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West looked confused, unable to tell if Feo was joking or not. I wasn’t totally sure either, but it wouldn’t have surprised me if it were true. I had experienced Feo’s unbelievable toughness before.
Erin Sebold emerged from the musty office and joined us.
“I take it you want to deliver the defector in person?” she asked me.
I nodded. “I’ll need a ride home.”
“Well, you’ve got your work cut out. The Kremlin is in uproar. My sources tell me they found quite a scene at the military base up north in Boltino. They don’t have our satellite capabilities, but their human intelligence is good. They’ll track you to Moscow soon, if they haven’t already done so.”
She moved toward an SUV.
“I’ve arranged for one of our company jets to be waiting for you at Vnukovo Airport. Master Gunnery Sergeant West knows the way there,” Erin said. “Do you feel up to running Mr. Morgan to the airport?”
“Yes, ma’am,” he said.
“If you hit trouble, I want you to head for Kuzminki Park. I can’t guarantee anything, but I’m trying to set up a little surprise for anyone who causes any problems.”
She climbed into the largest SUV as her security team got ready for departure. “We need to go now. Good luck, gentlemen.”
“Thank you,” I said. “For everything.”
“You don’t ever need to thank me, Mr. Morgan. You pull this off and the country will owe you an even greater debt of gratitude.”
She shut herself in the SUV. The Marine nearest the bakery doors opened them and Erin’s convoy streamed out. The man by the doors jumped in the last vehicle, which sped away on the tail of the others.
“We’re coming with you,” Feo said, when they were out of sight.
I walked over to the huge Russian.
“No. This is where we say goodbye. Get the medical care you need. Lay low till Alekseyev is Stateside and his power over Russian Intelligence is well and truly ended.”
“I—” Feo began, but I cut him off.
“You’ve done enough, Feodor Arapov. More than enough. Look after him, Dinara.”
“I will, Jack.”
“Thank you for saving us,” Feo said. “Both of you.”
“Alekseyev would have killed us once he had what he wanted,” Dinara added. “We owe you our lives.”
I am never comfortable receiving thanks for what I’ve done. I always hope if I wasn’t around, someone else would be standing in my place.
“We look out for each other,” I replied. “That’s what we do.”
“You be careful,” Dinara said. “Both of you.”
I nodded and followed West into the Transporter.
“You ready?” he asked as he started the engine.
“Let’s do this,” I replied, and we rolled out.
CHAPTER 103
WE NEEDED TO head south-west to the airfield. The first couple miles passed without incident. West and I were silent, on edge, and alert. We had forty miles to go, and I hoped we’d be as lucky for the remainder of our journey.
We weren’t. As we turned onto Volgogradskiy Avenue, a busy dual carriageway lined with offices and shops, we saw the first roadblock.
