Galveston was roaring with laughter. I’m glad I at least made him feel better after losing out on his latest love quest.
“Brilliant, just brilliant,” Galveston said with a smile. “Then where is Lee?”
“I don’t know. Alex took on that task. He could be halfway around the world by now. At least he’s safe.”
“Good job, Roger,” he said patting me on the back. “You never cease to surprise me, but how did you know?”
“It just hit me walking toward the costume shop that her whole story was odd; the CIA has four containers, Maddie has four containers. We never knew what she was carrying in those containers. There were flashes where I would notice a strange bit of behavior from her when we were getting too close to her operation.”
“I never would have guessed. It just didn’t seem that obvious at the time,” Galveston said. “But, how did you know she would show up here?”
“I was never sure about that, but I figured if she didn’t come calling, then some other organization would. When I realized how many people would be after Lee, Maurice became our safety valve.”
“Well, you did a fine job. You deserve a raise.”
“I would like that in writing please,” I retorted. “Let’s get going, just in case Maurice doesn’t play this through.”
“Agreed. Time to leave old Paris.”
We walked back to the hotel room and gave Jane and Alex the synopsis of what had just happened. We packed up the room in minutes and left the hotel.
Our plan was to find another hotel outside the city to board up for the night. In the morning we would catch a flight out of the country and back home. I knew it would only be a matter of time before we were called on to solve another impossible case.
-Epilogue-
We didn’t waste time when we got back to San Diego because there were promises to keep. The CIA had learned the operation had gone horribly wrong, and placed Lee’s wife and child in a safe house north of L.A. We made a deal with the CIA; Lee’s wife and daughter in exchange for information about the NSA’s involvement and the scope of their activities against the CIA. In addition, we had to sign a confidentiality agreement that we would not leak the information about the CIA plan to smuggle Lee out of China. All the information we had about CIA and NSA communications were placed in a safe deposit box in St. Petersburg, Florida. If for some reason we showed up missing or jailed, a lawyer in San Antonio was instructed to forward the contents of that box to the Chairman of the United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. We haven’t heard from the CIA, or the NSA for that matter, since.
Olvary‘s money was distributed among various charitable organizations around the world under the guise of an anonymous donor. We took out a cut for the price that was initially agreed upon when we took the job, since the NSA chose not to pay us, and a little stipend went to Lee and his family so they could start a new life.
The fallout from the NSA‘s Blue Lotus operation and the CIA’s Peking Duck operation never saw its way into the public eye, but behind the scenes there was massive internal, political turmoil. The CIA accused the NSA of trying to thwart its operation, and the NSA denied it. But the two organizations marched on, albeit a little more cautious of each other.
The Chinese denied ever having a person in their intelligence service named Lee and never discussed the case again with INTERPOL.
Olvary‘s entire operation was turned upside down. Captain Marquette, the pirate that posed as Captain Svenson, was brought up on charges of piracy and terrorism by the French government, while Balboa was charged with the same by the United Kingdom since he was captured at Gough Island. Other members of Olvary’s organization and the henchmen at the train station were prosecuted under French law.
Jane and I reunited with a trip to the island of St. Maarten in the Caribbean, where we were able to get some much needed rest (I’m thinking we need to take our relationship to the next level as soon as we return). As for Galveston, he didn’t stay lovelorn for long and was back out in action, impressing beautiful women, but usually failing miserably. At least I haven’t had to wrestle him again.
Galveston, Jane, and I reunited Lee with his family in an undisclosed location where he was starting his life anew. I can’t tell you where he is or what he is doing here in this case file, but if you have to know, click here. Remember, it‘s a secret link, strictly confidential, and has top secret information. Don’t tell anyone.
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Daniel Ganninger lives with his wife and two children in Central Texas and has a love of useless trivia and flying airplanes. He graduated from the University of Texas and when not writing works at his other profession in the medical field.
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