The Northwest Deception: Book One of the Deception Chronicles by S.K. Johnston

Author:S.K. Johnston [Johnston, S.K.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-04-02T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 17

Agent Anderson stood in silence, facing his superior in a rather non-descript office. As the lead agent of the FSA’s Delta Division, he would have to answer for their activities. “Well, what have you found out?” said the senator.

“Unfortunately, sir, we missed them at the hotel and the bank,” he replied. “The staff at the hotel were quite helpful with some motivation and told us that Dr. Mitchell had been there with another woman. They don’t know the other woman’s name because Dr. Mitchell was the only one on the reservation. One of the staff thought she might have called her Kate.

“We’ve also received intel that they may have made their way east of the highway, but we’ve been unable to corroborate that. I’ve called for air support to aid in the search.”

Senator Harrison raised his eyebrows in mild surprise. ‘So that confirms that those two troublesome women had joined forces as we suspected.’

He spoke gruffly and without hesitation, “You need to pick up their trail again and make sure you find them. You understand that we can’t let these women get away. It’s too important.”

It wasn’t a question, and Anderson just nodded. “We’ll take care of it,” he said before turning to leave the room.

‘This better not get any more complicated,’ thought the senator. ‘There’s too much riding on this.’

...

The operation was inexorably tied to his past, a secret past unknown to anyone. As Anderson left, Harrison again thought back on his childhood. He recalled the paranoia that his mother had suffered from and her stern warnings of things to come.

“Don’t let them get you, Elliot,” she had shouted one day, grabbing him and shaking him. “Promise me you’ll always be on the lookout.”

He had nodded in agreement and promised to always be careful, and he was being careful still.

...

Anderson wondered what those two women could have done. It wasn’t normal procedure to be ordered to detain someone without being given the full narrative, but this came down from Harrison, so he was obligated to comply.

He thought about his involvement in the FSA. He’d been on the job for four years, but it felt like twenty lately. Something had changed when Harrison took over, and he wasn’t sure he was totally on board with the changes. People were being detained, some had disappeared, and, in most cases, no explanations were forthcoming. All he’d been told lately was that it involved national security, and that rationale was wearing thin.

‘It’s not like there’s anything I can do,” he thought. ‘The job’s the job, and I don’t’ always have to like it. Maybe it’s just time to retire.’

...

Sam woke early and opted to let Kate sleep in. “She needs it,” she said to herself. “I need it too, but we need to figure out who’s behind this.”

There was only one other small stack of papers to read, so she started in on it. She quickly scanned the pages, trying to unearth clues about who was in charge of the operation, but didn’t expect to find anything.

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