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He sighed. “I wish you didn’t. Then maybe you wouldn’t be going on this suicide mission.”
“Which is why I need you to take Miranda down if we fail, Bert. If I die, I want you and Eve to use every last financial resource I’ve got to make sure Miranda spends the rest of her life behind bars. Or six feet under,” I added bitterly. “Either is fine with me.”
“Just don’t die,” Bert said.
“I don’t intend to,” I said as I headed for the plane.
“The fact that you regard this as ‘a good time’ proves you are certifiable,” Bert said dourly.
Juan just laughed. “Naw, that just proves I’m a SEAL.”
“Load up,” Johnny said, and he and the two bodyguards boarded the Gulfstream jet.
“Connor, I’m begging you – don’t do this,” Bert said. “Let somebody else go after them. Somebody who’s trained for this sort of thing.”
“Who? You yourself said that Miranda must have chosen international waters so that she’s out of jurisdiction of any local police force. And there’s no way we can get the US military out there in time.”
“You got the White House to have the FBI do the forensics on the limo. Can’t you get them to send a raiding party out there, too?”
“I think I’ve used up all my campaign contribution favors. Plus, do you really think we’re going to be able to convince the United States military to go out on a raid based on the say-so of an internet hacker, using illegally acquired intel? Because that’s all we’ve got.”
Bert gave me a look. “You trust Eve?”
“Absolutely.”
He sighed. “I wish you didn’t. Then maybe you wouldn’t be going on this suicide mission.”
“Which is why I need you to take Miranda down if we fail, Bert. If I die, I want you and Eve to use every last financial resource I’ve got to make sure Miranda spends the rest of her life behind bars. Or six feet under,” I added bitterly. “Either is fine with me.”
“Just don’t die,” Bert said.
“I don’t intend to,” I said as I headed for the plane.
