The Manhattan Puzzle by Laurence O'Bryan

Author:Laurence O'Bryan [O'Bryan, Laurence]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Thrillers, General, Action & Adventure, Suspense
ISBN: 9781847562906
Amazon: 1847562906
Goodreads: 18582309
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2013-10-10T05:00:00+00:00

49

‘Keep him quiet,’ said Adar. They were in a white GMC Savana with windowless panel sides and an interior in the rear section, which had two seats on one side and space for equipment on the other.

The boy, Alek, had been sleeping when they’d landed and they’d got out of La Guardia after a thirty-minute wait for a proper customs inspection of their hold. Two US Customs and Border Protection officers had given them the all clear only after using sniffer dogs.

The Department of Homeland Security officer hadn’t been as friendly as in the past, and there had been one difficult moment, when Adar had thought he was going to question the boy. The officer had leaned down to him and touched the boy’s shoulder, until the boy woke and looked up at him.

But he must have been simply checking the boy’s eye colour, as he didn’t speak to him.

After that he’d checked all their passports again. The boy’s family name matched Adar’s. He’d said he was his son when he’d met the officer as he was mounting the steps of the plane.

The officer also used a mobile scanner, probably to check the boy wasn’t on a runaway or wanted list. And he wasn’t.

Getting the passport right in London had been what had delayed them flying back. But Adar always made sure that that part of a job was done properly.

And now they were on their way in to the city. They’d be passing through the Midtown Tunnel into Manhattan Island in the next few minutes. The traffic around them was light, but there was still a steady stream of cars on each of the three lanes heading in, despite the snow.

Alek let out a cry again. He’d been restless since he’d woken and even after stopping at a burger joint near La Guardia and getting a kids’ meal for him, he still hadn’t settled down. The plastic toy he’d got didn’t keep him occupied for long.

Adar was glad he had stayed with him in the truck while his colleague went in and got the takeaway. He didn’t like attracting attention unless it was necessary. He was also glad that he’d be handing him over to Lord Bidoner soon.

Dealing with children on a job always made him nervous.

The entrance to the Midtown Tunnel loomed. The noise of the cars around them changed as rolling tyres echoed from the concrete roof.

Twenty minutes later they were pulling into the underground car park on Fifth Avenue, where he was supposed to do the handover. He headed down to the lowest level. It was almost empty.

When he saw it was Xena waiting for him, whom he’d met with Lord Bidoner when he’d been interviewed by him, he knew the boy was in real trouble. He’d heard Bidoner talking about some guys in Amsterdam she had tortured and burnt to death, just for talking out of turn.

He got out of the GMC and didn’t even speak to Xena. She went to the back door of the van and opened it.

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