The Janus Reprisal by Robert Ludlum

Author:Robert Ludlum
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Covert Investigations, Terrorism, Conspiracy
ISBN: 9780446539845
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 2012-09-11T00:00:00+00:00

27

WE’VE GOT TO LEAVE. Now,” Smith said. Nolan stopped drinking her coffee mid-sip. She swallowed.

“Why? What just happened?”

He hesitated. Normally he’d just try to muscle his way through giving vague responses and assuming that most people would recognize his expertise and take his direction. But Nolan had already proven immune to good advice.

“The group at the hotel is getting information about our location from…a hacker. I give it ten minutes, no more, and they’ll be here. Power down your tablet and cell phone.”

Nolan put the coffee cup down with a thunk. Her face had turned pale, which was one of the first times that he’d seen her react to the circumstances in an appropriate way. Perhaps she was learning the extent of the precarious position that she was in. Her eyes narrowed.

Well, that’s not a good sign, Smith thought.

“Call Ms. Russell’s superior. They must have other safe houses we can use.”

“That’s not a good idea.”

“Why not?” Nolan said.

Smith eyed the man with the backpack next to them and the crowd in the aisles. From somewhere in the bowels of the store he heard the shrill laughter of a woman who was on her way to being drunk, and the air was filled with the sound of voices in conversation intermingled with the clinking of glasses, creating a cacophony. From the coffee bar came the noise of milk being steamed; the smell of coffee beans being ground wafted in Smith’s direction. Background music overlaid it all. Smith wasn’t going to hear the assassin approach; that much was clear. He would have to rely on spotting him before he was able to aim. Smith kept his gaze roaming around the room. His phone vibrated. It was Marty.

“Why are you still there?” he said.

“Just leaving.”

“If it is someone in the CIA tracking you both, you’ll have to go dark, you know that, right? I mean, for them to be hacking a civilian’s computer is domestic spying, which is illegal. There must be a bad seed in the agency for this to be happening.”

“I’m not exactly a civilian.”

“You’re army and on their side, so it’s even worse. And she’s a civilian. I presume neither the CIA nor you have a warrant.”

“Nor do you, for God’s sake.”

“But what I’m doing is just criminal. What the CIA is doing is treason. They’re acting like a police state and spying against American citizens.”

Smith could tell that Marty was winding up and he didn’t have the time to discuss the shades of gray and black that they were engaging in.

“The CIA is good at this. You can’t use any technology for any length of time, you understand? That means no credit cards, no phone use, no accessing your bank accounts.”

“You’re calling me on a burner phone. They already know we’re here. I’ll send you a text from each new prepaid that I use.” Smith checked his wallet. He had three hundred dollars on him. “I’m going to need cash.”

Nolan had been looking down, but her head shot up at his comment.

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