Project Isaiah

“Good morning, Boss,” Wanda greeted, handing her a cup of coffee. “Keith said that Kathe’s family made it safely to Corté d Azuré.”

“Thanks for the coffee,” Ramsey appreciated. “Yes, they did. Pete landed the Cessna like a pro. It won’t be long before you’ll be putting him on the schedule. Did you get the information that Sydney emailed you?”

“All but two people that I’m still trying to track down,” Wanda reported.

“Email me what you have so far,” Ramsey requested. “And unlock the elevator from this office.”

“You got it,” Wanda grinned as Ramsey headed straight for Sydney’s office entered the elevator.

“Good morning, Ramsey,” Amy Jacobs buzzed her inside the HUB. “Dr. Sydney is expecting you.”

“We need those stats Sydney asked you to check for us as soon as possible,” Ramsey mentioned walking passed her desk.

“Yes, ma’am, I’m just checking with the last airlines,” Amy replied picking up her phone.

“I see we’re off to a running start first day back to Alby Airlines as a normal security office,” Ramsey declared, entered the HUB.

“That’s what happens when the president must know what happened to two members of Congress before Monday morning,” Sydney explained. “Congresswoman Cindi Breckenridge’s husband flew her and Tim Figerero to Houston in his Cessna. According to Figerero’s wife they were leery about using government transportation. I tracked the Cessna landing in Houston. The tower reported there was a mishap with another Cessna crossing taxiways and both planes were towed to a remote hanger. And get this, the tower records were hacked, and those planes and the people disappeared.”

“Now this morning’s news report makes since,” Ramsey realized. “I watched House Speaker Nina Peletto’s interview early this morning reporting that Human Trafficking is down seventy percent from last year. We all know she’s lying! According to my sources it’s on the rise seventy percent from last year.”

“She’s trying to CYA ahead of this story when it breaks,” Sydney admitted. “President Trumore is worried about this leaking out before the reporters caught wind of it. Representative Timothy Figerero was on a newly formed committee for Midnight Burns that Trumore created. Its purpose is to gather information on why human trafficking is still thriving in the United States. He and Cindi Breckenridge were checking on an anonymous tip they received just as Congress took a week’s holiday break over July 4^th.”

“Excuse me a minute, Paris is calling me,” he answered his cell phone.

“Maybe she’s changed her mind about working with us,” Ramsey hoped.

“Right?” Sydney chucked. “Paris, do you miss working with us already?”

“Yes and no,” Paris admitted. “Can you check on a passenger on Tudoré Airlines, Flight #1790 last Sunday?”

“Sure, let me check with the airline’s database,” Sydney agreed, bringing up their system. “What’s the passenger’s name?”

“Isaiah Renali,” Paris stated. “She was supposed to call me when she arrived in Frankfurt. Her phone just goes straight to voicemail. I got the run-a-round from multiple departments when I called to check her statis. I finally went to Security Headquarters at the airport and talked with the front desk. I showed them her flight information that I purchased on my phone, and they refused to give me any information about her. They refused to tell me if she got on the plane!”

“I see that on last Sunday, Isaiah Renali went through security at 7:10 am,” Sydney continued to type.

“I dropped her off Sunday morning at 5:00 am for the flight,” Paris stated. “I arranged for her to take some of her work to the Frankfurt Art Exhibit. I decided not to go this year, since I was away so long working with you. I needed some time to check on my Galleries around Europe.”

“I’m showing Isaiah didn’t board Flight #1790,” Sydney discovered. “Her seat was given to a Meredith Smith flying standby . . .