Page 84 of Billion-Dollar Ransom

Transcript of audio-only conversation (recovered from private Macao-based server)

ONE: I hope you have a very good reason for calling this number. You are not supposed to contact me unless it is a dire emergency.

SIX: I believe you’ll consider this dire.

ONE: What is it?

SIX: Gordon’s daughter is gone.

ONE: What do you mean, gone ? How did this happen? Did she have some kind of weapon on her? You were supposed to know about these things!

SIX: No. She had no weapon.

ONE: Then why are you wasting time with a phone call? Chase that kid down and hold her until further notice. She’s a vital part of our plan.

SIX: It’s too late for that, One.

ONE: There is no such thing as too late. You find her right now, before she can contact her mother, or the consequences will be severe.

SIX: Why would I try to find her? I’m the one who let her go.

ONE: What?

SIX: You’ve gone too far, One. This has stopped being about the money. Now you’re just a murderer.

ONE: No one is dead.

SIX: So you’re a murderer and a liar?

ONE: No one… important.

[ There is a lengthy pause .]

SIX [ Quietly ]: I’m going to enjoy watching this house of cards fall all around you. You’re not going to see a penny of that billion dollars.

ONE: And you’re not going to live to see the sun rise. You think I’m a murderer? Guess what, Six—you’re next on my hit list.

SIX: You’ll never find me. Or the girl.

ONE: After all this time, all this preparation… you don’t believe I have eyes everywhere?

SIX: It’s too late, Mr. One. We’re both in the wind. I just wanted to give you fair warning. I’m giving the others fair warning too.

ONE: You’re a dead woman, Ms. Parker.

[ Call ends. ]