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“What is your name?” I asked.
“Hans Gerber, sir.”
“Who do you work for, Hans?”
“Swiss intelligence, sir.”
My eyes met Schön’s, and when Hans looked away, she shook her head.
As luck would have it, my mobile pinged with a message from Zeppelin. “Sorry, I need to take this call. You wouldn’t mind waiting for a moment, would you?”
“Of course not, sir,” the man responded. His tone of voice was friendly enough, but his jaw was tight.
“Come with me,” I whispered to Schön as I walked several paces from the vehicle. Rather than respond to Zep, I rang Macht.
“Magnet? You arrived earlier than I anticipated.”
“We’ve met the transport you arranged in Zurich.”
“I did not arrange transport in Zurich?—”
“Thanks.” I ended the call, turned so I could see both the aircraft and the SUV, and put my hand on my gun.
“Everything okay, sir?” Hawk asked, walking out the plane’s door and heading down the steps. While dark, there were enough lights in the area for me to see the glint of his gun. No doubt, Hans had seen it too.
“Get back on the plane. Hawk and I will cover you. Alert Angel once you’re on board,” I said under my breath.
“Copy that,” Schön murmured.
“We forgot one of her bags,” I shouted in the man’s direction.
He waved, but his brow was furrowed. When he turned his back and raised the mobile in his hand to his ear, I glanced behind me. Hawk was at the bottom of the short flight of steps, and Angel stood just inside the aircraft. She nodded once, and I raced up the airstairs Schön had a moment ago.
“What do you want us to do?” Angel asked once I was inside and Hawk was coming up behind me.
“Hang tight.” I kept my eye on the guy, who was still talking on his mobile, and placed another call to Macht.
“Who do you know in Zurich, preferably close to the airfield?”
“I’ve got backup on the way, sir. Two units will be coming in hot. Schön sent your coordinates.”
“What’s their ETA?”
“Under a minute.”
“Copy that. Thanks, Macht.”
Twenty seconds after I ended the call, the two units Macht promised pulled up on either side of the other SUV. Also as he’d said, they came in hot, meaning we could hear them tell the man to put his hands in the air and step away from the vehicle. With guns pointed in his direction, two of the agents approached, put him in cuffs, then escorted him to the SUV they’d arrived in. At the same time, the other two agents searched the guy’s vehicle.
“What would you like me to do, sir?” Macht said when I answered his call.
“Make sure your team finds out who the fuck hired him.”
“Roger that, sir.”
“We’ll be arriving in St. Moritz as planned.”
“Yes, sir. I’ll be waiting at the heliport.”
