Chapter 25 - Be Careful
Billy had sent Amanda home to get some sleep. There really wasn't much she could do and he needed to organize the agents who would be looking for Lee. Francine had volunteered to begin the search. Billy approved the suggestion considering she was the one who messed things up by not letting them know sooner that there might be a problem. Francine quickly got on the phone and began calling some contacts to see if any of them had heard why Lee would be captured and what they intended to do with him.
Meanwhile, Billy decided to establish a whole new group of agents at the Chess tournament in the morning. If Lee had been taken, it likely meant that those documents were being passed to the Russians tomorrow. Billy wondered if he should have shared the information with Amanda. Lee had been quite determined that she didn't need to know but now that Lee was missing, maybe she did need to know so she would realize to be extra careful. He decided he needed to tell her.
Billy picked up his office phone and dialed Amanda's house. He was relieved that Amanda was the one who answered the phone.
"Hello" she said in her normal cheery voice.
"Hi Mrs. King. It's Billy Melrose."
"Oh Hi Sir. Is there news about Lee?"
"No, unfortunately nothing yet. I felt that I should call you to let you know what Lee found out from his contact last night."
"You mean that TP guy that he was meeting?" Amanda asked.
"Yes, TP has a lot of contacts and knows a lot of what is going on in DC especially when it relates to trouble. He told Lee last night that the top secret documents that outline our entire Nuclear Weapons program have been copied and are being sold to the Russians. There is a very good chance that it is happening tomorrow."
"Oh My Gosh! Is that why they took Lee? He was closing in on them?"
"I think it is highly likely Mrs. King. I need you to be very careful tomorrow. I don't have to tell you how dangerous this is going to be for you and I wish we could pull you but it will set off warning flags. We have to find out who has those documents and stop them and we need to get them back before they fall into Russian hands. I'm going to have extra agents at the tournament tomorrow. Just be really careful, okay?"
"Yes Sir. I will Sir and thank you for telling me Sir" Amanda said. They said goodnight to each other and hung up. Amanda realized that it would have been helpful if she had gotten that training so she would at least know how to hit.
TBC