The day after Kathy and Jack mailed the letter to the Maryland State Police, Jack told Kathy he needed to talk to Lee Jensen about the progress being made on all the legal aspects of his father’s estate and bring Frank up to date. Jack drove into Latrobe and used a pay phone in the bus station to call Frank at the Counter Terrorism Center. As Frank promised, the call was put right through. Frank answered and said, “Nick, I was getting worried about you. What do you have for me?”

“We just sent another package to the Maryland State Police as our channel to the FBI. They acted on our last message, so I thought since our credibility is now established, we could send them a much more complete data dump that contained copies of Yuri’s records, including a sterile copy of the DVD we found in his house. The DVD contains detailed information on all six of Yuri’s cells. We have destroyed the cells on Tilghman Island, Yulee, Florida and killed the leader of the New York City cell who was disguised as a woman. The cell in Charleston is also finished with only one marginal member left alive. We haven’t touched the San Francisco cell but have tracked the al-Qaeda link from Yuri to New Delhi. We will go there shortly to deal with them. That’s all I have for now.”

“Nick, my God! That’s more than this entire office has accomplished in the last six months. Be careful in India. If you get in real trouble with any of the authorities there, get them to call me. I’ll do what I can. I’ll also make sure the Bureau acts on your information. You are doing wonderful work. Please pass on the nation’s gratitude to the others and check in as soon as you get back. Take care.”

Again Jack heard the dial tone and grinned as he hung up. Yeah, we are doing okay. Now he had to call his attorney, Lee Jensen, to check on the status of his father’s estate. During the conversation with Lee, he learned the estate was fully settled, and he now owned all the money and property. He also asked Lee to set up a dummy corporation he could use as a front to probe for some investment opportunities in Asia. Jack told Lee he would be traveling and phone contact would be difficult, but he would check his email messages from time to time.

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