seriously.”

The screen changed to two placards of agents posing before American flag backgrounds.

“The confrontation occurred around 11 p.m. According to a spokesperson, Special Agent Craig Elwell remains in critical condition at Newark Beth Israel Hospital. Special Agent Angel Alfaro’s condition is fair, with favorable indicators. Identified as a suspect: Yusuf Bashara of Jersey City …”

A blurry screen capture appeared: the man in a watch cap, with a heavy black beard. Then a somber taxi-medallion photograph of the same face. “Authorities caution that Yusuf Bashara is armed and dangerous. He may have a hostage, Mi-Hi Abrahams of Manhattan. Anyone with information on his whereabouts is requested to call the dedicated FBI twenty-four-hour tip line.” An 877 number appeared at the bottom of the screen. Dalia felt a moment’s sympathy for the whiteboard jockey who had lent his visage. He would have a hard few days, insisting it was a case of mistaken identity. But they all made their sacrifices.

Now came the photograph from Martha’s Vineyard. Song Sun Young looking young and innocent in a yellow sundress, Mark Abrahams with an arm around her shoulders. Desperate appeal from kidnap victim’s family.

“A dramatic appeal tonight from the family of Mi-Hi Abrahams, the Manhattan woman

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