The Billionaire's Mistake

Chapter 128

MISTAKE 128

Chapter 128: The agency makes its move

For the next hour, Rico and Mia worked in tandem, trying every trick in their considerable arsenal to bypass the box's security. The tension in the vault was thick; every failed attempt pushed up the stress.

"Guys," Leo's voice came through their earpieces, "we've got movement. A car just pulled into the parking lot."

"Shit," Jack hissed. "How many?"

"Just one person. Looks like a cleaner."

Jack ran a hand through his hair. "Okay, we've still got time. Rico, Mia, where are we at?"

Mia looked up, frustration evident on her face. "We've bypassed the biometrics, but this voice recognition is killing us. It's like nothing I've ever seen before." "Wait a second," Rico said, his eyes lighting up." "What if we don't need to bypass it? What if

we could trick it instead?"

"What do you mean?" Jack asked.

Rico grinned. "Mia, pull up that voice modulation program you used on the Stephenson job. If we can get a sample of the right voice, we might be able to synthesize it."

Mia's eyes widened. "That... that might actually work. But we'd need to know whose voice it's looking for."

Jack thought for a moment, then pulled out his phone. He dialed a number, speaking quietly

Chapter 128. The agency makes its thave

when it connected. "Sir, we're at the box, but we're stuck on voice recognition. Any ideas. whose voice

it might be keyed to?"

He listened for a moment, then his face paled. "Are you sure? Alright, we'll try it."

turned to the team. "It's keyed to Anya Shaw's

was a moment of stunned

whispered. "As in, the actual

grimly. "That's the one. Can

"I think so. I've got some public speeches of his in my database, but nothing from his wife.

her tablet, Leo's voice came through again. "Guys, the cleaner's inside the

it!" Mia exclaimed. She held up her tablet to the voice recognition panel. A slightly robotic but recognizable version of Anya's voice emanated from the device. "What do you mean? Password: Dad," the first sentence was pulled from the government archives

happened. Then, with a soft

swung open.

it!" Rico

Jack said, reaching into the box. "Now let's see what all this

the box, feeling around. His brow

it?"

pulled his hand out, empty. "It's...

fell over

Rico said. "After all that security? There's

shook his head. "Nothing. Not

cleaner's almost at the vault. You need

"Alright, we're leaving.

echoing in the empty bank as they made their way back to their entry point. As they slipped out into the night, they could hear the faint sound of a vacuum starting

was nothing there." He listened for a moment, his face growing more concerned. "Yes, sir. I understand. We're on our

to the team. "Change of plans. We're not going back to base. We've got

glances. The night's mission had raised far more questions than it had answered, and they all had a sinking feeling that their troubles. were only just

disappearing into the darkness. Behind them,

bank. This was bank operated by

member of the team was lost in

dark van slammed

it, and the entire crew was dragged away in the car

their day, unaware of the

intelligence agency's headquarters buzzed with an undercurrent of tension. Rumors of a major restructuring had been circulating for weeks, leaving agents and analysts alike on edge.

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