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I nearly laughed out loud at the way Macht glared at Hans, waiting for his response.
“Sure, yes,” the man finally said, rubbing the back of his neck.
Zeppelin was holding my hand, but dropped it when his mobile vibrated. Neither Macht nor Hans appeared to notice.
“You two go on in. We’re going to take a walk by the stream,” he told them, leading me far enough away from the chalet that neither man could see us once they were inside.
“What is it?” I asked.
“Reaper said Godwin is on the move,” he responded. “He’s got the NRO engaged.”
Zep and I raced over to the parked SUV.
While he drove, I kept us on target with the overhead tracking the NRO supplied. “It appears he’s headed to Zurich,” I said once we were beyond the turnoff for the heliport. “He’s not driving,” I added when a close-up image appeared on my screen.
“Who is? The mystery woman?” Zeppelin asked.
“No. A man. As Schön said,presumablyhis bodyguard.” The word she’d used was not widely employed in the intelligence world. In fact, if I’d said it, Zeppelin would’ve probably given me a boatload of shit for doing so. Not that I ever would have.
A few seconds later, an alert appeared from Nemesis. I swiped the screen to read it. “According to authorities in DC, James Godwin is currently at his apartment, where he’s been for the last several days. He is still under indictment and on house arrest. As we both know, that is not the case.”
“Interesting.”
“They’re sending someone now to check, but apparently, he’s required to wear an ankle monitor.”
Zeppelin looked in my direction. “Twins? Again? Itcannotbe.”
I shook my head. “I’m more inclined to think Godwin knows someone with the ability to override what the device is transmitting.”
“Theoretically, he’s removed the cuff, jumped bail, and has no intention of returning to the States.”
“That’s logical.”
“And he has a connection to AMPS,” he added.
“Agreed. Which means we need to know how many flights leave Zurich headed to a country without an extradition treaty.” Rather than send another message to Nemesis, I rang her.
“Hold on, Ashford is here,” she said, putting me on speaker. I did the same, then gave her a quick rundown of what had taken place in the time since we arrived in Switzerland.
“At this hour, I don’t know how much support I can drum up in Zurich to prevent an alleged fugitive from boarding a plane. The two of you and Reaper will need to make it happen on your own. If I can get backup in place, I will,” said Nemesis.
“I’ll work on the flights,” said Decker.
“Roger that. Oh, and Nem, when this is over, we need to talk about Schön and Ambassador Marchand.”
“Yes, Verity, we mostcertainlydo. Let’s touch base in the morning. I’m waiting on more information that I’d prefer to have on hand when we speak.”
“Roger that, ma’am.”
“Think they’re on to us?” Zep asked, hanging back when the vehicle Godwin was riding in veered off on a dark side road.
I readied my weapon, anticipating we’d be intercepting the ambassador and the man with him wherever they were headed now, rather than at the airport.
We rounded a bend, and the forest opened to a clearing where a helicopter sat waiting. Godwin’s driver pulled up close to the blade, and two men jumped out of the SUV. By the time we did the same, the aircraft had lifted off.
Zeppelin was already on his mobile, reporting it to Nem, when I got back in the vehicle.
“The closest major airports are Zurich and Milan. There’s no way in hell we’d make it to either in time to intercept them,” I heard him say.
