Chapter 33
As soon as Mark reached the Sydney airport he went to the Qantas counter and got his boarding pass. He rushed through the security gates and got to a payphone. He slipped his credit card along the slider, got a dial tone and punched Fred’s number at home. He didn’t care what time it was; he needed to let the Chief know what he was doing and get him to detail someone to Vancouver asap. Samuel had almost 24 hours on him.
“Fred Gibson,” the man groaned. It was 5:00AM in Ottawa.
“Chief, listen, we’ve got to move fast…”
“Mark?” Fred said his voice gruff with sleep. “Where are you?”
“I’m boarding a flight to Vancouver in a half-an-hour. Samuel is already gone. Get someone to Vancouver as soon as you can, Chief. Talya is Samuel’s next target...”
“Hold on, Mark…” Fred’s unease wa
