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."

up, he turned to the team. "It's keyed

a moment of stunned

Mia whispered. "As

nodded grimly. "That's the one. Can you

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

Mia worked furiously on her tablet, Leo's voice came through again. "Guys, the cleaner's inside the building. You've got maybe

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

nothing happened. Then, with a soft click,

swung open.

it!"

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

the box, feeling around. His brow

is it?"

"It's... There's nothing here. The

stunned silence fell over

all that security? There's got

shook his head. "Nothing.

"The cleaner's almost at the

Jack cursed. "Alright, we're leaving.

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

got into the box, but... it was empty. There was nothing there." He listened for a moment, his face growing

"Change of plans. We're not going back

Rico started the van, the 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 troubles.

from the curb, disappearing into the

bank. This was bank operated by

member of the team was lost in

process what happened when a dark van slammed into their vehicle,

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

them, early risers starting their day, unaware

for weeks, leaving agents and analysts alike on

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