Sophia was in the painfully extended queue at the security checkpoint, false boarding pass and passport in hand, when Jay reported in.
‘Nasira, Aviary and Denton are being held captive by Abraham’s resistance guys,’ he said into her earpiece. ‘There’s a shitload of them. We can pull this off, but we’ll need more than a few minutes.’
‘s**t,’ Sophia said. She pulled out her cell phone as cover. ‘We don’t have that time. Wait one.’ She switched frequencies. ‘This is Sophia. Abraham, I’ve thought about what you said.’
Abraham was quick to respond. ‘Sophia, I’m very pleased to hear you’ve given this serious thought.’
‘I agree with you,’ she said. ‘It’s the right thing to do.’
For a moment she thought he wouldn’t reply, but finally his voice crackled in her ear.
‘You’re doing the right thi
