Sean looked at him curiously. “Which means Langley would be the boss in any future operations?”
“Probably.”
“So they have a motive to blow this up?”
Marshall shook his head. “I highly doubt that. Before this is over everybody will have egg on their faces. And if they did and the truth came out, the CIA would be emasculated for decades to come. Far too risky.”
“What steps have you taken to track Wingo?” asked Michelle.
“Every step we could think of,” said South.
“And you think Wingo is a lone wolf on this?”
“Yes.”
“Then we know he’s innocent,” said Sean.
“How?”
“There’re quite a few people involved in this, actually. Several of them have tried to kill my partner and me. And not one of them was Sam Wingo.”
“Well, with the money he has now he can hire whoever he wants to do his dirty work,” replied South.
“My gut is telling me otherwise,” Sean said.
“Oh, well, that makes all the difference to me,” said South sarcastically.
Marshall said, “Do you think you can find Sam Wingo?”
“We’re going to do our best. And we have great incentive.”
“You mean because the president is counting on you?” said Marshall.
“No,” said Sean. “Because it means we’ll probably get to keep living.”
CHAPTER
56
SEAN SAT IN HIS CAR and gazed over at the building. A voice crackled in his earwig.
“Vista Trading Group is on the sixth floor,” said Michelle, who was sitting at an outdoor café near the next intersection.
“Got it.”
“Edgar was very helpful in getting us so much information so fast.”
“Yeah, but it wasn’t all that helpful,” said Sean. “Vista is a legit business. Alan Grant comes from a good family. His dad was in the military, then in civilian government. And Grant doesn’t have a blemish on his record. Former soldier too. Now a successful businessman. Not even any parking tickets.”
“Yeah, he’s clean. Too clean in my opinion.”
“Can’t convict a guy for being too law abiding.”
“But one of the men who works there has Sam Wingo’s interest for some reason.”
“We don’t know what that interest is. It would be nice to ask Wingo directly.”
“Have you emailed Tyler?” she asked.