Chapter 4.
Damn you Jake, I thought to myself
I was about to tell her to forget it when she started speaking
"12 hours ago I was called into CHIEF'S office…for a special mission," she began ," said he trusted only me and my team…he believes there's a mole in the agency…." She lightly chuckled
I was finally getting some things clearly, but still how could one mole compromise even a safe house?
"He told us that an arms dealer by the name of Randolph Hearst don't know if you've heard of him," she continued
"Yeah I have. Rumor has it that he supplied rebels with weapons during the coup in Cuba," I replied and she smiled
"Well at least you're not completely cut off from my world," she said before she continued, "We were able to ambush him and get the case back before he could sell them to an unknown buyer…." She bit her lower lip.
Guess the real twist is coming up, I thought
"We got what we were after but before we could make our way out…an unknown visiter came in….Will Frankfurt," she said the name venomously.
"Who's that?" I asked rather curiously
"He's the CIA general Secretary and my boyfriend," she said in deep raw rage which kinda confused me
"Um…how is that relevant?" I asked not knowing exactly what to make of it.
She turned around and narrowed her eyes at me as of saying are you really that dumb? And answer would probably be yes I am dumb.
"Will's our mole," just like that she dropped the bomb.
Woah. I did not see that coming. I looked at Harriet cautiously before I stood up and approached her.
"What are you doing?" Harriet asked when she realized that I was closing the distance between us. And without any warning I wrapped my arms around her embracing her into a warm hug.
"You look like you need a hug," I whispered when I felt that she was tense and at my words she relaxed and gave in to the hug.
She wrapped her arms around me. There was something about this hug that gave me a warm feeling.
"Okay," I said as we pulled apart and I turned my head to my left to spot my fridge which surprisingly had my timer next to it. Weird.
"Um Harriet?" I turned my head forward to look at her and I realized how extremely close our noses were. I took a step back and pointed at the timer," Did you put it there?"
Harriet looked at me with a confused expression before replying," No I found it there, why do you ask?"
"Because if you didn't move it then someone else did"
*
"Um Aubrey they're looking directly at us," Dash pointed out as Harriet moved towards the camera
"We might actually be busted," Aubrey shrugged his shoulders.
Rick was surprisingly quiet as he was observing Jake.
Somehow he can get to Harriet easily, he thought, it might become a problem if we're not careful with him.
*
Harriet brought her head closer to the timer and she narrowed her eyes concentrating so that she could look for any distinct features. Something that would give her any idea.
She took over thirty seconds before she actually saw a very small red blinking light. That's when she smiled and recalled Aubrey being the one to come into the kitchen to get a glass of water while everyone was in the living room where she was giving her team strict orders to stay in the toilet until further notice.
She turned to look at me.
"What?" I asked when I saw her smile out of the blue but she wiped her head to face the timer again and she spoke to it. Weird I know.
"Aubrey we've caught on with your micro camera but I'll let you off with this one," she whispered with a smile
*
"Oh she's good," Aubrey nodded at the computer screen
*
"Who are you talking to?" I asked clearly confused.
"I'm talking to my team's computer genius," she replied and that didn't help with my confused state.
"The timer?" I asked further
"What! Of course not…are you really that dumb,' she teased.
Probably, I thought
"So you said you had a team earlier…are they the guys in the bathroom?" I asked
"Wow…did you_"
"Bathroom lights are on plus the smugged boot print on the floor," I simply pointed out.
*
Aubrey and Rick instantly looked at Dash whole innocently leaned against the wall. "What?" he asked
"Did we not tell you to keep the lights off?" Rick said sternly
"Hey it's not my fault that I'm uncomfortable staying in a dark toilet with a bunch of dudes ok," Dash replied
"You know sometimes I wonder how you got in the CIA," Aubrey said
*
Harriet looked at me with a dazzled expression
"Don't look at me like that I'm just dumb remember," I chuckled
"You are unbelievable you know that?" she looked back at the timer," Alright ladies get you butts down here