CHAPTER 31

Trich took the phone in her hands and saw it was an unknown number calling.

Yellow quickly pressed a button on the table that was on his side and a monitor came out and in the screen showed a team of officers working and a face came onto it next.

"Get ready, I want his location found," said Yellow.

The man on the Monitor Screen said, "Yes, sir,"

"Answer it," said Damon.

Both Damon and Yellow wore headsets as well.

Trich answered the phone and placed it on her ear.

"Who is this?" she asked.

"Hello, Trich," Trich heard a distorted voice in her ear.

"Who are you?" asked Trich nervously.

"Can't remember me?"

As they hoped it was Andrew. They knew it in their guts it was him.

'He has taken the bait,' thought Damon and gestured to Trich.

"Andrew?" she asked.

"You remember your captain," said Andrew coldly.

Trich acted as if she was genuinely scared. She believed in Damon and Yellow that they will keep her family safe and said, "Andrew… I did not do it. I was forced to. You have to understand, they have my child. I am not in a position to do anything of my own will," her voice was breaking.

If it was Damon who was on the other end, he would have believed what Trich was saying is the truth. He knew Trich was one of the best in her acting skills and he has put her to good use in many missions.

"Really?" asked Andrew and he knew her son was taken a captive by Yellow and Damon.

Trich broke down and uttered, "Please… I am sorry for what happened to you. I am sorry… I just want to save my son… you have to understand."

'She is one good actor,' thought Damon.

Natasha found the location and was shocked to see it showed the CIA Headquarters in New York. She started to type in codes again rather quickly and a few seconds later she could see all the cameras in the CIA Building.

Andrew also saw that and now knew Trich might be lying or was made to lie. He could not come to a decision but he decided to continue his talk, "When was your child kidnapped?"

"A day… day after what happened to your family…" she said.

Andrew put the phone on mute and said to Natasha, "Is it possible to get any form of information that her child was kidnapped that day?" he asked.

"I don't know unless I try, why?" asked Natasha.

"She is a great actor, I forgot that. Now that her location shows CIA, I don't think we can trust her. That's why I need that," he said.

"I can maybe try but there will not be any complaint made by her at all if it was them who took her child," said Natasha.

"Just verify with her neighbor's houses, they should have seen Trich in distress, or try to see what she has been doing since that day," said Andrew.

"Okay, talk with her," Natasha said and got to work.

Andrew unmuted and spoke, "Is your son alive?" he asked bluntly.

"Yes, when he was kidnapped, Yellow and Damon came to me and said unless and until I co-operate, I will not be able to see him again at all. I asked them to let me talk to him every day and said I won't co-operate if they don't do so. Yellow wanted to deny but Damon allowed it. So, they let me talk to him for 30 minutes every day through video call or normal call," she said as she dried her fake tears.

"Hmm… Give me the number," said Andrew.

"I don't have it. They call me with a different number every day," she said.

Andrew did not know what to say when Natasha gestured to the clock.

"What time do they call?" Andrew asked.

"Morning at 9:30 for 15 minutes and evening at 7:00 for 15 minutes," she said.

"Do they call your phone?"

"If it is a normal call, they will contact me on my phone. If it is a video call, a secure link will be sent to me a minute before the call," said Trich.

"Alright," said Andrew.

Trich felt like Andrew was going to cut the call soon. She has to extend it as Yellow on the opposite raised 2 fingers.

"Andrew, please help me save my child. I can't go to anyone else. If they are monitoring all my activities then this call will also be and my child will be in danger. Please… I beg you…" Trich cried as she talked.

"Calm down, Trich," said Andrew as he saw Natasha turn the laptop. On the screen were Trich, Yellow, and Damon were sitting with Trich talking to him and the other two listening in on.

"I will call you," Andrew cut the phone.

Andrew crushed the phone the next moment as he realized this was just a ploy. In the screen it not only showed her in the room with Damon and Yellow. Natasha swiped the screen to show images taken after the day with Trich and her family supposedly after the day her son was taken by Damon and Yellow.

Natasha was shocked when she saw him crushing the phone as if it was paper.

"Calm down, Andrew. Now that we know, we can play their game and end it once and for all," Natasha said.

"We can set up a meeting in an undisclosed location. They will set a plan to ambush you in the location that we give and you will be able to finish them once and for all," said Natasha.

"No. They will only believe us if we set the meeting in a crowded area. It won't be an issue for me to kill them all in a crowded area but Damon and Yellow won't show up even if we ask her to meet with us. Damon will always be cautious and will show himself only when the game is controlled in his hands. Yellow on the other hand will let his arrogance cloud his judgment. Like you said the moment I call her and give her a location to meet, he would set a trap to ambush and end me whereas Damon will not do that. He will let it happen and act the next time when I am saving Trich's son who is a so-called captive," Andrew calmed down and analyzed and said his thoughts.

Natasha was listening in on him and was glad he was able to control his emotions quickly and start to give his input.

"If that is so, why not we find out where her child is? If they are going to do this, then Damon must have already told Trich and let her child be in a safe location and that location is an apt point to create an ambush for you," said Natasha.

Andrew and Natasha were conversing about how they will act and are coming up with a plan to how to manipulate them.

On the other side, Damon was saying what Andrew had thought, "He will call her and set up a meeting with her. The meeting point will be a crowded location so we won't act at that time," before he could continue, Yellow interrupted him.

"We will put our men and women there and finish him off once and for all. Why to extend it and we can control the media so there will be no issue," said Yellow.

Damon looked at him as if he was an idiot which ticked Yellow who was about to burst out, but stopped as Damon said, "Unknown Number, Untraceable calls, what do you think about them? Is Andrew capable of that?"

Yellow turned silent at the remark. He calmed down and then understood what Damon was trying to say and replied, "There is someone who is helping him. Even if he does not know, the one who is helping him might. They can hack into the network and get control of the camera visuals and they will know and he wouldn't come," said Yellow after analyzing.

"Yes. Other than that, even Andrew knows how good of an actor she is. Trich has to get his trust and the next time he calls, he will give you a location to meet. During the meeting, you tell him that we knew what happened and if he doesn't show up at the place where we will exchange for your child and him, we will kill your child. And tell him you have 24 hours," said Damon seriously.

"Why would he come out? Why would he help me?" questioned Trich.

"Simple, he will remember his daughter, Isabella, and if he had one chance to save her, he will take it. That thought will make him help you. Other than that, he will believe it was due to him that your child is now in more danger and will come out to meet and help you without hesitating. The man has his honor and principle and that will be his downfall," Damon said and clenched his fists.

Yellow said, "If you had killed him that day as we planned, we all would be going on our own ways."

Trich said Yes to her heart but did not say it out loud.

Damon could not retort and only control his growing anger. He wanted Andrew to lose all his hope and die in despair. He wanted to watch as Andrew was hanged.

Trich's phone started to ring, a different phone which she had in her pocket. She took it and saw it was her son calling. She got up and went out of the office.

Once she stepped out, Yellow said, "Bombs will be placed all over the area. They all will die. I am not going to take another chance." Yellow started to make the arrangements and Damon nodded and got out of the office as well.

'I have to be careful. I have no idea when he will use me just like Trich,' thought Damon.

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