“Arrow?” Devon questioned, looking at each Alpha Squad member, Gene, Larry and then the SEALs.
“Arms dealer who also dabbled in human trafficking. It’s a tossup on which made him more money.”
The men of Trident Security, Carter and Alvarez all watched Pratt, waiting for more information. “Okay, I’ll be the one to ask…how do you know so much about this Arrow? I take it he’s someone you’ve encountered.”
Pratt looked up at Alvarez for a moment before she looked over at Highlander for encouragement. “Arrow happens to be my lass’s sperm donor.”
“What?” Gene asked confused, looking over at Larry who looked just as confused.
“Yeah, the case that killed Jennifer’s mom, well it turns out my sperm donor was Arrow, starting in his military career days. I’m guessing when he started running with the Senator. My stepmother was his sidekick or something. She helped him with getting the girls to sell. They had help from a few other people he made connections with while in the military through the years.”
“Was it a son of your father’s that involved with that case?” Marco asked, curious about the situation.
“Not my father’s son. But we did find out one of his friends lead the double life like my father did. He had a son who was a prior Marine and then went to work for the CIA before going rogue to assist his daddy. Seems like that’s a running theme for this group.”
“Wait a minute,” Sgt. Brocard told the room, standing up going to the white board. “We know the Senator is from old money. He’s been a part of this secret society malarkey since he was in diapers, having been born into it. What if he recruited your father and Opie’s dad while they all served in the Corps with him?”
Pratt thought for several moments before looking over at Gene and Larry. “Is there a way to find out about the men my father and the Senator served with in the Corps? I know they served together, along with a John Adamson. I dealt with Mr. Adamson when we handled his son’s case eight years ago. Adamson is dead, so that’s one less asshole we have to deal with.”
“Brody can help us with that. I’ll call Matthews to get the authorization into the classified information on your father’s enlistment as well.” Larry nodded at Brody as he pulled out his phone and dialed the President’s phone number.
11
Several hours after getting the clearance they needed from the President and the Pentagon officials, Brody was digging into classified files that had information on Senator Nation Harris, David Pratt, the late John Adamson and four new names to add to their list.
“Okay, so we have four new names to add to our list of this so-called secret group. Now if there was just a way to figure out who banged who and how many of them spawned out children who wanna do daddy’s bidding in this group.” Diesel mumbled as she looked over the new names of the four men.
“Well, we know Adamson had one. The Senator has one or two that would do daddy’s bidding, but it wouldn’t surprise me if he has more than one that the media didn’t know about.” York concluded, looking over her notes.
“Brody, what can you find out about the other four names on the list that my father served with?”
“Well, from what we’ve gathered, two of the names we can cross off as they are dead. One from cancer about four years ago and another from a car accident about ten years ago. That leaves James Leonardo and Franklin Carver.”
“Carver? That name sounds familiar. I think he is one of the security guys that the Senator uses. Not Secret Service, but private security.”
“Makes sense, you can’t get away with a lot of things without getting noticed as a Secret Service Agent. Private security, they will do whatever they are paid to do and do it well. Especially for a boss like the Senator.” Cortez admitted to the group, looking at the photo that was procured of the small team of men.
“What does James Leonardo do for a living?” Sgt. Brocard asked the room.
“Looks like he owns a dry-cleaning business.” Brody looked at the screen, placing the information on the overhead screen.
“Meaning they use his business to launder money for the arms deal’s and the human trafficking victims. How many does he have that we need to deal with? Any here in Tampa?” Larry asked, looking at his notes on the team.
“Shows he has four here in the Tampa area.”
“Great, four to dig through.” Diesel groaned, looking at the locations of the four stores.
“Check for two things, the most active and something near water or easy in and out access for heavy traffic when it comes to the transport of the trafficking victims.” Carter advised for narrowing down where to look.
“Takes it down to two. Seems there are two with waterfront locations and heavy traffic from Leonardo.”
“Split into teams of two. Team one will take one of the storefronts, team two will take the other. We’ll hit them at the same time. Devon, have Swift on standby with Tampa PD for both locations. We may need them if they have any victims there.”
“How would you like to split the teams, Mr. Sawyer?” Sgt. Brocard asked, looking from her teammates to Ian.
“Ian, we’ve worked together long enough for you to call me Ian. I’ll lead team one. I’ll take Marco, Boomer, Highlander, Speedy, Snake, you, York, Raso and Rameriez. The rest can go with Carter.”
Carter clapped his hands together as he rubbed them. “Sorry Highlander, I get the wife to play with today. Alvarez and I will take good care of her.” Carter winked at Highlander who growled at the fact that he and Pratt would be separated for this assignment.
