Midnight Sun (69 page)

“
What
are
you
talking
about
?
”
he
hissed.

“
Did
you
know
you
were
followed
last
night?
”

“
Oh
,
really
?
”
Farrah
’
s
expression
changed
to
a
look
of
indignation.
“
By
whom,
the
local
p
olice?
The
Albanian
Mafia?
The
CIA?
”

“
Nope,
nope
,
and
nope
.
”
Kharzai
wagged
a
finger
at
him.
“
It
was
the
FBI.
”

“
How
could
they
be
on
to
us?
” Farrah waved his hand dismissively.

“
Because
you
got
your
pretty
little
face
on
TV
at
that
accident
.
”
H
e
framed
his
own
face
with
his
fingers
in
a
square
like
the
outline
of
a
television
screen.
“
And
that
pregnant
t
rooper
remembered
every
detail
about
you
and
the
cousins.
You
have
exposed
yourself,
Y
our
H
ighness.
”

“
How
much
do
they
know?
” Farrah's expression became thoughtful, concerned.

“
Enough
to
get
the
hounds
sniffing,
”
Kharzai
said
.
“
And
I
just happen to
know
at
least
a
couple
of
the
hounds
involved
—they
are
very
good
sniffers.
”

“What do you mean
,
you know these hounds,” Farrah
queried
.

“A couple of Marines I worked with when the CIA thought I was on their side,” Kharzai said.

Farrah let out a sharp sigh
.
“
How
did
you
find
all this
out?
”

“
Because
prego
lady
and
a
hot
-
looking
redhead
dropped
off
the
two
retired
commandos
who
traipsed
through
the
woods
and
followed
you
into
the
port.
As
the
women
waited
in
the
train
yard
for
their
heroes
to
return,
those
goons
the
cousins
hired
to
watch
your
ass
got
bored
and
decided
they
were
going
to
show
the
girls
a
good
time.
Only
those
girls
both
had
guns
and
the
commandos
returned
during
the
standoff
and
kicked
their
collective
buttockses.
”

“
Two
men
beat
eight
?
” Farrah said disbelievingly.

“
You
get
what
you
pay
for,
”
Kharzai
said.
“
So
,
yes.
Two
highly
trained
professional
killers
beat
the
living
daylights
out
of
half
a
dozen
high
-
school
dropout,
drooling
-
idiot
street
thugs
and
sent
them
running
for
their
barely
sentient
lives.
”

“
And
you
watched
all
of
it
without
stepping
in
.
”
Farrah
sounded
displeased.

“
Of
course,
”
Kharzai
replied.
“
I
know
better
than
to
blow
my
cover
by
stepping
into
the
light
when
someone
else
can
take
care
of
things
for
me.
”

“
Except
they
didn
’
t
take
care
of
things.
”

“If you're referring to our little band of jerkoffs, no
,
”
Kharzai
said.
“
Now
thanks
to
the
Hansel
and
Gretel
hiring
agency bringing in
the
least
-
evolved
thugs
they
could
find
,
the
G-Men
are
coming
your
way.
”