“Damn it to hell. Who could it be?”
“My guess is since the blueprints are what I would a hundred percent label as classified, the only people who could have known they were stolen would have come from high up. Like CIA or SMF high up.” He held my gaze and my attention. “If someone high up knew about the prints being stolen then only they could have passed on the intel to Balthazar. No mere rat could have done that. The rat’s just part of the game.”
My blood ran cold. It ran cold and my thoughts stilled. “You think someone in the CIA or SMF is working with the Ra?”
He raised his shoulders into a shrug. “Xander I think you’re aware that I trust no one and the most valuable lesson I could have taught you is that everyone has a price. Everybody can be bought. If you fall outside that category then that’s great but it’s something you have to bear in mind.”
“Ethan said the SMF had been called in to deal with the situation.”
“Maybe because it got out of hand. That’s usually when you guys get called in, right? So they needed you.” He nodded.
I wasn’t sure what the hell to do now.
Don’t trust anybody?
Right.
Earlier I’d messaged Wes to let him know where I was. He said Ethan was still with him working on stuff in Vegas, but he’d come. He was on the way here.
I’d thought at the time that I would speak to Ethan separately. Now it was looking like I needed to. Someone was using him, had used him and I had to find some way of stopping him from getting the prints, and getting the prints back to headquarters.
“There’s a guy I know, a contact of mine with skills a little like yours. Can hack most systems without leaving a trace. He’s good with backtracking. Very old school. I reckon your skills combined could give you more answers,” Jack suggested.
Answers would be good.
It was what I needed to get me on track. Some answers would give direction.
“I need to meet with him soon as.”
Jack nodded. “I’ll set something up for tomorrow.”
“Thanks Jack. I’m grateful.”
My nerves spiked with a sense of awareness. The CIA or SMF working with Balthazar and The Ra.
Shit!
That was definitely something new and an angle I’d never explored before.
It wasn’t something I would have even thought of because it was so damn bizarre.
