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“Damn.”
The woman packed out the groceries, then walked into the living room and stretched out on the air mattress with her phone. She didn’t make an actual call but both Kokou and I could tell she was texting back and forth with someone.
“I wish we could tell what she’s saying and who she’s saying it to.” I muttered.
“Me too. But the fact she’s there alone is a—”
Kokou didn’t get a chance to finish speaking. A motorcycle and a truck pulled up to the house and parked in the yard as well.
That confused me.
If they were trying to hide, even with a house in the middle of nowhere that they weren’t supposed to be using, they sure were coming in with a lot of fanfare.
They parked in the front yard.
Mighty brave of them.
I held my breath, wondering if any of them would check the front door.
It was dark and would be a little hard realizing the seal was cracked or the damage Kokou’s booted foot had done to the wood.
When the dark figures dipped around to the side of the house, I exhaled loudly.
“You need to relax more.” Kokou’s voice was dark, low. “You’re entirely too wound up.”
“And you’re not wound up enough.” I muttered.
“When that happens, people die.” She replied. “Exhale, Daniel. As much as I’d love to give you mouth-to-mouth, now is not the time.”
“Think they’re having a meeting?” I asked, ignoring what she said.
“Looks that way.” She replied.
They all made their way into the back of the house. We didn’t have many cameras and most of the rooms in the back weren’t bugged.
Kokou called Swede and asked if he could amplify the closest camera to pick up at least sound from the room just as a light went on.
Both Kokou and I held our breaths and leaned closer to the phone.
“Can we start panicking now?” Anna asked. “Is this job worth this? When we started, no one said anything about military. It was an easy enough job—go in, get out. We’ve lost people.”
“You’re worried too much.” One of the men spoke gruffly. “We can still get the kid and clear out before things get too bad. That way we can get the rest of the money.”
“Money?” A younger voice jumped in. “We could die in this—how much is your life worth?”
“You think it’s that easy?” Anna asked.
There was a plop of something hitting a surface.
“I had Carlo do some digging.” Anna demanded. “No normal woman, moves like that?”
“And?” The gruff voice wanted to know.”
“He found some stuff.” Anna told him. “Read that. This woman is a fucking ghost! If you see her coming, it’s already too late for you! Don’t you get that?”
“Holy shit, Joshua, read this.” A young voice spoked up. “Ten years in the Army. A good ninety percent of her missions are heavily redacted.”
“What does that mean?” Anna asked.
