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Yeah, tell her about it.

“Here’s the good news. We have his picture at every point of entry in the US. He can’t drive or fly out. We also took away all his mercenaries.”

“And two of his helpers,” Jagger said. “That means there are three left. We know their locations.”

That was good.

“Where?” she asked.

They shared what they’d gotten from Shing.

“He dispatched them to Cali, DC, and NYC,” Maura said. “They are going to be doing something there, and probably nothing good.”

That meant she only had one choice.

“I’ll notify my boss, and we’ll have to have Homeland on it. I don’t have the time to hunt them down. They are likely under by now.”

They figured as much.

Elizabeth did have good news.

“He’s running scared, and he has nowhere to go. You guys have him.”

Maura clued her in.

“I have some bad news for you.”

Oh, well, that sounded like funsies. What else could be dropped on her plate?

She was about to find out.

“What?”

“Shing Reung was handled. He was Fang’s righthand man. The bad part about that is he confirmed something we found. Merry located an account number. It turns out to be a bank security box. In it, there’s intel on all of us, and you and your family.”

She sighed.

“Well, now, we have to get that intel. There’s no way we can let CIA information out on us to be bought by the highest bidder.”

Maura was aware.

“We’re moving on the bank tonight. Care to come up with us and watch as our thieves do what they do best?”

What choice did she have?

When she hopped off the car, Zayn walked beside her, and he put his arm over her shoulders.

“We won’t let them find anything out about your babies,” he said. “We understand.”

She appreciated that.

“Thank you,” she said. “I don’t mind if people come after me. I can hold my own. It’s when they target my children that I have a problem.”

That they all agreed on.

“We have to pinpoint his location,” Maura said. “You told us he was here. There has to be a hidey-hole. There has to be at least one.”

There would be.

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