“I’m glad you enjoyed yourself. Don’t even worry about it.We left the restaurant and Sofia asked if I could call her an Uber. She was having a w...nderful morning, she insisted, but she really wanted to change out of her dirty clothes. I was disappointed—I wanted to spend the rest of the day with her, eager to find out what other types of trouble we could get ourselves into—but I understood.“Can I see you again?” my genuine excitement at the prospect betraying my usually cool demeanor.“Of course. That carried the last of the prince’s terrorist supporters out to the boonies.Thursday was more planning and finalizing the last details as best we could. I began to wonder if the meeting between the Prince and the Chinese arms dealer was going to happen. I had expected some kind of communication between the two but all was quiet. I was getting nervous and paranoid.All that changed about dark; Robert intercepted a dozen emails among the four.We already knew where the diamonds, rubies and gold. .” Ashley pictured the scene. “Not really, I guess.” “You'll do it then?” Brad's face lit with enthusiasm. “You sure this is what you want? It's for all day, you know. No changing your mind.” “Oh no, I'm good with it, and I'll make sure Jarrad doesn't get out of line.” “You better. Now go load your backpack and let me get changed.” Brad turned and headed off to join Jarrad. Ashley confirmed that Jarrad was busy stuffing his backpack and paying her no attention. I can't believe Brad actually. What was strange was that he wasn't robbed. He still had all his money, his clothes, car keys, iPhone, everything.But as he walked up the road, nothing looked familiar. He had been to a lot of forested areas outside the city growing up but nothing looked right to him.He tried to use his phone but could see it said he was outside of a service area. Strange why couldn't he get a signal in the city? The GPS in his phone wasn't finding any satellites either.As he got closer to the smoke he noticed.