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

moment of stunned

Mia whispered. "As in,

one. Can

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

cleaner's inside the building. You've got

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

Then, with a soft

swung open.

it!" Rico

said, reaching into the box. "Now let's

hand groped inside the box, feeling around. His brow furrowed. "What

is it?" Mia

pulled his hand out, empty. "It's... There's nothing here. The box is

fell over the

said. "After all that

his head. "Nothing. Not

urgently. "The cleaner's almost at the vault. You need to get out

Jack cursed. "Alright,

their way back to their entry point. As they slipped out into the night, they could hear the faint sound of a vacuum starting up inside. Once they

but... it was empty. There was nothing there." He listened

plans. We're not going

the van, the team exchanged worried glances. The night's mission had raised far more questions than

from the curb, disappearing into the darkness. Behind them, the bank

suspicious about how easy this was-no ordinary bank.

each member of the team was lost in thought, wondering what they had gotten

dark van slammed into their vehicle, flipping them several times and sending them into

row truck replaced it, and the

early risers starting their day, unaware

a major restructuring had been circulating for weeks, leaving agents and analysts alike on

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