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“Yeah, I saw the call when I checked her phone records. I’m working now on getting flight records but…”
“But what?”
“Might take me some time. It’s a nothing helipad. Might not have even logged a flight plan.”
“Fuck.”
“Any reason to think the worst?”
I pinch the bridge of my nose, thinking back to yesterday. I’d blown it off. Assumed she was in the clear. “She ran into a friend shopping yesterday. We thought she pulled it off without any suspicion.”
I can hear keys clicking in the background.
“Where are you? In the office?”
“No. I’m at a vineyard, but I have a laptop in the car. Let me go. We’re working on it. Don’t freak out. Could still be nothing.”
Right. He’s right.
“There’s an app that tracks all the birds in the sky, but it doesn’t necessarily show occupants. It has registration details. Let me get someone working that angle. Although, this is Northern California.”
“What does that mean?”
“Lots of birds in the sky. And a lot of them are registered to corporations.”
“The Toros aren’t residents. It’ll be a hired transport.”
“I’ll call you back.”
In the shower, it hits me how fucked up this situation is. Her last known location isn’t in the mountains with bad reception, indicating they went to an exclusive spa. No, it’s at a fucking helipad.
Yes, for Gemma, a helicopter is probably the same as an Uber. They could be in transit going to San Fran for a shopping excursion. Or Los Angeles, for that matter.
This is Gemma. No matter what, she won’t go far away from Rafael. And CalTan has surveillance on Rafael and Ivan.
I turn the water off, and as I’m drying, dial Erik.
“Where’s Rafael?”
“He and Ivan are in San Diego.”
He’d mentioned meetings in LA. “What’s in San Diego?”
“Surveillance says they’ve spent most of the time in the hotel.”
“Are we sure they’re still in the hotel?”
It wouldn’t be surprising at all if they threw surveillance a curveball.
“We’re waiting for confirmation.”
“Are you fucking kidding me?”
“Arrow’s not doing the surveillance. It’s FBI.”
“And those fuckers can be obvious as fuck.”
“Let’s not throw our teammates under the bus yet.”
