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“Why?”
The former commander of SEAL Team 6 looked at Kennedy. She turned her soft gaze back to Rapp. “We’ve made some progress. The man who placed the bounty on your head was Saeed Ahmed Abdullah.”
Rapp’s dark eyes narrowed. “Waheed’s father?”
“Yes.”
“How solid is the intel?”
“For obvious reasons the Jordanians are not revealing their source, but they say the man has never let them down before.”
“What else do we have?”
“Yesterday the NSA picked up a phone call made by Abdullah. We don’t know who he was calling, but he was extremely upset. He told the person to finish the job or refund his twenty-two million dollars.”
“Twenty-two million,” Coleman said in disbelief.
Even Rapp was shocked by the number. “What did the other guy say?”
“We don’t know. Abdullah was leaving the person a voice mail.”
“Any luck with the phone number?”
Kennedy shook her head. “We don’t have it. They only picked up Abdullah’s voice from his end.”
“Shit.”
“We’re working some other angles,” Kennedy offered. “The vastness of his wealth is making it difficult, but we’re looking for any transactions in the last month that might add up to twenty-two million dollars.”
Rapp stared off toward the stables for a long moment.
“What are you thinking?” Kennedy asked.
“On Monday morning I’m going to need your G-5.”
Rapp was referring to Kennedy’s executive jet. “Just where are you planning on taking it?”
“Afghanistan.”
Coleman started laughing. He looked at Kennedy and said, “You haven’t told him yet.”
“No.”
“Told me what?”
“Your passport has been revoked, and I have promised the National Security Council that I will keep you under protective custody.”
“Why?” asked Rapp in an angry voice.
“The vice president, secretary of state, attorney general, and the director of National Intelligence all convinced the president that you should be kept out of the investigation.”
“What little investigation there is,” Coleman interjected.
Kennedy gave him a look that said, You’re not helping things.
“What’s going on with the investigation?” Rapp asked.
“We’ll get into that later. Let me first tell you what the president had to say to me in private. First of all, he is very sorry about Anna. You know he liked her very much.”
