Ford's Rise - L. Ann Marie Page 0,31
a long time. At breakfast, Akai was pissed about the CIA buying Alpha-Bits. They bought Bs, Cs and Ds. I was looking through what they followed last night on the chopper and noticed the dates. I haven’t had time to look at it all and Alder is here so I can ask him questions instead of looking through all the boards.”
“Go. Make sure you’re at Inner Circle.” He’s not asking questions.
Since I don’t have answers, I move throwing a, “Roger, Boss,” out.
Alder is at the table with his glasses on. “Brother, the Bs were bought the day Beacon’s grandad was shot?”
“Yeah, Cs Crow. Ds match Ireland Mason. You find how, any location. I find Alpha-Bits?”
“Yeah. I have Inner Circle in an hour.”
He nods typing away, he doesn’t care, he’s got his job to do. I pull the hologram boards and read them, then stack them together and start digging. Akai is training so I get Mario to open banks for me. He’s got two for now. My alarm goes off and I save it all dropping the hologram board down. Alder takes his glasses off and packs them in the case. “I meet Doc. You here after meet?”
“Yeah. I’m at your house at three with the babies.”
He nods walking out with me. “Sweden Bits aren’t showing at training for the lasers. Alexia said they’re sloppy shots.”
He stops. “Alexia know. She good shot. I talk Laran. Zale, Quincy no like no adult supervisor.”
I nod. “I’ll talk to them tonight at or after dinner. Seeing you and Asa train may do more than my talking. Even Amal and Aris.”
He nods looking thoughtful. “I meet dinner with Asa. Zale, Quincy ask circuit to Princes.”
“We’re doing an IT circuit to Princes? That wasn’t on my boards.” Shit, taking an ol’ lady has me dropping too much. I need to pay attention.
He shakes his head no. “Prez Little Ben here one week. I ask.”
I nod and start walking again glad I didn’t miss that. “I’m in IT when I’m done here unless I’m called to Ops.”
“I meet Doc, Boss Jinx, then IT. Later.” He runs.
The meeting is the meeting. I don’t add much but get information about what’s coming up. I’m surprised when Cort tells everyone I took Alexia as my ol’ lady.
“You didn’t go to the Club. I was there last night,” Vick says like I cheated him out of a drink.
“She had enough shocks yesterday. I’ll bring her this weekend.”
I look at Cort not wanting to answer for anything else. “The reason I brought it up is she’s a Protector and needs to be protected. Watch out for her.” He thinks she’s a Protector? I guess she is.
“Freedom is going to tell you to get her in training,” Ranger says.
I roll my eyes at him. “She’s SWAT level for the FBI, she trains every day. She’s autistic, not helpless. If she knows of changes, she can roll with it like the other ol’ ladies.”
“I wondered how she is a trainer in IT.” Mounty wonders out loud and I’m rolling my eyes again.
“Jesus.” Cort’s hands go up. “Roger is all you need to say.”
Everyone rogers him and Raid laughs. I think of all the shit I have to do this weekend since I added the Club to it. When we’re dismissed I stand.
“Stay, Web.”
I sit. Hannah and Stella come in when all but Raid are gone. “Brothers,” I acknowledge when they sit. Mucimi shows so I throw him chin.
Hannah smiles at him. “Did you find any more about the kids?”
He nods. “Web got the banks, Mario sent a location. I followed leads to a hotel then flight to Zurich. I think the kids are in Gosau. Eight Zurich flights then charges in Gosau over six years. Dad’s getting techs for surveillance and asked for Alexia.”
Six years. “The Cs would match the date of Crow. Bs are Beacon’s grandfather. Ds are a Mason from Ireland.” My head is spinning. The payments are on death dates. Why? “Do we have a list of all the dates?”
Cort stops talking to Hannah. “Yeah. There was a list at the back of the journals. Alder made a hologram list. What are you thinking?”
“We could find them all. I didn’t see it on a board.”
Stella starts typing. “It’s named weird on the Mason board. Is that the one you mean? It has symbols on it. Marked or Death is the name.” She pops a board up and I’m up looking at it.
Shit. “Do we have CIA in there?” Another board