Chapter 14“James?”
“What can I do for you, Khalid? Where are you?”
“We’re still in Paris, ready to file our flight plans. But you must have surmised the same as I did, that there may be a contract on Talya’s head.”
Silence.
“What makes you think that’s the case?” James asked. “Could you clarify your deductions for me...? Besides, I am not at all ready to send Talya anywhere at the moment. Even if there was such a contract on her head, I would rather think she’d be better off to stay home where she’d be well protected locally.”
“That’s my point, James, and my question to you; was she well protected when she was nearly abducted in Victoria before we left for Africa?”
James had to agree. At the time, Talya would have probably been killed. “Yes, I remember, Khalid, but things are not the
