the circuitous route through South America taken by the young couple, and card purchases along the way provided further confirmation that it had in fact been Lynn and Adams who were the travellers.
Once the data was cross-checked, the triangulation zone matched almost perfectly with the couple’s prior visit to Santiago, Chile. It made perfect sense, too – Lynn could easily have gone that far north in the time available, without having to cross any borders, and it would be easy to get lost in a city of five million people.
Once the target city had been located, it was then a matter of checking hotel bookings, travel companies, taxi services, CCTV footage, and satellite photography.
Evelyn Edwards’ features had finally been caught on CCTV going into the Parque Metropolitano, and the data was immediately fed to the Alpha Brigade members who were already in Chile.
Further CCTV followed Lynn as she met a second person, whose features were subsequently confirmed as belonging to the second target, Matt Adams. The pair were then electronically followed back to the Hostal Americano, where the primary target had apparently booked a room for cash under the name of Patrice Leaky.
The five men from the Alpha Brigade were on-site within the hour, ready to roll, and as Jacobs sat in his sauna, the sweat rolling off his body in fat, thick droplets, he had to admit that it was an impressive turnaround.
With Eldridge also en route for Chile, Jacobs was confident that the pair would be in Nevada by nightfall. They would be expertly interrogated, every last drop of information forced from them.
And then they would be executed.
6
‘T HEY INTERCEPTED THE email?’ Lynn asked over the small breakfast table, incredulous.
Adams nodded. ‘They even showed me a copy. I wouldn’t have known about it if they hadn’t, I hadn’t been home for days.’
The night before, Adams had purposely not told Lynn the details about the attack on his house, knowing how she would react. She had a terrible night as it was, and Adams knew she wouldn’t have slept a wink if he had told her his own story.
But now Lynn looked as if she had been bitten by a snake, recoiling with sudden terror. ‘They might know where we are!’ she whispered, trying to contain her rising panic. ‘If they intercepted the message, they could know anything!’
Adams shook his head. ‘No. They came to me because they had no idea where you were. They needed to get the information from me.’
‘And you’re sure you weren’t followed?’
‘Pretty sure. I had a borrowed passport, used a random route, never noticed anything out of the ordinary. And I’m pretty good at that.’ Adams winced even as he said it. That might once have been true, he thought, but not any more. He hadn’t even seen Lynn come up to him in the park. He was out of practice, plain and simple. As it stood, Lynn seemed to be doing a better job than he was. What if he
had
been followed?
‘It might not have even been
people
following you,’ Lynn warned. ‘Electronic surveillance – credit card purchases, closed-circuit television with facial recognition software, satellite photography, the list is endless!’
Since her escape, Lynn had been meticulously researching the techniques and methods of her potential enemies, and her razor-sharp mind had absorbed an incredible amount of information on the subject. She didn’t have the practical experience but certainly now knew the theory well enough to be worried.
‘Hey,’ Adams said as soothingly as he could, all too aware that Lynn was right. ‘I only used cash, I don’t even
have
any credit cards, and I was careful to avoid cameras. I didn’t use a phone either. I think we should be OK for now.’
Lynn looked at him for a moment before making her decision. ‘No. We have to leave. Now.’
Adams nodded his head. He actually agreed, he just wanted Lynn to calm down, to try and relax. Mistakes were made when tensions were high, and Adams knew
Once the data was cross-checked, the triangulation zone matched almost perfectly with the couple’s prior visit to Santiago, Chile. It made perfect sense, too – Lynn could easily have gone that far north in the time available, without having to cross any borders, and it would be easy to get lost in a city of five million people.
Once the target city had been located, it was then a matter of checking hotel bookings, travel companies, taxi services, CCTV footage, and satellite photography.
Evelyn Edwards’ features had finally been caught on CCTV going into the Parque Metropolitano, and the data was immediately fed to the Alpha Brigade members who were already in Chile.
Further CCTV followed Lynn as she met a second person, whose features were subsequently confirmed as belonging to the second target, Matt Adams. The pair were then electronically followed back to the Hostal Americano, where the primary target had apparently booked a room for cash under the name of Patrice Leaky.
The five men from the Alpha Brigade were on-site within the hour, ready to roll, and as Jacobs sat in his sauna, the sweat rolling off his body in fat, thick droplets, he had to admit that it was an impressive turnaround.
With Eldridge also en route for Chile, Jacobs was confident that the pair would be in Nevada by nightfall. They would be expertly interrogated, every last drop of information forced from them.
And then they would be executed.
6
‘T HEY INTERCEPTED THE email?’ Lynn asked over the small breakfast table, incredulous.
Adams nodded. ‘They even showed me a copy. I wouldn’t have known about it if they hadn’t, I hadn’t been home for days.’
The night before, Adams had purposely not told Lynn the details about the attack on his house, knowing how she would react. She had a terrible night as it was, and Adams knew she wouldn’t have slept a wink if he had told her his own story.
But now Lynn looked as if she had been bitten by a snake, recoiling with sudden terror. ‘They might know where we are!’ she whispered, trying to contain her rising panic. ‘If they intercepted the message, they could know anything!’
Adams shook his head. ‘No. They came to me because they had no idea where you were. They needed to get the information from me.’
‘And you’re sure you weren’t followed?’
‘Pretty sure. I had a borrowed passport, used a random route, never noticed anything out of the ordinary. And I’m pretty good at that.’ Adams winced even as he said it. That might once have been true, he thought, but not any more. He hadn’t even seen Lynn come up to him in the park. He was out of practice, plain and simple. As it stood, Lynn seemed to be doing a better job than he was. What if he
had
been followed?
‘It might not have even been
people
following you,’ Lynn warned. ‘Electronic surveillance – credit card purchases, closed-circuit television with facial recognition software, satellite photography, the list is endless!’
Since her escape, Lynn had been meticulously researching the techniques and methods of her potential enemies, and her razor-sharp mind had absorbed an incredible amount of information on the subject. She didn’t have the practical experience but certainly now knew the theory well enough to be worried.
‘Hey,’ Adams said as soothingly as he could, all too aware that Lynn was right. ‘I only used cash, I don’t even
have
any credit cards, and I was careful to avoid cameras. I didn’t use a phone either. I think we should be OK for now.’
Lynn looked at him for a moment before making her decision. ‘No. We have to leave. Now.’
Adams nodded his head. He actually agreed, he just wanted Lynn to calm down, to try and relax. Mistakes were made when tensions were high, and Adams knew
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