Rick almost laughed again. “What do you mean? South America….the continent, where Peru, Brazil, all the others are.”
The man leaned forward, “Are you trying to tell a joke? Peru and Brazil are in Africa. Rio de Janeiro is in Spain.”
Rick’s expression changed from amusement to grave concern. “No, they’re in South America.” He said slowly.
The man almost seemed angry, “Look, I travel all the time. I just came back from Spain. There’s no such thing as South America. You need to go back to school, friend.”
Rick thought for a moment and then he hit the brakes on the car, squealing the brakes as the tires slid on the wet pavement. He sat for a moment before he turned to look at his passenger. “Oh, for the love of everything holy!” He yelled. There was no one in the dark to hear him but the confused businessman and a cockroach that had gone sliding across the dashboard when he hit the brakes. “Here we go again.”
EPILOGUE
Foreshadowing
The light in the old warehouse wasn’t very good. The few lights that still worked were dim and not very effective. More light came in from the sun outside through the broken dirty windows then was coming from the high ceiling. Water dripped from leaks in different places and from unseen sources. There were puddles of dirty water on the concrete floor. But, there was little else. There were no boxes in this warehouse or old machines or anything else for that matter. It was entirely empty, except for the two lone figures standing facing each other near the center of the floor. The deep shadows obscured their features. They were both dressed in dark clothing, with long dark overcoats and they stood looking at one another with their hands in their pockets.
“Well,” The thinner one spoke in a distinctly female voice, “That didn’t go like we planned.”
The other figure made no movement. “It simply didn’t conclude the way we wanted. But, it was close, very close.”
“We shall have to do better for plan B.” The female said.
“I think that can be arranged. Have they decided what to do with Rick yet?” The male replied.
“No decisions have been made yet.” She answered.
“But, he is still in play I take it?” He asked.
“Yes, just as you wanted. Although I don’t see what good it will do.” She responded.
“You will see when the time comes. He’s integral to our plan. Have faith. He has no idea who he is yet, and I want to keep it that way as long as I can. I don’t need him finding out too much just yet. In the meanwhile move ahead with what we discussed. Find phase one and get him here so we can begin to plan our next series of moves.”
She nodded approvingly at him. “And what if he doesn’t want to help us?”
The man laughed softly. “Oh, he’ll help us. I’ll provide him with the incentive to want to help.”
The woman nodded again and then turned to walk away.
Si Yu’us Ma’ase
Buen biahe
To be continued…
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