Page 79 of High Treason
George nodded. “I have the footage already. When the police arrived and informed me she’d been shot in a takedown, I got nervous. It’s on the computer.”
Monica pulled it up. “How far does this go back?”
“I have the last three days pulled up here. Thought it would be easier for investigators.”
Kord peered over her shoulder. His breath tickled her neck. Whoa. No need for him to be so close.
“At 1:03 this afternoon, a man left her apartment and took a taxi,” George said.
The same person she’d shot and killed. She zoomed in on a camera positioned outside the apartment building and memorized the taxi’s license plate.
“Handling that now,” Kord said, again incredibly close to her neck. “Will check to see if she used the company or same driver regularly.”
As in the footage from Paramount High School, the person dodged the cameras.
“George, can we copy this footage and her payment records?” Kord said.
“Sure thing. Forget the legal paperwork stuff. If I had a terrorist in my building, I want it on my record about my cooperation.”
“We’ll get back to you about footage going back farther. The FBI will want to image your records.”
Monica reached into her pocket for a flash drive and copied Shah’s records and clips from the security footage. Moments later they thanked George and took the stairs to Shah’s apartment.
“Do you always carry a flash drive?”
“Like lipstick.” She paused and sent a text to the CIA for updates. “I wanted to review the footage over the last few hours before giving it to the big guys.”
“If we can get a facial on every disguise, then we can figure out where she fit.”
“Really?”
He chuckled. “Wishful thinking.”
Agent Richardson was speaking with Ali in the hallway of Shah’s apartment. Richardson waved at Kord and Monica.
“Find anything?” Kord said.
“Ali found another passport. Hidden behind the bathroom mirror.”
“Good one.” Monica smiled at the bodyguard before realizing it wasn’t appropriate. Strangely enough, he handed her the passport instead of Kord. Issued by the US. She opened it and memorized the contents. The photo of Parvin Shah stared back at her with glassesand longer hair. Name: Miriam Hosseini. US citizen. Birth date: September 3, 1983. Born in Michigan. Issued January 7, 2014. Expired January 2024. No date or country stamps to indicate usage.
“Already checked,” Richardson said. “Fake.”
Monica retrieved her phone and clicked a pic of the signature and the number.
“One more thing,” Richardson said. “We found three unactivated burner phones.”
Who was Parvin Shah?
How much info would the sweep reveal?
Would the taxi driver offer more insight?
Who hired her to kill?
OUTSIDE THE APARTMENT BUILDING,Kord talked to Ali while Monica took a call about thirty feet away.
“I understand your argument against giving Agent Richardson Shah’s phone and fake passport,” Kord said. “But it’s the way law enforcement works. Monica snapped a pic of the passport, and she pulled the SIM card and copied the phone’s info before handing them over.”
