Proxywar by Kane D. S

Author:Kane, D. S. [Kane, D. S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Hunted, Russia, mercenary, thriller, mole, Mossad, assassin, Israel, hacker, spy, Washington, covert, Conspiracy Theory, military invasion, China, Oman
ISBN: 9780986232169
Amazon: 0986232165
Barnesnoble: 0986232165
Goodreads: 28147734
Publisher: Swiftshadow Group, Inc., The
Published: 2015-11-27T08:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 20

American National Bank,

351 Park Avenue, New York, New York

February 23, 5:33 p.m.

Susan Rubin paced behind her desk, the cellphone to her ear. She found her situation frustrating. “Avram, are you sure this is what you want?”

“Yes. I think it best for you to remain in your office until one of us contacts you. There are too many loose ends. We need you as command central to ensure messages don’t get dropped.”

She sighed, loud enough for him to hear it. “Crap. I feel so useless.”

“No, you are still essential to our success. William, Jon, and Betsy are at Reagan Airport in Washington, and we need to establish a location where we can join up with them. Once you hear from any of them, and we have established the site for a meet, you can rest for a while.”

She shrugged her shoulders although Avram couldn’t see her. “Okay. But we’re wasting my time here.” She terminated the call and sketched plans on a tablet to sharpen her thinking.

She felt out of practice. It was years since she was operational.

But Jon, William, and Betsy had been dark for hours, and none were answering their cells. She felt helpless. She’d need to be precision focused.

The sandwich and coffee she’d bought for dinner in the bank’s dining room remained untouched on her desk.

She’d need to act as soon as a call from any of them came in. She stared out the window of her office on the thirty-fourth floor. The lights of offices in the Chrysler Building blinked back at her. Then she realized that there was something useful she could accomplish while she waited for a phone call. She logged into the bank’s search program on SWIFT, the secure interbank financial exchange network, and began scanning the global funds transfer transactions for the last six months, looking for Russian rubles and Chinese renminbi funds transfers.

Another hour passed before her cell beeped. “William! Where the blazes have you been? I called you three hours ago.”

“Been on airplanes. What’s so damned important?”

“We have another serious issue, and for this one, timing is our biggest problem.”

She heard William’s sigh. “Rats. I smell Mother. Okay then. Betsy and I are ready to help. Tell me what has you so worked up.”

She explained the events of the last day. William was silent for a while when it ended. “Exactly what does Avram want us to do?”

Susan sat and looked at the notes on her tablet. “First, I’ll call and tell him I found you. Then I’ll ask him exactly that.”

William said nothing.

“Okay. Let me conference us with Avram.” She punched several buttons on the cell.

“Susan?” Avram’s voice seemed urgent yet it was but a whisper.

“What’s your status and how can Jon, William, Betsy, and I help? We’re all in Washington.”

* * *

Standing near the ticket counter, Jon waited. He could hear several voices in the background of the phone call. The one he recognized was Yigdal Ben-Levy’s. But it was a woman’s voice he heard next.

The voice was familiar but he couldn’t recall who it was.

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