Chapter 22. The heart of the hunter
Teddy's driver was waiting with a black Audi TT when he left the airport. He waved his driver away and took the road. He drove towards the city centre. Near the central station, he parked in front of an office block. A valet took his keys and drove the car into the underground parking. Teddy took the lift to the top floor. He entered his office and looked down at the police station next doors. He loved the look. He heard someone enter.
"We haven't found them sir."
Teddy turned around in rage. The young male secretary involuntary made a step backwards. "I've been away for over twenty-four hours and you tell me those girls haven't been found?" The anger in his tone was overwhelming.
"No sir" the secretary answered.
"Who were on the search?"
The secretary checked his clipboard. "John, Jacques, Willem and Suzanne sir"
"Put them on the red list!" Teddy howled.
The secretary nodded. "I want Ian, Francesca, Mikal and Angelo on it right away! And I want results by noon! That gives them four hours. Dismissed."
"Yes sir!" the secretary disappeared as quickly as he could.
Teddy went to his computer. Where would I hide he thought. He retrieved the information his brother had collected.
"Samantha Simpson: Early twenties, real redhead, stubborn, didn't leak. Not 'the' redhead I think. 10 cc of sample blue. Effectiveness started about six hours later." Teddy added deceased to the file, wondered about 'not the redhead' and opened Alex's file.
"Alexandra Vasquez: Early twenties, wetback, races F1 for Rover, not yet tested. Probably just the driver."
Dren made a serious mistake to underestimate that bean eater racing girl. Teddy thought about yesterday morning. Damn and he made the same mistake. Hold-on, there were two persons in that little car! Maybe his brother was right? Maybe the second person was their redhead.
She races F1. Teddy's chasing instincts were working overtime. He grabbed the phone, "Tell those good for nothings to search near race circuits. There can't be many in this thumbnail country!" he slammed the horn on the hook. Now it would only be a question of time before his men had located those girls! He smiled in a way that would make his secretary resign on the spot.
Francesca was the first to receive the guidelines. She had been driving towards Brussels where the girls were last spotted. As soon as she saw Teddy's orders, she changed her route towards the circuit of Terlamen. The net around the spies is closing, without them knowing. The men choose the circuit of Francorchamps in the Ardennes. Little did they suspect they were driving themselves on Teddy's red list.