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and didn’t move.
    Oh God, Shawna. I’m so sorry.
     
    * * * *
     
    Shawna knew she was in trouble the moment the SUV pulled up alongside the curb. She turned to look as the window went down and she recognized the man from the bar. She took off running, trying to keep the backpack in place. The strike to her shoulder came out of nowhere. She knew she needed to either run faster or try to stand her ground. The decision was made for her when the one guy grabbed her hair and struck her in the cheek. She struck back, breaking his nose and making him holler. As she went to escape she turned and took the hit to her jaw from the big guy. It was lights out instantly. The last thing she felt was her body hit the concrete pavement with a thump.
     
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    Jerry Chavez brought Keith back to the car where they watched the three men gather Shawna off the ground and dump her into the SUV. It took off with tires squealing as they both watched. Keith felt like vomiting. Shawna was going to die because of him. How could he let this shit get this far?
    “You need to focus on the objective at hand. Your sister will only die if I call Montoya and tell him that you are in fact a spy.”
    “You’re such an asshole. He’s using you like you used him. You were a federal agent, a spy for our government, and now you’re selling them our secrets? You’re part of the development of that missile?”
    Chavez struck Keith in the back of the head, surprising him. “I need that thumb drive.”
    “Where are they taking my sister?”
    “Someplace safe and where her screams won’t alert police of any kind.” Chavez chuckled.
    He was a traitor and the one person Keith least expected to be double-crossing him and the United States. He was still working undercover and coming up with squat. Especially while Montoya and Guazipan kept Chavez on the payroll.
    “What do you want from me? I don’t have anything you need.”
    “That’s where you’re wrong. I know about the thumb drive and about the secret operations going on. I need those specs. My associates will pay big money for them.”
    “You already know everything about the missile, the terrorist cells. You’re part of them.”
    “I’m not.”
    “You are and you’re a fucking traitor, too.”
    “You don’t know everything. Why do you think I chose you to go undercover with me? You had your sister and no one else. She doesn’t date. She never even has a man over to her place. You protect her so that makes you weak. You’re predictable. When Smuthers told me about you, I of course jumped at the opportunity. You’re too patriotic. You love this damn country so much you’d give your life for it.”
    “What do you mean you chose me? You were a snitch for the government. Now you say you’re an agent, too, and you picked me to be part of this? I don’t believe you.”
    “You should. You think everyone in our government wants to keep the peace? You’re a fool. A terrorist attack gives the government power and control over the people to persuade them. Everyone gets all patriotic. Meanwhile a select few of us know that it’s a game.”
    “You’re lying and you’re sick.”
    Chavez struck Keith again, this time hitting him in the mouth.
    “You think I’m lying? You’ll see. But either way, the choice of whether your sister lives or dies in Mexico is yours.”
    In Mexico? They’re taking her across the border into Mexico? Fuck! Montoya and Guazipan were there. The place where the missile was created and built is there, too. Could they take her to the same location?
    Keith felt his blood pressure rising. He couldn’t make a move yet. Once he did and if he killed a spy of the US government, even though he was bad, his life was over. They would never believe him. He needed to keep Chavez alive. Plus, Smuthers was bad, too. He couldn’t kill them both without getting his sister killed.
    “Now this is the plan. You’re going to hand over that thumb drive. You’re going to call