Wormhole (The Rho Agenda: Book Three) by Richard Phillips

Author:Richard Phillips [Phillips, Richard]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: AmazonEncore
Published: 2012-11-20T06:00:00+00:00

Tall Bear glanced down at his ringing cell phone, saw only the blocked-number message, and considered not answering it, but pressed the ANSWER button anyway.

“Pino,” he said.

“Hello, Sergeant Pino. Thank you for taking this call. My name is Freddy Hagerman and I’m a reporter.”

“I know who you are.”

“Congratulations on your election as the next president of the Navajo Nation.”

“Thanks, but I’m not doing an interview about that now.”

“That’s not why I called. I’ll make this brief. Last night I was brought in for questioning by the Los Alamos police. I had the misfortune of being with Dr. Sigmund when she committed suicide yesterday. When they released me this morning, I hustled straight on down to Albuquerque, made a quick stop to purchase this prepaid cell phone I’m calling you on, and as soon as I hang up, I’ll pitch it and hop on the first flight back to DC.”

Tall Bear paused before responding. “Why the spy shit? I doubt the Los Alamos cops will be monitoring your real phone.”

“No, but the NSA sure as hell is. They were monitoring Dr. Sigmund and now they’re monitoring me. That brings me to why I called you. I made a digital recording of my interview with Dr. Sigmund. Then, after she killed herself, I dialed 911, walked out into the back yard, and hid the recorder under a rock. Since I’m sure to be watched, I need you to get it for me.”

Tall Bear laughed. “Why? Was I the closest Injun?”

“I know it sounds nuts, but I saw your news conference last year and you seemed like a guy that doesn’t have a lot of love for the feds.”

Once again Tall Bear considered ending the call. “What’s on the recorder that’s got the NSA so worried?”

“You know about the three Los Alamos kids that got killed in the black ops raid on Jack Gregory’s Bolivian ranch?”

“Yes.”

“According to Dr. Sigmund, at least one of them is alive and being held in an NSA psych ward. They took Sigmund there, made her help them convince Heather McFarland she was crazy, and then sent Sigmund back home. Only she couldn’t live with that. I think the NSA probably has the other kids, too, but those bastards told their parents they were all dead.”

“Even if I believe you, why do you think any of this matters to me?”

“Probably stupid, but I go with my hunches. You struck me as someone who hates that kind of abuse of power. I was hoping you hate it bad enough to stray an hour out of your way.”

Tall Bear let the silence stretch out until it hung heavy in the empty air. “Tell me how to find it.”

As he drove toward Los Alamos a few minutes later, the warm afternoon breeze blew through the Jeep Cherokee’s rolled-down window, whipping his long black hair behind him. It looked as if Jack Gregory had entered his life again. Strange how the world revolved around that man. It seemed like only yesterday that he’d led Jack and Janet to the high hogan.

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