Deadly Intent by James P. Sumner

Author:James P. Sumner [Sumner, James P.]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Thriller & Suspense
Goodreads: 25468899
Publisher: James P. Sumner
Published: 2015-04-30T12:00:00+00:00

23.

11:57 CDT

“Adrian, I’m sorry, but there’s only one logical answer here…” says Clark.

I look round and stare him straight in the eye. I know what he’s trying to say. Anyone with half a brain could tell you what the detached, unemotional, logical answer is. I see Josh hang his head and grimace at Clark’s statement. It was absolutely not what I needed anyone to say right now.

I take a deep breath, trying really, really hard not to get angry, but quickly failing.

“Bob, right now, do I look fucking logical to you?” I reply, my voice rising slightly with each word.

He holds his hands up defensively. “Hey, I’m just saying… we need to—”

“We need to get my girlfriend back!” I yell as I stand up and face him properly. “I don’t give a shit about anything else! Do you understand?”

I’m breathing heavy, teeth gritted, jaws muscles clenched, eyes unblinking. I’m not looking at anyone anymore, I’m just angry. At everything and everyone.

Why me? Why does all this shit have to happen to me? I just want this goddamn world to leave me alone…

Josh stands, looking at Raynor and Clark in turn. I think he appreciates that neither of them have ever seen me truly pissed off before, so he’s assuming the role of diplomat.

“I think what Adrian’s trying to say,” he explains, calmly, “is Hussein will have gone to ground following the failed attempt to apprehend him in New York, and those Afghanistan Mountains are pretty much impregnable. Which means El-Zurak, probably Hussein, and whoever else is part of the Big Bad, will be untouchable there until they decide to resurface. Any attempt to get to them would be a colossal waste of time, and will likely get everyone involved killed.”

He looks around the room, seeing that we’re all listening and understanding. Raynor looks out of his depth. Clark looks like he feels really bad. And so he should—asshole.

“On the other hand,” continues Josh. “We probably can get to the underground facility in Pripyat. There will be a significant terrorist presence on site, including, but not limited to, Clara Fox—someone we’re justified in assuming is relatively high up in the food chain. We can take her out, deal a crippling blow to the organization… maybe even delay their plans, who knows? But we have a shot if we attack them in Ukraine. Plus, more importantly, there’s an innocent civilian who means a great deal to someone who means a great deal to me, so the bottom line is: that’s where we’re going. Anyone got a problem with that?”

Clark shakes his head, and Raynor simply shrugs, happy to go where we need to with no real opinion.

Josh looks at me and smiles. “How’s that for logic?” he says.

I visibly relax, staring at him with a look that says I’m now angrier because he stopped me being angry when I couldn’t do it myself.

I shrug. “That’s basically what I meant,” I reply, smiling as much as I can.

He shakes his head and turns the laptop toward Clark.

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