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."

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

moment

Mia whispered. "As in, the actual

"That's the one. Can you

public speeches of his in my database, but nothing from his wife. Give me a

came through again. "Guys, the cleaner's inside the building. You've got maybe ten minutes

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

happened. Then, with a soft click, the

swung open.

did it!" Rico

into the box. "Now let's see what all this

feeling

it?" Mia

hand out, empty. "It's... There's nothing here. The

stunned silence fell over

that security?

"Nothing.

cleaner's almost at the vault. You need to get

cursed. "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 up inside. Once they were safely away from the bank, huddled in their getaway

box, but... it was empty. There was nothing there." He listened for a moment, his face growing more concerned. "Yes, sir. I understand. We're

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

team exchanged worried glances. The night's mission had raised far more questions than it had answered, and they all had a sinking feeling that their

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

how easy this was-no ordinary bank. This was bank

team was lost in thought, wondering what they had gotten

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

a row truck replaced it, and the entire crew was dragged away in

to wake around them, early risers starting their day, unaware of the drama that had unfolded

leaving agents and analysts

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