Chapter 6
Part 1
Jack arrived home and realized that he hadn't eaten anything since the lunch he threw up hours ago. He went to his kitchen and found a can of tuna fish. He opened the can and emptied it into a bowl. He grabbed a fork and head to his office, where he made phone calls to his black op contacts until he finally fell asleep with his head resting on his desk.
He was brought out his slumber by the sound of his private phone ringing. "Sydney?" he asked excitedly, as he answered the phone.
"Hello, Jack."
"Irnia?" he said, disheartened, as reality sunk in.
Irina had heard rumors that something terrible had happened to their daughter. She didn't believe it. She had just seen her. She was healthy, strong and alert. Sydney had been well trained. She was not the type of person to die in a careless house fire. Now, her husband was answering his private phone as though he was expecting their daughter to be calling him.
She angrily demanded to know. "Is this a trick? Are you trying to trick me into resurfacing?" When he didn't answer, she demanded to know, "Where's Sydney?"
Once again he answered with silence.
"This is a cruel trick, Jack. Using your own daughter as bait. How could even you be that odious?" she screamed at him.
Irina's accusations left Jack speechless. As he heard her raves, he thought to himself, "How could I be that odious? How could you think I would use my own daughter's death as bait to lure you out of hiding?"
"Jack," she yelled into the receiver. "Jack, what are doing? Are you having this call traced? Jack, answer me." It was clear that she was getting desperate. She wanted him to tell her that it was a trap. A cruel, ingenuous trap, designed to recapture her.
As he heard her yelling and accusing him of using their daughter as bait, he yelled back, "How dare you! How dare you think I would do something so despicable?" Before she had a chance to answer, he slammed the receiver down.
When the phone rang 20 seconds later, he pulled the plug so that he would no longer hear it's ring.
tbc
Part 1
Jack arrived home and realized that he hadn't eaten anything since the lunch he threw up hours ago. He went to his kitchen and found a can of tuna fish. He opened the can and emptied it into a bowl. He grabbed a fork and head to his office, where he made phone calls to his black op contacts until he finally fell asleep with his head resting on his desk.
He was brought out his slumber by the sound of his private phone ringing. "Sydney?" he asked excitedly, as he answered the phone.
"Hello, Jack."
"Irnia?" he said, disheartened, as reality sunk in.
Irina had heard rumors that something terrible had happened to their daughter. She didn't believe it. She had just seen her. She was healthy, strong and alert. Sydney had been well trained. She was not the type of person to die in a careless house fire. Now, her husband was answering his private phone as though he was expecting their daughter to be calling him.
She angrily demanded to know. "Is this a trick? Are you trying to trick me into resurfacing?" When he didn't answer, she demanded to know, "Where's Sydney?"
Once again he answered with silence.
"This is a cruel trick, Jack. Using your own daughter as bait. How could even you be that odious?" she screamed at him.
Irina's accusations left Jack speechless. As he heard her raves, he thought to himself, "How could I be that odious? How could you think I would use my own daughter's death as bait to lure you out of hiding?"
"Jack," she yelled into the receiver. "Jack, what are doing? Are you having this call traced? Jack, answer me." It was clear that she was getting desperate. She wanted him to tell her that it was a trap. A cruel, ingenuous trap, designed to recapture her.
As he heard her yelling and accusing him of using their daughter as bait, he yelled back, "How dare you! How dare you think I would do something so despicable?" Before she had a chance to answer, he slammed the receiver down.
When the phone rang 20 seconds later, he pulled the plug so that he would no longer hear it's ring.
tbc
