Chapter 13
“I have good news and bad news, sir.”
Grigenko sighed. “Give me the bad news first.”
“The Mossad case officer got away. But he is wounded. It is just a matter of time until we find him. I’ve got all our contacts working on it, and you know we have pull in the Mossad,” Yuri said.
Grigenko considered that.
“You say that you wounded him?”
“Yes, sir. And we are monitoring the police communications, the military hospitals and the civilian hospitals. It shouldn’t be long until he turns up, then we’ll finish him.”
“Why is it that every time you go up against one of these operatives you have excuses instead of results?” Grigenko demanded.
Yuri said nothing for a few seconds. “I’ll call as soon as I have something to report.” Grigenko hung up. What was it about this group that they were having so much trouble killing them? He’d never had so much difficulty. Usually he told Yuri who to target, paid him whatever he asked, and the target disappeared. Simple. Effective. No surprises.
Then suddenly the woman destroys one of the most lethal wet teams on the planet, and now a desk jockey escapes a straightforward hit?
None of this was complicated.
Find them. Kill them.
Easy.
Only apparently not.
A part of him wanted to crush his enemies like bugs, but another part told him not to worry about the details. The plan was far bigger than these two minor nuisances. And Yuri was right. Nobody could hide forever. They would turn up, and when they did, they would be eliminated.
Grigenko rubbed his face, feeling the stubble on his chin, and realized he had been in his penthouse office for ten straight hours.
Enough. It was time to relax, unwind, get something to eat. He buzzed his assistant and told her to have the car ready.
Yuri could handle the loose ends. And if he didn’t, there were more Yuris out there.