Chapter 252
Alex’s POV
Alex’s Office
By now I knew John was Jonathan’s most trustworthy person regarding security.
And the one whom he must have entrusted the Blue Heart to.
“Follow John,” I said on the phone.
“I want every detail. Remember what I told you yesterday p>
“Do not approach him or get in his way until you are certain p>
“And I mean certain…that you know where the Blue Heart is p>
“Understood p>
“Yes, Boss p>
I felt like I was closer to the Blue Heart than I ever had been since I came back for it.
“Don’t lose him for even a second p>
My men were giving me a minute-by-minute update on him.
According to them, he had been staying at the Rollings House after the breach.
After leaving the house, he drove randomly and didn’t go to any important place, which made me suspicious.
“Are you sure he doesn’t know you’re following him p>
“Boss, don’t worry p>
“How can I not worry?
He’s an elite hacker, and he’s randomly driving through the city p>
Just then, he stopped by a computer shop.
“Boss, he also bought some computer stuff p>
“Follow him p>
My men were maintaining their distance and reported his every move.
My confidence was growing as time went by.
Now I was sure the Blue Heart was within my reach.
“Holy damn!” I heard my man speak.
“What’s the matter p>
“Boss,” he said.
“You won’t believe where John just entered p>
“Cut the crap p>
“He just entered the Federal Headquarters p>
“What?!” Just then, I received a notification on my laptop screen.
John works as a software engineer for the Feds and has his own team.
“Boss, we can’t go inside, but I managed to hack his phone so we can follow him p>
“Okay p>
My plan did derail. Now John was not just a hacker; he had the Feds behind him.
“Boss p>
“What p>
“Boss, he has access to some vaults p>
My heart skipped a beat.
John not only worked at the Federal office, but had an office and access to vaults.
“John, John… you’re becoming an interesting person to me p>
“Looks like I wasted a lot of time on others p>
“Boss, I think he’ll head to the vault section today p>
“We may be close p>
“Careful p>
“He actually has access to the federal vaults.
If so, these vaults would be the best place to hide the Blue Heart.
I really regret not following you sooner p>
I could already imagine me holding the Blue Heart.
But my excitement was soon replaced with suspicion.
“I want you to find out which lockers he has access to,
and what security guards those vaults.
I want it all p>
For the next few days, my men kept a close eye on John. They gathered all the knowledge they could on him.
As the days went by, I was certain the Blue Heart was somewhere inside the Federal office building.
“Boss!” one of my men said on the walkie-talkie.
“They’re all caught p>
“What p>
“What happened p>
“I… they… they… I… I told them, but they went along… it was p>
“I don’t care who it was. What happened p>
“We used tourist passes to look around.
Looks like the Feds were suspicious of us and were keeping tabs on us.
We were walking along with the tourists.
Our men broke out of the line and went towards the vault section p>
Two officers blocked their way.
Tiny sweat beads formed on my forehead.
“And p>
“All of them, Boss… they’ve all been captured.
I came out with the rest of the tourists.
Before coming out, I heard one of them say, ’They may be connected to the Rollings House breach p>
If the Feds are suspicious, and my men are caught p>
This won’t be good.
If I know the Feds, now they’ll look for a pattern that leads them to a name.
Panic was pressing against my controlled exterior.
“Boss, our men have been taken in for questioning p>
I turned on the mics hidden in their clothes.
After an hour of interrogation, one officer spoke up.
“SPEAK p>
“We’ll tell… we’ll tell p>
We came following John to find out where the Blue Heart is p>
Please, we were only working for the boss p>
“Boss,” an officer said.
“The same name again.
What’s their real name p>
My hands were trembling as I raised the volume.
I had trusted these men from the day they joined my force.
I hoped they wouldn’t let me down.
Then I regretted thinking so p>
“The Boss is Alex Vale p>
“Damn!” I said as I flung my hand in anger, making the things on my desk fly onto the ground.
“Damn these fools,” I yelled in anger.
“No, I can’t stay here any longer p>
I panicked and looked around.
“My office is the last place I’m safe,
and the first place they’ll come to capture me.
My elite team has been caught. The rest of the bodyguards… I can’t trust them p>
I grabbed my coat and car keys.
“I have to get out of here, and fast p>
I quickly opened my laptop, sent every file to my cloud storage, and deleted all content.
“Even if they do come, they won’t find a thing p>
The Blue Heart was still far from me… but at the moment, saving myself was my priority.
“Damn useless boys. Now I have to run p>
A message popped up on the screen:
Boss, run! The Feds are coming!
“Great. That’s all I need,
and that’s one hell of a fast notice
when I already know p>
My whole body was shaking as, for the first time, I wasn’t operating safely. Now I was the one being hunted.
My men’s failure caused a more serious matter than I ever imagined.
I was humiliated and angry at my men’s choices.
I reached the window, holding a briefcase with some important files.
I looked back at my once-safe office.
The Blue Heart was still far away.
John was safe at his workplace.
My men were captured.
The Feds were coming to capture me.
“I may be on the run for now,” I cursed under my breath.
“But I won’t back off p>
“I will be back p>