The Right to Know by Michael Byars Lewis

Author:Michael Byars Lewis [Lewis, Michael Byars]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Action & Adventure
ISBN: 9780991476466
Google: fqhcwQEACAAJ
Goodreads: 43448304
Publisher: Bowker
Published: 2019-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

DMITRI PULLED in to the empty, dark driveway of the house where the two handlers lived. Their car was here, and the lights were on inside. He should have been here hours ago, but after scanning the groups around the lake, he stopped to make an encrypted call to Moscow. The performance of these two handlers was beyond ridiculous, and Dmitri wanted to find out precisely what Nikolai had cleared them to do. They stepped far outside their lane of expertise, and to this point, had failed miserably.

The phone call told him all he needed. They’d been given a target of opportunity clearance: if he showed up and they could kill him— do it. But the two had taken it to another level beyond their skillset. Their lack of tradecraft put all Section Nine in jeopardy. Dmitri made his case to Nikolai, who agreed wholeheartedly. This needed to stop. They needed to execute their fallout plan.

He entered the house without knocking; Maxim sat on the couch watching television while Galina stood in the kitchen pouring a vodka. Her sheer negligee barely covered her assets. Maxim rose from the couch, his face scowling. The fool.

“Who are you? Don’t you know how to knock?” he said.

“Don’t you know how to lock a door?” Dmitri replied. “Idiot,” he said in Russian. The scowl on Maxim’ face fell away, replaced with embarrassment, and he motioned to a chair next to the couch.

“Y-you’re the new asset? Nikolai implied you might show.”

Dmitri moved to the chair but remained standing, his eyes shifting to Galina. She lingered in the kitchen, her finger running along the glass, then stuck it in her mouth and slowly pulled it out. The tramp. He knew what she was up to. At least she had a sense of what was taking place. Her partner was oblivious.

“Tell me about Jason Conrad.”

Maxim explained the events over the past three days, leaving out the part of how they got the information about the lake party. Perhaps something should have been said because Dmitri picked up on it right away. How did they know to go to the lake this morning? It took a while, but he dragged it out of him. Dmitri studied Galina as Maxim relayed the sequence of events, as he knew them, about Galina’s night out. Her eyes told Dmitri she loved every second of it.

“Who came up with this idiotic plan?” Dmitri said.

“I did,” Galina said.

Maxim intervened. “No, she didn’t. It was my idea. I’m the senior handler, and I approve every activity. We couldn’t shoot him with the rifle. The boat ‘accident’ was the next best thing.”

“The boat accident that had who knows how many witnesses? Conrad is still alive. That means he could identify you, yes? You,” he said, pointing at Galina. “You boated around half naked, you said. You don’t think a man will remember something like that?”

Her head lowered as his words sunk in.

“It never occurred to you to tail him on the way home? Or set

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