Chapter Two – Zach

I am sitting on the soft bed in the hotel room, worried sick. It's 0100 and Cammiehasn't checked in. She said she would check in by 0045. I know something is wrong.

Everything was going as planned. Cammie and I were under cover as honeymooners in Marsailles. Our legend was spotless. I was a very rich American businessman, and Cammie was my new French wife. What went wrong, Gallagher girl, what went wrong?

Covert Operations Report

Operatives Morgan and Goode (hereafter referred to as "The Operatives") arrived and checked in at InterContinental Marseille hotel at 0900 Tuesday morning. The Operatives met at Hakim Ketab's office across the square at 1500 Tuesday to discuss investments. While at the office, The Operatives studied the building and left without making any deals. At 0000 Wednesday, Operative Morgan attempted to break into the office and steal the Classified File on France's Minister of Foreign Affairs. Operative Goode was in the hotel on the comms unit ready to be backup. Everything was going as planned, until Operative Morgan decided to leave range of the comms unit without giving reason, but she promised to check in in a half hour. Operative Goode tried to convince her not to, but Operative Morgan is a stubborn woman.

I should have run after her. Why does she always run? Why can't she just do what she is supposed to and stay safe.

Thirty seconds later, I decided I could wait no longer. I call Liz on her cell.

"Hey Zach, what's up?" She says after a ring and a half.

"Cammie. She's not checked in. I don't know where she is, Liz, WHERE IS SHE?" I reply.

"Wait, wait. Hold up. Where are you?"

"Sitting in the at InterContinental Marseille hotel."

"Okay, where is Cammie supposed to be?"

"Well she was supposed to grab a file out of Hakim Ketab's office and get the hell out of there. But Cammie saw something and ran after it. WHY DOES SHE ALWAYS RUN?"

"I have no idea, Zach, but it's made her a good spy. Her gut is almost always right."

"Well it doesn't matter if her gut is right or wrong if she's detained, or worse." Do not think about that, Zac. Cammie's too good to go out this way.

"Okay, her cell phone is still in the office, according to my tracking device. Her emergency beacon can't be traced unless she activates it. I'm going to hack into the security cameras at the office to see if she's still there."

"Okay, Liz. We've gotta find her. We just have to…"

"-Got it!" she cuts me off. "I'm looking at the feeds now. She's nowhere in the building. What time did she run out of range?"

"0015."

"Well at 0014 I have footage of her leaving the back door of the building with a file in hand. She seems to be following something, or someone. I have no idea who."

"Can you do anything?"

"Cammie is the best spy in the field. She'll get herself out. She's survived worse you know."

"When did Elizabeth Sutton become so positive?" I ask.

"When did Zachary Goode become so anxious?"

"When I fell in love." I hang up.