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nothing.
    “And now that old man is selling those classified documents to another cell in the terrorist organization. We now believe that we are dealing with more than a small group of terrorists. We have reason to believe that this is big, Jack. And I mean big as in huge. Alik would’ve been our in. He still might be, but I’m guessing it is going to be a month, maybe two, before he’d be fit for this kind of work. And with the recent intelligence confirming that this group is getting those documents, well, we just don’t have the time to waste.”
    “Get to it. Ask me.”
    Frank stood and stretched his back. The ladies were passing in front of the bleachers again. The one closest waved at Frank. He waved back.
    Jack looked away.
    The women passed. Frank sat down and looked at Jack.
    “I need you to come work for me, Jack.”
    Jack didn’t answer. He looked across the field, beyond the park at the row homes across the street. The sun peeked over the long shared roof line. He felt the temperature rise a few degrees as the first rays of sunlight hit his face.
    “You’re in an envious position, Jack. The intelligence community believes you are dead. The SIS can give you everything you need. Multiple identities. We can get the funds you have stashed in private accounts transferred to new accounts in any number of names. You can start over. Get out of the private contractor stuff you started doing after you left us.” Frank paused. “Like stealing those documents. For Christ’s sake, Jack. If the right people got wind of that you could be tried for treason.”
    “There are people high up in the government that do far worse than what I did. Besides, I didn’t know what they contained. I had a name, a date and a location. Simple as that. I took a job and completed it. Don’t insinuate anything about me, Frank. You and the rest of the SIS certainly aren’t a bunch of choir boys.”
    Frank held his hand in the air. “Sorry, Jack. I didn’t mean to go down that path.”
    Jack took a deep breath. Rolled his head side to side.
    “I need your help, Jack. Forget everything else. Help me out now and I’ll help you after this job is finished.”
    “How long are we talking about? Until Alik can join?”
    Frank shook his head. “Once you’re in, you’re in until it’s done. Plain and simple. It might require you to go undercover. I can’t wait for Alik.”
    Jack placed his hands on the cold aluminum bench. He leaned his head back. Did he really have a choice? Frank had told him without telling him that he had Jack by the balls. Tried for treason. Wouldn’t that be a kick in the nuts after everything he’d sacrificed.
    “I’ll do it. One job, that’s it. I’m not joining the SIS again.”
    Frank stood and extended his hand. Jack grabbed it.
    “I need to go to the city before I get started.”
    “Jack, we really should get to D.C. now.”
    “Tomorrow. Hell, tonight. Just let me have today.”
    Frank walked down the three empty rows to the bottom of the bleacher.
    “Meet here tomorrow. Noon.”
    Jack watched Frank walk toward Coppa and Shipley. The three men disappeared behind the trees. Jack hopped to the ground and crossed the football field. He nodded at the two middle aged women as he passed them. He turned right at the street. A short walk later found himself at the corner of 13th Street and 18th Avenue. There was a bus stop on the other side of the intersection. He took a seat at the bus stop and waited. A NJ Transit city bus pulled up. The doors opened. Jack climbed on board.
    “What’s the best way to get to Manhattan?”
    “You start with me, pal.”
    Jack nodded and took a seat behind the driver.
     

6
    Jack stood outside Clarissa’s apartment building. He leaned back against the brick exterior and watched the traffic and pedestrians pass by without acknowledging him. He hoped she’d just appear. It had been over six months since he had last been here. That was the day he had found Mandy on a