769 The beginning of the melee
Lester's bodyguard, Benjamin, is still very reliable, although they are a regular security company, but who doesn't have a friend.
The Knights Club is an interesting club, apparently just an ordinary membership club, but in fact it is a recruitment point jointly controlled by several well-known PMCs in the industry, and it is also a place where some veterans who have access to know about it are also a place where they make money.
The security company where Benjamin works has nothing to do with here, after all, they are mainly bodyguards who do important tasks, and PMC's main cooperation objects are generally international organizations, non-governmental organizations, multinational institutions and the military, and most of the work content is foreign-related business, and he also knew about it under the introduction of others, and once came to look for a job, but because most of the PMC workplaces are abroad, he finally refused.
But he also understands the nature of this place, and of course he will not refuse some special business, even including intelligence support, the only question is how much money he has.
Benjamin was introduced by an acquaintance, and finally met up with a broker, and the two sat in a hidden corner.
Because it was introduced by an acquaintance, Benjamin did not keep the broker secret, but only said that his boss needed to ask someone to help him do something, and he also roughly said what he might encounter.
Of course, the broker did not refuse his request, after all, it was not the broker who did it himself, he was only responsible for selecting the right person to do the job.
There is no detailed information to back it up, so it is not possible to determine the amount of the reward and the timing of the operation for the time being, but the two sides exchanged contact information, and the broker will wait for Benjamin's next contact.
Benjamin left the club and changed two taxis to the new safe house, this time their location was far from the original safe house, and also came to a more secluded suburb, the previous safe house exposure is likely to be that they stayed for a few days and were discovered by others, but the other party obviously did not determine the specific location, at least Lester and the bodyguards are still reliable, and no one can control the accidental exposure.
For Lester, it is certainly not a big problem to move some funds, and he also has a lot of spare cash in his hands, although he is not the kind of super-rich, but as the boss of the securities company under the foundation, it is no problem to secretly eat some black money.
After Benjamin told Lester about the situation, Lester began his own actions, since he had made a decision, he had to go on, and hesitation and capriciousness were taboo for people like him who were engaged in the financial securities industry.
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Mrs. Hareton really has a headache now, she knows that she has become the target of other people, but she doesn't know who did it, because the person who may have shot at her should be Mr. Hariton's enemy or competitor to most extent, and his business himself is not involved, so she has to try to contact other people to give herself some advice, so she contacted Mr. Hariton's previous boss.
The mind of a politician is always hard to fathom, for Hareton as a white glove, when he can do things for the people above, no matter what he does, someone will help wipe his ass, but after his accident, everyone is thinking about whether to cut him well, so as not to burn himself.
In addition to building connections, one of Harriton's most important jobs is actually to provide fundraising channels for various party committees, which he has been doing for more than a decade, and whoever needs it can find connections to contact him, and he will organize various activities for party fundraising.
After Harriton's death, there was a problem with the fundraising of a popular candidate, and now the most critical thing is for others to continue the campaign, as for the investigation of Harriton's death, it is basically directly handed over to the FBI by the upper echelons, which is what Jimmy is doing.
So after Mrs. Hareton contacted a certain big person, the news she got was not ideal. Maybe it was because Mr. Hariton's previous work was very good, and the other party still gave Mrs. Hareton some advice, mainly information about some competitors, in addition to the Elephant Party opposite, there are also several candidates on his side who can be regarded as competitors.
But Mrs. Hareton has a hard time getting help, and now it's an election year, everything has to give way to partisan campaigning, and Mrs. Hareton is basically useless now.
Mrs. Hareton is still recuperating and can't talk to each other face-to-face, so she can only contact each other by phone, but this sense of distance has not reduced the feeling of rejection and abandonment, and it still makes Mrs. Hariton's face very ugly, although she doesn't know what her husband has done for them before, and it is too heartless to be thrown away like this and no one cares about it now.
After hanging up the phone, Mrs. Hareton asked the bodyguard to leave her room, and when the bodyguard closed the door, she pushed everything around her to the ground, and broke out in resentful cursing.
Although the bodyguards left the room, they could still hear the voices inside at the door, it seemed that the phone call just now was definitely not good, they were just bodyguards, and they would not intervene when the employer had nothing else to do, so they were just listening to the movement inside at the door.
After a few minutes, the room fell completely silent, and the two bodyguards glanced at each other, and both turned their heads to look at the door, but Mrs. Hareton did not call them.
Mrs. Hareton stood up in a wheelchair, after so many days, she was already able to stand up and walk, only to recuperate, she had been sitting in a wheelchair and let the bodyguard separate to push her, anyway, she would not leave the house, and the distance was not far, but when she was in a mood now, she was still very unhappy in a wheelchair, so she stood up and walked around the room to move.
Sometimes it's easy to get into the horns, especially when stimulated by the outside world, and this is the case with Mrs. Hareton now, she has been through so much in the last month, coupled with being betrayed, and even suspecting that her husband's death and recent encounters are inseparable from them, she has become more and more radical.
Mrs. Hareton called Sebastian, the lawyer, to ask him to come over, and then began to plan how to move the family to ensure safety, something always had to be done.
The family's lawyer must have responded to the family's phone invitation as soon as possible, and soon Sebastian came to Mrs. Harriton's safe house, and saw Mrs. Hareton standing by the window and looking out from the window in her bedroom, the bodyguards were all standing outside the door, and there was no one else in the bedroom.
Mrs. Hareton: "Sebastian, how long have you been working for the Hareton family?" ”
Sebastian: "More than fifteen years. ”
Mrs. Hareton: "That's been a long time. Can I trust you? ”
Sebastian was taken aback, "Of course, Lady Harriton. ”
Mrs. Hareton: "I need you to leave for a while, go to school and take my children and mother to find a safe place, don't tell anyone, and come back when you're done." ”
Sebastian put down his hands that had been crossed in the lower abdomen, and asked nervously, "Are they in danger?" ”
Mrs. Hareton didn't look back, still looking outside, "just to prevent further development." ”
Sebastian is a smart man, and after thinking for more than ten seconds, he said, "Are you going to fight back?" ”
Mrs. Harriton: "Please, take them away, and don't tell anyone." ”
Sebastian has been a family lawyer for more than ten years, and of course he is very familiar with the people of this family, and now Mrs. Hareton doesn't even believe in anyone else, she only trusts herself, and what she has to do must be very serious, whether it is because of his own experience of cooperation with them or the friendship between them, he can't refuse Mrs. Hariton.
Sebastian: "I see, do you have any other requests?" ”
Mrs. Hareton shook her head, "They're safe, you can bring them the bag on the table." ”
Sebastian: "Yes, Lady Harriton. …… Whatever you're going to do, I hope you can wait until I come back. He grabbed a bag on the table and turned to leave the bedroom.
Mrs. Hareton waited for Sebastian to leave the bedroom before turning around, she came to the bedside and took her bag, and took out a notepad from it, which was Mr. Hareton's relics, kept in the safe, Mrs. Hareton found when sorting out his relics, and many of the records in it were very concise, and they could not be understood at all if no one explained.
Mrs. Hareton had been looking at this notepad a lot during this time, even if it was just to keep the Foundation and other companies running, and of course she saw something in it that she needed right now.
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Jimmy waited two days without receiving a call from Mrs. Hariton, he had to come again, Mrs. Hareton did not leave the safe house, the security of this place has not been challenged yet, except for the bodyguards and Sebastian and Jimmy, who came once, no one else knows about it.
Mrs. Hareton didn't give any information this time, and after chatting with Jimmy for a while, she let him go, but Jimmy noticed something unusual.
There were indeed several bodyguards here when I came here before, but they were all armed with pistols at the time, and when I came here this time, Jimmy found several rifles in another room through mental vision, and some boxes on the ground, but I couldn't see what was inside, did they plan to start a war here?
Jimmy went downstairs to leave, but after a block he was back near the apartment building, bought a cup of coffee and stared at them downstairs.
Since he already knew the floor, he could determine their location based on the figures he observed with his mind-eye vision, and he didn't worry that they would disappear silently.
It seems that their previous actions have really stimulated them, and maybe there will be results soon.
Jimmy just stared at it for more than a day, but fortunately he was able to hold his spirits, but he still guessed the wrong time, and thought that they were ready to do it when they saw those things, but they still didn't make any moves, except for two bodyguards who came out to buy food and bring them back.
Just as Jimmy was about to give up and go back to the hotel to take a shower, he suddenly saw the lawyer Sebastian get out of a rental car, look left and right, and enter the apartment. Just after he entered the apartment, a car also stopped at the door of the apartment, and the driver and co-pilot stared at Sebastian until he entered the elevator, and the two drove away.
Jimmy started the car and followed, luckily, although Mrs. Hareton was hiding, but as their family lawyer, Sebastian still entered the field of vision of many people, and now someone is following him and confirming the location of the building, and the two who are following will definitely go back and inform their boss behind them.
The two men who were following were obviously very careful, they left the apartment building quickly, and took a few blocks around, if it wasn't for Jimmy's farther away, they would have found out, but Jimmy was already very familiar with this kind of tracking, so he managed to follow them outside a club.
The Knight Club, Jimmy is definitely not familiar with this place, and there are a lot of people in it, if he doesn't go in and observe closely, there is no way to tell who those two people are looking for, but if he goes in, he is likely to be exposed, because judging from the people he observed, there are many people who have obvious military style and are very strong, it seems that this should be a place similar to the Veterans Club.
After thinking about it for a while, Jimmy decided to keep an eye on the apartment building, no matter who was going to attack, as long as Mrs. Hareton didn't leave, they would definitely have to come here.
Jimmy went back to the hotel to wash up, changed his clothes, called a taxi to leave, and used the cash he had purchased to buy a used car anonymously and came to the apartment downstairs again, and then he planned to make long-term preparations to keep an eye on them.
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Lester was watching TV in the safe house, and the phone rang next to Benjamin, the bodyguard next to him, he glanced at it and walked to the side to answer: "Is there any news?" ”
After the other party finished speaking, Benjamin said: "I understand, wait a minute, I need to ask the boss." ”
He hung up the phone and went to Lester's side and said, "Found her, her lawyer has just returned from New Orleans and entered an apartment, which is not his home, and has nothing to do with the Hareton family, which should be where she is currently hiding." ”
Lester: "Are you sure where she is?" ”
Benjamin: "Not yet, but someone has already been arranged to confirm it, and it won't take too long." Boss, are you sure you want to continue? We need to pay. ”
Lester gritted his teeth and said, "Go ahead, let them handle it cleanly." ”
Benjamin nodded, taking a hard briefcase from the couch, "Be careful, I'll be back soon." ”
Benjamin got into the car with his suitcase and left the safe house and arrived at the Knights' Club.
Brokers are not only responsible for contacting operatives, providing information is of course part of their business, Lester cannot provide detailed information, they can only rely on their own investigation, of course, they need to pay more.
The criminal hacker you mentioned was originally prepared for the CIA line, and then the line was cut down, so let's just assume that guy doesn't exist.
(End of chapter)