Tested by Fire by David Costa

Author:David Costa [Costa, David]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Red Dragon Books
Published: 2021-04-18T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirty-eight

When they got back to the hanger Jim Broad had arrived in another Puma and he came bearing gifts. Some good, some not so good.

‘Good to see you, Joseph. How are things?’

‘Well, first we need to dispense with cover names, it will save any confusion as we go on.’

Turning to the woman standing beside him he said,

‘Boss, this is Mary McAuley. It’s thanks to her information we’re all here. I think as names go; I’ll stick to boss for you.’

Broad shook Mary’s hand.

‘Mary, I’m so glad to meet you at last, David has told me so much about you.’

‘It’s good to meet you and nice to know that Joseph is David.’ She smiled. ‘Although I think I prefer Joseph…it suits him better.’

‘I’m sorry about that, Mary, another part of the job I’m afraid,’ said Reece.

‘Well, David, can you take Mary to the canteen and fix her up with a coffee then come back and see me as we need a chat?’

‘No problem, see you in five.’

Reece left Mary in the canteen. She said nothing, other than, with a wicked smile on her face, ‘I’ll see you soon, Joseph.’

When Reece returned to the hanger, Broad and the rest of the SG9 team were watching the large TV screen on the wall. The hotel’s black and white CCTV showed a man with a baseball cap leaving the Hilton with a woman wearing a headscarf and sunglasses. A man wearing a dark hoodie with the hood up was waiting for them in a dark BMW and after putting their bags into the boot, he drove them away towards Deansgate Station. It could have been a private taxi or someone there to pick them up, the fact the driver appeared to be protecting his identity and was identified as a young Asian man, made the deliberate pick up a distinct possibility.

‘We’ve looked at these pictures a number of times. The hotel staff confirmed that this was the man with the New York baseball cap who never seemed to take it off, and this,’ April said as she pointed to the woman on the screen, ‘they confirmed as the woman who paid both their bills. She used a credit card in the name Karen Webb. He was registered as Kevin Jones. The car is a black BMW registered to Hertz Car Hire here in Manchester, paid for by a man who fits the description of the driver but who used a credit card in the name of Kevin Jones. The address and driving licence he gave are fakes. He’s hired the car until next Thursday, the day after the Conference ends.’

‘Do we have any more on the car after it left the Hilton?’ asked Reece.

‘They were picked up heading out of the city near Salford before we lost them. They didn’t use the motorways but disappeared in the side roads.’

‘This is good,’ Broad said. ‘We have them running scared and being scared they’ll make more mistakes. They might even call the whole thing off, but I doubt it.

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