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Agent Agan said, “We know he’s involved with several criminal organizations, including the Russian Mafia and Mara Salvatrucha.”
“That’s not all, is it?” Hondo said.
“No. We also believe he has direct ties to a number of terrorist groups.”
“Such as…?”
“All the bad ones,” Harris said.
Hondo said, “So how do we fit in?”
“What did he want with you two?” Harris asked.
I said, “He tried some BS story about hiring us to work overseas, but what he really wanted to know was if we’d located the girl.”
Harris said, “The one you rescued from the crash, and then saved again the other day?”
“Uh-huh.”
The three men must have been sending telepathic messages to each other, because they all turned toward the door at the same time. Agent Harris said, “Thank you for your time.”
Hondo said, “You have a way we can contact you if something else comes up?”
“Sure,” Harris said and walked back to Hondo’s desk as he took out a card and wrote a number on the back of it.
Hondo leaned toward him and said, “Who is she?”
Harris dropped his card on the desk and said, “I’m sorry, I don’t have that information.” He turned and all three went out the door.
“He was lying,” I said.
“Well, duh.”
“So, what now?”
“We wait.”
“For how long?”
“As long as it takes.”
“As long as it takes?”
Hondo grinned, “Yeah, either that or we’ll leave in about ten minutes and start again tomorrow.”
CHAPTER 9
We both got to the office early the next morning. A light was blinking on the phone and I punched the button for the message.
The voice said, “This is David Gleason, and this message is for Hondo Wells and Ronny Baca. Congratulations to you. We need both of you for callbacks in our new Michael Bay film. I tried to contact your Agent but kept getting a gym, so thought I’d go right to the source. Call me so I can send you the new sides. These are for lead roles, not the supporting roles you read for at audition. By the way, we’re on an accelerated time frame because of the potential strike, so our selections will be quick and we’ll begin production shortly after that. If you’re selected, you will need to be ready to go on short notice.”
“Ho-ly shit,” I said.
“You took the words right out of my mouth,” Hondo said as a silly grin broke out on his face.
Hondo called the number back and left a message with our fax number. He was still grinning as he fished out the donuts. “No reason not to celebrate,” He said.
“No reason at all.” He tossed me a donut and as soon as I bit into it, the sugar rush turned me giddy.
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