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Assistant’s real
loyalties lay.
    Beaumont’s phone rang.
    “Hello?” he answered.
    “Canada is done. I’m just waiting for final confirmation from
Argentina…hold on a second,” the caller listened into his radio and confirmed
to Beaumont, “…yes, it’s done.”
    “Excellent. Any problems?”
    “Of course not,” said the caller, irritated at the suggestion.
    “Good.”
    Beaumont was using the best personnel and could still not
believe how stupid the President had been a year earlier, launching an
operation without his involvement and selecting people recommended by low-life
acquaintances.
    “Unless there’s anything else, I’ll get my team some well
earned rest,” suggested the caller.
    “Yes, fine, I’ll talk to you again in a week.”
    Beaumont ended the call and opened the safe beneath his desk
for which only he had the key. He extracted the plan and crossed off Canada,
Japan and Argentina. Fourteen down and three new members to add to The
Committee.

 

 
 
 
    Chapter 5

 
 
 
 
 
    “Where have you been?” asked Lela.
    “Penaraja,” replied Saki.
    “How did you get in without us knowing?” asked Tom. “I mean
the dogs, how did you get past them?”
    Saki gave Tom a knowing look and winked.
    Tom really wished he could do what Saki and Lela could do. But
he couldn’t. Lela had tried to teach him some moves but after a couple of
months had given up. Tom would never be supple enough and was far too awkward.
    “So, tell me about your birthday?” said Saki changing the
subject. “I’m so sorry I wasn’t here.”
    “Not a lot to tell, no friends, just my grandparents, had a
nice dinner, that’s about it.”
    “…and your present?”
    “Amazing!”
    “Well, how are you getting on with it?”
      “You just get back
and all you want to do is talk about birthday presents?” interrupted Lela
bringing the subject back to her original question. “Where have you really
been?” she asked more forcefully.
    “OH GOD NO!!” screamed Donald from the kitchen.
    The three rushed through and looked at Donald as he stared at
the TV screen.
    “…to recap three, I repeat three, world leaders have been
assassinated in the last four hours. Heightened security has been implemented
around the world as investigators continue to try to make sense of the fourteen
assassinations which have now taken place in the last year. We’ll keep you up
to date with any developments, in the meantime, we’ll pass you back to your
current programming…”
    All stood open-mouthed at the shocking news. Donald turned to
look at them and then spotted Saki. He heaved a huge sigh of relief.
    “You’re back!” he said. “But I didn’t hear you come in, how
did you get past the dogs?”
    “Don’t ask,” said Tom.
    “You know, just checking I’ve still got what it takes,” said Saki.
    Tom and Lela both noticed the look between Donald and Saki. It
was as though a thousand words had transferred between them without speaking.
    “So, I was just asking Tom about his new pressie,” said Saki
breaking the silence.
    “Yes, very exciting. His mother is livid with me, she can’t
believe I could be so stupid. Anyway, after last year’s endeavours of flying
the A380 test plane, Tom proved he’s more than capable.”
    “I can’t believe he didn’t guess,” said Lela, pinching Tom.
    Tom couldn’t believe he didn’t guess either. The day of his
birthday had arrived and unlike the previous year, it was to be a fairly quiet
day. No parties, no Saki, just his grandparents visiting for a birthday dinner.
However, one thing was planned which was very exciting, Alba One was ready for
delivery. Alba One was his father’s new Airbus A380, a new private jet
replacing a smaller Boeing 747. It had been delivered overnight to Glasgow
Airport and was to be unveiled as part of Tom’s birthday celebrations. Tom was
a plane fanatic and would have preferred to see it arrive from Toulouse but his
father had refused.