Me: You were trying to find me?
Unknown: Yes. Belyaev was an old friend of Aleks’. From school.
Me: They were friends?!
Unknown: Yes. Aleks, like your mother, was a double agent.
Me: You knew he was a Sparrow?
Unknown: Yes. He was a Brother first.
Unknown: Belyaev had a bride from the Sparrow slaves. When Aleks learned that she died, he suspected Belyaev was behind her death and used it as leverage against him.
Unknown: Before that point, Aleks was well-positioned but not highly ranked.
Me: Why didn’t you tell me this when we started?
Unknown: I wanted to see what you’d uncover on your own.
Me: And what I’d share with you?
Me: You were testing me.
Unknown: This comes as a surprise?
Me: It shouldn’t. You didn’t know their deaths were linked?
Unknown: I don’t see why. Belyaev was visiting Ohio at the time of his death. He passed away from a heart attack in a hotel room in Cincinnati.
Me: He didn’t. He died in a car crash. Where did you get that information from?
Unknown: It’s irrelevant.
Me: It isn’t if someone fed you false intel.
Unknown: I’ll deal with it.
Unknown: Are you close to finding his killer?
Me: Closer to finding your granddaughter.
The opposite was true but he didn’t need to know that.
Unknown: This is fantastic news.
Me: I have to go.
Unknown: Whatever you need to facilitate this investigation, you can have.
Me: Now that I’ve proven myself?
Unknown: Yes.
Me: Okay, so who fed you the dirty intel?
Unknown: As we speak, Interpol is creating a place within its infrastructure for a department dedicated to the Sparrows and their trafficking.
So it was going to be like that, huh?