Chapter 27

Nate walked out of the house and into the street hailing a cab. The cab dropped him back at the motel he had spent the previous night at, he was sure it was secure for now. He made his way to the bottle store first picking up a bottle of whiskey and then proceeded to his room. Sitting down on the bed he opened the bottle and poured himself a drink. Walking away from them knowing how they felt and knowing how angry Sophie was with him was hard, but it had to be done. His son's safety and her safety were more important to him than anything else. He was relieved that Eliot had allowed him to leave, and the other two had stayed. It would take all of them to ensure that Moreau did not get to Maggie, Paul or his son and wife, if he failed then they had to make sure his family survived. He sighed then pulled out his new burner phone that he had acquired and dialled a number.

"Moreau รจ tornato e abbiamo del lavoro da fare." He said as the call was answered.

"Mr Ford." The Italian woman said recognising his voice immediately. "You are sure?"

"Yes I am sure." Nate affirmed.

"Where are you?"

"LA."

"I can be there tomorrow. Where do I find you?" She said without hesitation.

"I'll be in touch." Nate said then hung up.

Meanwhile in downtown LA in his penthouse suite Moreau was also making plans. His hacker had decided digging deeper into Nates life might give them a clue of where he might have gone. She traced Maggie and Moreau sent a team over to the woman's house but found it deserted. She then focused on Nate's earlier life determining that if he were going to reach out to people, it would be people he knew for a long time, people he thought Moreau would not know about. She uncovered a few friend, a James Sterling who was an Interpol Agent but was not in the country at the time and a Father Paul who had his parish in LA, his team had helped the man hold on to his church a few years preivously. Moreau was not sure that Nate would use a Priest but then it would be a good move, not somewhere Sadiski would have looked for him either so sent his team to the parish, but Father Paul was not to be found, his rectory was empty and nobody knew where he was, he had informed his people that he had to go on emergency leave and would be in contact with them when he knew he would return, arranging for another Priest to conduct services for him.

"He is protecting them." Gorgeano said, it could not be coincidence that both Maggie Collins and Father Paul were missing. Nate must have sent them somewhere.

"I agree, and his team must be with them too. He is planning on taking me on alone." Moreau said a slight smile on his face. Nate had won before, but that was because he had Eliot and his Hacker and that Grifter who was now his wife with him. Alone, that was something different and Nate did not stand a chance against him and his team.

"He is very arrogant."

"Maybe, but he does not work without a plan, so we can assume he has one." Moreau said, he would not underestimate the man again, he will seek allies.

"Who could he turn too? I have traced his life, there is only this Sterling who is not here. He has abandoned his team to keep them safe, there is nobody else."

"When he came to San Lorenzo he came with a woman. An Italian woman, a woman named Isabella Bianchi."

"I will check into her. Do you know her?"

"Not personally no, but I knew her father and brother."

"Ok well I will start with them." Gorgeano said.

"Don't bother, they are both dead." Moreau told her and she somehow knew he had something to do with their deaths.

"So where do I start looking?"

"There is a separate organisation within Interpol, they are tasked with targeting high profile people, people who threaten world governments or at least the money powers behind them, she works with them."

"Did you threaten world governments?" She asked him, she knew nothing about the man before her except that he was once powerful and held a criminal empire together until Nathan Ford took him down in San Lorenzo.

"No my dear, but I did kill her father and brother. Find her, Ford will turn to her for help." Moreau said then walked out the room before she could ask any further questions.

"I will find her I won't fail you again Damian." She said as she started to hack into Interpol Databases.