Chapter 19 - Preparing A Trap For The Corrupt Federal Official
Back at the Hudson River safe house, Alessandro’s computer terminal intercepted the encrypted radio dispatch from Vance’s strike team. The automated audio recorder played the intercepted coordinates loud and clear for us to hear.
"They fell for the false trail," I said, looking at the digital map display on the main monitor. "Camilla must have leaked a fake location to the tabloids, and Vance's men intercepted the chatter."
"Or Vance is walking straight into the trap we laid for him," Alessandro corrected calmly, loading his sidearm. "We leaked our own digital decoy signal pointing toward Pier 14 three hours ago."
"You planned this?" I asked, looking at him in stunned admiration. "If we went to the federal authorities, Vance would have buried the case in paperwork by morning," Alessandro explained.
"The only way to break a corrupt system is to drag it out into the sunlight where it can't hide." He handed me a secure satellite phone programmed with a single emergency contact number.
"If anything goes wrong tonight, you call Agent Vance at the federal anti-corruption bureau," Alessandro instructed firmly. "He's an honest agent who has been building a RICO case against Marcus for two years."
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"I'm not leaving your side, Alessandro," I stated, sliding the satellite phone into my jacket pocket. Alessandro stared at me for a long moment before nodding slowly in quiet agreement.
"Then let's go end this war once and for all," he said, opening the safe house armory doors.
