Page 102 of An Epic Voyage

“I’ll have someone pick it up,” Jackson said.

When the rescue basket was ready, they strapped Indigo in first.She’d lapsed into unconsciousness again.They placed the beaten man beside her.There was room for the doctor, so he accompanied them.

When it came back down, the other man on the boat, who he learned was Jordy Crier, climbed in, followed by Decker.There wasn’t enough room for Jackson and the Navy soldier, but the basket could carry their weight.He didn’t want to delay getting Indigo and the others to the hospital by waiting for it to be sent back down, so they hung on to the sides as it lifted skyward, the case containing the nuke securely in his other hand.It might seem dangerous, but he’d done it plenty of times during his Navy SEAL days.

Chapter Thirty-One

The flight to the navalhospital in Cuba went quickly.Indigo didn’t wake up again, though her vital signs were holding steady.Franklin wasn’t doing as well, and there was fear that he had internal bleeding and damaged organs from the beating.

As soon as the helicopter touched down, Indigo and Franklin were rushed inside.Griffin insisted that Jordy be checked out as well.If anything, he needed fluids.

Griffin had met Indigo’s other boss, Evangeline Charvet, when he entered the chopper.Indigo was the most beautiful woman he’d ever seen, but goodness, her boss was a close second, even if there was a hardness about her that screamed not to get too close.

He hadn’t had a chance to brief her or Jackson Rushing on what had happened.They were headed his way now.

Rushing had taken possession of the nuclear weapon.Indigo had successfully completed her mission.Griffin needed to call his boss and let him know the laptop was in Van Houten’s safe on the island.

“Mr.Decker,” Evangeline greeted.

“Call me Griffin.”

“Okay.Griffin, you should have your face checked out.”

“It’s fine.”

She rolled her eyes and muttered something that sounded like, “Save me from alpha males.”

“Let’s move to the waiting room, and you can tell us what happened,” Rushing suggested.

Once they were seated, Griffin recalled the events, from getting caught in the safe, to being dumped into the cargo hold, to Van Houten blowing his girlfriend away.

“As I told Mr.Rushing earlier, it was a perfect shot,” Griffin said.

“He knew how to use a gun,” Evangeline surmised.

“Yes.Also, he’d loaded the cargo hold with a massive bomb.He planned on double-crossing Abdullahi and blowing him up.”He relayed what had transpired during the meeting.“Dr.Cheung told them the nuke was fake.That set off a shooting match.Indigo took Van Houten down when the bullets started flying.Abdullahi was riddled with holes and looked dead.Before we had a chance to check him, he lifted his gun and aimed at Van Houten.That’s when Indigo barreled into me like an NFL linebacker and we went sailing over the balcony as the boat exploded.”