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“Understood I’ll delay things any way I need to, even if ither with junk texts No o-ahead from you”

Nodding, Aidan shifted his gaze to Marc “Any news from Philip?”

“He’s in Ðakovo with Ellie and the couple the CI put them in touch with Recon is well underway”

“Good Because regardless of hoell Ithrough another videoconference with Lauren, not after what just happened and not when he’s painfully aware that he’ll be down to the final day Between that and Terri’s plan, we’ve got to et Lauren out of there and headed home before dawn”

Marc didn’t flinch “Philip is checking in withas ent tiives us to devise a tactical plan How long before you land in Osijek?”

“About seven hours”

“I’ll be waiting at the airport Ðakovo is a quick drive from there What else did you need to fill me in on?”

“Actually, Terri covered the David Cheng angle for hts as a potential piece of the puzzle” Aidan gave Marc a quick rundown on the data that was leading the him of the fact that, on top of all the other hints of his involveiving Casey a call later to thank her”

“You lost me”

Aidan explained Emma’s role in Operation Bluejack

Marc began to chuckle “She must have loved every minute of that Oh, man, we’ll never hear the end of it”

“Yeah, well, htinfo on Gallagher”

“Don’t ever be fooled into thinking that Emma is a rookie She’s quite the pro, in her oay”

“Let’s get back to the ht a close to the brief moment of levity “With this new verbal threat co Vance? Is that the close associate they’re referring to? He certainly has the skills to send those photos We know he didn’t, but they don’t And based on what Si a lifestyle that would suggest he’s getting so ith him, not to collaborate but to probe And if that’s the case, then he’s not being paid by the Chinese and he’s definitely not our mole Siree with her”

“And Blockh the prison algorith on his wife by having a girlfriend on the side”