“When he left the post to his son, Mansour, Mutaib immediately became a pest again. Abdullah, who was now the king, wasn’t having it. He exiled him, which seemed just fine with Mutaib. He bought an entire floor in Trump Tower in New York City and lived there until he died in 2019. The man it wasn’t fine with was Ali. He was angry with the king for exiling his father, and he was angry with his father for shaming the family. In fact, he stopped using his father’s name and instead calls himself Ali Kamal.”

Liora stepped in. “The shame his dad brought to the family began to fall on Ali. He stopped being invited to gatherings. Many of his uncles and cousins no longer took his calls. Then came the night at the Ritz Carlton in 2017.”

“He was one of the guys held at the Ritz?” Imri asked. “No wonder he’s not a fan of MBS.”

Nicole said, “And MBS is obviously not a fan of his. We think Kamal might have something going against the Saudi royals, like a revolution or a coup. It’s got to be something big. Ostracizing a family member is one thing, even if it is one of your hundreds of cousins and even if you are Saudi, but having them killed just because you don’t like them is another.”

“Any other new basics we need to know about him?” Nir asked.

“Four wives, ten children, two of them just babies. Has a mansion outside of Riyadh. Owns a fleet of cars, none of which cost him less than six hundred thousand riyals. Owns vacation homes in Marbella, Spain; Vallauris, France; and Jeddah, along the Red Sea.”

“Oh, to be rich and Saudi,” said Yaron.

“No doubt.” Nir shook his head. “Those are good to know as possible sites we could lead him to. So that’s all the stuff the other teams probably already know. Tell me what they don’t know.”

Liora spoke up. “Well, our South African sister used her hackabilities and got us into the Saudi phone company. We were able to track Kamal’s phone pings so we could follow his movements.”

Dafna jumped in. “The guy really gets around. Probably that whole four wives thing. Home is not his happy place. We focused only on his movements outside of the country. We wanted to see if there was a pattern we could exploit. He was out of the country twenty-three times in the last year. Four times to New York City. Twice to each vacation home. Once to Hong Kong. Once to Manila. Five times to Bangkok, which is a bit creepy. Once to Paris and once to Berlin. Then he was in the ocean four times.”

“What?” It was evident that Nicole hadn’t heard these findings yet. “What do you mean in the ocean?”

“His phone pinged from out on the water four times. Which meant…”