Hank had found the car keys were for a green 1965 Mustang parked not far away. After inspecting it, he found a couple of duffel bags full of weapons, clothes, and equipment he would need. He found a set of earbud transceivers and two radios with spec ops tactical throat mics. A small plastic container held two pounds of C4 and four detonators. There was an M4 carbine with twenty-one thirty-round magazines and ten magazines for the H&K. Hank smiled when he saw the batch of baby's breath flowers the garrote wrapped around it. Baby's breath was Sarasin's favorite flower.
Hank made a quick stop at his home to retrieve a few items he had hidden in a pneumatically sealed container in the attic of the garage. He collected a Savage 270 caliber rifle with a high-powered night vision scope, a Mossberg 500 twelve-gauge shotgun, a Taurus .380 caliber with +P ammunition, and a small five-shot Rossi .38 caliber revolver. Hank had changed into a fresh set of clothes, baggy cargo pants, a brown T-shirt, and a cargo jacket. The jacket hid the shoulder rig holding the silenced H&K .45 and extra magazines. Hank placed the Rossi .38 revolver in an ankle holster on the inside of his left ankle and the Taurus .380 in an ankle hostler on the inside of his right ankle. The Tanto blade was also attached to the shoulder rig. He wove the garrote in between the leather layers of his belt.
Hank drove to the storage on Knight's Road in Bensalem, a suburb of Philadelphia. Hank found the extra-large storage unit with a padlock on it, storage unit 120. One of the keys on the key ring opened the roll-up door. A foot inside the storage unit, another wall stood with a door. On the right side of the door, a keypad protruded from the wall. Hank punched in the date he had first met Sarasin, 12-13-89. The locking mechanism detached, and the door opened. Why had Sarasin used that as the code after so long?
Inside the storage unit, Hank found a secure internet connection with a laptop. A 65-inch monitor hung from the wall. Hank turned on the laptop. While waiting for the computer to boot up, he looked around the storage unit at all the weapons, explosives, and clothing. The storage unit was a secure drop site for Sarasin. Hank knew she had placed it here so that if one day he needed its contents, it was there for him. The laptop login screen came up, and the user ID was Angel of Death with 12-13-89 as the password. Hank shook his head. As soon as the laptop's operating system came up, Hank found two additional security measures. Sarasin's hometown with her school mascot was the first. The second was tricky and rather odd as Hank thought about it. The system gave Hank two hints to input the code. HINT: child name and last day. The code was Adam030292. Several times Hank had asked Sarasin what her ideal name for a child would be if they ever had one. Sarasin had finally broken down and told him she liked the name, Adam. The last day may mean the last day they had seen each other, but it was incorrect. Hank had then typed the night he had gone to her apartment in Berlin. The encoded laptop finally revealed its secrets. It was the correct code. She had known he had been at her apartment and said nothing to him.
Sarasin's unit was in Philadelphia due to a connection with the district attorney and an Iranian businessman who was known for trafficking weapons and sex slaves. The Iranian had links to assassinations as well. The information named CIA agent Samuel Billings as a contact with the Iranian businessman. The unit was still trying to find out the man's real name but kept coming up with an alias, Manny Vasquez. Hank froze as he reread CIA agent Samuel Billings as a contact with the Iranian businessman. No wonder Hank had been told to stand down. His handler was involved, but how deep was the question? Then he remembered that there had been a soldier in a unit David Wright had told him about, Manny Vasquez, who had caught his girlfriend with his best friend. Hank added that information to the file.
The table the laptop was sitting on began to vibrate and buzz. Hank looked around and then under the table before he found a cell phone attached to the underside of the table.
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Book 1 of the H&K Series : Path of Knowledge
Mystery / ThrillerHank and Katharine....how well do we really know our spouse? When extraordinary events occur, Katharine finds out that her "ordinary husband" isn't that ordinary. Hank has guarded his past carefully for years but recent events cause his past to col...
