Thomas Caine series Boxset by Andrew Warren

Author:Andrew Warren [Warren, Andrew]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Blackwing Books
Published: 2019-07-21T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Nine

“Have you lost your mind?” Rebecca snapped into the phone. “I told you to give me some time!”

As she talked, she watched the small bank of screens arranged in the back of the dark, unmarked van. The van was parked about a mile from the farmhouse Josh had reconnoitered earlier in the morning. Something was keeping Ganda at this location. There was either something of value inside, or they were awaiting further orders. Either way, she intended to find out.

“And I told you I couldn’t wait," Caine said, his voice crackling in her ear. "Someone was already there, in the prison. In the middle of a riot, they were trying to break down the door to his solitary confinement. They were targeting him, just like I told you.”

“A riot? You mean the disturbance you created? Christ, Tom, you do realize you attacked a government facility on foreign soil?”

“It’s not an official government facility. It’s a black jail, it’s off-books. Chinese authorities won’t even admit the place exists.”

“That makes me feel so much better,” she said. “And what am I supposed to do when my Chinese counterpart calls me? He may have a few questions about an agent of mine who broke into a black facility and released a prisoner of the People’s Republic.”

“You tell him the truth. You didn’t authorize any such operation. You have no operatives working for you in China. You haven’t debriefed me yet, remember? I’m still on the outside.”

Rebecca was only half-listening. Her attention was focused towards the view on one of the screens. It was an aerial shot of the red farmhouse. Two men were switching off for guard duty on the perimeter of the property. From the high vantage point of the camera, the men looked like tiny black dots pacing across the field

She sighed and turned away from the monitors. “Tom, you can’t keep working like this. And I can’t keep covering for you. I know I was upset before, about Bernatto, about letting him go. But this … this isn’t the life I want for you.”

“You didn’t choose this life for me. I made my own choices. My own mistakes. Now, what about Lapinski? Do you have any intel on his assassin?”

“I thought you said you stopped them, in the prison?”

Caine paused for a moment. “I don’t know. I don’t think so. Things are a little more complicated than I thought.”

“They usually are,” Rebecca said.

“The human rights group Sean was working with … they were investigating an industrialist named David Fang. Can you check if you have anything on him? According to a source here, he may be Triad connected.”

“Triads? You think they're after Sean as well?”

“I don’t know. The guy in the prison was … well, he was a little distinctive for a government assassin. Albino. White skin, pink eyes. Oh, and six fingers on each hand.”

Rebecca arched an eyebrow. "You’ve got to be kidding me.”

“I’m not finished. Apparently there’s a twin brother.”

Rebecca chuckled, unable to contain her amusement. “You do meet the most interesting people in the field, huh?”

“Tell me about it.

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