Chapter 4
"So we need to get more investors involved--"
Natalia's phone rings interrupting the meeting with Aislinn and her aunt in Aislinn's office,
she looks at the phone and sees it's someone she has been expecting.
"Oh, I'm sorry, I have been expecting this, excuse me everyone."
Natalia walks out of the office and answers her phone.
"Hello?"
"Hello, Natalia. I am sorry to bother, but is this a bad time to talk?"
"Oh, no. You're fine, what can I do for you?"
" I have a brief to give you whenever you get a free moment. Think you can take a flight sometime soon?"
"Uh, yeah. I will be there. Send me the time and place."
"Alright, Natalia. I will see you soon. Safe flight."
"Thanks."
As Natalia hangs up the phone, she walks back into the meeting and seeing Aislinn and her aunt laughing and conversing. She smiles as she watches them, seeing the love between the two. Aislinn's aunt never had children, so she always saw Aislinn as her daughter. Natalia never understood why Aislinn never talked about her parents. It was as they was non existent. Aislinn's aunt, Mairead was really pretty for her age. She was the same height as Aislinn, they look almost identical, except Mairead had fair skin, dark green eyes, and light brown hair with grey streaks playing peek a boo in her hair. Mairead stands up and pats Aislinn's shoulder and gives her a hug and walks towards Natalia.
"Ah, Natalia, you didn't miss much. I was trying to get some information out of Aislinn about her love life. She's tightlipped, won't say a peep."
Mairead winks at Natalia and Natalia giggles at her and they hugged goodbye. Before Mairead walked off, Natalia stopped her and asked if it was alright for her to take a couple of days. Mairead agreed, and told her to be safe.
"Where are you going?"
Aislinn sits on the edge of her desk, looking at Natalia with curiosity.
"I am going to go see my family.. There was a family emergency."
Natalia hated that she had to use a fake excuse to her best friend. She didn't like having to keep things from her. But it was all to keep her safe.
"Oh okay. Well, safe trip back home. I am assuming you are going to Edinburgh?"
"Yes.." She sighed.
"Back to Edinburgh.."
Finn sits on the edge of Shannon's desk and stares at the board that she has created for the brief. He looks at all the pictures of this couple and a few of their goons on the board, and he then notices a picture of Aislinn. He wonders what her picture is doing up there, and hears a click of the door opening with Shannon and Agent Natalia Redfield behind her. Finn hasn't met Agent Redfield and wonders where he has seen her at.
She has the same look and asks,
"Have I met you before?"
"I am not sure you have. I'd remember someone like you.."
He says and she stuck out her hand and says,
"I'm Natalia. Now you will remember me."
She smiles and walks over to the chair next to the board and has a seat.
"Alright now that we have the friendly introductions out of the way... I will introduce you two properly.. Agent Finn Galloway, this is Natalia Redfield. Agent Natalia Redfield, this is Finn Galloway. Finn is our undercover agent for a couple that we are investigating for international fraud and several homicides in the UK and the US alongside with the CIA. Finn, Natalia is undercover for a witness protection which is the young lady that is pictured there, which you have both met already. Finn has met your subject in Atlanta as a follow up to make sure she is not involved with the couple."
Both agents looked shocked and Natalia blurted out ,
"You was the hot guy that kept flirting with Aislinn?! The British photographer?!"
Shannon chuckled and Finn stuttered out,
"Oh she mentioned me eh? I don't know if I should feel honored or not."
"No, I watched you. It's my job to watch who she has conversations with. Not only as an agent, but her best friend as well. She has been through so much.. Which brings to mind.. Why am I here?"
As Shannon starts to speak, she gets cut off by Finn asking her,
"Wait, you're her best friend and an agent? How did you meet?"
"We met at her office when I first got assigned to her case which is more than 5 years ago. I was secretly assigned to be her companion everywhere since we was protecting her and running surveillance, and as time went by.. We just grew close.I am now a partner with her in her business."
Natalia looks at Finn and Finn just nods in understanding.
"Well.."
Shanna sighed and turned to look at the board and then at the two agents. She moves to sit behind her desk and props her feet up on the desk.
"As I was trying to say, the brief is about her and that couple. I am not sure if you know, but that couple is her parents. Aislinn, the woman, is their daughter."
Natalia and Finn looks at Shannon in shock. They both asked,
"Their daughter?!"
Natalia puts her hand over her face and shakes her head.
"What in the hell have I gotten myself into?"
Finn looks at the couple's pictures and at Aislinn's and see the resemblance in them. But thinks to himself, that he hopes she is nothing like her parents.
Natalia looks at Shannon not sure what to ask first, as a million questions run through her mind.
Shannon gives them each a folder.
"In this folder is transactions from an unknown person to her parents' offshore accounts and no idea what it is for. It is a lot of money, and the deposit is only once every few months. We have had homicides happening close to those dates of the transactions. It goes way back.. A few years actually. This isn't their first time. We are trying to tie them to the homicide and the frauds, but have no luck and little evidence to prove it. That is why I am asking you two to team up and tackle this together. Find the missing link."
Finn nods in understanding and asks,
"Where do we start? It is a lot to take in all at once, but how do we follow the trail?"
Natalia blinks and gasped and covers her mouth with her hand and looks at Shannon with anger and determination in her eyes and says,
" I think I know where to start. There was an incident a couple of days ago.."
Finn and Shannon sits in awe and listens to Natalia as the light bulbs click in their heads.
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