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“Not a problem, sir”

As they pulled away, Overholt asked Ballard, “What’s that new information about the Portland you wanted to tell me?”

She hesitated and pointedly looked at Connolly

“It’s all right,” Overholt assured her “Jeff is a forh asthis duty for a few months so he can be closer to his family”

“Kids?” she asked Connolly

He shook his head “Myout my dad”

She gave him a sad smile “I’m sorry to hear that”

“Thanks”

Overholt saw them make a connection in the o unnoticed by Ballard

“Back to the Portland,” he said to her, knowing she and Connolly would have plenty of ti that tells us who is operating it?”

“Nothing I can’t find any record of the Portland According to o was called the Norego”

Overholt’s stomach went cold That was one of the aliases Juan used for the Oregon

Ballard continued, “We also discovered that the Norego took on containers from Stellenbosch that weren’t in our order We now think they contained a load of twelve Exocet anti-ship missiles”

“The sanon”

She nodded It was looking worse and worse for the Corporation Exocet on’s weapons complement