Chapter 9 - The Voice From The Department
"Special Agent Vance," a sharp, authoritative female voice spoke over the speaker. "This is Director Sarah Hayes."
"Director Hayes," Elena gasped out, maneuvering her SUV around a slow-moving tourist motorhome.
"I have the master ledgers from the Grand Palms Resort. Senator Vance is directly tied to the offshore accounts."
There was a long, heavy pause on the line, punctuated only by the static of the coastal storm hitting the cell towers.
"Elena, listen to me very carefully," Director Hayes said softly. "Richard Vance just held a press conference at the Capitol."
"He announced that you suffered severe brain trauma during the Everglades plane crash and stole classified intelligence."
"There is an active shoot-on-sight warrant issued for your arrest across all fifty states."
Elena’s knuckles turned white as her hands gripped the leather steering wheel tighter.
"They are framing me as a rogue agent," Elena realized, her voice dropping into a register of terrifying calm.
"Every federal agency in the country is currently tracking your satellite vehicle beacon, Elena," Hayes added urgently.
"Ditch the SUV at the next marina in Key Largo. I have a contact waiting for you at dock fourteen."
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"Who is the contact?" Elena demanded as a bullet shattered her rear windshield from the trailing pickup truck.
"Someone who served with your mother in the CIA twenty years ago," Hayes answered before the line cut to static.
