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“What about the sisters?”
“They insist they left Ms. Rivers and their brother off at her house safely.”
“That seems suspicious. Even if there was something going on between the brother and Ms. Rivers, she would not flaunt it in front of one of her co-workers. Even if she was his sister. As a matter of fact, that would make it even worse,” Brax pointed out.
“Nah. If the Baniks lived in the capital of Bangladesh, they probably had more lax attitudes about that sort of thing,” Ryker McQueen said easily.
“No, Brax is right,” Gideon said as he looked up from his computer. He was the one operating the slide show. “It’s not just the fact that Jenny wouldn’t want her co-worker to know. A brother would never want his sisters to know about his sex life. That kind of thing is still kept hidden.”
“If that’s true, then their brother was killed in front of them,” Brax breathed out what they were all thinking. “Why wouldn’t they go to the authorities?”
“We’ve got to assume whoever shot the brother, took Ms. Rivers,” Gideon said.
“Is there a reason?” Ryker asked.
“Nobody knows anything for sure at this point. Currently, the two sisters are being detained at the American Embassy to be questioned again, to see if they will tell us what really happened that day,” Kostya said.
“Until then, are we just in a holding pattern?” Brax asked.
“Yes. I was advised about this today. The powers that be didn’t think I needed to brief you on this.”
“But you have a feeling, right?” Brax asked.
Kostya nodded.
“She is in charge of public relations for New Era Cyber Tech. Before she disappeared, she was the highest-ranking person for the company in Bangladesh.”
“Someone in public affairs?” Linc asked. “That sounds fishy.” Linc’s wife was a translator who worked all over the world. Not just for the US Government, but also for big companies. Brax would bet that he had been picking up stuff about how big companies worked.
“It is fishy,” Gideon nodded. “Just before she disappeared, the true executives for the Bangladeshi arm of the corporation had been pulled out, then the police came in and questioned Jenny at the office twice. This isn’t just fishy, it’s a bucket of three-day-old dead fish.”
“Why are the higher ups holding off on us going in?” Brax asked.
“Because her company has sent in their K&R team.”
“Please don’t say they’ve hired a subsidiary of Kraken,” Jase begged.
“Nope,” Kostya assured him. “The CIA has shut down every tentacle of that hydra. There is no way that some unwitting person will ever hire them again.”
“Yeah, we only have to worry about Lloyd Hicks,” Jase growled.
“The CIA and Interpol are on the lookout for him. They’ll find him,” Kostya assured his men.
Brax and Mateo exchanged a look. After what had happened almost a year ago, they were never going to believe they were safe until Ephram Brady’s baby brother Lloyd, was captured, or better yet, killed.
“So, get your go-bags ready, and stay close to home.”
Everybody nodded. If Kostya had a feeling, you could take it to the bank.
4
“Are you sure this is a good idea?” Brax murmured his question to Mateo.
“Positive. Hell, Faith will probably come out of this a better-trained pup.”
Well, when he puts it that way…
He and Matteo were both drinking sodas as they watched Lainey playing with Hercules, Faith, and Lainey’s rescue pup, Xena. Xena had only three legs, but she kept up. As a matter of fact, she would yip at Faith and Hercules when they were too slow to follow a command.
