The Libra Affair by Daco

Author:Daco
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, suspense
Publisher: F+W Media
Published: 2013-04-07T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 19

“Just sit there,” Jordan said to Isbel. Then she followed Sonya into the bathroom for a private discussion.

“I should have known,” Jordan spoke first.

“You leave us no choice,” Sonya replied. “You’ve got to call Fat Su to compare the codes.”

“That opens up everything,” Jordan said. “Which exposes not only me, but potentially everyone.”

“We can’t let this op come down to some young girl who ought to be lying in a drainage ditch.”

“Will you come off it? We need the girl if she’s telling the truth.”

“That’s the million-dollar question.” Sonya glanced at herself in the mirror.

“Listen to me,” Jordan said. “We can’t rule out whether the girl is telling the truth or lying.”

“Where are the codes?” Sonya asked. “Let’s have a look.”

Jordan pointed to the side of her head. “Here.”

“Very good, Jordan.”

Jordan leaned back against the basin.

“So,” Sonya continued, “when you looked at the numbers, you must have checked the count.”

“I have the full strings,” Jordan said. “Or at least enough numbers to make the full count.

“So assuming the girl is telling the truth, it means some or all of the numbers are wrong.” Eyeing Jordan, she said, “Maybe the girl has the numbers written down somewhere. Possibly in her bag?”

Jordan shook her head no. “When I picked her up in Tehran, I went through her things. She’s clean. All she’s got are her clothes and meds. She’s probably memorized whatever it is she needs to know.”

“There is one thing we can do to get the numbers out of her.”

Jordan knew exactly what she was getting at, but she wasn’t ready to start down that road. “Look,” she said, “I’m confident I can get down to the control room. I can launch the missile from the computer system if I have time to run a break-code. I’ve got a flash drive with the algorithm. The only other way to go about it is manually. But if what Isbel says is true and the panels in the control room really are welded together, then accessing the electrical board is out — for the record, I have a hard time believing her. That brings me to the last possibility.”

Sonya’s eyes widened. “A climb down the barrel is a death warrant, Jordan.”

“You got a better way to light the match?” Jordan stared into her eyes.

Sonya didn’t argue. “You do what you have to,” was all she said.

Jordan continued. “We’re not talking about a massive underground complex. It’s only a single Atlas silo. There’s a good chance I could get out before Libra starts smoking. It’s possible. It’s doable.”

“If you ask me, I think it’s time to call Fat Su.”

“What if Fat Su only has a partial string of numbers? What if his numbers are wrong, too? We can’t discount the possibility that Farrokh was holding out on everyone.” No way was Jordan going to call Fat Su. They both knew that, regardless of how much Sonya urged her to call.

Sonya quieted and looked at her reflection in the mirror again.

“If you ask me,” Jordan said, “Farrokh knew Fat Su marked him a liability.

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