Today’s excerpt is from Back
To China. While flying to China in the bomb bay of a
B-2, Jim calls the assassin who tried to assassinate Michelle Becker. He hires him to eliminate a Chinese general. Enjoy and have a fantastic, day.
m.j.
“Thank you for
not asking about my present mode of transportation. Do you speak Mandarin?”
“Oh good
God. China? Give me a break. To answer your question, hardly at all.”
“I’d suggest you
brush up. His name is General Xi
Rongji. He has been very naughty. But more importantly, a message needs to be
sent to those who authorized his naughtiness.
The fee is five million, which if you accept the assignment will be
forwarded to your off-shore account in the next few minutes. Before you ask, the entire amount is being
paid in advance in case you run into difficulties. I’d like to know your family will be well
cared for. You must have made an
impression on your wife when you kidnapped her.”
When Newton had
escaped in St. Charles, Missouri, he had in the process kidnapped a young
woman. He later sent her a fully paid
roundtrip package to meet him Tahiti.
She took the trip and never returned home.
“You scare me,
sir. By the way, do I get to know who
you are this time?”
“No. Are you interested?”
“Yes, I’ll do
it. I like challenges. A bit of information on how to find him, et
cetera would be quite beneficial.”
“I’ll see what I
can do. I will email it to you…or have
it done. Study up on your Mandarin.”
“Fine. Good luck on whatever in the hell you’re
doing. If it is any way connected with
the contract I have just accepted, I have a feeling you’ll need some good
luck.”
Ten minutes
later, Richard Newton was five dollars million richer. By then, Jim was speaking to Glenn
Burgess. “Glenn, need a favor. Want you to find out all you can on General
Xi Rongji. Email it to Sarah. She knows what to do with it.”
“Do I get a
hint?”
“No. I’d hate to ruin your stay as Director of the
Central Intelligence Agency.”
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