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“We do,” Sabina answered.
“So do I,” Callie added. He swiveled his head and looked at her. “She’s set herself up as the black sheep of her Mafia family, the Barbieris. She changed her name to her mother’s maiden name to distance herself when she went clean. Supposedly.”
“Ah,” he said. “That’s why the name sounds familiar. We didn’t get a lot of intel on US citizens when I was in the army, but wasn’t her brother, Lorenzo Barbieri, involved in that attempted assassination of the US ambassador?”
“Those were the rumors. Likely true, but never proved,” Sabina said.
“You said she supposedly went clean. You don’t think she did?” he asked Callie.
“The Bureau has never proved anything, but no, I don’t think she did.”
“We don’t think so, either,” Leo said. “She’s never been the subject of any of our investigations, but she’s cropped up in a few.”
“The fact that Aiden and Andrea were thinking about doing business together is something to look into then,” he said.
“Definitely,” Leo agreed as Sabina murmured her assent.
“Anything else?” Sabina asked.
“No, not unless you want to hear his opinions about whether Banff or Zermatt is better for skiing.”
“Thanks, but no,” Sabina said. “We’ll stick to the resort here in town, thanks.” She took a deep breath. “Okay,” she said on the exhale. “Let’s start with the Canada deal. They are in negotiations, as Joe said, and the contract is a big one. A couple hundred million US dollars over five years.”
Philly let out a low whistle. “I didn’t think Nolan Enterprises played in that big a league.”
“They don’t, not usually,” Leo replied.
“That’s why this deal is so important,” Callie said.
“Exactly,” Sabina agreed.
“So important that Aiden would go to the lengths he went to in France?” Philly asked.
“We’re not sure. Not yet,” Leo answered.
“I hear a but,” Callie said.
“But there’s chatter,” Sabina answered. “And not the good kind.”
“What kind?” Philly asked.
“The kind that has Quebecois separatists bombing the Alexandra Bridge,” Leo said.
Philly frowned. Beside him, Callie crossed her arms. “There hasn’t been separatist violence in Canada in what, forty years?” he asked.
“More than that,” Leo said. “The last major attack was in the late 1960s.”
“I’m sure HICC has its own contacts, but there’s an agent I worked with on a case a few years ago. She’s very good and could run with the information,” Callie said.
“Is she white-collar, like you were?” Sabina asked.
“She is.”
“Let’s loop her in. We alerted a team we’ve worked with about the potential attack, and they’re investigating the chatter. But if we could get someone onto the finances, that would be good, too,” Sabina said.
“And it would allow us to keep our focus on the bombing that killed Liza andthatterrorist cell,” Leo added.
“I’ll give her a call when we hang up and have her call you,” Callie replied.
