Shadow Agenda: An Action Suspense Thriller by Sam Powers

Author:Sam Powers [Powers, Sam]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3, mobi
Publisher: J.I. Loome
Published: 2015-07-14T23:00:00+00:00

28./

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Myrna leaned forward over the steering wheel and scanned the parking garage again. “Are you sure he’ll be here? It’s been nearly an hour, hon,” she told Malone.

They’d parked at the far end of the second level, on Malone’s suggestion, so that Myrna could be nearby and Malone wouldn’t be potentially spotted on the street while walking in. It was unlikely her source’s newspaper code had been broken, but after Walter’s death, Alex wasn’t taking any chances.

Instead, they waited for him to arrive. “Just remember: stay out of sight while we meet,” Alex said. “I don’t want him seeing you, and I have to respect his anonymity, so I don’t want you seeing him. We’re cool with that, right?”

Myrna gave her a sour look. “Sweetie, I was playing this game long before you were born. I think I know how to…”

“Down!” Alex snapped, as a figure appeared out of the stairwell that led up to the mall above. “I’ll be back soon.”

She got out of the car and closed the door, slinging her purse over her shoulder in the same motion. She walked towards the man, and they met midway across the darkened parking level, their shadows cast long by the emergency lights overhead.

“I expected to hear from you before now,” the source said. “You haven’t written an article in a while, either.”

“You must have known it would be difficult to confirm the information you gave me,” Alex said. “But we’re getting there. Don’t worry.”

“If you need evidence, perhaps you should go back to Miskin. My sources suggest he’s nervous; he suspects one of his fellow ACF board members, perhaps even the chairman, may be behind the shootings.”

“Why? What…”

“Don’t be naïve; there are any numbers of reasons. A power grab; to cover up bad decisions from the past; perhaps what you need to do is ask Miskin.”

“When you say ‘mistakes from the past’, you’re talking about Khalidi and Kalispell Properties; am I correct?”

“That’s one interpretation. But he’s not the only ACF board member who has overreached, Ms. Malone. You should know that much by now.”

“You mean the Chinese delegate…”

“I mean all of them. Like I said, don’t be naïve.”

“So you agree with Miskin?”

“I didn’t say that. There are plenty of political forces from outside the ACF who could stand to see it exposed, to see it fail. Follow the money, Ms. Malone. Who benefits from Khalidi’s group being exposed, or wiped out, or both? Where does this seem to be headed to you?”

He turned around and began to walk away.

“Wait!” she said. “I think the ACF might have had Walter killed. I think they might be trying to kill me.”

“I guarantee it,” he said as he walked, without turning. “But don’t give up, Ms. Malone. The story is too big.”

He reached the street door, opened it, and was gone.

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