“I do what I have to do?”

“Well, from now on, you’re going to play both sides.”

“They’ll kill me.”

“I’ll kill you,” Roth said.

The man nodded.

“What were you supposed to do when you killed your target.”

“I have a number to call. It’s an answering machine. I leave a message.”

“All right,” Roth said. “Let’s make that call and leave a message saying your mission was successful.”

“What happens after that?”

“Someone from my team will come get you.”

“And then what?”

“Look,” Roth said. “You’ve got two choices so you might as well start thinking about what you want. Either you can work for us, feeding us information on what the Russians ask you to do. Maintain your cover with them. Become a double agent.”

“Or?”

Roth took out his gun.

“All right,” the man said.

Lance had left the man’s phone on the counter in the kitchen and Roth went and got it for him. The man dialed a number and left a message for the Russians saying he’d successfully killed his target and that the CIA were moving in to secure the building.

Roth had a call to make too, but he hesitated before making it. He knew he had a mole on his team and needed this to be kept under wraps at all costs.

“You’re going to have to wait here a few hours,” he said to the man.

“What?”

“Don’t struggle. Don’t try to escape. Someone’s going to come bring you in.”

“Bring me in where?”

“You work for me now.”

He left the man and called the surveillance team in New York that had been watching the mail store in Manhattan the night Laurel was shot.

“Who am I speaking to?” he said.

“My name’s Lee Mobley.”

“Lee, this is Levi Roth.”

“Oh,” Lee said. “I see.”

“I need you guys to do something for me.”

“All right.”

“And don’t go through Langley. Don’t talk to anyone.”

“Is something wrong?”

“Yeah, something’s wrong, Lee. I’ve got a leak in my crew and I need to make sure that what you’re going to do stays completely off the books.”

“All right,” Lee said.

“First off, I need you to access a company called Securico.”

“We know that company.”

“There was an attempted murder of one of my assets at the Watergate complex in Washington tonight.”

“All right.”

“I need you to delete all the footage.”

“All right. That will take some time. I’ll need to involve my crew.”

“Your crew and no one else,” Roth said.

“I understand, sir.”

“The other thing, is that one of the assassins is in an apartment at the Watergate. I’ll send you the information. He’s an American. I need you to babysit him.”

“We’re in New York, boss.”

“He’s not going anywhere.”

“All right,” Lee said. “I understand.”